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# Set up your first notification rule

> Create a notification rule at /rules to get emailed or texted when a matching load hits the board. Name it, set your corridor and equipment, then save.

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Notification rules watch the load board for you. Instead of refreshing the page all day, you tell Load Work what you are looking for, and it sends an alert the moment a matching load posts. This guide walks you through creating your first rule.

<Steps>
  <Step title="Go to the Rules page">
    Click **Rules** in the left sidebar, or go directly to `/rules`. Then click **New rule**.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Name your rule">
    Give it a clear name you will recognize later. For example: **Texas → Southeast corridor** or **Home daily box truck**.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Set the FROM corridor">
    Choose where you want loads to originate. Your options are:

    * **States** — pick one or more states
    * **Within radius** — set a city and radius (25, 50, 100, 150, 250, or 500 miles)
    * **Anywhere** — no origin filter
  </Step>

  <Step title="Set the TO corridor">
    Do the same for destination. You can mix and match: for example, FROM "Within 250 miles of Dallas" TO "Florida, Georgia, Alabama".
  </Step>

  <Step title="Pick equipment">
    Select one or more equipment types from the 16 chips. If you leave none selected, the rule matches any equipment type.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Save the rule">
    Review the live preview to see what kinds of loads your rule would have caught in the last few days. Then click **Create rule**.
  </Step>
</Steps>

## Where alerts appear

When a matching load posts, your alert lands in two places:

1. The **Notifications** page at `/notifications`
2. The **notification bell** in the top bar, which shows recent load alerts with a "See all load alerts" link

Email alerts are sent on every plan. SMS alerts are only available on Pro and Enterprise. Push notifications are coming later and are not available yet.

<Tip>
  You can set quiet hours in **Settings → Notifications** so alerts do not wake you up. Quiet hours apply to every rule you create.
</Tip>

For a full field-by-field breakdown of the rule builder, including rate filters, miles limits, and the "Include loads with no rate" checkbox, see the detailed guide.

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