• TOPIC SETUP
  • USER ACCESS
  • AUDIT
  • HUMAN ONLY

How to organize notification topics with your AI

Connect Novu to your agent to automate how users receive updates. Once connected, your AI handles the heavy lifting of grouping users and managing their preferences.

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Short answer

How can I use AI to manage my Novu notifications?

You can tell your AI to build new notification topics, add or remove users from specific groups, and check who is currently subscribed to what. You'll see exactly how the AI interacts with your Novu setup below.

Notification control outcomes

Where your data lands

The AI handles the technical mapping of your notification architecture.

TOPIC SETUP

New notification groups

The AI creates specific topics for different types of alerts. This keeps your notification logic organized and scalable.

USER ACCESS

Subscription management

Your agent adds or removes users from topics. This ensures people only get the alerts they actually want.

AUDIT

Subscriber visibility

The AI can pull lists of who belongs to which topic. You get a clear view of your current notification distribution.

HUMAN ONLY

Logic and strategy

The AI manages the data, but you decide the notification strategy. You still control the high-level messaging rules and content.

The workflow

What your AI does when a request arrives.

Your agent translates your plain English commands into direct Novu actions.

  1. Define new topics

    When you want to start a new category of alerts, the AI sets up the topic structure in Novu.

    create_topic

  2. Assign users

    The AI links specific users to the topics you just created or existing ones.

    create_topic_subscriptions

  3. Verify membership

    If you need to know if a specific person is receiving an alert, the AI checks their status.

    check_topic_subscriberget_topic_subscription

  4. Clean up groups

    The AI removes outdated topics or clears out old subscription lists when you tell it to.

    delete_topicdelete_topic_subscriptions

Try it

Copy these to start.

Use these prompts to trigger actions in Novu.

Starting points

Swap out the bracketed text with your actual topic names or user IDs.

Novu Connector

You're all set. Choose your MCP client and follow the setup instructions.

Connector linkhttps://edge.vinkius.com/vk_preview_Gc629xN4mo0qmuVJaVaxK1NHXyH1KKUxILlM77rl/mcp

Claude Desktop

Follow the steps below to connect in seconds.

  1. 1In Claude Desktop, open Settings → Connectors.
  2. 2Click “Add custom connector” and paste the connector link above as the remote MCP server URL.
  3. 3Click Add and start a new chat — Novu capabilities are ready to use.
Configuration · claude_desktop_config.jsonCopy
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "novu-mcp": {
      "url": "https://edge.vinkius.com/vk_preview_Gc629xN4mo0qmuVJaVaxK1NHXyH1KKUxILlM77rl/mcp"
    }
  }
}
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  • Create a new notification topic called 'billing_alerts'.

  • Subscribe user_123 to the 'marketing_updates' topic.

  • List all the subscribers currently in the 'system_status' topic.

  • Remove all subscriptions from the 'deprecated_feature' topic.

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Start here

Connect Novu once, then ask.

Just link your Novu account to Vinkius. Your credentials stay encrypted, and you can immediately start talking to your AI about your notification setup.

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FAQ

How this task behaves

  • 01

    Can the AI send the actual notification messages?

    No. The AI manages the topics and the people subscribed to them, but it does not trigger the actual message delivery.

  • 02

    Will the AI delete my entire notification setup?

    No. The AI only deletes specific topics or subscriptions that you explicitly tell it to remove.

  • 03

    Can I see a list of everyone subscribed to a topic?

    Yes, the AI can pull a list of all subscribers for any given topic.

  • 04

    Does the AI create the notification templates?

    No. The AI manages the routing and the groups, but the actual content templates are managed within your Novu dashboard.

  • 05

    Can the AI check if a single user is in a group?

    Yes, it can check the subscription status for a specific user in a specific topic.

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