# Notification Preferences (https://yapl.app/en/docs/user-guides/slack/notification-preferences)

# Notification Preferences

Channel notifications ([Channel Notifications](/docs/user-guides/slack/channel-notifications)) are shared and set up at the workspace level. Your personal preferences control something different: the direct messages YAPL sends just to you, based on what's relevant to you specifically, like your assignments and your teams.

Find these under **Settings > Integrations > Slack > Personal preferences**. They only apply once your [Slack account is linked](/docs/user-guides/slack/connecting-slack).

## Turning Direct Messages On or Off

**Send Slack DMs** is the master switch. Turn it off to stop all personalized direct messages while keeping channel notifications and slash commands working as normal.

## Delivery Mode

Choose how often you want personalized direct messages to arrive:

| Mode | Behavior |
|------|----------|
| Real-time | You're notified as soon as something relevant happens |
| Hourly digest | Everything from the last hour arrives as one message, on the hour |
| Daily digest | Everything from the day arrives as one message, at the hour and timezone you set |

Digests group your updates by plan so they're easy to scan, and cap the list per plan with a "+N more" summary if there's a lot. If nothing happened, no digest is sent for that period.

Turning on **Suppress on weekends** skips digest delivery on Saturday and Sunday in your chosen timezone. Anything that would have gone out is simply included in your next digest instead of being lost.

## Muted Categories

Mute entire categories of notification without turning direct messages off completely:

| Category | Covers |
|----------|--------|
| Plans | Plan publishes and the assignment or status changes inside them |
| Projects | Project lifecycle changes |
| Tasks | Task assignment, unassignment, and status changes outside of a plan publish |
| Teams | Team membership changes |
| Workspace | Workspace-level announcements |

Muting is personal, so it only affects your own direct messages. Channel notifications keep posting regardless of what you've muted for yourself.

## Testing Your Setup

Click **Send test DM** to confirm the connection works end to end. This is useful right after linking your account or changing your notification settings.

## How This Differs From Browser Push and Email

Slack direct messages run alongside YAPL's browser push and email notifications. They're configured separately, in **Preferences**, not here, and one doesn't replace the other. Turning off Slack DMs doesn't affect push or email, and vice versa.

## Related Topics

- [Connecting Slack](/docs/user-guides/slack/connecting-slack): Link your account to unlock these settings.
- [Channel Notifications](/docs/user-guides/slack/channel-notifications): The shared, workspace-level equivalent.
- [Slash Commands](/docs/user-guides/slack/slash-commands): Act on what a message tells you.