> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://novu-c5de82d9-docs-homepage-redesign.mintlify.site/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Documentation

> Build the communication infrastructure for agents and products

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    Build notification workflows for Inbox, email, SMS, push, and chat.
  </Card>

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    Connect agent brains to messaging providers with Agent Communication Infrastructure.
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## Choose your path

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  <Tab title="Platform">
    The Novu Platform helps you send the right message to the right subscriber on the right channel. Define workflows, trigger events, render content, respect preferences, and inspect delivery.

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      <Card title="React quickstart" icon="rocket" href="/platform/quickstart/react">
        Add the Novu Inbox to a React application and send your first notification.
      </Card>

      <Card title="Workflows" icon="git-branch" href="/platform/concepts/workflows">
        Learn how workflows model notification logic across channels and steps.
      </Card>

      <Card title="Inbox" icon="inbox" href="/platform/inbox">
        Embed a real-time notification feed that subscribers can read, archive, snooze, and configure.
      </Card>

      <Card title="Integrations" icon="plug" href="/platform/integrations">
        Connect providers for email, SMS, chat, push, and in-app delivery.
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  </Tab>

  <Tab title="Agents">
    Novu Agents gives your AI agent a communication layer. Agent Communication Infrastructure receives provider webhooks, normalizes messages, resolves identity, preserves conversation state, and delivers replies back to the original thread.

    <Note>
      Agents are currently in private beta. Contact [support@novu.co](mailto:support@novu.co) to get access.
    </Note>

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      <Card title="What is ACI?" icon="circle-question-mark" href="/agents/get-started/what-is-aci">
        Understand the infrastructure layer between messaging providers and agent intelligence.
      </Card>

      <Card title="Managed agent quickstart" icon="sparkles" href="/agents/managed-agent/quickstart">
        Create an agent, connect a provider, and send your first message.
      </Card>

      <Card title="Custom code agent" icon="square-code" href="/agents/custom-code-agent/quickstart">
        Bring your own LLM, tools, runtime, and business logic.
      </Card>

      <Card title="Conversation observability" icon="messages-square" href="/agents/conversations">
        Inspect agent conversations, message history, participants, and provider context.
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## How Novu fits together

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  <Card title="Trigger outbound notifications" icon="send" href="/platform/workflow/trigger-workflow">
    Call Novu from your application when something important happens.
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  <Card title="Connect inbound conversations" icon="messages-square" href="/agents/get-started/mental-model">
    Let subscribers message your agent from the channels they already use.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Operate the whole system" icon="activity" href="/agents/conversations">
    Monitor notifications, conversations, providers, and delivery behavior from Novu.
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## Build with your stack

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  <Card title="Client SDKs" icon="monitor-smartphone" href="/platform/sdks#web-and-mobile-sdks">
    Add Inbox and notification UI to React, JavaScript, and React Native apps.
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  <Card title="Server SDKs" icon="server" href="/platform/sdks#server-side-sdks">
    Trigger notifications and call the API from TypeScript, Python, Go, PHP, .NET, Java, Kotlin, Laravel, and Ruby.
  </Card>

  <Card title="API reference" icon="braces" href="/api-reference">
    Explore Novu REST APIs for events, subscribers, workflows, integrations, messages, and more.
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  <Card title="Framework" icon="blocks" href="/framework">
    Build notification workflows as code with the Novu Framework.
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## Community

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  <Card title="GitHub" icon="github" href="https://github.com/novuhq/novu">
    Star Novu, inspect the source, and contribute to the project.
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  <Card title="Discord" icon="messages-square" href="https://discord.gg/novu">
    Ask questions and build with the Novu community.
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  <Card title="Changelog" icon="newspaper" href="https://go.novu.co/changelog?utm_source=docs_home">
    Follow product updates, SDK releases, and platform improvements.
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