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Overview

Set up email notifications to receive CodeWolf alerts, reports, and summaries directly in your inbox.

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Prerequisites

  • Valid email address
  • CodeWolf account

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Setup

1

Configure email preferences

Go to CodeWolf dashboard > Settings > Notifications > Email.Enter your email address and click Verify.
2

Verify email address

Check your inbox for a verification email from CodeWolf.Click the verification link to activate email notifications.
Check your spam folder if you don’t see the verification email within a few minutes.
3

Customize notification settings

Choose which events trigger email notifications:
  • Critical alerts
  • Security vulnerabilities
  • Daily summaries
  • Weekly reports
  • Deployment notifications

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Notification types

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Real-time alerts

Receive immediate notifications for:
  • Critical errors: Production issues requiring immediate attention
  • Security vulnerabilities: High and critical severity findings
  • Deployment failures: Failed deployments and rollbacks
  • Performance degradation: Significant performance drops
Critical alerts are sent immediately and cannot be batched or delayed.

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Daily summaries

Get a daily digest of:
  • Code quality changes
  • New pull requests analyzed
  • Security scan results
  • Test coverage updates
  • Top contributors
Configure delivery time: 
Delivery time: 9:00 AM (your timezone)

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Weekly reports

Comprehensive weekly reports include:
  • Code quality trends
  • Security posture overview
  • Deployment frequency
  • Team productivity metrics
  • Recommendations and insights
Delivery schedule: 
Day: Monday
Time: 9:00 AM (your timezone)

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Custom alerts

Create custom email alerts based on conditions: 
{
  "name": "Quality drop alert",
  "condition": {
    "metric": "quality_score",
    "operator": "less_than",
    "threshold": 80
  },
  "frequency": "immediate",
  "recipients": ["[email protected]"]
}

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Email templates

CodeWolf sends professionally formatted emails:

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Alert email structure

  • Subject: Clear, actionable subject line
  • Summary: Quick overview of the issue
  • Details: Comprehensive information
  • Action items: Recommended next steps
  • Links: Direct links to dashboard and affected resources

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Report email structure

  • Header: Report type and time period
  • Key metrics: Visual summary of important data
  • Trends: Charts showing changes over time
  • Insights: AI-generated observations
  • Footer: Links to full dashboard

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Team notifications

Configure team-wide email notifications:
Send notifications to multiple recipients:

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Email preferences

Customize email behavior:
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frequency
string
default:"immediate"
Notification frequency: immediate, hourly, daily, weekly
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format
string
default:"html"
Email format: html, plain_text
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batch_alerts
boolean
default:"false"
Batch multiple alerts into single email
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include_charts
boolean
default:"true"
Include visual charts in reports
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quiet_hours
object
Suppress non-critical emails during specified hours
{
  "enabled": true,
  "start": "22:00",
  "end": "08:00",
  "timezone": "America/New_York"
}

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Filtering notifications

Reduce email noise with smart filtering:

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By severity

Only receive emails for:
  • Critical and high severity issues
  • Medium severity and above
  • All severities

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By repository

Filter by specific repositories or patterns: 
Include: myorg/production-*
Exclude: myorg/archive-*

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By event type

Choose which events trigger emails:
  • ✅ Security vulnerabilities
  • ✅ Deployment failures
  • ✅ Quality drops
  • ❌ Info notifications
  • ❌ Routine scans

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Unsubscribe

Manage email subscriptions:
  • Unsubscribe from specific alerts: Adjust notification settings
  • Unsubscribe from all emails: Click unsubscribe link in any email
  • Re-subscribe: Visit notification settings to re-enable
Critical security alerts cannot be fully disabled for account owners.

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Email deliverability

Ensure CodeWolf emails reach your inbox:

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Whitelist sender

Add these addresses to your allow list:

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SPF and DKIM

CodeWolf emails are authenticated with:
  • SPF records
  • DKIM signatures
  • DMARC policies

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Corporate email filters

If using corporate email, ask your IT team to whitelist @codewolf.ai domain.

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Troubleshooting

  • Check spam/junk folder
  • Verify email address is correct and verified
  • Review notification preferences are enabled
  • Check corporate email filters aren’t blocking CodeWolf
  • Confirm alerts are being triggered in the dashboard
  • Enable email batching to combine multiple alerts
  • Adjust severity filters to reduce noise
  • Set up quiet hours for non-critical notifications
  • Switch to daily/weekly summaries instead of real-time
  • Add CodeWolf to your contacts
  • Mark emails as “Not Spam”
  • Whitelist @codewolf.ai domain
  • Check with IT about corporate filters