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# Testing a custom notification using Amazon Q Developer in chat applications
Testing custom notifications

 You can create custom notification content and post the message to the Amazon SNS topic used in your Amazon Q Developer in chat applications configuration. Amazon Q Developer in chat applications monitors the Amazon SNS topic and sends the custom notification to your configured channel. 

**Note**  
You can also customize notifications generated by Amazon EventBridge by using Amazon Q Developer in chat applications's event schema in Input transformers. For more information, see [Tutorial: Use input transformer to customize what Amazon EventBridge passes to the event target](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/eventbridge/latest/userguide/eb-input-transformer-tutorial.html) in the *EventBridge User Guide*. 

**To test a custom notification in a chat channel**

1. Open the [Amazon SNS console](https://console.aws.amazon.com/sns/).

1. Select the topic used in your Amazon Q Developer in chat applications configuration.

1. Choose **Edit**.

1. Ensure your topic is standard.

1. Choose **Save changes**.

1. Choose **Publish message**.

1. In **Message body**, enter a JSON object using the custom notifications event schema.

1. Choose **Publish message**.

1. View your custom notification in your chat channel.