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Setup

Setup walks through creating a profile: preset, cameras, provider, and target.

Preset

Select a starting template. Presets pre-fill phase configs, templates, and defaults for common notification patterns. All values are editable after creation.

Field Type Description Default
Preset Dropdown Starting template: Live Alerts, Rich Alerts, End Only, Snapshot Only, Latest Only, Silent Log Live Alerts

If any of the profile's selected cameras has GenAI review descriptions enabled in Frigate, GenAI sections appear automatically throughout the wizard. See Presets for details.


Basics

Profile identity, camera selection, provider, and notification target. This step runs in two passes: the first collects identity and provider, the second collects the target.

Pass 1: Identity

Field Type Description Default
Profile name Text Descriptive label for this profile (required)
Cameras Multi-select Frigate cameras to monitor (one or more) (required)
Provider Dropdown Apple (iOS Push), Android (Companion), Cross-Platform (iOS + Android group), Android TV / Fire TV Apple (iOS Push)

Pass 2: Target

After selecting a provider, the step reloads to show provider-appropriate target fields:

Field Type Description Shown for
Device Device picker Mobile app device to notify Apple, Android
Notify service Dropdown (custom value) Notify service or group name All providers
Tag Text Notification tag template Apple, Android, Cross-Platform
Group Text Notification group template Apple, Android, Cross-Platform

Exactly one of Device or Notify service must be filled. Tag and Group are hidden for Android TV.

Grouping for multi-camera profiles

The default {{ camera }} in the group template resolves to the triggering camera, so each camera's notifications group independently even within a multi-camera profile.


Customize menu

After Basics, the wizard presents a menu. Pick any section to configure or go straight to Save:

  • Filtering -- objects, zones, guard, time, presence, state
  • Content & templates -- message templates, subtitles, emoji, zone phrases
  • Media & actions -- attachments, video, action buttons
  • Delivery & timing -- sound, timing, rate limiting, platform options
  • Save profile -- save with current settings

Every section returns to the menu after saving, so you can visit them in any order or skip entirely. On reconfigure, the menu also includes Basics for editing the notification target.