# How to Ask a Poll Through a Push Notification

> Send a bounded PingRoom Question with two to four predefined options and receive one explicit outcome instead of opening a chat.

- Published: 2026-08-02
- Author: PingRoom
- Category: Agents
- Topics: poll through push notification, push notification question buttons, ask group yes no notification
- Canonical: https://pingroom.io/blog/ask-poll-through-push-notification
- Cover image: https://pingroom.io/blog/ask-poll-through-push-notification.webp
- Cover description: Four dark decision tokens arranged around one bright red question pulse.

Use a PingRoom Question when the sender needs one bounded choice. Write the prompt, provide two to four predefined options, choose the recipient scope, and send. The answer becomes a structured outcome that a person or connected system can interpret.

## Design an answerable question

Ask one decision at a time. **Deploy release 8f31c2 to production?** with **Approve** and **Deny** is better than a paragraph containing several conditions. Put relevant, non-secret context in the prompt or structured data, and link to the authoritative detail page when needed.

Room-scoped Questions use the first valid response as the result. Direct Questions can target one person. PingRoom tracks pending, answered, expired, and cancelled states; an expiry is not the same as a negative answer.

Questions do not accept free-text responses. Use a message, call, or another collaboration tool when the person needs to explain, negotiate, or propose a new option.

## Choose the right primitive

Use a plain Ping to announce that something happened. Use acknowledgement when one person must confirm receipt or ownership. Use a Question when the workflow needs a choice among known outcomes.

For consequential actions, set a timeout, apply least-privilege access to the sender, and keep the system of record responsible for enforcing the result. A push response should not bypass normal authorization.

Read the [Question Protocol](/protocol), [Question state model](/blog/question-state-machine), and [outgoing result flow](/blog/question-results-over-webhooks) for implementation details.