# Creating your first alert ## The basics Alerts are the core of Brist: they're configurable combinations of chains, filters, and outputs that make up Brist's automations. The **chain** is the blockchain you're listening for events on. When you choose a chain, you're enabling alerts for every transaction on the chain. Once you choose a chain, you can create **filters** to select the events you're interested in using as triggers. At the moment, we support wallet- and token-based filters. **Outputs** are the channels you can pipe your selected events to. At the moment, we support automated messages to Telegram and Discord, as well as posting to custom Webhooks (which is likely preferable if you're a dev integrating this into your product). You can learn more about each of the output channels (as well as how to set them up) in their respective Guides. You can also learn more about Events and Filters in their respectives Fundamentals sections. ## Creating an alert In this tutorial, you'll learn how to trigger a Telegram message every time a Bored Ape is transferred. Navigate to the Workflows tab, then click "New" to set up a new alert. At the top of the page, enter the alert's name. ![The alert creation screen](/files/eIWGRgGsiNFIqE1FPLCT) The first step in defining your automation is to select the chain to listen to. As BAYC is an Ethereum collection, choose "Ethereum. Then, click the "+" button to add a filter for a specific type of event. ![Selecting Ethereum as our chain](/files/th8elkYiQLmObAj2H08L) As we want to filter for BAYC NFT's, choose the NFT/Token filter, and enter the address of the Bored Ape ERC 721 contract: 0xBC4CA0EdA7647A8aB7C2061c2E118A18a936f13D. Then, click the "+" button to add an output channel for these transfers. ![Filtering for Bored Ape transfers](/files/3i2WNY1bxxvUujtIp4kS) In this tutorial, we'll be outputting event notifications to a channel in the Brist Discord -- if you haven't already, be sure to join the Discord at . To send the messages to Discord, select the "Discord" option from the dropdown, and paste the webhook URL for the #test-messages channel in the Brist Discord: ![Adding a Discord Webhook](/files/YdPhergGpgnth1VH0H60) Finally, click save at the top, and you're done! Be sure to go back to the Workflows screen to turn on the automation (they are default off when created). ![Be sure to turn on your alert!](/files/1y2pdS7eh6xQE7YPpQqp) You'll be able to view fired notifications from your alerts (and those of other people who followed this tutorial) in the `#test-messages` channel on the Brist Discord. ![The completed alert!](/files/8JR0WiJjowWG4hnO8gRQ) --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://docs.usebrist.com/guides/creating-your-first-alert.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.