diff --git a/.github/workflows/daily.yaml b/.github/workflows/daily.yaml
index 35b4f08..6fac62d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/daily.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/daily.yaml
@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@ name: Daily Collection
 
 on:
   workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      slack_channel:
+        description: Slack channel to post the error message to if the builds fail.
+        required: false
+        default: "sdv-alerts-debug"
   schedule:
     - cron:  '0 0 * * *'
 
@@ -28,3 +33,22 @@ jobs:
       env:
         PYDRIVE_CREDENTIALS: ${{ secrets.PYDRIVE_CREDENTIALS }}
         BIGQUERY_CREDENTIALS: ${{ secrets.BIGQUERY_CREDENTIALS }}
+
+  alert:
+    needs: [collect]
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    if: failure()
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+      with:
+        python-version: '3.13'
+    - name: Install slack dependencies
+      run: |
+        python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+        python -m pip install invoke
+        python -m pip install .[dev]
+    - name: Slack alert if failure
+      run: python -m github_analytics.slack_utils -r ${{ github.run_id }} -c ${{ github.event.inputs.slack_channel || 'sdv-alerts' }}
+      env:
+        SLACK_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.SLACK_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/dryrun.yaml b/.github/workflows/dryrun.yaml
index 6953831..bdf0f72 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dryrun.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dryrun.yaml
@@ -1,12 +1,18 @@
 name: Health-check Dry Run
 
 on:
-  - workflow_dispatch
-  - push
-  - pull_request
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      slack_channel:
+        description: Slack channel to post the error message to if the builds fail.
+        required: false
+        default: "sdv-alerts-debug"
+
+  push:
+  pull_request:
 
 jobs:
-  collect:
+  dry_run:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -29,3 +35,22 @@ jobs:
       env:
         PYDRIVE_CREDENTIALS: ${{ secrets.PYDRIVE_CREDENTIALS }}
         BIGQUERY_CREDENTIALS: ${{ secrets.BIGQUERY_CREDENTIALS }}
+
+  alert:
+    needs: [dry_run]
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    if: failure()
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+      with:
+        python-version: '3.13'
+    - name: Install slack dependencies
+      run: |
+        python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+        python -m pip install invoke
+        python -m pip install .[dev]
+    - name: Slack alert if failure
+      run: python -m github_analytics.slack_utils -r ${{ github.run_id }} -c ${{ github.event.inputs.slack_channel || 'sdv-alerts' }}
+      env:
+        SLACK_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.SLACK_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/download_analytics/slack_utils.py b/download_analytics/slack_utils.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2cdb4c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/download_analytics/slack_utils.py
@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+"""Utility functions for Slack integration."""
+
+import argparse
+import os
+
+from slack_sdk import WebClient
+
+GITHUB_URL_PREFIX = 'https://github.com/datacebo/download-analytics/actions/runs/'
+DEFAULT_SLACK_CHANNEL = 'sdv-alerts-debug'
+
+
+def _get_slack_client():
+    """Create an authenticated Slack client.
+
+    Returns:
+        WebClient:
+            An authenticated Slack WebClient instance.
+    """
+    token = os.getenv('SLACK_TOKEN')
+    client = WebClient(token=token)
+    return client
+
+
+def post_slack_message(channel, text):
+    """Post a message to a Slack channel.
+
+    Args:
+        channel (str):
+            The name of the channel to post to.
+        text (str):
+            The message to send to the channel.
+
+    Returns:
+        SlackResponse:
+            Response from Slack API call
+    """
+    client = _get_slack_client()
+    response = client.chat_postMessage(channel=channel, text=text)
+    if not response['ok']:
+        error = response.get('error', 'unknown_error')
+        msg = f'{error} occured trying to post message to {channel}'
+        raise RuntimeError(msg)
+
+    return response
+
+
+def post_slack_message_in_thread(channel, text, thread_ts):
+    """Post a message as a threaded reply in a Slack channel.
+
+    Args:
+        channel (str):
+            The name of the channel to post to.
+        text (str):
+            The message to send as a reply in the thread.
+        thread_ts (str):
+            The timestamp of the message that starts the thread.
+
+    Returns:
+        SlackResponse:
+            Response from Slack API call.
+    """
+    client = _get_slack_client()
+    response = client.chat_postMessage(channel=channel, text=text, thread_ts=thread_ts)
+    if not response['ok']:
+        error = response.get('error', 'unknown_error')
+        msg = f'{error} occurred trying to post threaded message to {channel}'
+        raise RuntimeError(msg)
+
+    return response
+
+
+def send_alert(args):
+    """Send an alert message to a slack channel."""
+    url = GITHUB_URL_PREFIX + args.run_id
+    message = (
+        f'Download Analytics build failed :fire: :dumpster-fire: :fire: See errors <{url}|here>'
+    )
+    post_slack_message(args.channel, message)
+
+
+def get_parser():
+    """Get the parser."""
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Function to alert when a Github workflow fails.')
+    parser.add_argument('-r', '--run-id', type=str, help='The id of the github run.')
+    parser.add_argument(
+        '-c',
+        '--channel',
+        type=str,
+        help='The slack channel to post to.',
+        default=DEFAULT_SLACK_CHANNEL,
+    )
+    parser.set_defaults(action=send_alert)
+
+    return parser
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    parser = get_parser()
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+    args.action(args)
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index e28e030..ae5c259 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -37,7 +37,8 @@ include = ['download_analytics', 'download_analytics.*']
 [project.optional-dependencies]
 dev = [
     "ruff>=0.9.8",
-    "invoke"
+    "invoke",
+    "slack-sdk>=3.34,<4.0",
 ]
 
 [tool.ruff]