Route Upptime Alerts to Phone Calls with Echobell

Send Upptime outage alerts to Echobell as time-sensitive push or phone-call notifications using a single custom webhook—no extra servers required.

Route Upptime Alerts to Phone Calls with Echobell

Upptime monitors your sites from GitHub Actions, but a failed check only helps if the alert reaches you. This guide shows how to route Upptime outage notifications to Echobell as time-sensitive pushes or phone calls using a single webhook URL, with no additional infrastructure.

Setup

1. Copy a channel webhook URL from Echobell

In the Echobell app, open a channel and copy its webhook: https://hook.echobell.one/t/<channel-token>

Set the channel notification type to standard, time-sensitive, or calling depending on the urgency of the monitored endpoint.

2. Add secrets to your Upptime repo

In your GitHub repository settings, add these Actions secrets:

NOTIFICATION_CUSTOM_WEBHOOK=true
NOTIFICATION_CUSTOM_WEBHOOK_URL=https://hook.echobell.one/t/<channel-token>?site=$SITE_NAME&status=$STATUS&url=$SITE_URL&issue=$ISSUE_URL&code=$RESPONSE_CODE&emoji=$EMOJI
NOTIFICATIONS_DOWN_MESSAGE=$EMOJI $SITE_NAME is $STATUS ($RESPONSE_CODE) – $ISSUE_URL
NOTIFICATIONS_UP_MESSAGE=$EMOJI $SITE_NAME is back up – $SITE_URL

3. Set a template in Echobell

Use variables matching the query parameters above: {{site}}, {{status}}, {{code}}, {{url}}, {{issue}}. Choose whether the channel should call or push.

That's the full setup. Upptime delivers the data; Echobell handles the notification.

For a complete walkthrough see the Upptime configuration guide. For Upptime's own notification options, refer to the official docs.

What you get

  • Immediate notification when an endpoint goes down or recovers
  • Direct link to the affected site and its GitHub issue in every alert
  • Escalation to a phone call for endpoints that can't wait

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Nooc

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Nov 22, 2025