diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/infra/public/components/alerting/metrics/alert_dropdown.tsx b/x-pack/plugins/infra/public/components/alerting/metrics/alert_dropdown.tsx
index 0a464d91fbe06..bb664f4067662 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/infra/public/components/alerting/metrics/alert_dropdown.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/infra/public/components/alerting/metrics/alert_dropdown.tsx
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ export const AlertDropdown = () => {
           'kibana#/management/kibana/triggersActions/alerts'
         )}
       >
-        <FormattedMessage id="xpack.infra.alerting.manageAlerts" defaultMessage="Manage Alerts" />
+        <FormattedMessage id="xpack.infra.alerting.manageAlerts" defaultMessage="Manage alerts" />
       </EuiContextMenuItem>,
     ];
   }, [kibana.services]);
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/infra/public/components/alerting/metrics/metric_threshold_alert_type.ts b/x-pack/plugins/infra/public/components/alerting/metrics/metric_threshold_alert_type.ts
index d3b5aaa7c8796..60c4e013d79ac 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/infra/public/components/alerting/metrics/metric_threshold_alert_type.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/infra/public/components/alerting/metrics/metric_threshold_alert_type.ts
@@ -15,10 +15,20 @@ export function getAlertType(): AlertTypeModel {
   return {
     id: METRIC_THRESHOLD_ALERT_TYPE_ID,
     name: i18n.translate('xpack.infra.metrics.alertFlyout.alertName', {
-      defaultMessage: 'Alert Trigger',
+      defaultMessage: 'Metric Threshold',
     }),
     iconClass: 'bell',
     alertParamsExpression: Expressions,
     validate: validateMetricThreshold,
+    defaultActionMessage: i18n.translate(
+      'xpack.infra.metrics.alerting.threshold.defaultActionMessage',
+      {
+        defaultMessage: `\\{\\{alertName\\}\\} - \\{\\{context.group\\}\\}
+
+\\{\\{context.metricOf.condition0\\}\\} has crossed a threshold of \\{\\{context.thresholdOf.condition0\\}\\}
+Current value is \\{\\{context.valueOf.condition0\\}\\}
+`,
+      }
+    ),
   };
 }
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/infra/server/lib/alerting/metric_threshold/metric_threshold_executor.test.ts b/x-pack/plugins/infra/server/lib/alerting/metric_threshold/metric_threshold_executor.test.ts
index feaa404ae960a..09f1702349542 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/infra/server/lib/alerting/metric_threshold/metric_threshold_executor.test.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/infra/server/lib/alerting/metric_threshold/metric_threshold_executor.test.ts
@@ -126,6 +126,14 @@ describe('The metric threshold alert type', () => {
       expect(alertInstances.get(instanceID).mostRecentAction).toBe(undefined);
       expect(alertInstances.get(instanceID).state.alertState).toBe(AlertStates.OK);
     });
+    test('reports expected values to the action context', async () => {
+      await execute(Comparator.GT, [0.75]);
+      const mostRecentAction = alertInstances.get(instanceID).mostRecentAction;
+      expect(mostRecentAction.action.group).toBe('*');
+      expect(mostRecentAction.action.valueOf.condition0).toBe(1);
+      expect(mostRecentAction.action.thresholdOf.condition0).toStrictEqual([0.75]);
+      expect(mostRecentAction.action.metricOf.condition0).toBe('test.metric.1');
+    });
   });
 
   describe('querying with a groupBy parameter', () => {
@@ -166,6 +174,11 @@ describe('The metric threshold alert type', () => {
       expect(alertInstances.get(instanceIdB).mostRecentAction).toBe(undefined);
       expect(alertInstances.get(instanceIdB).state.alertState).toBe(AlertStates.OK);
     });
+    test('reports group values to the action context', async () => {
+      await execute(Comparator.GT, [0.75]);
+      expect(alertInstances.get(instanceIdA).mostRecentAction.action.group).toBe('a');
+      expect(alertInstances.get(instanceIdB).mostRecentAction.action.group).toBe('b');
+    });
   });
 
   describe('querying with multiple criteria', () => {
@@ -215,6 +228,17 @@ describe('The metric threshold alert type', () => {
       expect(alertInstances.get(instanceIdB).mostRecentAction).toBe(undefined);
       expect(alertInstances.get(instanceIdB).state.alertState).toBe(AlertStates.OK);
     });
+    test('sends all criteria to the action context', async () => {
+      const instanceID = 'test-*';
+      await execute(Comparator.GT_OR_EQ, [1.0], [3.0]);
+      const mostRecentAction = alertInstances.get(instanceID).mostRecentAction;
+      expect(mostRecentAction.action.valueOf.condition0).toBe(1);
+      expect(mostRecentAction.action.valueOf.condition1).toBe(3.5);
+      expect(mostRecentAction.action.thresholdOf.condition0).toStrictEqual([1.0]);
+      expect(mostRecentAction.action.thresholdOf.condition1).toStrictEqual([3.0]);
+      expect(mostRecentAction.action.metricOf.condition0).toBe('test.metric.1');
+      expect(mostRecentAction.action.metricOf.condition1).toBe('test.metric.2');
+    });
   });
   describe('querying with the count aggregator', () => {
     const instanceID = 'test-*';
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/infra/server/lib/alerting/metric_threshold/metric_threshold_executor.ts b/x-pack/plugins/infra/server/lib/alerting/metric_threshold/metric_threshold_executor.ts
index bfe04b82b95fc..60bba61b75ef1 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/infra/server/lib/alerting/metric_threshold/metric_threshold_executor.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/infra/server/lib/alerting/metric_threshold/metric_threshold_executor.ts
@@ -223,6 +223,17 @@ const comparatorMap = {
   [Comparator.LT_OR_EQ]: (a: number, [b]: number[]) => a <= b,
 };
 
