maebeale · Oct 23, 2026 · Oct 22, 2026 · Oct 22, 2026 · Oct 22, 2026 · Oct 23, 2026
diff --git a/AGENTS.md b/AGENTS.md
@@ -355,6 +355,7 @@ Both flows record on `EventRegistrationOrganization` what the submission meant f
 ### Notifications
 
 - `NotificationServices::CreateNotification` — Notification creation
+- `NotificationServices::NotifyAuthors` — Notifies a record's credited author and co-author (story, workshop, and workshop variation ideas; stories)
 - `NotificationServices::PersistDeliveredEmail` — Email delivery tracking
 
 ### User Management

diff --git a/app/controllers/stories_controller.rb b/app/controllers/stories_controller.rb
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ def create
         elsif params.dig(:library_asset, :new_assets).present?
           update_asset_owner(@story)
         end
-        notify_story_promoted if just_published
+        notify_story_published if just_published
         success = true
       end
     rescue ActiveRecord::RecordInvalid, ActiveRecord::RecordNotSaved, ActiveRecord::RecordNotUnique => e
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ def update
         if params[:promote_idea_assets] == "true"
           @story.attach_assets_from_idea!
         end
-        notify_story_promoted if just_published
+        notify_story_published if just_published
         success = true
       end
     rescue ActiveRecord::RecordInvalid, ActiveRecord::RecordNotSaved, ActiveRecord::RecordNotUnique => e
@@ -176,19 +176,14 @@ def set_form_variables
 
   private
 
-  def notify_story_promoted
-    return unless @story.story_idea
-    return if @story.notifications.exists?(kind: %w[story_promoted story_promoted_fyi])
+  def notify_story_published
+    return if @story.notifications.exists?(kind: %w[story_promoted story_shared_with_funder story_promoted_fyi])
 
-    if (submitter = @story.story_idea.created_by)
-      NotificationServices::CreateNotification.call(
-        noticeable: @story,
-        person: submitter.person,
-        kind: :story_promoted,
-        recipient_role: :person,
-        recipient_email: submitter.email,
-        notification_type: 0)
-    end
+    NotificationServices::NotifyAuthors.call(record: @story, kind: @story.funder_only? ? :story_shared_with_funder : :story_promoted)
+    notify_story_promoted_fyi
+  end
+
+  def notify_story_promoted_fyi
     NotificationServices::CreateNotification.call(
       noticeable: @story,
       kind: :story_promoted_fyi,

diff --git a/app/controllers/story_ideas_controller.rb b/app/controllers/story_ideas_controller.rb
@@ -45,13 +45,7 @@ def create
     StoryIdea.transaction do
       if @story_idea.save
         assign_associations(@story_idea)
-        NotificationServices::CreateNotification.call(
-          noticeable: @story_idea,
-          person: @story_idea.created_by&.person,
-          kind: :idea_submitted,
-          recipient_role: :person,
-          recipient_email: @story_idea.created_by.email,
-          notification_type: 0)
+        NotificationServices::NotifyAuthors.call(record: @story_idea, kind: :idea_submitted)
         NotificationServices::CreateNotification.call(
           noticeable: @story_idea,
           kind: :idea_submitted_fyi,

diff --git a/app/controllers/workshop_ideas_controller.rb b/app/controllers/workshop_ideas_controller.rb
@@ -25,17 +25,11 @@ def create
     @workshop_idea = WorkshopIdea.new(workshop_idea_params)
     # Credit the submitting account's person as the author, so the idea lists on
     # their profile by authorship like every other content type.
-    @workshop_idea.author ||= @workshop_idea.created_by&.person
+    @workshop_idea.author ||= current_user.person
     authorize! @workshop_idea
 
     if @workshop_idea.save
-      NotificationServices::CreateNotification.call(
-        noticeable: @workshop_idea,
-        person: @workshop_idea.created_by&.person,
-        kind: :idea_submitted,
-        recipient_role: :person,
-        recipient_email: @workshop_idea.created_by.email,
-        notification_type: 0)
+      NotificationServices::NotifyAuthors.call(record: @workshop_idea, kind: :idea_submitted)
       NotificationServices::CreateNotification.call(
         noticeable: @workshop_idea,
         kind: :idea_submitted_fyi,

