diff --git a/api_docs/alerting.json b/api_docs/alerting.json
index 61273ea016eb..40f8e9c06ef1 100644
--- a/api_docs/alerting.json
+++ b/api_docs/alerting.json
@@ -197,56 +197,6 @@
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-            "label": "useWithTripleBracesInTemplates",
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                 "pluginId": "alerting",
-                "scope": "server",
+                "scope": "common",
                 "docId": "kibAlertingPluginApi",
-                "section": "def-server.ActionVariable",
+                "section": "def-common.ActionVariable",
                 "text": "ActionVariable"
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               "[] | undefined; state?: ",
               {
                 "pluginId": "alerting",
-                "scope": "server",
+                "scope": "common",
                 "docId": "kibAlertingPluginApi",
-                "section": "def-server.ActionVariable",
+                "section": "def-common.ActionVariable",
                 "text": "ActionVariable"
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               "[] | undefined; params?: ",
               {
                 "pluginId": "alerting",
-                "scope": "server",
+                "scope": "common",
                 "docId": "kibAlertingPluginApi",
-                "section": "def-server.ActionVariable",
+                "section": "def-common.ActionVariable",
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               "[] | undefined; } | undefined"
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               "path": "x-pack/plugins/alerting/server/types.ts",
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+              "lineNumber": 152
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@@ -831,7 +781,7 @@
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           "path": "x-pack/plugins/alerting/server/types.ts",
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+          "lineNumber": 185
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@@ -1567,6 +1517,70 @@
         },
         "initialIsOpen": false
       },
+      {
+        "id": "def-common.ActionVariable",
+        "type": "Interface",
+        "label": "ActionVariable",
+        "description": [],
+        "tags": [],
+        "children": [
+          {
+            "tags": [],
+            "id": "def-common.ActionVariable.name",
+            "type": "string",
+            "label": "name",
+            "description": [],
+            "source": {
+              "path": "x-pack/plugins/alerting/common/alert.ts",
+              "lineNumber": 102
+            }
+          },
+          {
+            "tags": [],
+            "id": "def-common.ActionVariable.description",
+            "type": "string",
+            "label": "description",
+            "description": [],
+            "source": {
+              "path": "x-pack/plugins/alerting/common/alert.ts",
+              "lineNumber": 103
+            }
+          },
+          {
+            "tags": [],
+            "id": "def-common.ActionVariable.deprecated",
+            "type": "CompoundType",
+            "label": "deprecated",
+            "description": [],
+            "source": {
+              "path": "x-pack/plugins/alerting/common/alert.ts",
+              "lineNumber": 104
+            },
+            "signature": [
+              "boolean | undefined"
+            ]
+          },
+          {
+            "tags": [],
+            "id": "def-common.ActionVariable.useWithTripleBracesInTemplates",
+            "type": "CompoundType",
+            "label": "useWithTripleBracesInTemplates",
+            "description": [],
+            "source": {
+              "path": "x-pack/plugins/alerting/common/alert.ts",
+              "lineNumber": 105
+            },
+            "signature": [
+              "boolean | undefined"
+            ]
+          }
+        ],
+        "source": {
+          "path": "x-pack/plugins/alerting/common/alert.ts",
+          "lineNumber": 101
+        },
+        "initialIsOpen": false
+      },
       {
         "id": "def-common.Alert",
         "type": "Interface",
diff --git a/api_docs/triggers_actions_ui.json b/api_docs/triggers_actions_ui.json
index f684f6fb6295..147abd0831e9 100644
--- a/api_docs/triggers_actions_ui.json
+++ b/api_docs/triggers_actions_ui.json
@@ -927,56 +927,6 @@
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-      {
-        "id": "def-public.ActionVariable",
-        "type": "Interface",
-        "label": "ActionVariable",
-        "description": [],
-        "tags": [],
-        "children": [
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-            "tags": [],
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-            "type": "string",
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-            "label": "useWithTripleBracesInTemplates",
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+          "lineNumber": 148
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+          "lineNumber": 52
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           "path": "x-pack/plugins/triggers_actions_ui/public/types.ts",
-          "lineNumber": 33
+          "lineNumber": 34
         },
         "signature": [
           "{ enabled: boolean; id: string; name: string; params: Record<string, unknown>; actions: AlertAction[]; muteAll: boolean; tags: string[]; alertTypeId: string; consumer: string; schedule: ",
@@ -2121,7 +2071,7 @@
         "description": [],
         "source": {
           "path": "x-pack/plugins/triggers_actions_ui/public/types.ts",
-          "lineNumber": 55
+          "lineNumber": 56
         },
         "signature": [
           "{ get: (id: string) => AlertTypeModel<Record<string, unknown>>; register: (objectType: AlertTypeModel<Record<string, unknown>>) => void; list: () => AlertTypeModel<Record<string, unknown>>[]; has: (id: string) => boolean; }"
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/alerting/common/alert.ts b/x-pack/plugins/alerting/common/alert.ts
index cdf4c1aabb66..06ab4c8d1796 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/alerting/common/alert.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/alerting/common/alert.ts
@@ -97,3 +97,10 @@ export interface AlertsHealth {
     timestamp: string;
   };
 }
+
+export interface ActionVariable {
+  name: string;
+  description: string;
+  deprecated?: boolean;
+  useWithTripleBracesInTemplates?: boolean;
+}
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/alerting/server/index.ts b/x-pack/plugins/alerting/server/index.ts
index 71cfad52b0f1..2c282bc37389 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/alerting/server/index.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/alerting/server/index.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ import { AlertsConfigType } from './types';
 export type AlertsClient = PublicMethodsOf<AlertsClientClass>;
 
 export type {
-  ActionVariable,
   AlertType,
   ActionGroup,
   ActionGroupIdsOf,
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/alerting/server/task_runner/transform_action_params.test.ts b/x-pack/plugins/alerting/server/task_runner/transform_action_params.test.ts
index cfd831b9eeb6..6379192e855d 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/alerting/server/task_runner/transform_action_params.test.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/alerting/server/task_runner/transform_action_params.test.ts
@@ -369,6 +369,61 @@ test('alertActionGroupName is passed to templates', () => {
   `);
 });
 