+const mapToConditionsLookup = (
+  list: any[],
+  mapFn: (value: any, index: number, array: any[]) => unknown
+) =>
+  list
+    .map(mapFn)
+    .reduce(
+      (result: Record<string, any>, value, i) => ({ ...result, [`condition${i}`]: value }),
+      {}
+    );
+
 export const createMetricThresholdExecutor = (alertUUID: string) =>
   async function({ services, params }: AlertExecutorOptions) {
     const { criteria, groupBy, filterQuery } = params as {
@@ -261,7 +272,9 @@ export const createMetricThresholdExecutor = (alertUUID: string) =>
       if (shouldAlertFire) {
         alertInstance.scheduleActions(FIRED_ACTIONS.id, {
           group,
-          value: alertResults.map(result => result[group].currentValue),
+          valueOf: mapToConditionsLookup(alertResults, result => result[group].currentValue),
+          thresholdOf: mapToConditionsLookup(criteria, criterion => criterion.threshold),
+          metricOf: mapToConditionsLookup(criteria, criterion => criterion.metric),
         });
       }
       // Future use: ability to fetch display current alert state
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/infra/server/lib/alerting/metric_threshold/register_metric_threshold_alert_type.ts b/x-pack/plugins/infra/server/lib/alerting/metric_threshold/register_metric_threshold_alert_type.ts
index ed3a9b2f4fe36..57f9124db923c 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/infra/server/lib/alerting/metric_threshold/register_metric_threshold_alert_type.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/infra/server/lib/alerting/metric_threshold/register_metric_threshold_alert_type.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
  * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License;
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
  */
+import { i18n } from '@kbn/i18n';
 import uuid from 'uuid';
 import { schema } from '@kbn/config-schema';
 import { PluginSetupContract } from '../../../../../alerting/server';
@@ -49,6 +50,37 @@ export async function registerMetricThresholdAlertType(alertingPlugin: PluginSet
     metric: schema.never(),
   });
 
+  const groupActionVariableDescription = i18n.translate(
+    'xpack.infra.metrics.alerting.threshold.alerting.groupActionVariableDescription',
+    {
+      defaultMessage: 'Name of the group reporting data',
+    }
+  );
+
+  const valueOfActionVariableDescription = i18n.translate(
+    'xpack.infra.metrics.alerting.threshold.alerting.valueOfActionVariableDescription',
+    {
+      defaultMessage:
+        'Record of the current value of the watched metric; grouped by condition, i.e valueOf.condition0, valueOf.condition1, etc.',
+    }
+  );
+
+  const thresholdOfActionVariableDescription = i18n.translate(
+    'xpack.infra.metrics.alerting.threshold.alerting.thresholdOfActionVariableDescription',
+    {
+      defaultMessage:
+        'Record of the alerting threshold; grouped by condition, i.e thresholdOf.condition0, thresholdOf.condition1, etc.',
+    }
+  );
+
+  const metricOfActionVariableDescription = i18n.translate(
+    'xpack.infra.metrics.alerting.threshold.alerting.metricOfActionVariableDescription',
+    {
+      defaultMessage:
+        'Record of the watched metric; grouped by condition, i.e metricOf.condition0, metricOf.condition1, etc.',
+    }
+  );
+
   alertingPlugin.registerType({
     id: METRIC_THRESHOLD_ALERT_TYPE_ID,
     name: 'Metric Alert - Threshold',
@@ -62,5 +94,13 @@ export async function registerMetricThresholdAlertType(alertingPlugin: PluginSet
     defaultActionGroupId: FIRED_ACTIONS.id,
     actionGroups: [FIRED_ACTIONS],
     executor: createMetricThresholdExecutor(alertUUID),
+    actionVariables: {
+      context: [
+        { name: 'group', description: groupActionVariableDescription },
+        { name: 'valueOf', description: valueOfActionVariableDescription },
+        { name: 'thresholdOf', description: thresholdOfActionVariableDescription },
+        { name: 'metricOf', description: metricOfActionVariableDescription },
+      ],
+    },
   });
 }