diff --git a/app/controllers/workshop_variation_ideas_controller.rb b/app/controllers/workshop_variation_ideas_controller.rb
@@ -39,17 +39,11 @@ def create
     @workshop_variation_idea = WorkshopVariationIdea.new(workshop_variation_idea_params)
     # Credit the submitting account's person as the author, so the idea lists on
     # their profile by authorship like every other content type.
-    @workshop_variation_idea.author ||= @workshop_variation_idea.created_by&.person
+    @workshop_variation_idea.author ||= current_user.person
     authorize! @workshop_variation_idea
 
     if @workshop_variation_idea.save
-      NotificationServices::CreateNotification.call(
-        noticeable: @workshop_variation_idea,
-        person: @workshop_variation_idea.created_by&.person,
-        kind: :idea_submitted,
-        recipient_role: :person,
-        recipient_email: @workshop_variation_idea.created_by.email,
-        notification_type: 0)
+      NotificationServices::NotifyAuthors.call(record: @workshop_variation_idea, kind: :idea_submitted)
       NotificationServices::CreateNotification.call(
         noticeable: @workshop_variation_idea,
         kind: :idea_submitted_fyi,

diff --git a/app/jobs/notification_mailer_job.rb b/app/jobs/notification_mailer_job.rb
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ def perform(notification_id, persist_delivered_email: true)
       "idea_submitted_fyi"   => ->(n) { NotificationMailer.idea_submitted_fyi(n) },
       "story_promoted"       => ->(n) { NotificationMailer.story_promoted(n) },
       "story_promoted_fyi"   => ->(n) { NotificationMailer.story_promoted_fyi(n) },
+      "story_shared_with_funder" => ->(n) { NotificationMailer.story_shared_with_funder(n) },
       "report_submitted_fyi" => ->(n) { NotificationMailer.report_submitted_fyi(n) },
       "workshop_log_submitted"     => ->(n) { NotificationMailer.workshop_log_submitted(n) },
       "workshop_log_submitted_fyi" => ->(n) { NotificationMailer.workshop_log_submitted_fyi(n) },

diff --git a/app/mailers/notification_mailer.rb b/app/mailers/notification_mailer.rb
@@ -74,12 +74,7 @@ def idea_submitted(notification)
     @notification = notification
     @noticeable = notification.noticeable.decorate
     @noticeable_klass = @noticeable.object.class
-
-    if @noticeable_klass == User
-      @user = @noticeable.object
-    else
-      @user = @noticeable.try(:user) || @noticeable.try(:created_by)
-    end
+    @recipient_name = notification.person&.first_name.presence || notification.recipient_email
 
     mail(
       to: notification.recipient_email,
@@ -110,22 +105,31 @@ def idea_submitted_fyi(notification)
 
   def story_promoted(notification)
     @story = notification.noticeable.decorate
-    @story_idea = @story.story_idea
-    @user = @story_idea&.created_by || @story.created_by
+    @recipient_name = notification.person&.first_name.presence || notification.recipient_email
+
+    mail(
+      to: notification.recipient_email,
+      subject: "#{SUBJECT_PREFIX} Your story is live on Story Share"
+    )
+  end
+
+  def story_shared_with_funder(notification)
+    @story = notification.noticeable.decorate
+    @recipient_name = notification.person&.first_name.presence || notification.recipient_email
 
     mail(
       to: notification.recipient_email,
-      subject: "#{SUBJECT_PREFIX} Your story idea is now a story"
+      subject: "#{SUBJECT_PREFIX} Your story has been shared with the funder"
     )
   end
 
   def story_promoted_fyi(notification)
     @story = notification.noticeable.decorate
     @story_idea = @story.story_idea
-    @user = @story_idea&.created_by || @story.created_by
+    @user = @story_idea&.created_by
 