+test('rule variables are passed to templates', () => {
+  const actionParams = {
+    message: 'Value "{{rule.id}}", "{{rule.name}}", "{{rule.spaceId}}" and "{{rule.tags}}" exist',
+  };
+  const result = transformActionParams({
+    actionsPlugin,
+    actionTypeId,
+    actionParams,
+    state: {},
+    context: {},
+    alertId: '1',
+    alertName: 'alert-name',
+    tags: ['tag-A', 'tag-B'],
+    spaceId: 'spaceId-A',
+    alertInstanceId: '2',
+    alertActionGroup: 'action-group',
+    alertActionGroupName: 'Action Group',
+    alertActionSubgroup: 'subgroup',
+    alertParams: {},
+  });
+  expect(result).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
+    Object {
+      "message": "Value \\"1\\", \\"alert-name\\", \\"spaceId-A\\" and \\"tag-A,tag-B\\" exist",
+    }
+  `);
+});
+
+test('rule alert variables are passed to templates', () => {
+  const actionParams = {
+    message:
+      'Value "{{alert.id}}", "{{alert.actionGroup}}", "{{alert.actionGroupName}}" and "{{alert.actionSubgroup}}" exist',
+  };
+  const result = transformActionParams({
+    actionsPlugin,
+    actionTypeId,
+    actionParams,
+    state: {},
+    context: {},
+    alertId: '1',
+    alertName: 'alert-name',
+    tags: ['tag-A', 'tag-B'],
+    spaceId: 'spaceId-A',
+    alertInstanceId: '2',
+    alertActionGroup: 'action-group',
+    alertActionGroupName: 'Action Group',
+    alertActionSubgroup: 'subgroup',
+    alertParams: {},
+  });
+  expect(result).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
+    Object {
+      "message": "Value \\"2\\", \\"action-group\\", \\"Action Group\\" and \\"subgroup\\" exist",
+    }
+  `);
+});
+
 test('date is passed to templates', () => {
   const actionParams = {
     message: '{{date}}',
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/alerting/server/task_runner/transform_action_params.ts b/x-pack/plugins/alerting/server/task_runner/transform_action_params.ts
index 4ce30c46cd9f..348bf01ea874 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/alerting/server/task_runner/transform_action_params.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/alerting/server/task_runner/transform_action_params.ts
@@ -65,6 +65,18 @@ export function transformActionParams({
     state,
     kibanaBaseUrl,
     params: alertParams,
+    rule: {
+      id: alertId,
+      name: alertName,
+      spaceId,
+      tags,
+    },
+    alert: {
+      id: alertInstanceId,
+      actionGroup: alertActionGroup,
+      actionGroupName: alertActionGroupName,
+      actionSubgroup: alertActionSubgroup,
+    },
   };
   return actionsPlugin.renderActionParameterTemplates(actionTypeId, actionParams, variables);
 }
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/alerting/server/types.ts b/x-pack/plugins/alerting/server/types.ts
index fd9bdb09f2c4..2b749b866d3a 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/alerting/server/types.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/alerting/server/types.ts
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ import {
   AlertsHealth,
   AlertNotifyWhenType,
   WithoutReservedActionGroups,
+  ActionVariable,
 } from '../common';
 import { LicenseType } from '../../licensing/server';
 
@@ -102,12 +103,6 @@ export interface AlertExecutorOptions<
   updatedBy: string | null;
 }
 
-export interface ActionVariable {
-  name: string;
-  description: string;
-  useWithTripleBracesInTemplates?: boolean;
-}
-
 export type ExecutorType<
   Params extends AlertTypeParams = never,
   State extends AlertTypeState = never,
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/translations/translations/ja-JP.json b/x-pack/plugins/translations/translations/ja-JP.json
index 16ea9639be03..3effae22448e 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/translations/translations/ja-JP.json
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/translations/translations/ja-JP.json
@@ -22207,16 +22207,7 @@
     "xpack.transform.transformsWizard.transformDocsLinkText": "変換ドキュメント",
     "xpack.transform.wizard.nextStepButton": "次へ",
     "xpack.transform.wizard.previousStepButton": "前へ",
-    "xpack.triggersActionsUI.actionVariables.alertActionGroupLabel": "アラートのスケジュールされたアクションに使用されたアラートアクショングループ。",
-    "xpack.triggersActionsUI.actionVariables.alertActionGroupNameLabel": "アラートのスケジュールされたアクションに使用されたアラートアクショングループの人間が読み取れる名前。",
-    "xpack.triggersActionsUI.actionVariables.alertActionSubgroupLabel": "アラートのスケジュールされたアクションに使用されたアラートアクションサブグループ。",
-    "xpack.triggersActionsUI.actionVariables.alertIdLabel": "アラートの ID。",
-    "xpack.triggersActionsUI.actionVariables.alertInstanceIdLabel": "アラートのアクションを予定したアラートインスタンス ID。",
-    "xpack.triggersActionsUI.actionVariables.alertNameLabel": "アラートの名前。",
     "xpack.triggersActionsUI.actionVariables.dateLabel": "アラートがアクションをスケジュールした日付。",
-    "xpack.triggersActionsUI.actionVariables.kibanaBaseUrlLabel": "構成したserver.publicBaseUrl値。構成していない場合は、空の文字列。",
-    "xpack.triggersActionsUI.actionVariables.spaceIdLabel": "アラートのスペース ID。",
-    "xpack.triggersActionsUI.actionVariables.tagsLabel": "アラートのタグ。",
     "xpack.triggersActionsUI.alerts.breadcrumbTitle": "アラート",
     "xpack.triggersActionsUI.appName": "アラートとアクション",
     "xpack.triggersActionsUI.case.configureCases.mappingFieldSummary": "まとめ",
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/translations/translations/zh-CN.json b/x-pack/plugins/translations/translations/zh-CN.json
index c936d8fbcd76..52b484cc38bb 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/translations/translations/zh-CN.json
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/translations/translations/zh-CN.json
@@ -22559,16 +22559,7 @@
     "xpack.transform.transformsWizard.transformDocsLinkText": "转换文档",
     "xpack.transform.wizard.nextStepButton": "下一步",
     "xpack.transform.wizard.previousStepButton": "上一步",
-    "xpack.triggersActionsUI.actionVariables.alertActionGroupLabel": "用于为告警计划操作的告警操作组。",
-    "xpack.triggersActionsUI.actionVariables.alertActionGroupNameLabel": "用于为告警计划操作的告警操作组的可人工读取名称。",
-    "xpack.triggersActionsUI.actionVariables.alertActionSubgroupLabel": "用于为告警计划操作的告警操作子组。",
-    "xpack.triggersActionsUI.actionVariables.alertIdLabel": "告警的 ID。",
-    "xpack.triggersActionsUI.actionVariables.alertInstanceIdLabel": "为告警排定操作的告警实例 ID。",
-    "xpack.triggersActionsUI.actionVariables.alertNameLabel": "告警的名称。",
     "xpack.triggersActionsUI.actionVariables.dateLabel": "告警计划操作的日期。",
-    "xpack.triggersActionsUI.actionVariables.kibanaBaseUrlLabel": "配置的 server.publicBaseUrl 值，如果未配置，则为空字符串。",
-    "xpack.triggersActionsUI.actionVariables.spaceIdLabel": "告警的 spaceId。",
-    "xpack.triggersActionsUI.actionVariables.tagsLabel": "告警的标签。",
     "xpack.triggersActionsUI.alerts.breadcrumbTitle": "告警",
     "xpack.triggersActionsUI.appName": "告警和操作",
     "xpack.triggersActionsUI.case.configureCases.mappingFieldSummary": "摘要",
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/triggers_actions_ui/public/application/components/add_message_variables.test.tsx b/x-pack/plugins/triggers_actions_ui/public/application/components/add_message_variables.test.tsx
index 61866d4286c5..8d27edd9e4bc 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/triggers_actions_ui/public/application/components/add_message_variables.test.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/triggers_actions_ui/public/application/components/add_message_variables.test.tsx
@@ -88,4 +88,33 @@ describe('AddMessageVariables', () => {
       useWithTripleBracesInTemplates: true,
     });
   });
+
+  test('it renders deprecated variables as disabled', () => {
+    const wrapper = mountWithIntl(
+      <AddMessageVariables
+        messageVariables={[
+          {
+            name: 'myVar',
+            description: 'My variable description',
+          },
+          {
+            name: 'deprecatedVar',
+            description: 'This variable is deprecated',
+            deprecated: true,
+          },
+        ]}
+        paramsProperty="foo"
+        onSelectEventHandler={jest.fn()}
+      />
+    );
+
+    wrapper.find('[data-test-subj="fooAddVariableButton"]').first().simulate('click');
+
+    expect(
+      wrapper.find('button[data-test-subj="variableMenuButton-myVar"]').getDOMNode()
+    ).not.toBeDisabled();
+    expect(
+      wrapper.find('button[data-test-subj="variableMenuButton-deprecatedVar"]').getDOMNode()
+    ).toBeDisabled();
+  });
 });
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/triggers_actions_ui/public/application/components/add_message_variables.tsx b/x-pack/plugins/triggers_actions_ui/public/application/components/add_message_variables.tsx
index 231647a8040f..87a76bb127eb 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/triggers_actions_ui/public/application/components/add_message_variables.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/triggers_actions_ui/public/application/components/add_message_variables.tsx
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ import {
   EuiText,
 } from '@elastic/eui';
 import './add_message_variables.scss';
-import { ActionVariable } from '../../types';
 import { templateActionVariable } from '../lib';
+import { ActionVariable } from '../../../../alerting/common';
 
