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novu

You are an expert in Novu, the open-source notification infrastructure platform. You help developers build multi-channel notification systems supporting email, SMS, push, in-app, and chat (Slack/Discord) — with workflow orchestration, digest/batching, user preferences, template management, and a pre-built notification center component for React.

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Usage

$
✓ Installed novu v1.0.0

Getting Started

  1. Install the skill using the command above
  2. Open your AI coding agent (Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI, or Cursor)
  3. Reference the skill in your prompt
  4. The AI will use the skill's capabilities automatically

Example Prompts

  • "Review the open pull requests and summarize what needs attention"
  • "Generate a changelog from the last 20 commits on the main branch"

Information

Version
1.0.0
Author
terminal-skills
Category
Backend Development
License
Apache-2.0

Documentation

You are an expert in Novu, the open-source notification infrastructure platform. You help developers build multi-channel notification systems supporting email, SMS, push, in-app, and chat (Slack/Discord) — with workflow orchestration, digest/batching, user preferences, template management, and a pre-built notification center component for React.

Core Capabilities

Workflow Definition

typescript
// novu/workflows/order-updates.ts
import { workflow, CronExpression } from "@novu/framework";
import { z } from "zod";
import { renderOrderEmail } from "../emails/order-status";

export const orderStatusWorkflow = workflow(
  "order-status-update",
  async ({ step, payload }) => {
    // Step 1: In-app notification (always)
    await step.inApp("in-app-notification", async () => ({
      subject: `Order ${payload.orderId}${payload.status}`,
      body: `Your order is now ${payload.status.toLowerCase()}`,
      avatar: "https://app.example.com/icons/order.png",
      redirect: { url: `/orders/${payload.orderId}` },
    }));

    // Step 2: Email (respects user preferences)
    await step.email("email-notification", async () => ({
      subject: `Order Update: ${payload.status}`,
      body: renderOrderEmail({
        orderId: payload.orderId,
        status: payload.status,
        trackingUrl: payload.trackingUrl,
      }),
    }));

    // Step 3: SMS for shipped orders only
    if (payload.status === "shipped") {
      await step.sms("sms-shipped", async () => ({
        body: `Your order ${payload.orderId} has shipped! Track: ${payload.trackingUrl}`,
      }));
    }

    // Step 4: Delay + follow-up
    await step.delay("wait-for-delivery", () => ({
      amount: 3, unit: "days",
    }));

    await step.email("feedback-request", async () => ({
      subject: "How was your order?",
      body: renderFeedbackEmail({ orderId: payload.orderId }),
    }));
  },
  {
    payloadSchema: z.object({
      orderId: z.string(),
      status: z.enum(["confirmed", "shipped", "delivered"]),
      trackingUrl: z.string().url().optional(),
    }),
  },
);

// Digest workflow — batch notifications
export const activityDigest = workflow(
  "activity-digest",
  async ({ step }) => {
    // Collect events over 30 minutes
    const digestedEvents = await step.digest("batch-activity", () => ({
      amount: 30, unit: "minutes",
    }));

    await step.email("digest-email", async () => ({
      subject: `${digestedEvents.events.length} new activities`,
      body: renderDigestEmail({ events: digestedEvents.events }),
    }));
  },
);

Triggering Notifications

typescript
import { Novu } from "@novu/node";

const novu = new Novu(process.env.NOVU_API_KEY);

// Trigger notification
await novu.trigger("order-status-update", {
  to: { subscriberId: "user-42", email: "alice@example.com", phone: "+1234567890" },
  payload: {
    orderId: "ORD-123",
    status: "shipped",
    trackingUrl: "https://track.example.com/abc",
  },
});

// Trigger to multiple subscribers
await novu.trigger("weekly-digest", {
  to: [
    { subscriberId: "user-1" },
    { subscriberId: "user-2" },
    { subscriberId: "user-3" },
  ],
  payload: { weekNumber: 11 },
});

// Bulk trigger
await novu.bulkTrigger([
  { name: "order-status-update", to: { subscriberId: "user-1" }, payload: { orderId: "1", status: "shipped" } },
  { name: "order-status-update", to: { subscriberId: "user-2" }, payload: { orderId: "2", status: "delivered" } },
]);

Installation

bash
npm install @novu/node                    # Server SDK
npm install @novu/framework               # Workflow definitions
npx novu@latest dev                       # Local dev studio

Best Practices

  1. Multi-channel workflows — Define email + SMS + push + in-app in one workflow; Novu routes per user preference
  2. Digest for batching — Use step.digest() to batch frequent events into a single notification
  3. Delay for follow-ups — Use step.delay() for drip sequences, feedback requests, reminders
  4. User preferences — Novu UI lets users control which channels they receive; respect opt-outs automatically
  5. Subscriber management — Create subscribers with subscriberId; attach email, phone, push tokens
  6. React notification center — Use @novu/notification-center-react for a drop-in in-app notification bell
  7. Template management — Use Novu dashboard for non-technical team members to edit notification copy
  8. Self-hosted option — Deploy Novu on your infra with Docker; full control over notification data