> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.dacard.ai/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Update Notification Preferences

> Creates or updates the notification preference for a given channel (email or Slack).
When enabling Slack notifications, a valid Slack incoming webhook URL is required.

**Permission:** `score:read` (all authenticated users)




## OpenAPI

````yaml post /api/settings/notifications
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Dacard.ai API
  description: >
    Decision intelligence platform for AI-native product teams.

    Score, connect, and compound your product maturity across two original
    frameworks.
  version: 0.1.0
  contact:
    name: Darren Card
    email: darren@darrencard.com
    url: https://darrencard.com
  license:
    name: Proprietary
servers:
  - url: https://app.dacard.ai
    description: Production
  - url: http://localhost:3001
    description: Local development
security: []
tags:
  - name: Scoring
    description: AI maturity scoring engine
  - name: Lifecycle
    description: Development Lifecycle assessment
  - name: Products
    description: Product management and analytics
  - name: Dashboard
    description: Dashboard and suite analytics
  - name: Account
    description: Account and team management
  - name: Billing
    description: Stripe billing integration
  - name: User
    description: User profile, onboarding, and preferences
  - name: System
    description: Health checks and diagnostics
  - name: Internal
    description: Internal and admin endpoints (PQL tracking, demo data management)
  - name: Agents
    description: Agent Studio - autonomous AI agents, triggers, and artifacts
  - name: Intelligence
    description: Alerts, coaching context, and score timeline
  - name: Anomalies
    description: Signal anomaly detection, acknowledgment, and sensitivity overrides
  - name: Outcomes
    description: Longitudinal outcome observations for validation study (E2.2)
  - name: Settings
    description: User and account notification preferences
  - name: Webhooks
    description: Outbound webhook management
  - name: API Keys
    description: API key management (Team and Enterprise plans)
paths:
  /api/settings/notifications:
    post:
      tags:
        - Settings
      summary: Update notification preferences
      description: >
        Creates or updates the notification preference for a given channel
        (email or Slack).

        When enabling Slack notifications, a valid Slack incoming webhook URL is
        required.


        **Permission:** `score:read` (all authenticated users)
      operationId: updateNotificationPreferences
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              required:
                - channel
                - severityMin
                - enabled
              properties:
                channel:
                  type: string
                  enum:
                    - email
                    - slack
                  description: Notification delivery channel
                severityMin:
                  type: string
                  enum:
                    - low
                    - medium
                    - high
                  description: Minimum anomaly severity to trigger a notification
                enabled:
                  type: boolean
                  description: Whether this channel is enabled
                slackWebhookUrl:
                  type: string
                  format: uri
                  description: >-
                    Slack incoming webhook URL (required when channel=slack and
                    enabled=true)
                  example: https://hooks.slack.com/services/T.../B.../...
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Preference saved
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  preference:
                    $ref: '#/components/schemas/NotificationPreference'
        '400':
          description: Invalid channel, severity, or missing Slack webhook URL
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
      security:
        - clerkAuth: []
        - bearerAuth: []
components:
  schemas:
    NotificationPreference:
      type: object
      description: Anomaly notification preference for a delivery channel
      required:
        - channel
        - severityMin
        - enabled
      properties:
        channel:
          type: string
          enum:
            - email
            - slack
          description: Delivery channel
        severityMin:
          type: string
          enum:
            - low
            - medium
            - high
          description: Minimum severity that triggers a notification
        enabled:
          type: boolean
          description: Whether this channel is active
        slackWebhookUrl:
          type: string
          format: uri
          nullable: true
          description: Slack incoming webhook URL (only set for slack channel)
    Error:
      type: object
      required:
        - error
      properties:
        error:
          type: string
          description: Machine-readable error message
        code:
          type: string
          description: Error code
          enum:
            - AUTH_REQUIRED
            - FORBIDDEN
            - NOT_FOUND
            - INVALID_URL
            - CRAWL_FAILED
            - SCORE_FAILED
            - QUOTA_EXCEEDED
            - ANON_RATE_LIMIT
            - SIGNAL_RATE_LIMITED
            - SIGNAL_VALIDATION_FAILED
            - SERVER_ERROR
        message:
          type: string
          description: Human-readable message
        details:
          description: Additional context
  responses:
    Unauthorized:
      description: Authentication required
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
          example:
            error: Authentication required
            code: AUTH_REQUIRED
  securitySchemes:
    clerkAuth:
      type: apiKey
      in: cookie
      name: __session
      description: |
        Clerk session cookie. Authentication is handled by Clerk.
        Sign in at https://app.dacard.ai/sign-in to obtain a session.
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: JWT
      description: |
        Clerk JWT session token. Obtain via Clerk's frontend SDK
        using `getToken()` or via the Clerk Backend API.

````