Automation
How to Send Home Assistant Alerts Through a Webhook
Point a Home Assistant REST command or automation at a PingRoom incoming webhook to turn a trusted home event into a room notification.
1 min read
PingRoom News · Page 3 of 12
The Blog.
Product updates, field notes, and the thinking behind the Ping that cuts through.
How To
How to Send Notifications From a Home-Screen Widget
Place selected room actions on the home screen so a repeated family, team, or personal Ping does not require opening the app first.
1 min read
How To
How to Send a Notification to a Friend Without Starting a Chat
Create a private PingRoom room, invite one friend, and send a recognizable push notification with one tap instead of opening another conversation.
1 min read
Agents
How to Add Human Approval to an AI Agent
Give an agent a scoped PingRoom identity, create a bounded approval request, and continue only after an explicit approve outcome.
1 min read
Automation
How to Turn an IFTTT Webhook Into a Group Push Notification
Use an IFTTT Webhooks action to call a PingRoom room whenever an applet’s trusted trigger occurs.
1 min read
Safety
How to Let Someone Know You Got Home Safe
Create a shared safety room with a Home safe action, then send the check-in manually or trigger it when your phone crosses a saved boundary.
1 min read
Privacy
How to Create Location-Based Notifications With Geofencing
Choose an entry or exit boundary on the phone, connect it to a room action, and notify the group without uploading continuous location history.
1 min read
How To
How to Acknowledge an Important Notification From the Lock Screen
Require acknowledgement when a sender needs an explicit human response, and keep delivered, acknowledged, timed out, and unanswered states separate.
1 min read
Agents
How to Use an MCP Notification Server for AI Agents
Connect an MCP-capable client to PingRoom, grant a scoped agent identity, and expose notification, Question, and approval tools without sharing a human token.
1 min read