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Notifications

The Notifications tab centralizes the configuration of alerts sent by FoxPlan to users and external systems.

Settings → Workspace → Notifications

Supported channels

ChannelUse
EmailIndividual notifications to FoxPlan members
SlackIncoming webhook to a Slack channel
Google ChatIncoming webhook to a Google Chat space
Generic webhookIntegration with a third-party tool (Microsoft Teams via connector, n8n, Make…)

Email templates

FoxPlan ships with default email templates that you can override: invitation, assignment, timesheet reminder, milestone alert, approval requested, etc. Templates support variables ({{userName}}, {{projectName}}, {{dueDate}}) and HTML.

Slack — step by step

  1. In Slack, open the destination channel.
  2. Channel menu → SettingsIntegrations → add Incoming Webhooks.
  3. Copy the https://hooks.slack.com/services/… URL.
  4. In FoxPlan, paste the URL and enable the events of interest.

Google Chat — step by step

  1. In Google Chat, open the destination space.
  2. Space name → Space settingsIntegrations and appsManage webhooksCreate.
  3. Copy the https://chat.googleapis.com/v1/spaces/… URL.
  4. In FoxPlan, paste the URL and enable the webhook events.

Trigger events

For each channel, choose the events to emit:

  • Card created / updated / closed
  • Project status change
  • Milestone reached / missed
  • Risk opened or materialized
  • Decision pending
  • Timesheet validation required
  • Allocation modified
Reduce the noise

Enable few events per channel to start with. Add more as your team asks for them.