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1. Create an account

Sign up at app.alertee.app. The free plan includes 5 checks — no credit card required.

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2. Choose what to monitor

On your first visit, Alertee asks what you want to monitor: a database, a website / API, an API metric, a heartbeat / job, or a pushed number (your own cron sends us the value). Only database checks need a connection — the other types skip straight to creating the check. For a database check, paste a read-only connection string (PostgreSQL or ClickHouse). You can also add connections later under Settings → Connections.
Alertee only needs SELECT privileges. Create a dedicated read-only user for monitoring.
Not ready to connect a database? Every account can browse the Demo Organization — pick it from the organization switcher (or the Explore the live demo link during onboarding). It’s a fully populated read-only workspace with live-looking checks, grid heatmaps, and open incidents, so you can see what Alertee does before handing it any credentials.

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3. Create a check

You can let Alertee draft checks for you, or write one by hand.

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Option A — let Alertee suggest checks

After connecting a database, describe what you want to watch in plain English and Alertee’s agent drafts baseline-aware SQL checks from your schema. Review the generated SQL, tweak anything, and enable the ones you want. These stay managed by Alertee and get re-tuned over time — or take any of them back to edit by hand.

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Option B — write it yourself

Click New check from the dashboard and:
  1. Give the check a name
  2. Choose a connection
  3. Write a SQL query that returns a single number (or name/value rows for a grid check)
  4. Set a condition describing the healthy result (e.g. “greater than 0” — alerts when the count hits zero)
  5. Choose an interval (1 min – 60 min depending on your plan)

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4. Set up alerts

Go to Settings → Alerts and create an alert group with your preferred channels. Assign it to your check. When a check fails, Alertee opens an incident in your Inbox and notifies your alert group via email, Slack, or webhook.

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Using the CLI

If you prefer working from a terminal or want to create checks from within an AI coding session, use the Alertee CLI.
Or use the MCP server to let agents like Claude Code create checks for you.