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-
Open-source plugin-based notification orchestration engine for developers who value control
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- 🚦 **Rate Limiting** — Per-provider token bucket algorithm
- 🔔 **Webhook Callbacks** — Real-time delivery status updates
- 📊 **Admin Dashboard** — Monitor, search, and retry notifications
+- 🔔 **Admin Alert Channels** — Receive system health alerts via Discord, Telegram, and more
+- 📝 **Notification Templates** — Create, edit, and manage reusable notification templates with live preview
+- 🤖 **MCP Server** — Native Model Context Protocol server for AI agent integration
- 📋 **Observability** — Centralized logging with Grafana + Loki
---
+## AI Agent Integration (MCP)
+
+SimpleNS includes a native [Model Context Protocol (MCP)](https://modelcontextprotocol.io) server (`@simplens/mcp`) that allows AI assistants like Github Copilot (VS code), Antigravity and OpenAI Codex to interact directly with your notification infrastructure.
+
+AI agents can securely connect to your SimpleNS instance to:
+- **Send Notifications** — Dispatch individual or batch notifications using templates or inline content
+- **Explore Schemas** — Dynamically discover available channels, providers, and required payload fields
+- **Monitor Health** — Check system alerts and investigate failed deliveries
+- **Retry Failed Events** — Programmatically identify and retry failed notification events
+
+### Running the MCP Server
+Start the server without installation:
+```bash
+# Run in streamable-http mode
+npx -y @simplens/mcp
+
+# Run in stdio mode
+npx -y @simlpens/mcp --stdio
+```
+*(Supports both `streamable-http` and `stdio` transports)*
+
+---
+
## Architecture

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- 📈 **Analytics** — Charts and visualizations for notification status and channel distribution
- 🔌 **Plugins** — View installed plugins, their channels, and provider configurations
- 🔧 **Payload Studio** — Interactive schema explorer for building and notification payloads
+- 🔔 **Admin Alert Channels** — Configure external channels (Discord, Telegram, etc.) to receive system alerts
+- 📝 **Notification Templates** — Create, manage, and preview reusable notification templates
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-This is a [Next.js](https://nextjs.org) project bootstrapped with [`create-next-app`](https://nextjs.org/docs/app/api-reference/cli/create-next-app).
+# SimpleNS Admin Dashboard
+
+The Admin Dashboard is a **Next.js** web application that provides a modern interface for monitoring, managing, and operating your SimpleNS notification infrastructure.
+
+> **Default URL:** [http://localhost:3002](http://localhost:3002)
+
+---
+
+## Features
+
+### Core Pages
+
+| Page | Description |
+|------|-------------|
+| **Dashboard Home** | Overview with status cards (total, delivered, pending, failed) and recent activity feed |
+| **Events Explorer** | Paginated event table with filtering, search, and live status indicators |
+| **Failed Events** | Dedicated view for failed notifications with one-click retry |
+| **Alerts** | System alerts for orphaned notifications, ghost deliveries, and stuck processing |
+| **Analytics** | Charts and visualizations for notification status and channel distribution |
+| **Plugins** | View installed plugins, their channels, and provider configurations |
+| **Payload Studio** | Interactive schema explorer for building notification payloads |
+| **Send** | Send test notifications directly from the dashboard |
+| **Admin Alert Channels** | Configure external channels to receive system health alerts |
+| **Notification Templates** | Create, manage, and preview reusable notification templates |
+
+### Admin Alert Channels
+
+Configure external notification channels (Discord, Telegram, etc.) to receive real-time system alerts directly in your team's communication tools.
+
+- **Multi-Provider Support** — Connect via Discord, Telegram, and other supported providers
+- **Granular Alert Filters** — Choose which alert types each channel receives:
+ - Failed Notifications — Notifications that exceeded max retry attempts
+ - Service Health — MongoDB, Redis, Kafka connection issues
+ - Stuck Processing — Notifications stuck in processing state
+ - Orphaned Pending — Pending notifications without outbox records
+ - Ghost Delivery — Processed notifications without corresponding records
+- **Test Before Saving** — Send a test message to verify channel configuration before going live
+- **Per-Channel Toggle** — Enable or disable individual channels without deleting their configuration
+- **Delete Channels** — Remove channels with a confirmation dialog
+
+### Notification Templates
+
+Create and manage reusable notification templates directly from the dashboard.