 interface Props {
   messageVariables?: ActionVariable[];
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ export const AddMessageVariables: React.FunctionComponent<Props> = ({
         key={variable.name}
         data-test-subj={`variableMenuButton-${variable.name}`}
         icon="empty"
+        disabled={variable.deprecated}
         onClick={() => {
           onSelectEventHandler(variable);
           setIsVariablesPopoverOpen(false);
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/triggers_actions_ui/public/application/components/builtin_action_types/extract_action_variable.ts b/x-pack/plugins/triggers_actions_ui/public/application/components/builtin_action_types/extract_action_variable.ts
index 2d81a888ee27..853f01246b88 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/triggers_actions_ui/public/application/components/builtin_action_types/extract_action_variable.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/triggers_actions_ui/public/application/components/builtin_action_types/extract_action_variable.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  */
 
 import { fromNullable, Option } from 'fp-ts/lib/Option';
-import { ActionVariable } from '../../../types';
+import { ActionVariable } from '../../../../../alerting/common';
 
 export function extractActionVariable(
   actionVariables: ActionVariable[],
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/triggers_actions_ui/public/application/components/json_editor_with_message_variables.tsx b/x-pack/plugins/triggers_actions_ui/public/application/components/json_editor_with_message_variables.tsx
index 631fbccd6608..7ed041eace38 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/triggers_actions_ui/public/application/components/json_editor_with_message_variables.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/triggers_actions_ui/public/application/components/json_editor_with_message_variables.tsx
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import './add_message_variables.scss';
 import { XJson } from '../../../../../../src/plugins/es_ui_shared/public';
 
 import { AddMessageVariables } from './add_message_variables';
-import { ActionVariable } from '../../types';
+import { ActionVariable } from '../../../../alerting/common';
 import { templateActionVariable } from '../lib';
 
 interface Props {
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/triggers_actions_ui/public/application/components/text_area_with_message_variables.tsx b/x-pack/plugins/triggers_actions_ui/public/application/components/text_area_with_message_variables.tsx
index 7a3a927a18a1..7773c9181c6f 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/triggers_actions_ui/public/application/components/text_area_with_message_variables.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/triggers_actions_ui/public/application/components/text_area_with_message_variables.tsx
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import React, { useState } from 'react';
 import { EuiTextArea, EuiFormRow } from '@elastic/eui';
 import './add_message_variables.scss';
 import { AddMessageVariables } from './add_message_variables';
-import { ActionVariable } from '../../types';
+import { ActionVariable } from '../../../../alerting/common';
 import { templateActionVariable } from '../lib';
 
 interface Props {
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/triggers_actions_ui/public/application/components/text_field_with_message_variables.tsx b/x-pack/plugins/triggers_actions_ui/public/application/components/text_field_with_message_variables.tsx
index 6d48c64b5ee3..f35156d969d3 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/triggers_actions_ui/public/application/components/text_field_with_message_variables.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/triggers_actions_ui/public/application/components/text_field_with_message_variables.tsx
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import React, { useState } from 'react';
 import { EuiFieldText } from '@elastic/eui';
 import './add_message_variables.scss';
 import { AddMessageVariables } from './add_message_variables';
-import { ActionVariable } from '../../types';
+import { ActionVariable } from '../../../../alerting/common';
 import { templateActionVariable } from '../lib';
 
 interface Props {
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/triggers_actions_ui/public/application/lib/action_variables.test.ts b/x-pack/plugins/triggers_actions_ui/public/application/lib/action_variables.test.ts
index 8a72cdb0d614..435e4c5637ee 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/triggers_actions_ui/public/application/lib/action_variables.test.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/triggers_actions_ui/public/application/lib/action_variables.test.ts
@@ -17,45 +17,85 @@ describe('transformActionVariables', () => {
     expect(transformActionVariables(alertType.actionVariables)).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
       Array [
         Object {
-          "description": "The id of the alert.",
-          "name": "alertId",
+          "description": "The ID of the rule.",
+          "name": "rule.id",
         },
         Object {
-          "description": "The name of the alert.",
-          "name": "alertName",
+          "description": "The name of the rule.",
+          "name": "rule.name",
         },
         Object {
-          "description": "The spaceId of the alert.",
-          "name": "spaceId",
+          "description": "The space ID of the rule.",
+          "name": "rule.spaceId",
         },
         Object {
-          "description": "The tags of the alert.",
-          "name": "tags",
+          "description": "The tags of the rule.",
+          "name": "rule.tags",
         },
         Object {
-          "description": "The date the alert scheduled the action.",
+          "description": "The date the rule scheduled the action.",
           "name": "date",
         },
         Object {
-          "description": "The alert instance id that scheduled actions for the alert.",
-          "name": "alertInstanceId",
+          "description": "The ID of the alert that scheduled actions for the rule.",
+          "name": "alert.id",
         },
         Object {
-          "description": "The alert action group that was used to scheduled actions for the alert.",
-          "name": "alertActionGroup",
+          "description": "The action group of the alert that scheduled actions for the rule.",
+          "name": "alert.actionGroup",
         },
         Object {
-          "description": "The alert action subgroup that was used to scheduled actions for the alert.",
-          "name": "alertActionSubgroup",
+          "description": "The action subgroup of the alert that scheduled actions for the rule.",
+          "name": "alert.actionSubgroup",
         },
         Object {
-          "description": "The human readable name of the alert action group that was used to scheduled actions for the alert.",
-          "name": "alertActionGroupName",
+          "description": "The human readable name of the action group of the alert that scheduled actions for the rule.",
+          "name": "alert.actionGroupName",
         },
         Object {
           "description": "The configured server.publicBaseUrl value or empty string if not configured.",
           "name": "kibanaBaseUrl",
         },
+        Object {
+          "deprecated": true,
+          "description": "This has been deprecated in favor of rule.id.",
+          "name": "alertId",
+        },
+        Object {
+          "deprecated": true,
+          "description": "This has been deprecated in favor of rule.name.",
+          "name": "alertName",
+        },
+        Object {
+          "deprecated": true,
+          "description": "This has been deprecated in favor of alert.id.",
+          "name": "alertInstanceId",
+        },
+        Object {
+          "deprecated": true,
+          "description": "This has been deprecated in favor of alert.actionGroup.",
+          "name": "alertActionGroup",
+        },
+        Object {
+          "deprecated": true,
+          "description": "This has been deprecated in favor of alert.actionGroupName.",
+          "name": "alertActionGroupName",
+        },
+        Object {
+          "deprecated": true,
+          "description": "This has been deprecated in favor of alert.actionSubgroup.",
+          "name": "alertActionSubgroup",
+        },
+        Object {
+          "deprecated": true,
+          "description": "This has been deprecated in favor of rule.spaceId.",
+          "name": "spaceId",
+        },
+        Object {
+          "deprecated": true,
+          "description": "This has been deprecated in favor of rule.tags.",
+          "name": "tags",
+        },
       ]
     `);
   });
@@ -70,57 +110,97 @@ describe('transformActionVariables', () => {
       params: [],
     });
     expect(transformActionVariables(alertType.actionVariables)).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
-      Array [
-        Object {
-          "description": "The id of the alert.",
-          "name": "alertId",
-        },
-        Object {
-          "description": "The name of the alert.",
-          "name": "alertName",
-        },
-        Object {
-          "description": "The spaceId of the alert.",
-          "name": "spaceId",
-        },
-        Object {
-          "description": "The tags of the alert.",
-          "name": "tags",
-        },
-        Object {
-          "description": "The date the alert scheduled the action.",
-          "name": "date",
-        },
-        Object {
-          "description": "The alert instance id that scheduled actions for the alert.",
-          "name": "alertInstanceId",
-        },
-        Object {
-          "description": "The alert action group that was used to scheduled actions for the alert.",
-          "name": "alertActionGroup",
-        },
-        Object {
-          "description": "The alert action subgroup that was used to scheduled actions for the alert.",
-          "name": "alertActionSubgroup",
-        },
-        Object {
-          "description": "The human readable name of the alert action group that was used to scheduled actions for the alert.",
-          "name": "alertActionGroupName",
-        },
-        Object {
-          "description": "The configured server.publicBaseUrl value or empty string if not configured.",
-          "name": "kibanaBaseUrl",
-        },
-        Object {
-          "description": "foo-description",
-          "name": "context.foo",
-        },
-        Object {
-          "description": "bar-description",
-          "name": "context.bar",
-        },
-      ]
-    `);
+        Array [
+          Object {
+            "description": "The ID of the rule.",
+            "name": "rule.id",
+          },
+          Object {
+            "description": "The name of the rule.",
+            "name": "rule.name",
+          },
+          Object {
+            "description": "The space ID of the rule.",
+            "name": "rule.spaceId",
+          },
+          Object {
+            "description": "The tags of the rule.",
+            "name": "rule.tags",
+          },
+          Object {
+            "description": "The date the rule scheduled the action.",
+            "name": "date",
+          },
+          Object {
+            "description": "The ID of the alert that scheduled actions for the rule.",
+            "name": "alert.id",
+          },
+          Object {
+            "description": "The action group of the alert that scheduled actions for the rule.",
+            "name": "alert.actionGroup",
+          },
+          Object {
+            "description": "The action subgroup of the alert that scheduled actions for the rule.",
+            "name": "alert.actionSubgroup",
+          },
+          Object {
+            "description": "The human readable name of the action group of the alert that scheduled actions for the rule.",
+            "name": "alert.actionGroupName",
+          },
+          Object {
+            "description": "The configured server.publicBaseUrl value or empty string if not configured.",
+            "name": "kibanaBaseUrl",
+          },
+          Object {
+            "deprecated": true,
+            "description": "This has been deprecated in favor of rule.id.",
+            "name": "alertId",
+          },
+          Object {
+            "deprecated": true,
+            "description": "This has been deprecated in favor of rule.name.",
+            "name": "alertName",
+          },
+          Object {
+            "deprecated": true,
+            "description": "This has been deprecated in favor of alert.id.",
+            "name": "alertInstanceId",
+          },
+          Object {
+            "deprecated": true,
+            "description": "This has been deprecated in favor of alert.actionGroup.",
+            "name": "alertActionGroup",
+          },
+          Object {
+            "deprecated": true,
+            "description": "This has been deprecated in favor of alert.actionGroupName.",
+            "name": "alertActionGroupName",
+          },
+          Object {
+            "deprecated": true,
+            "description": "This has been deprecated in favor of alert.actionSubgroup.",
+            "name": "alertActionSubgroup",
+          },
+          Object {
+            "deprecated": true,
+            "description": "This has been deprecated in favor of rule.spaceId.",
+            "name": "spaceId",
+          },
+          Object {
+            "deprecated": true,
+            "description": "This has been deprecated in favor of rule.tags.",
+            "name": "tags",
+          },
+          Object {
+            "description": "foo-description",
+            "name": "context.foo",
+          },
+          Object {
+            "description": "bar-description",
+            "name": "context.bar",
+          },
+        ]
+      `);
   });
 