     mail(
-      subject: "#{FYI_PREFIX} Story idea promoted to a story: #{@story.title}"
+      subject: "#{FYI_PREFIX} Story published: #{@story.title}"
     )
   end
 

diff --git a/app/models/notification.rb b/app/models/notification.rb
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ class Notification < ApplicationRecord
     idea_submitted_fyi
     story_promoted
     story_promoted_fyi
+    story_shared_with_funder
     report_submitted
     report_submitted_fyi
     workshop_log_submitted

diff --git a/app/policies/application_policy.rb b/app/policies/application_policy.rb
@@ -23,6 +23,11 @@ def admin?
 
   def authenticated? = user.present?
 
+  def credited_author?
+    return false unless user&.person_id
+    [ record.try(:author_id), record.try(:co_author_id) ].compact.include?(user.person_id)
+  end
+
   def owner?
     return false unless user
     if record.respond_to?(:created_by_id)

diff --git a/app/policies/story_idea_policy.rb b/app/policies/story_idea_policy.rb
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ def index?
   end
 
   def show?
-    admin? || owner?
+    admin? || owner? || credited_author?
   end
 
   def new?

diff --git a/app/policies/workshop_idea_policy.rb b/app/policies/workshop_idea_policy.rb
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ def update?
   end
 
   def show?
-    admin? || owner?
+    admin? || owner? || credited_author?
   end
 
   # Scoping

diff --git a/app/policies/workshop_variation_idea_policy.rb b/app/policies/workshop_variation_idea_policy.rb
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ def index?
   end
 
   def show?
-    admin? || owner?
+    admin? || owner? || credited_author?
   end
 
   def new?

diff --git a/app/services/notification_services/notify_authors.rb b/app/services/notification_services/notify_authors.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+module NotificationServices
+  class NotifyAuthors
+    def self.call(record:, kind:)
+      new(record:, kind:).call
+    end
+
+    def initialize(record:, kind:)
+      @record = record
+      @kind = kind
+    end
+
+    def call
+      recipients.map do |person, email|
+        CreateNotification.call(
+          noticeable: @record,
+          person: person,
+          kind: @kind,
+          recipient_role: :person,
+          recipient_email: email,
+          notification_type: 0)
+      end
+    end
+
+    private
+
+    # Anonymous credits still hear about their own record.
+    def recipients
+      @record.credited_author_entries.map(&:first)
+        .filter_map { |person| [ person, person.preferred_email ] if person.preferred_email }
+        .uniq { |_person, email| email.downcase }
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/app/views/notification_mailer/idea_submitted.html.erb b/app/views/notification_mailer/idea_submitted.html.erb
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 <div style="margin-top: 36px; text-align: left;">
   <p>
-    Hello <strong><%= @user.first_name_or_email %></strong>,
+    Hello <strong><%= @recipient_name %></strong>,
   </p>
 
   <p>

diff --git a/app/views/notification_mailer/idea_submitted.text.erb b/app/views/notification_mailer/idea_submitted.text.erb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Submission received
 
-Hello <%= @user.first_name_or_email %>,
+Hello <%= @recipient_name %>,
 
 Thank you for your submission. We have received your <%= @noticeable_klass.model_name.human.downcase %> and will review it shortly.
 

diff --git a/app/views/notification_mailer/story_promoted.html.erb b/app/views/notification_mailer/story_promoted.html.erb
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 <div style="margin-top: 36px; text-align: left;">
   <p>
-    Hello <strong><%= @user.first_name_or_email %></strong>,
+    Hello <strong><%= @recipient_name %></strong>,
   </p>
 
   <p>
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 <% if @story.published? || @story.publicly_visible? %>
   <p>
     <%= link_to "View story",
-                polymorphic_url(@story),
+                story_share_url(@story),
                 style: "display:inline-block;
                         padding:10px 16px;
                         background:#2563eb;

diff --git a/app/views/notification_mailer/story_promoted.text.erb b/app/views/notification_mailer/story_promoted.text.erb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Your story has been shared
 
-Hello <%= @user.first_name_or_email %>,
+Hello <%= @recipient_name %>,
 
 We are happy to share your story is now live on Story Share! You can check it out at the link below.
 
