Replace the operational-email categories the caller switched off

PUT /me/alert-preferences

Replace the operational-email categories the caller switched off (muted, every other on); a binding category (billing) cannot be listed.

Only the person sets them: 403 PushNeedsPerson for an AI agent acting for them (whatever it was granted), an app, a background run, an impersonating administrator or a station. Appends notifications.alert-preferences-saved. Idempotent by content: saving what is held appends nothing.

Access

Requires a signed-in session: a person's own email alert switches: the route reads and changes only the caller's, and refuses any session that is not the person (an agent, an app, a background run, an impersonating administrator, a station)

How scopes come from roles: Scopes and roles. Getting a token: Authentication and app tokens.

Retries

Idempotent by content: saving what is held appends nothing.

Why every write carries a key: Idempotency and retries.

Facts appended

notifications.alert-preferences-saved

What a fact is: Facts and the journal.

AI agent tool

No agent tool. Which operational emails reach a person is that person's own choice under Settings › Email alerts, never an agent's.

Connecting an agent: AI agents.

Example

curl

curl -X PUT 'https://notifications.getmanifold.io/me/alert-preferences' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $MANIFOLD_TOKEN" \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
  "muted": [
    "sync-problems"
  ]
}'

JavaScript (fetch)

const response = await fetch("https://notifications.getmanifold.io/me/alert-preferences", {
  method: "PUT",
  headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.MANIFOLD_TOKEN}`, "Content-Type": "application/json" },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    "muted": [
      "sync-problems"
    ]
  }),
});
if (!response.ok) throw new Error(`${response.status}: ${await response.text()}`);
const answer = await response.json();

Request body · application/json

{
  "muted": [
    "sync-problems"
  ]
}

Response · 200 · application/json

{
  "categories": [
    {
      "category": "integrations",
      "enabled": true,
      "mandatory": false
    },
    {
      "category": "sync-problems",
      "enabled": false,
      "mandatory": false
    },
    {
      "category": "books",
      "enabled": true,
      "mandatory": false
    },
    {
      "category": "billing",
      "enabled": true,
      "mandatory": true
    }
  ]
}

The panel writes this call in other languages. It does not send it: Manifold's APIs do not take calls from a web page on another site, so run the call from your own code or terminal. The whole API as OpenAPI: notifications-manager.openapi.json. Base URL https://notifications.getmanifold.io.

Errors

Every refusal is a status and a JSON body whose _tag names it. A refused call changes nothing.

`401`

Refusal	What it means	What to do
`Unauthorized` reason	The token is missing, expired or not one Manifold issued.	Get a fresh token and send the call again.
`TokenAlreadyUsed` tokenId	A single-use app token was already spent.	Mint a new token for this call.

`402`

Refusal	What it means	What to do
`SubscriptionRequired` status	The organization's subscription has lapsed, so writes are refused.	An owner settles billing. Reads still work meanwhile.

`403`

Refusal	What it means	What to do
`PushNeedsPerson` reason	The request was refused. `reason` says why.	The caller may not do this. Use a token whose roles allow it.
`TenantRequired` userId	The token names no organization.	Choose the organization, then get a new token.
`ScopeRequired` required	The token's roles do not grant the scope this call needs.	Ask an owner or admin for a role that grants it.

`409`

Refusal	What it means	What to do
`MirroredFromSource` source	This area is fed by your source system until the organization goes live.	Make the change in the source system, or go live first.

`503`

Refusal	What it means	What to do
`RequestLogUnavailable` tokenId, reason	The service could not record the request, so it did nothing.	Send the same request again shortly.

How refusals work everywhere: Errors.