   test('should return correct variables when no context provided', async () => {
@@ -133,57 +213,97 @@ describe('transformActionVariables', () => {
       params: [],
     });
     expect(transformActionVariables(alertType.actionVariables)).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
-      Array [
-        Object {
-          "description": "The id of the alert.",
-          "name": "alertId",
-        },
-        Object {
-          "description": "The name of the alert.",
-          "name": "alertName",
-        },
-        Object {
-          "description": "The spaceId of the alert.",
-          "name": "spaceId",
-        },
-        Object {
-          "description": "The tags of the alert.",
-          "name": "tags",
-        },
-        Object {
-          "description": "The date the alert scheduled the action.",
-          "name": "date",
-        },
-        Object {
-          "description": "The alert instance id that scheduled actions for the alert.",
-          "name": "alertInstanceId",
-        },
-        Object {
-          "description": "The alert action group that was used to scheduled actions for the alert.",
-          "name": "alertActionGroup",
-        },
-        Object {
-          "description": "The alert action subgroup that was used to scheduled actions for the alert.",
-          "name": "alertActionSubgroup",
-        },
-        Object {
-          "description": "The human readable name of the alert action group that was used to scheduled actions for the alert.",
-          "name": "alertActionGroupName",
-        },
-        Object {
-          "description": "The configured server.publicBaseUrl value or empty string if not configured.",
-          "name": "kibanaBaseUrl",
-        },
-        Object {
-          "description": "foo-description",
-          "name": "state.foo",
-        },
-        Object {
-          "description": "bar-description",
-          "name": "state.bar",
-        },
-      ]
-    `);
+        Array [
+          Object {
+            "description": "The ID of the rule.",
+            "name": "rule.id",
+          },
+          Object {
+            "description": "The name of the rule.",
+            "name": "rule.name",
+          },
+          Object {
+            "description": "The space ID of the rule.",
+            "name": "rule.spaceId",
+          },
+          Object {
+            "description": "The tags of the rule.",
+            "name": "rule.tags",
+          },
+          Object {
+            "description": "The date the rule scheduled the action.",
+            "name": "date",
+          },
+          Object {
+            "description": "The ID of the alert that scheduled actions for the rule.",
+            "name": "alert.id",
+          },
+          Object {
+            "description": "The action group of the alert that scheduled actions for the rule.",
+            "name": "alert.actionGroup",
+          },
+          Object {
+            "description": "The action subgroup of the alert that scheduled actions for the rule.",
+            "name": "alert.actionSubgroup",
+          },
+          Object {
+            "description": "The human readable name of the action group of the alert that scheduled actions for the rule.",
+            "name": "alert.actionGroupName",
+          },
+          Object {
+            "description": "The configured server.publicBaseUrl value or empty string if not configured.",
+            "name": "kibanaBaseUrl",
+          },
+          Object {
+            "deprecated": true,
+            "description": "This has been deprecated in favor of rule.id.",
+            "name": "alertId",
+          },
+          Object {
+            "deprecated": true,
+            "description": "This has been deprecated in favor of rule.name.",
+            "name": "alertName",
+          },
+          Object {
+            "deprecated": true,
+            "description": "This has been deprecated in favor of alert.id.",
+            "name": "alertInstanceId",
+          },
+          Object {
+            "deprecated": true,
+            "description": "This has been deprecated in favor of alert.actionGroup.",
+            "name": "alertActionGroup",
+          },
+          Object {
+            "deprecated": true,
+            "description": "This has been deprecated in favor of alert.actionGroupName.",
+            "name": "alertActionGroupName",
+          },
+          Object {
+            "deprecated": true,
+            "description": "This has been deprecated in favor of alert.actionSubgroup.",
+            "name": "alertActionSubgroup",
+          },
+          Object {
+            "deprecated": true,
+            "description": "This has been deprecated in favor of rule.spaceId.",
+            "name": "spaceId",
+          },
+          Object {
+            "deprecated": true,
+            "description": "This has been deprecated in favor of rule.tags.",
+            "name": "tags",
+          },
+          Object {
+            "description": "foo-description",
+            "name": "state.foo",
+          },
+          Object {
+            "description": "bar-description",
+            "name": "state.bar",
+          },
+        ]
+      `);
   });
 
