Create Kibana alerting rules programmatically via the Alerting API
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Steps
Call POST /s/{space_id}/api/alerting/rule/{id} (or omit {id} to let Kibana generate one) to create a rule.
Select a rule type and supply its type-specific params along with the rule's schedule and name.
Configure actions that reference existing connectors so the rule performs notifications when its condition is met.
Set notify_when to onActionGroupChange, onActiveAlert, or onThrottleInterval to control how often actions re-fire while a rule condition remains active.
Use the corresponding GET and PUT endpoints in the same Alerting API group to retrieve or update the rule afterward.
Known gotchas
Rules are space-scoped — the {space_id} in the path must match the Kibana space that both the rule and its connectors live in.
notify_when materially changes behavior: onActiveAlert re-fires actions on every check interval while the condition holds, which can flood connectors unless paired with a throttle interval.
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