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ Thank you for sharing your story with us and helping others see the healing powe
 
 <% if @story.published? || @story.publicly_visible? %>
 View story:
-<%= polymorphic_url(@story) %>
+<%= story_share_url(@story) %>
 <% end %>
 
 --

diff --git a/app/views/notification_mailer/story_promoted_fyi.html.erb b/app/views/notification_mailer/story_promoted_fyi.html.erb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <p style="margin-bottom: 6px;">
-  Story idea promoted to a story
+  Story published
 </p>
 
 <h1 style="margin: 0;">

diff --git a/app/views/notification_mailer/story_promoted_fyi.text.erb b/app/views/notification_mailer/story_promoted_fyi.text.erb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-Story idea promoted to a story
-==============================
+Story published
+===============
 
 <%= @story.title %>
 <% if @story.windows_type.present? %>

diff --git a/app/views/notification_mailer/story_shared_with_funder.html.erb b/app/views/notification_mailer/story_shared_with_funder.html.erb
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+<h1>Your story has been shared with the funder</h1>
+
+<div style="margin-top: 36px; text-align: left;">
+  <p>
+    Hello <strong><%= @recipient_name %></strong>,
+  </p>
+
+  <p>
+    Your story has been shared with the funder who supported your training. As you requested, it is shared only with the funder and won't appear on Story Share.
+  </p>
+
+  <p>
+    Thank you for sharing your story with us and helping others see the healing power of art!
+  </p>
+
+  <div style="text-align: center; background-color: #f3f4f6; border-radius: 6px; padding: 24px; margin: 16px 0;">
+    <h2 style="font-size: 22px; font-weight: bold; color: #166534; margin: 0; font-family: Lato, sans-serif;">
+      <%= @story.title %>
+    </h2>
+  </div>
+</div>
+
+<p>
+  <%= link_to "View your story",
+              story_url(@story),
+              style: "display:inline-block;
+                      padding:10px 16px;
+                      background:#2563eb;
+                      color:#ffffff;
+                      text-decoration:none;
+                      border-radius:6px;
+                      font-weight:bold;" %>
+</p>
diff --git a/app/views/notification_mailer/story_shared_with_funder.text.erb b/app/views/notification_mailer/story_shared_with_funder.text.erb
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+Your story has been shared with the funder
+
+Hello <%= @recipient_name %>,
+
+Your story has been shared with the funder who supported your training. As you requested, it is shared only with the funder and won't appear on Story Share.
+
+Thank you for sharing your story with us and helping others see the healing power of art!
+
+<%= @story.title %>
+
+View your story:
+<%= story_url(@story) %>
+
+--
+This is an automated message from AWBW.
diff --git a/db/seeds/features/2026-10-22-story-published-email-links-to-story-share.yml b/db/seeds/features/2026-10-22-story-published-email-links-to-story-share.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+name: "Story emails go to the story's authors and link to Story Share"
+area: stories
+display_status: user_facing
+released_on: 2026-10-23
+pr_number: 2780
+summary: >-
+  Idea confirmations and "your story is live" emails now go to the credited author
+  and second author. The live email links to the story on Story Share and is sent for stories
+  created directly too.
+pro_tips:
+  - "Promoting an idea sends nothing; the author and admin hear about it when the story is first published."
+  - "Admins get a \"Story published\" FYI the first time any story is published, including ones created directly."
+  - "Funder-only stories send a \"shared with the funder\" email instead, since they never appear on Story Share."
+  - "A story with no author credited sends no author email."
+  - "An idea's submitter, author, and second author can all open it from their confirmation email."
-Original file line number
+Diff line change
@@ Expand Up / @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ @@
     <div style="margin-top: 36px; text-align: left;">
       <p>
-        Hello <strong><%= @user.first_name_or_email %></strong>,
+        Hello <strong><%= @recipient_name %></strong>,
       </p>
       <p>
@@ Expand Down @@