# User Channels A user can be alerted to specific events to a defined channel. A user channel will describe the endpoint to send an alert to. To see all current channels configured for a user, navigate to your user profile page to see your channels
Expand the Channel tab and Click on Create. You will get this modal:
NameDescription
Channel

Channel Type:
- EMAIL - This will the notifications to your email.
- SMS - This will send the notifications to your phone number.
- PUSH - This will send a system notification through the browser you are using. Remember to enable the site's permission to send you notification. See documentation for your specific browser.

- NOTIFICATION - This will send notifications within TilliT DO, accessible through the Bell icon on the top bar.

EndpointSee https://help.tillit.cloud/api/mqtt-api/subscribe-to-a-tillit-topic
Options

See below for general options and Sft channel options. It should be written as a json object

export type ChannelOptions = {
  username?: string;
  headers?: any;
  authType?: 'OAUTH' | 'BASIC' | 'TOKEN';
  tokenUrl?: string;
  clientId?: string;
  secretName?: string;
  scope?: string;
  grantType?: string;
  jsonata?: string;
};
export type SftChannelOptions = {
tempFolder?: string;
filePrefix?: string;
host?: string;
username?: string;
port?: number;
secretName?: string;
};
Example:
{
"username": "myName",
"tokenUrl": "tokenUrl.here"
}
ActiveEnable the channel to be accessible
### Example Below is an example of setting up a user email channel. Subscriptions that use this channel will send information to your email.
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