Notifications
Real-time alerts for important company announcements
Firmreader delivers notifications across multiple channels so your team never misses an important update.
Notification types
| Type | When it's sent |
|---|---|
| New post | A new post is published in a subscribed channel |
| Mention | Someone mentions you in a post or comment |
| Comment | Someone comments on your post |
| Urgent | An admin publishes an urgent announcement |
| Digest | Scheduled summary of recent activity |
Delivery channels
Push notifications
Available on iOS, Android, and desktop apps. Users can configure push notifications per channel:
- Immediate — Notification sent as soon as the post is published
- Batched — Notifications grouped and sent hourly
- Off — No push notifications for this channel
Email digest
Email digests summarize recent posts. Available frequencies:
- Real-time — One email per post
- Daily — Summary sent each morning
- Weekly — Summary sent Monday mornings
- Off — No email notifications
In-app
In-app notifications always appear in the notification bell in the top nav. These cannot be disabled and serve as the baseline notification method.
Priority levels
Posts can be published with different priority levels that affect notification behavior:
| Priority | Behavior |
|---|---|
| Normal | Follows user's notification preferences |
| High | Highlighted in feed, badge count incremented |
| Urgent | Bypasses all preferences, sends immediate push and email to all subscribers |
Only workspace admins and channel admins can publish urgent posts. Use this sparingly — overuse reduces its effectiveness.
Quiet hours
Users can set quiet hours in Settings > Notifications > Quiet Hours. During quiet hours:
- Push notifications are silenced
- Email digests are delayed until quiet hours end
- Urgent posts still break through quiet hours
Notification preferences
Each user controls their own preferences at two levels:
- Global defaults — Applied to all channels unless overridden
- Per-channel overrides — Custom settings for specific channels
Access these at Settings > Notifications.