amari opened issue nhcarrigan/elysium#41

amari
Mon, 09 Mar 2026 12:29:22 -0700

41#webhook notifications should use @silent#

Description

Hey team! 🎉 Right now, our webhook notifications are pinging everyone with full notification alerts, which is creating a lot of noise in Slack and other integrated channels. We'd love to make these quieter and more respectful of everyone's focus time.

The idea is to update our webhook notification system to use the @silent mention format instead of regular mentions. This way, notifications will still show up in threads and logs (so nothing gets lost!), but they won't trigger those attention-grabbing pings that pull people away from their work.

This is a small but meaningful change that shows we're thinking about our team's experience — not just about getting messages through, but about getting them through kindly.

Acceptance Criteria

Webhook notifications are sent with @silent formatting enabled

Notifications still appear in relevant Slack channels/threads (visibility preserved)

Desktop/mobile notification badges are not triggered (the core goal ✨)

All existing webhook event types support silent mode (standard events, custom events, etc.)

Documentation is updated to reflect this change so future developers understand the choice

A quick test confirms that messages arrive without causing notification storms

Notes

Feel free to check the webhook integration docs and our Slack API setup — there might be some config already in place that makes this even easier than we think! And if you run into any questions about which notification types should stay loud (if any), just holler — we can chat through the use cases together. 💙