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+# CloudWatch Slack Alerts
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+A Lambda container that sends CloudWatch alert states to Slack.
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+<img width="651" alt="image" src="https://github.com/clevyr/cloudwatch-slack-alerts/assets/7717888/83866193-a74f-4e3f-acbb-049f1194a636">