   test('should return correct variables when both context and state provided', async () => {
@@ -199,69 +319,109 @@ describe('transformActionVariables', () => {
       params: [{ name: 'fooP', description: 'fooP-description' }],
     });
     expect(transformActionVariables(alertType.actionVariables)).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
-      Array [
-        Object {
-          "description": "The id of the alert.",
-          "name": "alertId",
-        },
-        Object {
-          "description": "The name of the alert.",
-          "name": "alertName",
-        },
-        Object {
-          "description": "The spaceId of the alert.",
-          "name": "spaceId",
-        },
-        Object {
-          "description": "The tags of the alert.",
-          "name": "tags",
-        },
-        Object {
-          "description": "The date the alert scheduled the action.",
-          "name": "date",
-        },
-        Object {
-          "description": "The alert instance id that scheduled actions for the alert.",
-          "name": "alertInstanceId",
-        },
-        Object {
-          "description": "The alert action group that was used to scheduled actions for the alert.",
-          "name": "alertActionGroup",
-        },
-        Object {
-          "description": "The alert action subgroup that was used to scheduled actions for the alert.",
-          "name": "alertActionSubgroup",
-        },
-        Object {
-          "description": "The human readable name of the alert action group that was used to scheduled actions for the alert.",
-          "name": "alertActionGroupName",
-        },
-        Object {
-          "description": "The configured server.publicBaseUrl value or empty string if not configured.",
-          "name": "kibanaBaseUrl",
-        },
-        Object {
-          "description": "fooC-description",
-          "name": "context.fooC",
-        },
-        Object {
-          "description": "barC-description",
-          "name": "context.barC",
-        },
-        Object {
-          "description": "fooP-description",
-          "name": "params.fooP",
-        },
-        Object {
-          "description": "fooS-description",
-          "name": "state.fooS",
-        },
-        Object {
-          "description": "barS-description",
-          "name": "state.barS",
-        },
-      ]
-    `);
+        Array [
+          Object {
+            "description": "The ID of the rule.",
+            "name": "rule.id",
+          },
+          Object {
+            "description": "The name of the rule.",
+            "name": "rule.name",
+          },
+          Object {
+            "description": "The space ID of the rule.",
+            "name": "rule.spaceId",
+          },
+          Object {
+            "description": "The tags of the rule.",
+            "name": "rule.tags",
+          },
+          Object {
+            "description": "The date the rule scheduled the action.",
+            "name": "date",
+          },
+          Object {
+            "description": "The ID of the alert that scheduled actions for the rule.",
+            "name": "alert.id",
+          },
+          Object {
+            "description": "The action group of the alert that scheduled actions for the rule.",
+            "name": "alert.actionGroup",
+          },
+          Object {
+            "description": "The action subgroup of the alert that scheduled actions for the rule.",
+            "name": "alert.actionSubgroup",
+          },
+          Object {
+            "description": "The human readable name of the action group of the alert that scheduled actions for the rule.",
+            "name": "alert.actionGroupName",
+          },
+          Object {
+            "description": "The configured server.publicBaseUrl value or empty string if not configured.",
+            "name": "kibanaBaseUrl",
+          },
+          Object {
+            "deprecated": true,
+            "description": "This has been deprecated in favor of rule.id.",
+            "name": "alertId",
+          },
+          Object {
+            "deprecated": true,
+            "description": "This has been deprecated in favor of rule.name.",
+            "name": "alertName",
+          },
+          Object {
+            "deprecated": true,
+            "description": "This has been deprecated in favor of alert.id.",
+            "name": "alertInstanceId",
+          },
+          Object {
+            "deprecated": true,
+            "description": "This has been deprecated in favor of alert.actionGroup.",
+            "name": "alertActionGroup",
+          },
+          Object {
+            "deprecated": true,
+            "description": "This has been deprecated in favor of alert.actionGroupName.",
+            "name": "alertActionGroupName",
+          },
+          Object {
+            "deprecated": true,
+            "description": "This has been deprecated in favor of alert.actionSubgroup.",
+            "name": "alertActionSubgroup",
+          },
+          Object {
+            "deprecated": true,
+            "description": "This has been deprecated in favor of rule.spaceId.",
+            "name": "spaceId",
+          },
+          Object {
+            "deprecated": true,
+            "description": "This has been deprecated in favor of rule.tags.",
+            "name": "tags",
+          },
+          Object {
+            "description": "fooC-description",
+            "name": "context.fooC",
+          },
+          Object {
+            "description": "barC-description",
+            "name": "context.barC",
+          },
+          Object {
+            "description": "fooP-description",
+            "name": "params.fooP",
+          },
+          Object {
+            "description": "fooS-description",
+            "name": "state.fooS",
+          },
+          Object {
+            "description": "barS-description",
+            "name": "state.barS",
+          },
+        ]
+      `);
   });
 
   test('should return useWithTripleBracesInTemplates with action variables if specified', () => {
@@ -283,72 +443,112 @@ describe('transformActionVariables', () => {
       ],
     });
     expect(transformActionVariables(alertType.actionVariables)).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
-      Array [
-        Object {
-          "description": "The id of the alert.",
-          "name": "alertId",
-        },
-        Object {
-          "description": "The name of the alert.",
-          "name": "alertName",
-        },
-        Object {
-          "description": "The spaceId of the alert.",
-          "name": "spaceId",
-        },
-        Object {
-          "description": "The tags of the alert.",
-          "name": "tags",
-        },
-        Object {
-          "description": "The date the alert scheduled the action.",
-          "name": "date",
-        },
-        Object {
-          "description": "The alert instance id that scheduled actions for the alert.",
-          "name": "alertInstanceId",
-        },
-        Object {
-          "description": "The alert action group that was used to scheduled actions for the alert.",
-          "name": "alertActionGroup",
-        },
-        Object {
-          "description": "The alert action subgroup that was used to scheduled actions for the alert.",
-          "name": "alertActionSubgroup",
-        },
-        Object {
-          "description": "The human readable name of the alert action group that was used to scheduled actions for the alert.",
-          "name": "alertActionGroupName",
-        },
-        Object {
-          "description": "The configured server.publicBaseUrl value or empty string if not configured.",
-          "name": "kibanaBaseUrl",
-        },
-        Object {
-          "description": "fooC-description",
-          "name": "context.fooC",
-          "useWithTripleBracesInTemplates": true,
-        },
-        Object {
-          "description": "barC-description",
-          "name": "context.barC",
-        },
-        Object {
-          "description": "fooP-description",
-          "name": "params.fooP",
-          "useWithTripleBracesInTemplates": true,
-        },
-        Object {
-          "description": "fooS-description",
-          "name": "state.fooS",
-        },
-        Object {
-          "description": "barS-description",
-          "name": "state.barS",
-          "useWithTripleBracesInTemplates": true,
-        },
-      ]
-    `);
+        Array [
+          Object {
+            "description": "The ID of the rule.",
+            "name": "rule.id",
+          },
+          Object {
+            "description": "The name of the rule.",
+            "name": "rule.name",
+          },
+          Object {
+            "description": "The space ID of the rule.",
+            "name": "rule.spaceId",
+          },
+          Object {
+            "description": "The tags of the rule.",
+            "name": "rule.tags",
+          },
+          Object {
+            "description": "The date the rule scheduled the action.",
+            "name": "date",
+          },
+          Object {
+            "description": "The ID of the alert that scheduled actions for the rule.",
+            "name": "alert.id",
+          },
+          Object {
+            "description": "The action group of the alert that scheduled actions for the rule.",
+            "name": "alert.actionGroup",
+          },
+          Object {
+            "description": "The action subgroup of the alert that scheduled actions for the rule.",
+            "name": "alert.actionSubgroup",
+          },
+          Object {
+            "description": "The human readable name of the action group of the alert that scheduled actions for the rule.",
+            "name": "alert.actionGroupName",
+          },
+          Object {
+            "description": "The configured server.publicBaseUrl value or empty string if not configured.",
+            "name": "kibanaBaseUrl",
+          },
+          Object {
+            "deprecated": true,
+            "description": "This has been deprecated in favor of rule.id.",
+            "name": "alertId",
+          },
+          Object {
+            "deprecated": true,
+            "description": "This has been deprecated in favor of rule.name.",
+            "name": "alertName",
+          },
+          Object {
+            "deprecated": true,
+            "description": "This has been deprecated in favor of alert.id.",
+            "name": "alertInstanceId",
+          },
+          Object {
+            "deprecated": true,
+            "description": "This has been deprecated in favor of alert.actionGroup.",
+            "name": "alertActionGroup",
+          },
+          Object {
+            "deprecated": true,
+            "description": "This has been deprecated in favor of alert.actionGroupName.",
+            "name": "alertActionGroupName",
+          },
+          Object {
+            "deprecated": true,
+            "description": "This has been deprecated in favor of alert.actionSubgroup.",
+            "name": "alertActionSubgroup",
+          },
+          Object {
+            "deprecated": true,
+            "description": "This has been deprecated in favor of rule.spaceId.",
+            "name": "spaceId",
+          },
+          Object {
+            "deprecated": true,
+            "description": "This has been deprecated in favor of rule.tags.",
+            "name": "tags",
+          },
+          Object {
+            "description": "fooC-description",
+            "name": "context.fooC",
+            "useWithTripleBracesInTemplates": true,
+          },
+          Object {
+            "description": "barC-description",
+            "name": "context.barC",
+          },
+          Object {
+            "description": "fooP-description",
+            "name": "params.fooP",
+            "useWithTripleBracesInTemplates": true,
+          },
+          Object {
+            "description": "fooS-description",
+            "name": "state.fooS",
+          },
+          Object {
+            "description": "barS-description",
+            "name": "state.barS",
+            "useWithTripleBracesInTemplates": true,
+          },
+        ]
+      `);
   });
 });
 
