Skip Function - Novu

The skip action is used to skip the next step in the workflow. skip function is available for all the steps in the workflow.

Common usecases

Skip the step if the user has already seen the notification
Skip the step if the user has not completed the previous step

Example

In this example, we will send an in-app notification for task reminder to the user and then send an email reminder 6 hours later if the user has not read the in-app notification.

tsx

workflow('skip-email-if-in-app-notification-seen', async ({ payload }) => {
  const inAppNotification = await step.inApp(
    'send-in-app-notification',
    async () => {
      return {
        subject: 'Task reminder!',
        body: 'Task is not yet complete. Please complete the task.',
      };
    },
  );

  // delay for 6 hrs
  await step.delay("delay-step-before-email", async () => {
    return {
      unit: 'hours',
      amount: 6,
    };
  });

  // send email notification after 6 hrs if the in-app notification has not been read
  await step.email(
    'send-email',
    () => {
      return {
        subject: `Task reminder!`,
        body: 'Task is not yet complete. Please complete the task.',
      };
    },
    {
      // skip the email step if the in-app notification has been read
      skip: () => inAppNotification.read === true,
    }
  );
});