diff --git a/.github/workflows/dbt_test.yml b/.github/workflows/dbt_test.yml
index 41c79c8..77db4e7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dbt_test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dbt_test.yml
@@ -43,3 +43,10 @@ jobs:
       - name: Run DBT Jobs
         run: |
           dbt test -m models/bronze models/silver models/gold
+
+  notify-failure:
+    needs: [run_dbt_jobs]
+    if: failure()
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/slack_notify.yml
+    secrets:
+      SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL: ${{ secrets.SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/slack_notify.yml b/.github/workflows/slack_notify.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1866ba2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/slack_notify.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+name: Slack Notification
+on:
+  workflow_call:
+    secrets:
+      SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL:
+        required: true
+
+jobs:
+  notify:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    environment: workflow_prod
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        
+      - name: Set up Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        with:
+          python-version: "3.10"
+          
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: pip install requests
+          
+      - name: Send Slack notification
+        run: python python/slack_alert.py
+        env:
+          SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL: ${{ secrets.SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL }}
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diff --git a/python/slack_alert.py b/python/slack_alert.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4e624f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python/slack_alert.py
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+import requests
+import os
+import sys
+
+def create_message():
+    """Creates a simple failure notification message with repo, workflow name, and URL"""
+    
+    # Get GitHub environment variables
+    repository = os.environ.get('GITHUB_REPOSITORY', 'Unknown repository')
+    repo_name = repository.split('/')[-1] if '/' in repository else repository
+    workflow_name = os.environ.get('GITHUB_WORKFLOW', 'Unknown workflow')
+    run_id = os.environ.get('GITHUB_RUN_ID', '')
+    server_url = os.environ.get('GITHUB_SERVER_URL', 'https://github.com')
+    
+    # Build the workflow URL
+    workflow_url = f"{server_url}/{repository}/actions/runs/{run_id}"
+    
+    message_body = {
+        "text": f"Failure in {repo_name}",
+        "attachments": [
+            {
+                "color": "#f44336",  # Red color for failures
+                "fields": [
+                    {
+                        "title": "Repository",
+                        "value": repository,
+                        "short": True
+                    },
+                    {
+                        "title": "Workflow",
+                        "value": workflow_name,
+                        "short": True
+                    }
+                ],
+                "actions": [
+                    {
+                        "type": "button",
+                        "text": "View Workflow Run",
+                        "style": "primary",
+                        "url": workflow_url
+                    }
+                ],
+                "footer": "GitHub Actions"
+            }
+        ]
+    }
+    
+    return message_body
+
+def send_alert(webhook_url):
+    """Sends a failure notification to Slack"""
+    
+    message = create_message()
+    
+    try:
+        response = requests.post(webhook_url, json=message)
+        
+        if response.status_code == 200:
+            print("Successfully sent Slack notification")
+        else:
+            print(f"Failed to send Slack notification: {response.status_code} {response.text}")
+            sys.exit(1)
+    except Exception as e:
+        print(f"Error sending Slack notification: {str(e)}")
+        sys.exit(1)
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    webhook_url = os.environ.get("SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL")
+    
+    if not webhook_url:
+        print("ERROR: SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL environment variable is required")
+        sys.exit(1)
+    
+    send_alert(webhook_url)
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