diff --git a/public/components/Notifications/NotificationForm.tsx b/public/components/Notifications/NotificationForm.tsx
index 06354941..25a86021 100644
--- a/public/components/Notifications/NotificationForm.tsx
+++ b/public/components/Notifications/NotificationForm.tsx
@@ -16,16 +16,19 @@ import {
   EuiCompressedSwitch,
   EuiText,
   EuiCompressedTextArea,
+  EuiCompressedCheckbox,
 } from '@elastic/eui';
-import React, { useState } from 'react';
+import React, { useCallback, useState } from 'react';
 import { NOTIFICATIONS_HREF } from '../../utils/constants';
 import { NotificationsCallOut } from '../NotificationsCallOut';
 import {
   NotificationChannelOption,
   NotificationChannelTypeOptions,
   TriggerAction,
+  TriggerContext,
 } from '../../../types';
 import { getIsNotificationPluginInstalled } from '../../utils/helpers';
+import { render } from 'mustache';
 
 export interface NotificationFormProps {
   allNotificationChannels: NotificationChannelTypeOptions[];
@@ -37,10 +40,12 @@ export interface NotificationFormProps {
   onMessageBodyChange: (message: string) => void;
   onMessageSubjectChange: (subject: string) => void;
   onNotificationToggle?: (enabled: boolean) => void;
+  context: TriggerContext;
 }
 
 export const NotificationForm: React.FC<NotificationFormProps> = ({
   action,
+  context,
   allNotificationChannels,
   loadingNotifications,
   prepareMessage,
@@ -53,6 +58,10 @@ export const NotificationForm: React.FC<NotificationFormProps> = ({
   const hasNotificationPlugin = getIsNotificationPluginInstalled();
   const [shouldSendNotification, setShouldSendNotification] = useState(!!action?.destination_id);
   const selectedNotificationChannelOption: NotificationChannelOption[] = [];
+  const [displayPreview, setDisplayPreview] = useState(false);
+  const onDisplayPreviewChange = useCallback((e) => setDisplayPreview(e.target.checked), [
+    displayPreview,
+  ]);
   if (shouldSendNotification && action?.destination_id) {
     allNotificationChannels.forEach((typeOption) => {
       const matchingChannel = typeOption.options.find(
@@ -61,7 +70,17 @@ export const NotificationForm: React.FC<NotificationFormProps> = ({
       if (matchingChannel) selectedNotificationChannelOption.push(matchingChannel);
     });
   }
-
+  let preview = '';
+  try {
+    preview = `${render(action?.subject_template.source, context)}\n\n${render(
+      action?.message_template.source,
+      context
+    )}`;
+  } catch (err) {
+    preview = `There was an error rendering message preview: ${err.message}`;
+    console.error('There was an error rendering mustache template', err);
+  }
+  ``;
   return (
     <>
       <EuiCompressedSwitch
@@ -168,15 +187,24 @@ export const NotificationForm: React.FC<NotificationFormProps> = ({
                   />
                 </EuiCompressedFormRow>
               </EuiFlexItem>
-              {prepareMessage && (
+
+              <EuiFlexItem>
+                <EuiCompressedCheckbox
+                  id="notification-message-preview-checkbox"
+                  label="Preview message"
+                  checked={displayPreview}
+                  onChange={onDisplayPreviewChange}
+                />
+              </EuiFlexItem>
+              {displayPreview && (
                 <EuiFlexItem>
-                  <EuiCompressedFormRow>
-                    <EuiSmallButton
-                      fullWidth={false}
-                      onClick={() => prepareMessage(true /* updateMessage */)}
-                    >
-                      Generate message
-                    </EuiSmallButton>
+                  <EuiCompressedFormRow label="Message preview" fullWidth>
+                    <EuiCompressedTextArea
+                      placeholder="Preview of mustache template"
+                      fullWidth
+                      value={preview}
+                      readOnly
+                    />
                   </EuiCompressedFormRow>
                 </EuiFlexItem>
               )}
diff --git a/public/pages/CreateDetector/components/ConfigureAlerts/components/AlertCondition/AlertConditionPanel.tsx b/public/pages/CreateDetector/components/ConfigureAlerts/components/AlertCondition/AlertConditionPanel.tsx
index 62707764..f49c2fd4 100644
--- a/public/pages/CreateDetector/components/ConfigureAlerts/components/AlertCondition/AlertConditionPanel.tsx
+++ b/public/pages/CreateDetector/components/ConfigureAlerts/components/AlertCondition/AlertConditionPanel.tsx
@@ -28,9 +28,10 @@ import {
   Detector,
   NotificationChannelOption,
   NotificationChannelTypeOptions,
+  TriggerContext,
 } from '../../../../../../../types';
 import { NotificationForm } from '../../../../../../components/Notifications/NotificationForm';
-import { ALERT_SEVERITY_OPTIONS } from '../../../../../../utils/constants';
+import { ALERT_SEVERITY_OPTIONS, DEFAULT_MESSAGE_SOURCE } from '../../../../../../utils/constants';
 
