{
  "schema": "vedokrok.public-item.v1",
  "release_id": "MHC-RPUB-20260920-75ad787a",
  "url": "/knowledge/batch-low-urgency-notifications-into-predictable-windows",
  "id": "MHC-D-RESEARCH-0457",
  "version": "0.1.0",
  "title": "Batch low-urgency notifications into predictable windows",
  "summary": "A notification can be cheap to read and expensive to recover from.",
  "kind": "protocol",
  "body": "Route low-urgency notifications into a small number of predictable delivery or checking windows. Keep genuinely urgent channels separate. Test the cadence on your real work rather than assuming silence all day is optimal; batching should reduce random interruption without creating anxiety or missed obligations.",
  "limits": [
    "The RCT used a specific smartphone intervention; choose windows from your task and responsiveness needs rather than copying three checks per day."
  ],
  "topics": [
    "union-attention-offloading-interruptions"
  ],
  "intents": [],
  "source_ids": [
    "RS-04E29E594531192C"
  ],
  "evidence": [
    {
      "claim": "A randomized field experiment found that batching smartphone notifications into predictable intervals improved several self-reported attention, mood, control and stress outcomes compared with usual notification delivery.",
      "source_id": "RS-04E29E594531192C",
      "role": "supports",
      "note": "The study used one app implementation and self-reported outcomes; batching cadence should be adapted to actual urgency needs.",
      "locator": "Abstract"
    }
  ],
  "use_when": [
    "Messages arrive throughout the day but most do not require immediate response."
  ],
  "avoid_when": [
    "The RCT used a specific smartphone intervention; choose windows from your task and responsiveness needs rather than copying three checks per day."
  ],
  "example": "Check routine Teams and email at 10:30, 13:30 and 16:30 while allowing a defined incident channel to bypass the batch.",
  "check": "Random notification arrivals drop materially without important messages exceeding the allowed response delay.",
  "steps": [
    "Random notification arrivals drop materially without important messages exceeding the allowed response delay."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "id": "RS-04E29E594531192C",
      "title": "Batching smartphone notifications can improve well-being",
      "url": "https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0747563219302596"
    }
  ],
  "relations": [
    {
      "from": "MHC-D-RESEARCH-0457",
      "to": "MHC-D-RESEARCH-0458",
      "type": "useful_with",
      "url": "/knowledge/keep-an-explicit-bypass-for-truly-urgent-signals"
    }
  ],
  "collections": [
    {
      "id": "RC-EDAA3E3B504F92AA",
      "title": "Protect attention while using external memory on purpose",
      "url": "/collections/protect-attention-while-using-external-memory-on-purpose"
    }
  ]
}