laravel-pretty-slack-logs

A drop-in Slack log channel for Laravel that turns the noisy default error dump into a structured, color-coded Block Kit message — with HTTP request context, git/host info, app-frame Location, Caused-by chains, and JSON context.

Screenshots

A domain-level error wrapping a vendor-side cause — env header, request context, app-frame Location, stack trace, and the chained Caused by.

Log::critical(...) with a structured context array — rendered as pretty-printed JSON.

Illuminate\Database\QueryException with the SQL embedded in the message and a Caused by PDOException in the trace below (cropped).

What you get

Every error sent to Slack includes:

• Color sidebar per log level (warning / error / critical / emergency)
• Header with severity emoji, level, and exception class (or message)
• Environment line: local · MyApp · a1b2c3d (main) · host: web-1
• Message in a code block
• Location — the first non-vendor stack frame with file:line — Class::method(), plus a separate "Thrown at" line if the throw site differs
• Request context for HTTP requests: method, URL, route name, IP, authenticated user, user-agent
• Console context for artisan commands: full command line
• Stack (app frames) — top frames excluding vendor/ and entry points
• Caused by chain — each previous exception rendered with the same Location-style format
• Context — any Log::error('msg', [...context]) array, pretty-printed JSON
• Footer with timestamp

Long fields are automatically truncated with a … (truncated) marker so messages never blow Slack's block size limits.

Requirements

• PHP 8.2+
• Laravel 11, 12, or 13
• A Slack Incoming Webhook URL

Install

composer require justrau/laravel-pretty-slack-logs

Configure

Add a channel to config/logging.php:

use JustRau\PrettySlackLogs\Channel;

return [
    'channels' => [

        'stack' => [
            'driver' => 'stack',
            'channels' => ['daily', 'pretty-slack'],
            'ignore_exceptions' => false,
        ],

        'pretty-slack' => [
            'driver' => 'custom',
            'via' => Channel::class,
            'url' => env('LOG_SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL'),
            'level' => env('LOG_SLACK_LEVEL', 'error'),
        ],

    ],
];

Then add to .env:

LOG_SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL=https://hooks.slack.com/services/XXX/YYY/ZZZ
LOG_SLACK_LEVEL=error

That's it. Errors logged at or above LOG_SLACK_LEVEL will be posted to Slack.

Usage

Anything that hits the configured channel gets formatted automatically:

// Throws → caught by Laravel's exception handler → reported to the stack channel
throw new RuntimeException('Boom');

// Reported manually
report(new DomainException('handled but worth flagging'));

// Direct logger calls with context
Log::error('Failed to send notification', [
    'user_id' => 42,
    'channel' => 'email',
    'attempt' => 3,
]);

// Direct to this channel
Log::channel('pretty-slack')->critical('Payment processor unreachable', [
    'provider' => 'stripe',
    'amount' => 12345,
]);

Configuration options

License

MIT — see LICENSE.