> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.anyformat.ai/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Email alert

> Sends an email when a document reaches it. Coming soon: the tile is in the palette, but it cannot be added to a workflow yet.

**Email alert** sends an email for every document that reaches it, the way [Slack alert](/guides/nodes/slack-alert) posts a message. It lives in the **Alerts** section of the Studio palette, marked **soon**: the tile is visible but disabled, and it cannot be dragged onto the canvas today.

Use [Slack alert](/guides/nodes/slack-alert) for alerts now. This page describes what Email alert will configure, so you can plan a workflow around it.

## The node

<Note>
  The public API does not accept an `email_alert` node today. A workflow that carries one is rejected. There is no API JSON, and neither SDK builder has a method for it.
</Note>

## In Studio

The tile sits under **Alerts**, next to Slack alert, with a **soon** badge and greyed out. Once enabled, clicking the node on the canvas opens a panel with two inputs: **Email Address**, the recipient, and **Message**, the body to send.

<img src="https://mintcdn.com/anyformat/G2lOO-2_Ah2kKl9r/images/studio-operators.webp?fit=max&auto=format&n=G2lOO-2_Ah2kKl9r&q=85&s=0e33cdab29d8c072fab7bc20cecddcef" alt="The Operators palette, with Email alert marked soon" width="384" height="758" data-path="images/studio-operators.webp" />

## Options

Studio only. Nothing here is sent to the API today.

| Field         | Type          | Default | What it does                       |
| ------------- | ------------- | ------- | ---------------------------------- |
| Email Address | email address | empty   | The single recipient of the alert. |
| Message       | text          | empty   | The body of the email.             |

## What it returns

An email to the recipient, and nothing in the run results. Like Slack alert, it is a terminal node: it fires after the node before it finishes for the document, and only on the branch the document took.

## Connects to

| Direction | Nodes                                                                                                                                |
| --------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| Fed by    | [Extract](/guides/nodes/extract), [Validate](/guides/nodes/validate), [If/Else](/guides/nodes/if-else) (either branch), once enabled |
| Feeds     | nothing. Email alert is a terminal node.                                                                                             |

## Billing

Free. Email alert runs no model and bills no credits. Full price list: [How credits work](/concepts/how-credits-work).

## Examples

None yet. [Slack alert](/guides/nodes/slack-alert) shows the same shape with a channel instead of an inbox.