> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.ilert.com/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://docs.ilert.com/chatops/google-chat.md).

# Google Chat

Connect ilert to Google Chat to receive and act on alerts, raise them, and look up who is on call from your spaces.

Connect ilert to Google Chat to receive alerts in your spaces and act on them there, raise new alerts, and check who is on call.

Google Chat needs a **Google Workspace** account: the ilert app turns away personal Google accounts.

## Choose how alerts reach Google Chat

|                                                   | [Google Chat app](/chatops/google-chat/google-chat-app.md) | [Webhook](/chatops/google-chat/incoming-webhook.md) |
| ------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------- |
| Accept, reroute, resolve from the space           | Yes                                                        | No                                                  |
| Card updated as the alert changes                 | Yes                                                        | No — every event is a new message                   |
| Slash commands                                    | Yes                                                        | No                                                  |
| Raise alerts and look up who is on call from chat | Yes                                                        | No                                                  |
| Needs the app installed for your organization     | Yes                                                        | No                                                  |
| Setup effort                                      | Medium                                                     | Low                                                 |

The **Google Chat app** is the right choice unless your organization cannot install it — with a webhook, responders have to open ilert to act on an alert.

## Select your use case

<table data-card-size="large" data-view="cards"><thead><tr><th></th><th></th><th data-hidden data-card-target data-type="content-ref"></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>Google Chat app</strong></td><td>Install the app, add it to a space, and connect your ilert account.</td><td><a href="/chatops/google-chat/google-chat-app.md">Google Chat app</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Post alerts to a space</strong></td><td>Publish alerts to a space and act on them there.</td><td><a href="/chatops/google-chat/post-alerts-to-a-google-chat-space.md">Post alerts to a Google Chat space</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Create alerts in Google Chat</strong></td><td>Let people raise an alert with <code>/il-alert</code>, with or without an ilert account.</td><td><a href="/chatops/google-chat/create-alerts-in-google-chat.md">Create alerts in Google Chat</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Look up who is on call</strong></td><td>Answer "who do I page?" in the space with <code>/il-oncall</code>.</td><td><a href="/chatops/google-chat/look-up-who-is-on-call-in-google-chat.md">Look up who is on call in Google Chat</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Post alerts with a webhook</strong></td><td>The fallback where the app cannot be installed: cards without buttons.</td><td><a href="/chatops/google-chat/incoming-webhook.md">Post alerts with a Google Chat webhook</a></td></tr></tbody></table>


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