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Send low-stock alerts to Discord

Goal: when a part runs low, get a message in the Discord channel your team already watches, instead of finding out when you reach for the empty bin.

Modules: Inventory and Notifications. Works the same for Slack.

Steps​

  1. Set a reorder point on the parts you care about, the on-hand quantity that counts as low. Crossing it is what fires the alert.

  2. In your Discord server, create an incoming webhook and copy its URL. (Slack works the same way with a Slack incoming webhook.)

  3. In Cobblr, paste that URL into the Discord channel connection.

  4. Choose which events go to that channel and include the low-stock one. Every module announces its events as module.thing.verb; the one you want is inventory dropping a part below its reorder point.

  5. Leave the noisier events in the app and send only the low-stock one to Discord, or send more; it's per event, so you decide what's worth a ping.

Result​

A running-low part posts straight into the channel. Nothing leaves your box unless you set up a channel that sends it, and the same event can drive automations too: if you'd rather the low part land on a shopping list or a draft purchase order, see reorder alerts to purchase orders. The alert and the automation can both run off the one trigger.