Automations

Automate incident response with triggers and actions. Auto-remediate common issues and reduce alert fatigue.

How Automations Work

Automations in Unsparing follow a simple pattern:

When [trigger] → Do [action]

When a monitor fails, Unsparing can automatically take action — no manual intervention needed.

Triggers

Trigger	Description
Monitor fails	Any monitor check fails
Monitor recovers	A previously failed monitor recovers
SSL expiring	Certificate within N days of expiry
DNS changed	DNS record value changes
Cron missed	Cron job doesn't fire on schedule
Response slow	Response time exceeds threshold
Severity changes	Alert severity escalates

Actions

Action	Description
Send notification	Email, Slack, or webhook
Pause monitor	Stop checking temporarily
Resume monitor	Resume a paused monitor
Call webhook	POST to an external URL
Create investigation	Open an investigation timeline
Run script	Execute a custom script via webhook

Setting Up an Automation

Go to Automations → Rules and click Create Rule
Select a trigger
Configure the trigger conditions
Select one or more actions
Save

Example: Auto-Pause During Maintenance

Trigger: SSL expiring in 30 days Action: Send Slack notification + Create investigation

When SSL certificate on *.example.com expires in < 30 days:
  1. Send Slack message to #infra-alerts
  2. Create investigation "SSL renewal needed for example.com"

Example: Auto-Remediate Down Service

Trigger: Uptime monitor fails Action: Call webhook (trigger restart script)

When uptime monitor "Production API" goes down:
  1. Call webhook https://api.example.com/restart/api
  2. Wait 60 seconds
  3. If still down, send Slack to #oncall

Automation Templates

Unsparing includes pre-built templates:

SSL Renewal Reminder

Trigger: SSL certificate expiring in 14 days
Action: Send email + Slack notification + create investigation

DNS Change Alert

Trigger: Any DNS record changes
Action: Send Slack to #security + create investigation

Cron Job Failure Escalation

Trigger: Cron job missed
Action: Send email to on-call + escalate after 5 minutes

Auto-Recovery

Trigger: Uptime monitor recovers
Action: Send Slack to #monitoring + close investigation

Automation Logs

Every automation execution is logged with:

Timestamp — When the automation ran
Trigger — What event caused it
Actions taken — What the automation did
Result — Success or failure for each action
Duration — How long the automation took

View logs at Automations → Logs.

API Endpoints

List Automations

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  https://api.unsparing.dev/api/v1/automations

Create an Automation

curl -X POST -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "name": "SSL Renewal Reminder",
    "trigger": {
      "type": "ssl.expiring",
      "conditions": {
        "days": 14
      }
    },
    "actions": [
      {"type": "notification.slack", "channel": "#infra-alerts"},
      {"type": "investigation.create", "title": "SSL renewal needed"}
    ]
  }' \
  https://api.unsparing.dev/api/v1/automations

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