Push Notifications for any backend event

Deliver immediate updates for critical escalations and business events across your team's devices.

ActivitySmith push notifications on iPhone

Deliver high-signal updates in seconds with a simple API call

Send one request from your API, CI pipeline, worker, script, automation, or AI agent workflow and publish the update to paired team devices.

curl -X POST https://activitysmith.com/api/push-notification \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $ACTIVITYSMITH_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"title": "Build Failed 🚨",
"message": "CI pipeline failed on main branch"
}'
View push notification docs

Make your push notifications actionable

Add optional redirection and actions to your push notifications to open a URL or trigger a backend webhook.

Actionable push notification with tap redirection and long-press actions

Action behavior

redirection: open an HTTPS URL when the user taps the push notification.

actions: show up to 4 action buttons on long-press.

Action types: open_url opens browser URL, webhook triggers backend GET/POST.

ActivitySmith executes webhook actions server-side for security, giving your team fast push notification actions with backend-grade control and reliability.

Available in ActivitySmith iOS app version 1.1.0 and newer.

Example payload

{
"title": "New subscription 💸",
"message": "Customer upgraded to Pro plan",
"redirection": "https://crm.example.com/customers/cus_93210",
"actions": [
{
"title": "Open CRM",
"type": "open_url",
"url": "https://crm.example.com/customers/cus_93210"
},
{
"title": "Trigger Welcome Flow",
"type": "webhook",
"url": "https://hooks.example.com/customer/welcome",
"method": "POST",
"body": {
"customerId": "cus_93210",
"plan": "pro"
}
}
]
}

What you can notify on

Cover engineering, product, revenue, security, and automation events from one notification channel.

Infrastructure health

Notify on downtime, elevated error rates, latency spikes, and service degradation before issues cascade.

Delivery workflows

Track CI/CD outcomes, release milestones, rollout pauses, and failed deploy steps that require attention.

Business events

Get immediate signal for signups, purchases, upgrades, payment failures, and other key revenue moments.

Security signals

Alert on suspicious auth activity, policy violations, and critical security events that need triage.

Data pipelines

Stay informed on imports, exports, ETL runs, backfills, and job failures across your data workflows.

Agent run outcomes

Receive updates when AI agent tasks start, fail, complete, or hand off to a human reviewer.

Customer lifecycle

Capture renewals, churn-risk flags, onboarding milestones, and support-critical customer changes.

Operations reminders

Notify teams about maintenance windows, deadline-sensitive tasks, and recurring operational checkpoints.

Team coordination

Broadcast shared operational updates so every paired device sees the same event stream in real time.

Ready to make your backend visible in real time?

Keep your team aligned with immediate event delivery across incidents, business signals, and automation outcomes.