Pocket Alert – Push Notifications for iOS and Android

Pocket Alert

This skill enables interaction with the Pocket Alert service through its CLI tool.

Prerequisites

The pocketalert CLI must be installed and authenticated:

# Install (if not already installed)
# Download from https://info.pocketalert.app/cli.html and extract to /usr/local/bin/

# Authenticate with your API key
pocketalert auth <your-api-key>

Quick Reference

Send Push Notifications

# Basic notification
pocketalert send -t "Title" -m "Message"

# Full form
pocketalert messages send --title "Alert" --message "Server is down!"

# To specific application
pocketalert messages send -t "Deploy" -m "Build completed" -a <app-tid>

# To specific device
pocketalert messages send -t "Alert" -m "Check server" -d <device-tid>

# To all devices
pocketalert messages send -t "Alert" -m "System update" -d all

List Resources

# List last messages
pocketalert messages list
pocketalert messages list --limit 50
pocketalert messages list --device <device-tid>

# List applications
pocketalert apps list

# List devices
pocketalert devices list

# List webhooks
pocketalert webhooks list

# List API keys
pocketalert apikeys list

Manage Applications

# Create application
pocketalert apps create --name "My App"
pocketalert apps create -n "Production" -c "#FF5733"

# Get application details
pocketalert apps get <tid>

# Delete application
pocketalert apps delete <tid>

Manage Devices

# List devices
pocketalert devices list

# Get device details
pocketalert devices get <tid>

# Delete device
pocketalert devices delete <tid>

Manage Webhooks

# Create webhook
pocketalert webhooks create --name "GitHub Webhook" --message "*"
pocketalert webhooks create -n "Deploy Hook" -m "Deployed %repository.name% by %sender.login%"
pocketalert webhooks create -n "CI/CD" -m "*" -a <app-tid> -d all

# List webhooks
pocketalert webhooks list

# Get webhook details
pocketalert webhooks get <tid>

# Delete webhook
pocketalert webhooks delete <tid>

Message Template Variables

When creating webhooks, you can use template variables from the incoming payload:

pocketalert webhooks create \
  --name "GitHub Push" \
  --message "Push to %repository.name%: %head_commit.message%"

Configuration

View or modify configuration:

# View config
pocketalert config

# Set API key
pocketalert config set api_key <new-api-key>

# Set custom base URL (for self-hosted)
pocketalert config set base_url https://your-api.example.com

Configuration is stored at ~/.pocketalert/config.json.

CI/CD Integration Examples

# GitHub Actions / GitLab CI
pocketalert send -t "Build Complete" -m "Version $VERSION deployed"

# Server monitoring with cron
*/5 * * * * /usr/local/bin/pocketalert send -t "Server Health" -m "$(uptime)"

# Service check script
if ! systemctl is-active --quiet nginx; then
  pocketalert send -t "NGINX Down" -m "NGINX is not running on $(hostname)"
fi

Error Handling

The CLI returns appropriate exit codes:

• 0 - Success
• 1 - Authentication or API error
• 2 - Invalid arguments

Always check command output for error details.