Notification Preferences

What is this page about: How to configure notifications in Light, across web push, Slack, Microsoft Teams, and mobile.

Light keeps you in the loop, and choosing how you hear from it takes just a few minutes. You decide which alerts reach you and where — inside Light, in Slack, in Microsoft Teams, or on your phone.

On this page

• Configure web push notifications
• Connect Slack or Microsoft Teams
• Mobile notifications
• Profile tabs

# Configure web push notifications

Web push notifications appear inside Light while you're using it.

1. Open Light and go to Settings (gear icon) → Profile.

2. In the Notifications section, click Web push notifications.

3. Turn on Enable push notifications.

4. Click Send notification to confirm alerts reach you.

5. Turn on the categories you want to receive:

   • Bill approvals: approval requests, reminders, and payment batch approvals
   • Card transactions: authorizations and declines
   • Procurement: purchase request and purchase order updates
   • Payments: payment status and processing updates
   • Reimbursements: rejections, setup required, status changes
   • Tasks: task updates and rejected requests
   • Imports & exports: data import and export completion or errors

6. Click Save.

# Connect Slack or Microsoft Teams

Slack and Microsoft Teams each deliver notifications as direct messages to the account matching your Light login. Connect one or both:

1. Open Light and go to Settings → Integrations.
2. Click the "+ Add integration" button at the top of the screen.
3. Select Slack or Microsoft Teams in the dropdown menu.
4. Follow the setup steps to connect your workspace.
5. Once connected, Light sends notifications as direct messages to your matching account.

After connecting, set which categories each channel delivers the same way as web push: go to Settings → Profile → Notifications and click Slack or Microsoft Teams to open that channel's preference dialog.

The Integrations page also lists connections for HubSpot and Banks, unrelated to notification delivery.

# Mobile notifications

The Light mobile app has its own preference dialog, separate from web push, Slack, and Microsoft Teams. Configure it from Settings → Profile → Notifications → Mobile on your phone or tablet.

# Profile tabs

Settings → Profile organizes your personal settings into tabs:

• Contact Information: your personal contact details
• Notifications: the channel preferences covered above
• User preferences: general account preferences
• Reimbursement details: your reimbursement configuration
• Organization details: information about your organization
• Claude MCP: manage Claude's connection to your Light account
• MCP tokens: create and revoke tokens for MCP integrations

That's everything — once your channels are set, Light will reach you exactly where you want it to.

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