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Notification Nodes

Last updated June 11, 2026, 2:13 PM UTC · fuuz.com/help/notification-nodes

1. Overview

What are Notification Nodes?

Notification nodes enable sending and receiving alerts through configured Notification Channels. These channels provide centralized recipient management and can automatically send emails or be used with custom delivery mechanisms.

Why are they important?

Notification Channels decouple alert logic from recipient management. Rather than hardcoding email addresses in flows, you configure recipients once in a channel and reference that channel in your flows. This simplifies maintenance when recipients change and enables custom notification transports beyond email.

The 2 Notification Nodes

Node Purpose
Send Notification Send notifications to a configured Notification Channel
Receive Notification Receive messages when notifications are sent on a channel

2. Send Notification Node

The Send Notification node is used to send notifications to a Notification Channel. Notification Channels are configured with recipients and can optionally send emails automatically.

Configuration Parameters

Parameter Description
Notification Channel Dropdown to select the channel to send notification to
Transform JSONata transform — results become the payload for creating the notification message. If results are an array, multiple notifications are sent.

Behavior

3. Receive Notification Node

The Receive Notification node is used to receive messages when notifications are sent out on a notification channel.

If the sendEmail field is false on the notification channel, Fuuz will not automatically send out emails, but the Receive Notification Node will still receive the notifications. This can be used to implement custom notifications and custom transports.

Configuration Parameters

Parameter Description
Notification Channel The Notification Channel to receive messages for

Custom Transport Pattern

The Receive Notification node enables custom notification delivery beyond email:

  1. Create a Notification Channel with sendEmail: false
  2. Use Send Notification node to publish to the channel
  3. Create a separate flow with Receive Notification node listening on the same channel
  4. Implement custom delivery logic (SMS, Slack, Teams, custom API, etc.)

Note: Use Case — Send alerts to a Slack channel by receiving the notification and calling the Slack webhook API with the message payload.

4. Notification Channels

Notification Channels are configured in the platform administration and serve as the target for Send Notification nodes. Each channel has:

Property Description
Name Identifier for the channel
Description Purpose of the channel
Binding Key Internal routing key for the channel
Recipients List of configured recipients who receive notifications
sendEmail Whether to automatically send emails to recipients

5. Best Practices

Channel Design

Notification Patterns

Notification Nodes vs System Email

Use Notification Nodes When Use System Email When
Recipients may change over time Fixed recipient list (e.g., integration errors to IT)
Need custom delivery (SMS, Slack, etc.) Email-only delivery is sufficient
Multiple flows share same recipients One-off email with attachments
Need notification audit trail Need CC/BCC/Reply-To/Attachments

6. Troubleshooting

Symptom Likely Cause Resolution
Notification emails not sent sendEmail is false on channel Enable sendEmail on channel or use Receive Notification for custom handling
No recipients received notification No recipients configured on channel Add recipients to the Notification Channel
Receive Notification not triggering Flow not deployed or wrong channel selected Deploy flow; verify channel matches Send Notification
Multiple notifications sent unexpectedly Transform returns array Wrap transform result in object if single notification intended

7. Related Resources

8. Revision History

Version Date Author Description
1.0 2025-01-01 Fuuz Documentation Team Initial release - Complete guide covering Send Notification and Receive Notification nodes with custom transport patterns.

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