Notifications

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Why your app can’t notify directly

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Request a reminder

window.parent?.postMessage(
  {
    type: 'elata:notify:request',
    requestId: 'optional-id',
    body: 'Focus block complete. Nice work!',
  },
  '*',
);

• body is plain text. Elata strips control characters, collapses it to one line, and cuts it to 140 characters.
• You can’t set the title, icon, click URL, or actions. Elata sets them.

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What Elata guarantees

• Elata-authored title. Always Elata · <your app name>, taken from your Elata listing, so apps can’t impersonate the OS, Elata, or each other.
• Per-app opt-in. Off by default. The first request shows an in-frame prompt, and the choice is remembered per app.
• Rate limit. At most 3 reminders per app per minute.
• Foreground only. Reminders appear only while Elata tab is open. Clicking one focuses Elata.

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Detecting Elata

const inStore = window.parent !== window;
if (inStore) {
  window.parent.postMessage({ type: 'elata:notify:request', body }, '*');
} else if (Notification.permission === 'granted') {
  new Notification('My App', { body });
}