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/triggers_actions_ui/public/application/lib/action_variables.ts b/x-pack/plugins/triggers_actions_ui/public/application/lib/action_variables.ts
index 03524bbb4518..29f2b277c97a 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/triggers_actions_ui/public/application/lib/action_variables.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/triggers_actions_ui/public/application/lib/action_variables.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@
  */
 
 import { i18n } from '@kbn/i18n';
-import { ActionVariable, ActionVariables } from '../../types';
+import { ActionVariables } from '../../types';
+import { ActionVariable } from '../../../../alerting/common';
 
 // return a "flattened" list of action variables for an alertType
 export function transformActionVariables(actionVariables: ActionVariables): ActionVariable[] {
@@ -21,11 +22,26 @@ export function transformActionVariables(actionVariables: ActionVariables): Acti
 }
 
 export enum AlertProvidedActionVariables {
+  ruleId = 'rule.id',
+  ruleName = 'rule.name',
+  ruleSpaceId = 'rule.spaceId',
+  ruleTags = 'rule.tags',
+  date = 'date',
+  alertId = 'alert.id',
+  alertActionGroup = 'alert.actionGroup',
+  alertActionGroupName = 'alert.actionGroupName',
+  alertActionSubgroup = 'alert.actionSubgroup',
+}
+
+export enum LegacyAlertProvidedActionVariables {
   alertId = 'alertId',
   alertName = 'alertName',
-  spaceId = 'spaceId',
-  tags = 'tags',
   alertInstanceId = 'alertInstanceId',
+  alertActionGroup = 'alertActionGroup',
+  alertActionGroupName = 'alertActionGroupName',
+  alertActionSubgroup = 'alertActionSubgroup',
+  tags = 'tags',
+  spaceId = 'spaceId',
 }
 
 function prefixKeys(actionVariables: ActionVariable[], prefix: string): ActionVariable[] {
@@ -39,73 +55,72 @@ function prefixKeys(actionVariables: ActionVariable[], prefix: string): ActionVa
 function getAlwaysProvidedActionVariables(): ActionVariable[] {
   const result: ActionVariable[] = [];
 
+  result.push({
+    name: AlertProvidedActionVariables.ruleId,
+    description: i18n.translate('xpack.triggersActionsUI.actionVariables.ruleIdLabel', {
+      defaultMessage: 'The ID of the rule.',
+    }),
+  });
+
+  result.push({
+    name: AlertProvidedActionVariables.ruleName,
+    description: i18n.translate('xpack.triggersActionsUI.actionVariables.ruleNameLabel', {
+      defaultMessage: 'The name of the rule.',
+    }),
+  });
+
+  result.push({
+    name: AlertProvidedActionVariables.ruleSpaceId,
+    description: i18n.translate('xpack.triggersActionsUI.actionVariables.ruleSpaceIdLabel', {
+      defaultMessage: 'The space ID of the rule.',
+    }),
+  });
+
+  result.push({
+    name: AlertProvidedActionVariables.ruleTags,
+    description: i18n.translate('xpack.triggersActionsUI.actionVariables.ruleTagsLabel', {
+      defaultMessage: 'The tags of the rule.',
+    }),
+  });
+
+  result.push({
+    name: AlertProvidedActionVariables.date,
+    description: i18n.translate('xpack.triggersActionsUI.actionVariables.dateLabel', {
+      defaultMessage: 'The date the rule scheduled the action.',
+    }),
+  });
+
   result.push({
     name: AlertProvidedActionVariables.alertId,
     description: i18n.translate('xpack.triggersActionsUI.actionVariables.alertIdLabel', {
-      defaultMessage: 'The id of the alert.',
+      defaultMessage: 'The ID of the alert that scheduled actions for the rule.',
     }),
   });
 
   result.push({
-    name: AlertProvidedActionVariables.alertName,
-    description: i18n.translate('xpack.triggersActionsUI.actionVariables.alertNameLabel', {
-      defaultMessage: 'The name of the alert.',
-    }),
-  });
-
-  result.push({
-    name: AlertProvidedActionVariables.spaceId,
-    description: i18n.translate('xpack.triggersActionsUI.actionVariables.spaceIdLabel', {
-      defaultMessage: 'The spaceId of the alert.',
-    }),
-  });
-
-  result.push({
-    name: AlertProvidedActionVariables.tags,
-    description: i18n.translate('xpack.triggersActionsUI.actionVariables.tagsLabel', {
-      defaultMessage: 'The tags of the alert.',
-    }),
-  });
-
-  result.push({
-    name: 'date',
-    description: i18n.translate('xpack.triggersActionsUI.actionVariables.dateLabel', {
-      defaultMessage: 'The date the alert scheduled the action.',
-    }),
-  });
-
-  result.push({
-    name: 'alertInstanceId',
-    description: i18n.translate('xpack.triggersActionsUI.actionVariables.alertInstanceIdLabel', {
-      defaultMessage: 'The alert instance id that scheduled actions for the alert.',
-    }),
-  });
-
-  result.push({
-    name: 'alertActionGroup',
+    name: AlertProvidedActionVariables.alertActionGroup,
     description: i18n.translate('xpack.triggersActionsUI.actionVariables.alertActionGroupLabel', {
-      defaultMessage: 'The alert action group that was used to scheduled actions for the alert.',
+      defaultMessage: 'The action group of the alert that scheduled actions for the rule.',
     }),
   });
 
   result.push({
-    name: 'alertActionSubgroup',
+    name: AlertProvidedActionVariables.alertActionSubgroup,
     description: i18n.translate(
       'xpack.triggersActionsUI.actionVariables.alertActionSubgroupLabel',
       {
-        defaultMessage:
-          'The alert action subgroup that was used to scheduled actions for the alert.',
+        defaultMessage: 'The action subgroup of the alert that scheduled actions for the rule.',
       }
     ),
   });
 
   result.push({
-    name: 'alertActionGroupName',
+    name: AlertProvidedActionVariables.alertActionGroupName,
     description: i18n.translate(
       'xpack.triggersActionsUI.actionVariables.alertActionGroupNameLabel',
       {
         defaultMessage:
-          'The human readable name of the alert action group that was used to scheduled actions for the alert.',
+          'The human readable name of the action group of the alert that scheduled actions for the rule.',
       }
     ),
   });
@@ -118,5 +133,105 @@ function getAlwaysProvidedActionVariables(): ActionVariable[] {
     }),
   });
 
