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Set Up Watcher

After deploying to a cluster, ask Monk to set up monitoring: 
set up watcher
Slack Watcher Configuration Monk shows a configuration form. The defaults work for most clusters. Click Deploy Watcher to start.
Watcher is available on the Pro and Team plans.

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What Happens

  1. Monk deploys the watcher-agent and watcher-ai components to your cluster
  2. If you have a Slack webhook configured, alerts are sent there
  3. Watcher monitors nodes and containers continuously
  4. When issues are detected, AI analyzes them and sends recommendations
  5. Each Slack alert includes a Fix with Monk button

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Slack Alerts

When prompted, you can configure Slack alerts:
  1. Monk opens a browser window where you authorize the Slack webhook
  2. You pick a Slack channel for alerts
  3. Monk connects everything automatically — no manual webhook URLs needed
If you skip Slack, Watcher still monitors your cluster — you just won’t get push notifications.
Watcher alerts are separate from Slack remote control. You can use one without the other.

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Example Alerts

Issue detected: Slack Watcher Alert Started Slack Watcher Alert Recovery: Slack Watcher Alert Normalized

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Fix with Monk Button

Click Fix with Monk in any Slack alert to:
  1. Open VS Code with the Monk extension
  2. Load the chat panel with full issue context
  3. Ask Monk to fix the issue

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Learn More

→ Watcher - Full configuration options and details → Monitoring & Observability - Log streaming, metrics, troubleshooting