 interface AlertConditionPanelProps extends RouteComponentProps {
   alertCondition: AlertCondition;
@@ -99,6 +100,29 @@ export default class AlertConditionPanel extends Component<
     });
   }
 
+  getTriggerContext = (): TriggerContext => {
+    const lineBreakAndTab = '\n\t';
+    const { alertCondition, detector } = this.props;
+    const detectorInput = detector.inputs[0].detector_input;
+    const detectorIndices = `${lineBreakAndTab}${detectorInput.indices.join(
+      `,${lineBreakAndTab}`
+    )}`;
+    return {
+      ctx: {
+        trigger: {
+          name: alertCondition.name,
+          severity:
+            parseAlertSeverityToOption(alertCondition.severity)?.label || alertCondition.severity,
+        },
+        detector: {
+          name: detector.name,
+          description: detectorInput.description,
+          datasources: detectorIndices,
+        },
+      },
+    };
+  };
+
   // When component mounts, we prepare message but at this point we don't want to emit the
   // trigger changed metric since it is not user initiated. So we use the onMount flag to determine that
   // and pass it downstream accordingly.
@@ -113,7 +137,7 @@ export default class AlertConditionPanel extends Component<
       parseAlertSeverityToOption(alertCondition.severity)?.label || alertCondition.severity
     }`;
     const detectorName = `Threat detector: ${detector.name}`;
-    const defaultSubject = [alertConditionName, alertConditionSeverity, detectorName].join(' - ');
+    const defaultSubject = DEFAULT_MESSAGE_SOURCE.MESSAGE_SUBJECT;
 
     if (updateMessage || !alertCondition.actions[0]?.subject_template.source)
       this.onMessageSubjectChange(defaultSubject, !onMount);
@@ -157,7 +181,7 @@ export default class AlertConditionPanel extends Component<
       if (alertConditionSelections.length)
         defaultMessageBody =
           defaultMessageBody + lineBreak + lineBreak + alertConditionSelections.join(lineBreak);
-      this.onMessageBodyChange(defaultMessageBody, !onMount);
+      this.onMessageBodyChange(DEFAULT_MESSAGE_SOURCE.MESSAGE_BODY, !onMount);
     }
   };
 
