Setup guide
Tell SaneCost where to send waste alerts. Choose a Slack channel, invite SaneCost, and start receiving cost-saving notifications.
Pick or create a Slack channel where SaneCost will post waste alerts. Most teams create a dedicated #aws-costs or #sanecost channel to keep alerts organized and visible to the right people.
Recommendation:
Use a public channel so your whole engineering team can see and act on cost alerts. Private channels work too — SaneCost respects your workspace permissions.
Run the config command with your chosen channel name:
You'll see a response like this:
Don't worry about the warning!
This is expected — this reminds you to invite SaneCost to the channel. We'll do that in the next step.
Navigate to your chosen channel and invite SaneCost:
Pro tip:
When typing /invite @SaneCost, start typing @Sane and select SaneCost from the mention dropdown to make sure you're tagging the right app.
Run the status command to confirm your channel is set up correctly:
In the settings section, you should see:
SaneCost will now post waste alerts to your channel. When idle or underutilized resources are detected, you'll see actionable Slack notifications.