Slack

Post deployment notifications to a Slack channel.

Setup

1. Create a Slack app and Incoming Webhook.
2. Add VORTEX_NOTIFY_SLACK_WEBHOOK to your hosting provider's environment variables.

Environment variables

Variable	Required	Default	Location	Description
VORTEX_NOTIFY_SLACK_WEBHOOK	Yes		Hosting	Slack webhook URL
VORTEX_NOTIFY_SLACK_PROJECT	No	VORTEX_NOTIFY_PROJECT	.env	Project name
VORTEX_NOTIFY_SLACK_MESSAGE	No	Default template	.env	Fallback text template
VORTEX_NOTIFY_SLACK_CHANNEL	No		.env	Target channel (overrides webhook default)
VORTEX_NOTIFY_SLACK_USERNAME	No	Deployment Bot	.env	Bot display name
VORTEX_NOTIFY_SLACK_ICON_EMOJI	No	:rocket:	.env	Bot icon emoji
VORTEX_NOTIFY_SLACK_BRANCHES	No		.env	Restrict to specific branches (comma-separated)

Event behavior

Slack notifications are sent for both pre_deployment and post_deployment events:

• Pre-deployment: Gray color with "Deployment Starting" status
• Post-deployment: Green color with "Deployment Complete" status

Example