The default Kick alert
The preview above is the default alert: a role ping, "is now live on Kick!", the stream link, then a green embed with the streamer name, the stream title, the category, the viewer count and the stream thumbnail. Every part of it can be changed: rewrite the message, rebuild the embed or load a saved template. Variables fill in the live details for you:
- {channel.name}: the Kick channel name
- {stream.title} and {stream.game.name}: the stream title and its category
- {stream.viewers}: the viewer count when the alert is posted
- {stream.url}: the link to the stream
- {ping.roles}: the roles you chose to ping
Set up Kick notifications in three steps
No Kick account or API key is needed.
- Add Koya to your Discord server.
- In the dashboard, open Kick, search the channel by name and pick the Discord channel for the alerts.
- Choose the roles to ping, adjust the message and save.
Koya posts through a webhook, so it needs the Manage Webhooks permission in that channel. In a forum channel, each stream opens its own post, titled after the stream. Alerts use the name and avatar of your custom bot profile, and Premium can set them per alert.
When the stream ends (Premium)
With Premium, you choose what happens to the alert once Kick reports the stream is over. Here is what the alerts channel shows with each end of stream action:
The alerts channel after the stream| Action | What members see |
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| Nothing | The live alert, as it was posted |
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| New | The live alert, followed by a new end message |
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| Edit | A single message: the live alert, turned into the end message |
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| Delete | No alert left: the channel only shows streams that are live |
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The default end message is an embed with the streamer name, the stream title and the Kick channel banner, and you can rewrite it like the live alert. Premium can also refresh the live alert every 5 minutes with the current title, category and viewers, and publish it automatically in announcement channels so that following servers get it too.
For streamers, teams and fan servers
Announcing your own stream? The free plan is enough: 1 Kick channel with your message and your ping. A team or a collective can follow 10 channels on Premium, or unlimited on Pro, each with its own Discord channel, roles and message. On a fan server, ping a role that members pick for themselves, so only the people who want live alerts get them: let members pick the live ping role.
Free, Premium and Pro for Kick alerts
What each plan includes for Kick alerts. Every other limit is on the Premium and Pro limits page.
| Feature | Free | Premium | Pro |
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| Kick channels | 1 | 10 | unlimited |
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| Go-live alert, message, embed and role pings | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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| Backup check | Every hour | Every 2 minutes | Every 2 minutes |
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| End of stream: new message, edit or deletion | No | Yes | Yes |
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| Auto refresh and auto publish | No | Yes | Yes |
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| Name and avatar per alert | No | Yes | Yes |
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More than Kick
The same dashboard posts Twitch streams, YouTube videos, Bluesky posts, Reddit posts, RSS feeds and Spotify releases, each with its own channel and ping. Streaming on Twitch as well? See Twitch alerts, or browse all social alert sources.
