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How to Post a Go-Live Alert to Discord, Bluesky and Telegram When Your Twitch Stream Starts

Stop typing "live now" into four apps while your stream is starting. Here is how to make the alert post itself, once per stream.

Nov 3, 2026 4 min read

The alert you forget to post

The moment you go live is the worst moment to be writing social posts. You are checking audio, greeting chat and fixing a scene. So the alert goes out late, or to one platform, or not at all, and the people who would have come never knew.

How automatic go-live alerts work

Twitch can tell another service the moment a stream starts. SocialMate listens for that, and when your stream begins it posts your alert to the platforms you picked: Discord, Bluesky, Telegram, Mastodon, LinkedIn and X.

  • It posts once per stream, and waits at least 30 minutes between alerts, so a dropped connection does not spam your followers.
  • You write the message once. Fields fill in on their own: {name} for your channel, {title} for the stream title, {game} for the category and {url} for your link.
  • The free plan includes 1 alert, Pro up to 5 and Agency up to 10. Posting to X needs Pro.

    • Write an alert people click

    A good alert says what is happening right now and why it is worth showing up. The stream title usually does the second part, so put it in:

  • "{name} is live: {title} {url}"
  • "Going live with {game}. Tonight: {title}. Come hang out: {url}"
  • "Live now, and I am trying something new: {title} {url}"

    • Keep the link on its own or at the end. On Discord and Bluesky it turns into a preview.

    Set it up

    1. Create a free SocialMate account and connect your Discord server, Bluesky, Telegram or any of the others.

    2. Open Live alerts and enter your Twitch channel name.

    3. Write the message, pick the platforms and save.

    4. Next time you go live, check that the alert landed.

    What it does not do

  • It works with Twitch only. YouTube and Kick streams are not detected.
  • It does not post when the stream ends.
  • For scheduled announcements, like your weekly schedule, use a normal scheduled post. The free Discord timestamp generator makes start times that show in each viewer's own time zone.

    • Set up go-live alerts free

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