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# Discord Alert Webhooks: Real-Time SEO & AI Notifications

> Send Linkstonic AI visibility and SEO rank alerts directly to your Discord channels using webhooks. Set up in minutes on Pro and Agency plans.

Discord webhook alerts deliver Linkstonic notifications straight into your team's Discord server the moment a tracked trigger fires. This is useful for teams that already live in Discord and want to route AI visibility changes, position shifts, and competitor activity into a shared channel without checking the dashboard.

<Warning>
  Discord webhooks require a Pro or Agency plan. Upgrade your plan in **Account Settings** to enable this feature.
</Warning>

## Get your Discord webhook URL

Before configuring Linkstonic, you need to create a webhook in your Discord server.

<Steps>
  <Step title="Open your Discord server">
    Go to the Discord server where you want to receive alerts. You must have **Manage Webhooks** permission in that server.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Go to Server Settings → Integrations → Webhooks">
    Click the server name at the top left, then select **Server Settings**. In the left sidebar, click **Integrations**, then **Webhooks**.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Click New Webhook">
    Click the **New Webhook** button. Discord creates a new webhook with a default name and channel assignment.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Choose the channel and copy the webhook URL">
    Select the channel you want alerts delivered to, then click **Copy Webhook URL**. Save this URL — you will need it in Linkstonic.
  </Step>
</Steps>

## Configure the webhook in Linkstonic

<Steps>
  <Step title="Go to Alerts in your Linkstonic dashboard">
    In the Linkstonic sidebar, click **Alerts** to open the alert management screen.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Select Discord as the delivery channel">
    When creating or editing an alert rule, choose **Discord** as the delivery method.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Paste the webhook URL">
    Paste the webhook URL you copied from Discord into the **Webhook URL** field.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Choose which keywords and brands to monitor">
    Select the tracked keywords and brands this alert rule should cover.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Choose which trigger types to receive">
    Select one or more triggers: mention change, position improvement, new AI platform mention, or mention increase. See [Smart Alerts](/alerts/smart-alerts) for descriptions of each trigger.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Save">
    Click **Save**. Linkstonic will now send alerts to that Discord channel when the trigger conditions are met.
  </Step>
</Steps>

## What a Discord alert looks like

When a trigger fires, Linkstonic posts a structured message to your Discord channel. A typical alert includes:

* **Keyword** — The tracked keyword that triggered the alert
* **Brand** — The brand being monitored
* **Trigger type** — What changed (e.g., mention change, position improvement)
* **Platform** — The AI platform where the change occurred (e.g., ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini)
* **Previous value** — The state before the change (e.g., not mentioned, position band 3)
* **New value** — The current state after the change (e.g., mentioned, position band 1)

For example, a mention change alert might read: *"Brand: Acme Corp | Keyword: project management software | Platform: Perplexity | Change: not mentioned → mentioned."*

<Tip>
  Use separate Discord channels for AI visibility alerts and SEO ranking alerts. Routing them into distinct channels makes it easier to triage and respond — your AI team sees AI mention changes in one place, and your SEO team tracks position shifts in another.
</Tip>