+
+- **Visual Template Editor** — Full-screen editor with side-by-side live HTML preview
+- **Monaco Code Editor** — Toggle an integrated code editor with syntax highlighting for HTML content fields
+- **Provider-Aware Schemas** — Content fields are dynamically loaded based on the selected provider package
+- **Template Variables** — Use `{{variable}}` syntax for per-recipient personalization; detected variables are displayed automatically
+- **CRUD Operations** — Create, view, edit, and delete templates with a card-based grid UI
+- **Filter by Package** — Quickly find templates by filtering on provider package name
+- **Use with API** — Reference templates by `template_id` when sending notifications via the API instead of inline content
+
+---
## Getting Started
-First, run the development server:
+### Prerequisites
+
+The dashboard is included in the default SimpleNS Docker Compose setup and runs automatically on port **3002**.
+
+### Development
+
+To run the dashboard locally for development:
```bash
+npm install
npm run dev
-# or
-yarn dev
-# or
-pnpm dev
-# or
-bun dev
```
-Open [http://localhost:3000](http://localhost:3000) with your browser to see the result.
+Open [http://localhost:3002](http://localhost:3002) with your browser to see the result.
-You can start editing the page by modifying `app/page.tsx`. The page auto-updates as you edit the file.
+### Environment Variables
-This project uses [`next/font`](https://nextjs.org/docs/app/building-your-application/optimizing/fonts) to automatically optimize and load [Geist](https://vercel.com/font), a new font family for Vercel.
+Copy `.env.example` to `.env` and configure the required variables:
-## Learn More
+```bash
+cp .env.example .env
+```
+
+Refer to `.env.example` for the full list of available configuration options.
-To learn more about Next.js, take a look at the following resources:
+---
-- [Next.js Documentation](https://nextjs.org/docs) - learn about Next.js features and API.
-- [Learn Next.js](https://nextjs.org/learn) - an interactive Next.js tutorial.
+## Tech Stack
-You can check out [the Next.js GitHub repository](https://github.com/vercel/next.js) - your feedback and contributions are welcome!
+- **Framework:** [Next.js](https://nextjs.org) (App Router)
+- **UI Components:** [shadcn/ui](https://ui.shadcn.com)
+- **Code Editor:** [Monaco Editor](https://microsoft.github.io/monaco-editor/) (for template editing)
+- **Data Fetching:** [SWR](https://swr.vercel.app)
+- **Charts:** Analytics visualizations for notification metrics
+- **Typography:** [Geist](https://vercel.com/font) font family
-## Deploy on Vercel
+---
-The easiest way to deploy your Next.js app is to use the [Vercel Platform](https://vercel.com/new?utm_medium=default-template&filter=next.js&utm_source=create-next-app&utm_campaign=create-next-app-readme) from the creators of Next.js.
+## Project Structure
-Check out our [Next.js deployment documentation](https://nextjs.org/docs/app/building-your-application/deploying) for more details.
+```
+dashboard/
+├── app/ # Next.js App Router pages
+│ ├── admin-alerts/ # Admin alert channel management
+│ ├── alerts/ # System alerts page
+│ ├── analytics/ # Analytics and charts
+│ ├── api/ # API route handlers
+│ ├── dashboard/ # Dashboard home page
+│ ├── events/ # Events explorer
+│ ├── failed/ # Failed events page
+│ ├── login/ # Authentication page
+│ ├── payload-studio/ # Payload schema explorer
+│ ├── plugins/ # Plugin viewer
+│ ├── send/ # Send notification page
+│ ├── settings/ # Settings page
+│ └── templates/ # Notification templates (list + editor)
+├── components/ # Reusable UI components
+│ ├── admin-alerts/ # Admin alert channel components
+│ ├── dashboard/ # Dashboard-specific components
+│ ├── events/ # Event table components
+│ ├── layout/ # Layout and navigation
+│ ├── send/ # Send form components
+│ ├── templates/ # Template components
+│ ├── tour/ # Onboarding tour
+│ └── ui/ # shadcn/ui primitives
+├── hooks/ # Custom React hooks
+├── lib/ # Utilities and type definitions
+└── public/ # Static assets
+```