TapeAlert - Get notifications about automation errors across all your Tape organisations

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Hi everyone :wave:

I’d like to introduce TapeAlert, but first, a bit of background.

As some of you know, most of the paid Tape work I do is for other Partners, helping them with more complex automations and integrations. About a month ago, I was on a call with one of them when they said something along the lines of:
“Now we’ve got all this set up… how do we know if something fails?”
My immediate reaction was: “Don’t worry, I’ll build you something.”

In Tape, you can configure automation errors to send a webhook to a URL you provide. This is great, but setting them up and verifying they work can be a bit fiddly. And then there’s the question of where to send the notifications.
In the past, I’ve routed them into another app in Tape, but that has its limitations (and can create some nasty loops if you’re not careful).

From that conversation, TapeAlert was born.
It started as something just for that one Partner, but once I had a working version (after a few hours), I realised it could be useful to others too. So I re-wrote it to work across multiple organisations — which, of course, turned into a much bigger job!

What is it?

TapeAlert is a small but powerful service that:

  1. Takes the pain out of setting up and verifying Tape automation error webhooks (no more manual cURL commands).
  2. Listens for those webhook payloads and turns them into clear, actionable alerts.

It supports sending notifications to:

  • :white_check_mark: Google Spaces
  • :white_check_mark: Microsoft Teams
  • :white_check_mark: Mattermost
  • :white_check_mark: Email
  • :white_check_mark: Linear (auto-creates issues)
  • :white_check_mark: Webhook forwarding

Each alert includes:

  • The original error message
  • A direct link to the failing automation
  • Some contextual info to help you debug faster

No more missed errors. No more wondering why something didn’t work.

Who’s it for?

While it was initially designed for Partners managing multiple Tape organisations, anyone running workflows in Tape and wants to know when something breaks will benefit from it.

How to get it

I’m offering TapeAlert on a “pay what you want” model.
So it’s free to use — but if it saves you time or hassle and you’d like to support the project, that would mean a lot.

:paperclip: Check out its Tape integration page
:movie_camera: See it in action (demo video)
:blue_book: Full documentation
:rocket: Get started — the system will walk you through the setup.

A quick note about API keys

To set up the webhooks, TapeAlert needs a valid Tape API key (with suitable permissions). This is stored encrypted, and used only to perform the initial configuration.

If you’d prefer not to leave the key stored:

  • You can rotate your Tape API key immediately after setup.
  • If you return later to add or update a webhook and the key is no longer valid, the system will simply prompt you to re-enter it.

Let me know if you have any questions, feedback, or ideas for new destinations.

Cheers,
Jason

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Hi @Jason,

Thank you so much for building TapeAlert :blue_heart: :100:

Your integration is incredibly valuable for all Tape Partners and Enterprise customers who manage many workflows or multiple organisations. It really helps to save time and avoid the headache when something breaks through push notifications – so you’re almost always the first to know when something goes wrong.

I especially love that it supports different notification providers like Google Spaces, Microsoft Teams, or Email. This makes it super flexible and easy to integrate into any team setup.

Your contribution is a big help for the whole community and makes Tape even more powerful. I can highly recommend it to anyone running complex workflows.

Thanks again for sharing and for creating such a helpful tool – it’s a very valuable integration for Tape! :rocket::sparkles:

Cheers,
Leo

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