@@ -537,6 +561,7 @@ export default class AlertConditionPanel extends Component<
 
         <NotificationForm
           action={alertCondition.actions[0]}
+          context={this.getTriggerContext()}
           allNotificationChannels={allNotificationChannels}
           loadingNotifications={loadingNotifications}
           prepareMessage={this.prepareMessage}
diff --git a/public/pages/CreateDetector/components/ConfigureAlerts/components/AlertCondition/__snapshots__/AlertConditionPanel.test.tsx.snap b/public/pages/CreateDetector/components/ConfigureAlerts/components/AlertCondition/__snapshots__/AlertConditionPanel.test.tsx.snap
index c28c89fc..126c0d76 100644
--- a/public/pages/CreateDetector/components/ConfigureAlerts/components/AlertCondition/__snapshots__/AlertConditionPanel.test.tsx.snap
+++ b/public/pages/CreateDetector/components/ConfigureAlerts/components/AlertCondition/__snapshots__/AlertConditionPanel.test.tsx.snap
@@ -838,28 +838,22 @@ Object {
                     class="euiFlexItem"
                   >
                     <div
-                      class="euiFormRow euiFormRow--compressed"
-                      id="some_html_id-row"
+                      class="euiCheckbox euiCheckbox--compressed"
                     >
+                      <input
+                        class="euiCheckbox__input"
+                        id="notification-message-preview-checkbox"
+                        type="checkbox"
+                      />
                       <div
-                        class="euiFormRow__fieldWrapper"
+                        class="euiCheckbox__square"
+                      />
+                      <label
+                        class="euiCheckbox__label"
+                        for="notification-message-preview-checkbox"
                       >
-                        <button
-                          class="euiButton euiButton--primary euiButton--small"
-                          id="some_html_id"
-                          type="button"
-                        >
-                          <span
-                            class="euiButtonContent euiButton__content"
-                          >
-                            <span
-                              class="euiButton__text"
-                            >
-                              Generate message
-                            </span>
-                          </span>
-                        </button>
-                      </div>
+                        Preview message
+                      </label>
                     </div>
                   </div>
                 </div>
@@ -1707,28 +1701,22 @@ Object {
                   class="euiFlexItem"
                 >
                   <div
-                    class="euiFormRow euiFormRow--compressed"
-                    id="some_html_id-row"
+                    class="euiCheckbox euiCheckbox--compressed"
                   >
+                    <input
+                      class="euiCheckbox__input"
+                      id="notification-message-preview-checkbox"
+                      type="checkbox"
+                    />
                     <div
-                      class="euiFormRow__fieldWrapper"
+                      class="euiCheckbox__square"
+                    />
+                    <label
+                      class="euiCheckbox__label"
+                      for="notification-message-preview-checkbox"
                     >
-                      <button
-                        class="euiButton euiButton--primary euiButton--small"
-                        id="some_html_id"
-                        type="button"
-                      >
-                        <span
-                          class="euiButtonContent euiButton__content"
-                        >
-                          <span
-                            class="euiButton__text"
-                          >
-                            Generate message
-                          </span>
-                        </span>
-                      </button>
-                    </div>
+                      Preview message
+                    </label>
                   </div>
                 </div>
               </div>
diff --git a/public/utils/constants.ts b/public/utils/constants.ts
index 25ab3da8..dec93b83 100644
--- a/public/utils/constants.ts
+++ b/public/utils/constants.ts
@@ -320,3 +320,12 @@ const LocalCluster: DataSourceOption = {
 export const dataSourceObservable = new BehaviorSubject<DataSourceOption>({});
 
 export const DATA_SOURCE_NOT_SET_ERROR = 'Data source is not set';
+
+export const DEFAULT_MESSAGE_SOURCE = {
+  MESSAGE_BODY: `- Triggered alert condition: {{ctx.trigger.name}}
+ - Severity: {{ctx.trigger.severity}}
+ - Threat detector: {{ctx.detector.name}}
+ - Description: {{ctx.detector.description}}
+ - Detector data sources: {{ctx.detector.datasources}}`,
+  MESSAGE_SUBJECT: `Triggered alert condition:  {{ctx.trigger.name}} - Severity: {{ctx.trigger.severity}} - Threat detector: {{ctx.detector.name}}`,
+};
diff --git a/types/Alert.ts b/types/Alert.ts
index 5e600c57..c7b22a8b 100644
--- a/types/Alert.ts
+++ b/types/Alert.ts
@@ -43,6 +43,20 @@ export interface TriggerAction {
   };
 }
 
+export interface TriggerContext {
+  ctx: {
+    trigger: {
+      name: string;
+      severity: string;
+    };
+    detector: {
+      name: string;
+      description: string;
+      datasources: string;
+    };
+  };
+}
+
 /**
  * API interfaces
  */