Quickstart

Send a test page in about five minutes.

1. Create your organization

Sign in at app.acked.dev and name your organization. Services, schedules, integrations, members, and alerts belong to that organization.

2. Install the app and allow notifications

Install Acked on iOS or Android and sign in with the same address. Allow notifications when prompted.

On iOS, also allow Critical Alerts. On Android, allow Do Not Disturb or Modes access. These permissions let high-urgency alerts bypass silent modes.

3. Create a service

Create a service in the dashboard and route it to the starter schedule. New organizations include a starter schedule with the owner on call.

Creating the service also creates a default integration. Copy its ingest URL when the dashboard shows it.

4. Send a real alert

Copy the service's ingest URL from its page, then:

curl -X POST "<YOUR-INGEST-URL>" \
  -H "content-type: application/json" \
  -d '{"title":"Hello from curl","event_key":"quickstart","priority":"high"}'

The alert should reach your phone within seconds. If it does not, open the alert in the dashboard and inspect its timeline. The timeline shows the selected responder and each delivery attempt.

5. Acknowledge it

Acknowledge from the notification, app, or dashboard. Acknowledging stops reminders and escalation. Resolve the alert when the condition clears.

Configure your monitor to send a recovery signal with the same event_key so Acked resolves it automatically.

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