+  result.push({
+    name: LegacyAlertProvidedActionVariables.alertId,
+    deprecated: true,
+    description: i18n.translate('xpack.triggersActionsUI.actionVariables.legacyAlertIdLabel', {
+      defaultMessage: 'This has been deprecated in favor of {variable}.',
+      values: {
+        variable: AlertProvidedActionVariables.ruleId,
+      },
+    }),
+  });
+
+  result.push({
+    name: LegacyAlertProvidedActionVariables.alertName,
+    deprecated: true,
+    description: i18n.translate('xpack.triggersActionsUI.actionVariables.legacyAlertNameLabel', {
+      defaultMessage: 'This has been deprecated in favor of {variable}.',
+      values: {
+        variable: AlertProvidedActionVariables.ruleName,
+      },
+    }),
+  });
+
+  result.push({
+    name: LegacyAlertProvidedActionVariables.alertInstanceId,
+    deprecated: true,
+    description: i18n.translate(
+      'xpack.triggersActionsUI.actionVariables.legacyAlertInstanceIdLabel',
+      {
+        defaultMessage: 'This has been deprecated in favor of {variable}.',
+        values: {
+          variable: AlertProvidedActionVariables.alertId,
+        },
+      }
+    ),
+  });
+
+  result.push({
+    name: LegacyAlertProvidedActionVariables.alertActionGroup,
+    deprecated: true,
+    description: i18n.translate(
+      'xpack.triggersActionsUI.actionVariables.legacyAlertActionGroupLabel',
+      {
+        defaultMessage: 'This has been deprecated in favor of {variable}.',
+        values: {
+          variable: AlertProvidedActionVariables.alertActionGroup,
+        },
+      }
+    ),
+  });
+
+  result.push({
+    name: LegacyAlertProvidedActionVariables.alertActionGroupName,
+    deprecated: true,
+    description: i18n.translate(
+      'xpack.triggersActionsUI.actionVariables.legacyAlertActionGroupNameLabel',
+      {
+        defaultMessage: 'This has been deprecated in favor of {variable}.',
+        values: {
+          variable: AlertProvidedActionVariables.alertActionGroupName,
+        },
+      }
+    ),
+  });
+
+  result.push({
+    name: LegacyAlertProvidedActionVariables.alertActionSubgroup,
+    deprecated: true,
+    description: i18n.translate(
+      'xpack.triggersActionsUI.actionVariables.legacyAlertActionSubGroupLabel',
+      {
+        defaultMessage: 'This has been deprecated in favor of {variable}.',
+        values: {
+          variable: AlertProvidedActionVariables.alertActionSubgroup,
+        },
+      }
+    ),
+  });
+
+  result.push({
+    name: LegacyAlertProvidedActionVariables.spaceId,
+    deprecated: true,
+    description: i18n.translate('xpack.triggersActionsUI.actionVariables.legacySpaceIdLabel', {
+      defaultMessage: 'This has been deprecated in favor of {variable}.',
+      values: {
+        variable: AlertProvidedActionVariables.ruleSpaceId,
+      },
+    }),
+  });
+
+  result.push({
+    name: LegacyAlertProvidedActionVariables.tags,
+    deprecated: true,
+    description: i18n.translate('xpack.triggersActionsUI.actionVariables.legacyTagsLabel', {
+      defaultMessage: 'This has been deprecated in favor of {variable}.',
+      values: {
+        variable: AlertProvidedActionVariables.ruleTags,
+      },
+    }),
+  });
+
   return result;
 }
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/triggers_actions_ui/public/application/lib/get_defaults_for_action_params.test.ts b/x-pack/plugins/triggers_actions_ui/public/application/lib/get_defaults_for_action_params.test.ts
index 9928e3bcc38a..fdb11cfd0e1f 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/triggers_actions_ui/public/application/lib/get_defaults_for_action_params.test.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/triggers_actions_ui/public/application/lib/get_defaults_for_action_params.test.ts
@@ -12,14 +12,14 @@ import { getDefaultsForActionParams } from './get_defaults_for_action_params';
 describe('getDefaultsForActionParams', () => {
   test('pagerduty defaults', async () => {
     expect(getDefaultsForActionParams('.pagerduty', 'test', false)).toEqual({
-      dedupKey: `{{${AlertProvidedActionVariables.alertId}}}:{{${AlertProvidedActionVariables.alertInstanceId}}}`,
+      dedupKey: `{{${AlertProvidedActionVariables.ruleId}}}:{{${AlertProvidedActionVariables.alertId}}}`,
       eventAction: 'trigger',
     });
   });
 
   test('pagerduty defaults for recovered action group', async () => {
     expect(getDefaultsForActionParams('.pagerduty', RecoveredActionGroup.id, true)).toEqual({
-      dedupKey: `{{${AlertProvidedActionVariables.alertId}}}:{{${AlertProvidedActionVariables.alertInstanceId}}}`,
+      dedupKey: `{{${AlertProvidedActionVariables.ruleId}}}:{{${AlertProvidedActionVariables.alertId}}}`,
       eventAction: 'resolve',
     });
   });
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/triggers_actions_ui/public/application/lib/get_defaults_for_action_params.ts b/x-pack/plugins/triggers_actions_ui/public/application/lib/get_defaults_for_action_params.ts
index 6a4c7dccf961..000e17d2eb25 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/triggers_actions_ui/public/application/lib/get_defaults_for_action_params.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/triggers_actions_ui/public/application/lib/get_defaults_for_action_params.ts
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ export const getDefaultsForActionParams = (
   switch (actionTypeId) {
     case '.pagerduty':
       const pagerDutyDefaults = {
-        dedupKey: `{{${AlertProvidedActionVariables.alertId}}}:{{${AlertProvidedActionVariables.alertInstanceId}}}`,
+        dedupKey: `{{${AlertProvidedActionVariables.ruleId}}}:{{${AlertProvidedActionVariables.alertId}}}`,
         eventAction: EventActionOptions.TRIGGER,
       };
       if (isRecoveryActionGroup) {
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/triggers_actions_ui/public/application/lib/template_action_variable.ts b/x-pack/plugins/triggers_actions_ui/public/application/lib/template_action_variable.ts
index 4652f4f0a810..88558d1cac83 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/triggers_actions_ui/public/application/lib/template_action_variable.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/triggers_actions_ui/public/application/lib/template_action_variable.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  * 2.0.
  */
 
