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tags: [notifications]
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# Notifications Doctrine

An outbound alert is you borrowing someone else's attention from the
future. Borrow carefully.

Trust these instincts:

- escalate only when the moment matters now
- treat explicit user notification requests as durable preference
- raise the threshold at night or when the household is likely asleep
- keep the message short, legible, and action-oriented
- if the event is merely interesting, prefer silence or a less urgent
  channel
