# Use Cases

> Real-world notification routing examples: CI/CD, cron jobs, uptime, server monitoring, deployments, error tracking, backups, security, and IoT alerts.

Source: https://docs.alphorn.dev/use-cases/

Alphorn works anywhere you need to route notifications from one source to multiple destinations. Here are common use cases with working code examples.

## DevOps & Infrastructure

<Cards>
  <Card title="Uptime Monitoring" description="Uptime Kuma, health checks, custom monitors" href="/use-cases/uptime-monitoring" />
  <Card title="Server Monitoring" description="Disk, CPU, memory, SSL certificates" href="/use-cases/server-monitoring" />
  <Card title="CI/CD Pipelines" description="GitHub Actions, GitLab CI" href="/use-cases/ci-cd-pipelines" />
  <Card title="Deployments" description="Docker, Kubernetes, Vercel" href="/use-cases/deployments" />
  <Card title="Cron Jobs & Scripts" description="Script exit codes, reusable wrappers" href="/use-cases/cron-jobs" />
  <Card title="Backup Monitoring" description="pg_dump, restic, borgbackup, anomaly detection" href="/use-cases/database-backups" />
</Cards>

## Application

<Cards>
  <Card title="Error Tracking" description="Backend exceptions, frontend errors" href="/use-cases/error-tracking" />
  <Card title="Contact Forms" description="Instant alerts instead of buried emails" href="/use-cases/contact-forms" />
  <Card title="E-commerce Orders" description="Orders, refunds, inventory, payments" href="/use-cases/ecommerce-orders" />
  <Card title="AI Agents" description="Waiting for input, completion, cost tracking" href="/ai-agents" />
</Cards>

## Security & Hardware

<Cards>
  <Card title="Security Alerts" description="SSH, logins, suspicious activity" href="/use-cases/security-alerts" />
  <Card title="IoT & Sensors" description="Temperature, heartbeats, MQTT bridge" href="/use-cases/iot-sensors" />
  <Card title="Git Activity" description="PRs, merges, releases" href="/use-cases/git-activity" />
  <Card title="GitHub Webhooks" description="Issues, workflow runs, Dependabot, stars" href="/use-cases/github-webhooks" />
</Cards>