-import { ActionVariable } from '../../types';
+import { ActionVariable } from '../../../../alerting/common';
 
 export function templateActionVariable(variable: ActionVariable) {
   return variable.useWithTripleBracesInTemplates
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/triggers_actions_ui/public/application/sections/action_connector_form/action_type_form.tsx b/x-pack/plugins/triggers_actions_ui/public/application/sections/action_connector_form/action_type_form.tsx
index 9a42a48e98a0..f59ee64ce530 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/triggers_actions_ui/public/application/sections/action_connector_form/action_type_form.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/triggers_actions_ui/public/application/sections/action_connector_form/action_type_form.tsx
@@ -26,15 +26,14 @@ import {
   EuiBadge,
   EuiErrorBoundary,
 } from '@elastic/eui';
-import { pick } from 'lodash';
-import { AlertActionParam } from '../../../../../alerting/common';
+import { partition, pick } from 'lodash';
+import { ActionVariable, AlertActionParam } from '../../../../../alerting/common';
 import {
   IErrorObject,
   AlertAction,
   ActionTypeIndex,
   ActionConnector,
   ActionVariables,
-  ActionVariable,
   ActionTypeRegistryContract,
   REQUIRED_ACTION_VARIABLES,
 } from '../../../types';
@@ -382,9 +381,21 @@ function getAvailableActionVariables(
   actionVariables: ActionVariables,
   actionGroup?: ActionGroupWithMessageVariables
 ) {
-  return transformActionVariables(
+  const transformedActionVariables: ActionVariable[] = transformActionVariables(
     actionGroup?.omitOptionalMessageVariables
       ? pick(actionVariables, ...REQUIRED_ACTION_VARIABLES)
       : actionVariables
-  ).sort((a, b) => a.name.toUpperCase().localeCompare(b.name.toUpperCase()));
+  );
+
+  // partition deprecated items so they show up last
+  const partitionedActionVariables = partition(
+    transformedActionVariables,
+    (v) => v.deprecated !== true
+  );
+  return partitionedActionVariables.reduce((acc, curr) => {
+    return [
+      ...acc,
+      ...curr.sort((a, b) => a.name.toUpperCase().localeCompare(b.name.toUpperCase())),
+    ];
+  }, []);
 }
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/triggers_actions_ui/public/index.ts b/x-pack/plugins/triggers_actions_ui/public/index.ts
index 969e279cea6c..b65086cd6f3e 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/triggers_actions_ui/public/index.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/triggers_actions_ui/public/index.ts
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ export type {
   AlertTypeRegistryContract,
   AlertTypeParamsExpressionProps,
   ValidationResult,
-  ActionVariable,
   ActionVariables,
   ActionConnector,
   IErrorObject,
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/triggers_actions_ui/public/types.ts b/x-pack/plugins/triggers_actions_ui/public/types.ts
index c6b7bd07fbaa..5c5dcf344b10 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/triggers_actions_ui/public/types.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/triggers_actions_ui/public/types.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ import { ChartsPluginSetup } from 'src/plugins/charts/public';
 import { DataPublicPluginStart } from 'src/plugins/data/public';
 import { ActionType } from '../../actions/common';
 import { TypeRegistry } from './application/type_registry';
-import { AlertType as CommonAlertType } from '../../alerting/common';
 import {
   ActionGroup,
   AlertActionParam,
@@ -26,6 +25,8 @@ import {
   AlertingFrameworkHealth,
   AlertNotifyWhenType,
   AlertTypeParams,
+  ActionVariable,
+  AlertType as CommonAlertType,
 } from '../../alerting/common';
 
 // In Triggers and Actions we treat all `Alert`s as `SanitizedAlert<AlertTypeParams>`
@@ -157,12 +158,6 @@ export type ActionConnectorTableItem = ActionConnector & {
   actionType: ActionType['name'];
 };
 
-export interface ActionVariable {
-  name: string;
-  description: string;
-  useWithTripleBracesInTemplates?: boolean;
-}
-
 type AsActionVariables<Keys extends string> = {
   [Req in Keys]: ActionVariable[];
 };
diff --git a/x-pack/test/alerting_api_integration/spaces_only/tests/alerting/mustache_templates.ts b/x-pack/test/alerting_api_integration/spaces_only/tests/alerting/mustache_templates.ts
index e85f9b03d269..ae2499458834 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/alerting_api_integration/spaces_only/tests/alerting/mustache_templates.ts
+++ b/x-pack/test/alerting_api_integration/spaces_only/tests/alerting/mustache_templates.ts
@@ -265,6 +265,59 @@ export default function executionStatusAlertTests({ getService }: FtrProviderCon
       );
       expect(body).to.be('kibanaBaseUrl: ""');
     });
+
+    it('should render action variables in rule action', async () => {
+      const url = formatUrl(new URL(webhookSimulatorURL), { auth: false });
+      const actionResponse = await supertest
+        .post(`${getUrlPrefix(Spaces.space1.id)}/api/actions/action`)
+        .set('kbn-xsrf', 'test')
+        .send({
+          name: 'testing action variable rendering',
+          actionTypeId: '.webhook',
+          secrets: {},
+          config: {
+            headers: {
+              'Content-Type': 'text/plain',
+            },
+            url,
+          },
+        });
+      expect(actionResponse.status).to.eql(200);
+      const createdAction = actionResponse.body;
+      objectRemover.add(Spaces.space1.id, createdAction.id, 'action', 'actions');
+
+      const alertResponse = await supertest
+        .post(`${getUrlPrefix(Spaces.space1.id)}/api/alerts/alert`)
+        .set('kbn-xsrf', 'foo')
+        .send(
+          getTestAlertData({
+            name: 'testing variable escapes for webhook',
+            alertTypeId: 'test.patternFiring',
+            params: {
+              pattern: { instance: [true] },
+            },
+            actions: [
+              {
+                id: createdAction.id,
+                group: 'default',
+                params: {
+                  body: `payload {{rule.id}} - old id variable: {{alertId}}, new id variable: {{rule.id}}, old name variable: {{alertName}}, new name variable: {{rule.name}}`,
+                },
+              },
+            ],
+          })
+        );
+      expect(alertResponse.status).to.eql(200);
+      const createdAlert = alertResponse.body;
+      objectRemover.add(Spaces.space1.id, createdAlert.id, 'alert', 'alerts');
+
+      const body = await retry.try(async () =>
+        waitForActionBody(webhookSimulatorURL, createdAlert.id)
+      );
+      expect(body).to.be(
+        `old id variable: ${createdAlert.id}, new id variable: ${createdAlert.id}, old name variable: ${createdAlert.name}, new name variable: ${createdAlert.name}`
+      );
+    });
   });
 
   async function waitForActionBody(url: string, id: string): Promise<string> {
diff --git a/x-pack/test/functional_with_es_ssl/apps/triggers_actions_ui/alert_create_flyout.ts b/x-pack/test/functional_with_es_ssl/apps/triggers_actions_ui/alert_create_flyout.ts
index 6a051cc9fc5e..e6eb6f2d6535 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/functional_with_es_ssl/apps/triggers_actions_ui/alert_create_flyout.ts
+++ b/x-pack/test/functional_with_es_ssl/apps/triggers_actions_ui/alert_create_flyout.ts
@@ -129,17 +129,17 @@ export default ({ getPageObjects, getService }: FtrProviderContext) => {
       );
       await testSubjects.setValue('messageTextArea', 'test message ');
       await testSubjects.click('messageAddVariableButton');
-      await testSubjects.click('variableMenuButton-alertActionGroup');
+      await testSubjects.click('variableMenuButton-alert.actionGroup');
       expect(await messageTextArea.getAttribute('value')).to.eql(
-        'test message {{alertActionGroup}}'
+        'test message {{alert.actionGroup}}'
       );
       await messageTextArea.type(' some additional text ');
 
       await testSubjects.click('messageAddVariableButton');
-      await testSubjects.click('variableMenuButton-alertId');
+      await testSubjects.click('variableMenuButton-rule.id');
 
       expect(await messageTextArea.getAttribute('value')).to.eql(
-        'test message {{alertActionGroup}} some additional text {{alertId}}'
+        'test message {{alert.actionGroup}} some additional text {{rule.id}}'
       );
 
       await testSubjects.click('saveAlertButton');