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Agent skill

Novu Trigger Notification

by novuhq in novuhq/novu

Trigger Novu notification workflows to send messages across email, SMS, push, chat, and in-app channels.

Custom licenceAuto-check passedBackend & APIs

Install Novu Trigger Notification

skills CLI
$ npx skills add novuhq/novu --skill novu-trigger-notification -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install novuhq/novu novu-trigger-notification --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/novuhq/novu.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/docs/.mintlify/skills/trigger-notification .claude/skills/novu-trigger-notification && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
novu-trigger-notification
GitHub stars
40k
Token cost
~1.2k tokens
SKILL.md length
298 words
Files
6 (incl. references)
Skills in repo
28
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Custom licence

At a glance

Trigger Novu notification workflows to send messages across email, SMS, push, chat, and in-app channels.

  • Works in 5 steps: workflowId is the identifier, not the… → Subscriber upsert — triggering to a… → Bulk trigger limit is 100 events — chunk… → …
  • Novu notification workflows to send messages across email
  • SKILL.md covers SDK Setup, Single Trigger, Bulk Trigger and Broadcast, plus 6 more sections
  • Needs NOVU_SECRET_KEY

What it does

Novu Trigger Notification is an agent skill from novuhq/novu. Trigger Novu notification workflows to send messages across email, SMS, push, chat, and in-app channels. Supports single triggers, bulk triggers, broadcast to all subscribers, topic-based targeting, and cancellation. Use when sending transactional notifications, alerts, or any event-driven messages.

Its SKILL.md is about 1.2k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 6 other files, including reference files (for example `references/best-practices.md`, `references/bulk-trigger-examples.md` and `references/installation.md`).

It sits in Backend & APIs, covering Event-driven systems. The repository describes itself as: The open-source communication infrastructure for agents and products.

When your agent uses it

  • Novu notification workflows to send messages across email
  • In-app channels
  • Sending transactional notifications
  • Any event-driven messages

Example prompts

  • “/novu-trigger-notification”

Requirements

  • A credential in NOVU_SECRET_KEY

Workflow steps

5 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

  1. workflowId is the identifier, not the display name — use the identifier you set when defining the workflow, not its human-readable name…
  2. Subscriber upsert — triggering to a non-existent subscriberId or subscriber object string will create the subscriber with that subscriberId.
  3. Bulk trigger limit is 100 events — chunk larger batches into groups of 100.
  4. transactionId is required for cancellation — you cannot cancel a trigger without it. Either provide custom transactionId or store novu…
  5. Payload is validated against the workflow's payloadSchema — if the workflow defines a schema, the trigger will fail if the payload doesn't…

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit c4d3eda. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md (its code samples are typescript).

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md.

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names these keys or tokens, usually read from environment variables:

    • NOVU_SECRET_KEY

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Novu Trigger Notification loads about 1.2k tokens when it runs, and up to ~4k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 82 tokens; SKILL.md has 298 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~82
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.2k
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them
~4k

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

Its licence (Custom licence) doesn't allow us to republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 298 words (~1,238 tokens).

“Send notifications by triggering Novu workflows. Supports single, bulk, broadcast, and topic-based delivery.”

— opening of SKILL.md by novuhq, Custom licence
name
novu-trigger-notification

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

SKILL.md and 5 other files (references) in docs/.mintlify/skills/trigger-notification of novuhq/novu.

  • SKILL.md
  • references/best-practices.md
  • references/bulk-trigger-examples.md
  • references/installation.md
  • references/single-trigger-examples.md
  • references/topic-trigger-examples.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit c4d3eda

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AWS Serverless Edazxkane/aws-skills3674 repos~3.2kAutomated safety check: PassMIT
Windmill Trigger Type Checklistwindmill-labs/windmill18k—~4.7kAutomated safety check: PassCustom licence
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Categories

Questions about Novu Trigger Notification

What does Novu Trigger Notification do?

Trigger Novu notification workflows to send messages across email, SMS, push, chat, and in-app channels. Novu Trigger Notification is an agent skill from novuhq/novu. Trigger Novu notification workflows to send messages across email, SMS, push, chat, and in-app channels.

When should I use Novu Trigger Notification?

Novu Trigger Notification fits situations like: novu notification workflows to send messages across email; in-app channels; sending transactional notifications; any event-driven messages.

How do I install Novu Trigger Notification in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add novuhq/novu --skill novu-trigger-notification -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (docs/.mintlify/skills/trigger-notification in novuhq/novu) into .claude/skills/novu-trigger-notification in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Novu Trigger Notification in Codex?

Run `npx skills add novuhq/novu --skill novu-trigger-notification -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (docs/.mintlify/skills/trigger-notification in novuhq/novu) into .agents/skills/novu-trigger-notification in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Novu Trigger Notification in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add novuhq/novu --skill novu-trigger-notification -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/novu-trigger-notification, .gemini/skills/novu-trigger-notification, .github/skills/novu-trigger-notification and .opencode/skills/novu-trigger-notification in your project.

What does Novu Trigger Notification need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Novu Trigger Notification needs credentials named NOVU_SECRET_KEY. Our summary lists: A credential in NOVU_SECRET_KEY.

Does Novu Trigger Notification access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Novu Trigger Notification safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Novu Trigger Notification use?

Novu Trigger Notification has a licence file (the repository's licence) that doesn't match a standard licence. Read it on GitHub before reusing the skill.

How many tokens does Novu Trigger Notification use?

About 1.2k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 5k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full. Its references folder adds about 2.7k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to Novu Trigger Notification?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Novu Trigger Notification: Stripe Projects (fossasia/eventyay, 1.7k stars), MQTTX CLI (emqx/MQTTX, 5.1k stars), AWS Serverless Eda (zxkane/aws-skills, 367 stars) and Windmill Trigger Type Checklist (windmill-labs/windmill, 18k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Novu Trigger Notification?

novuhq (a GitHub organization) maintains it in novuhq/novu, which has 40,132 GitHub stars. The repository holds 28 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 10, 2026.

Source: novuhq/novu on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.