docs: update notification channel and API docs for form-based management

- NOTIFICATIONS.md: document owner/private fields, channel visibility
  rules, and user-created channels; add troubleshooting note for
  private channel visibility
- HTTP_API.md: add notification channel API endpoints table and full
  endpoint reference (GET types, GET/POST/PUT/DELETE channels)
- USERS.md: add missing PUT /api/0/users/me endpoint documentation
  with all three update modes (identity, channels, password)

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

docs/HTTP_API.md

@@ -53,6 +53,17 @@ See [User Management](USERS.md) for full authentication documentation.
 |--------|------|-------------|------|
 | `GET` | `/api/0/users` | List all users | Admin |
 | `GET` | `/api/0/users/me` | Own profile | Authenticated |
+| `PUT` | `/api/0/users/me` | Update own profile | Authenticated |
+
+### Notification Channels
+
+| Method | Path | Description | Role |
+|--------|------|-------------|------|
+| `GET` | `/api/0/notification_channel_types` | Channel type schemas | Authenticated |
+| `GET` | `/api/0/notification_channels` | List visible channels | Authenticated |
+| `POST` | `/api/0/notification_channels` | Create a channel | Authenticated |
+| `PUT` | `/api/0/notification_channels/{name}` | Update a channel | Owner or Admin |
+| `DELETE` | `/api/0/notification_channels/{name}` | Delete a channel | Owner or Admin |
 
 ### Host Management
 
@@ -203,6 +214,101 @@ Changes take effect immediately but are not written back to the config file. Upd
 
 ---
 
+---
+
+### Notification Channel Endpoints
+
+Channels are visible to all users by default. Channels marked `private: true` are only visible to their owner. Admins see all channels.
+
+#### GET /api/0/notification_channel_types
+Return the schema for every supported notifier type. Used by the web UI to dynamically render the channel creation form.
+
+**Response:**
+```json
+{
+  "pushover": {
+    "label": "Pushover",
+    "fields": [
+      {"key": "token",  "label": "App token",  "type": "secret", "required": true},
+      {"key": "user",   "label": "User key",   "type": "secret", "required": true},
+      {"key": "sound",  "label": "Sound",      "type": "text",   "required": false}
+    ]
+  },
+  "email": { "label": "E-mail", "fields": [ ... ] },
+  ...
+}
+```
+
+---
+
+#### GET /api/0/notification_channels
+List channels visible to the current user (public channels + own private channels). Admins receive all channels.
+
+**Response:**
+```json
+[
+  {
+    "name": "pushover_ops",
+    "type": "pushover",
+    "type_label": "Pushover",
+    "owner": null,
+    "private": false,
+    "min_level": "WARNING",
+    "fields": [
+      {"key": "token", "label": "App token", "value": "•••", "sensitive": true},
+      {"key": "user",  "label": "User key",  "value": "•••", "sensitive": true}
+    ]
+  }
+]
+```
+
+Sensitive fields (`type: "secret"`) are always returned as `"•••"`.
+
+---
+
+#### POST /api/0/notification_channels
+Create a new channel. The creating user becomes the channel's `owner`.
+
+**Request body:**
+```json
+{
+  "name": "my_pushover",
+  "type": "pushover",
+  "token": "app-token",
+  "user": "user-key",
+  "min_level": "WARNING",
+  "private": true
+}
+```
+
+**Response:** `{"ok": true, "name": "my_pushover"}`
+
+**Status codes:** `200 OK`, `400` (missing required field or unknown type), `409` (name already exists)
+
+---
+
+#### PUT /api/0/notification_channels/{name}
+Update an existing channel. Only the channel owner or an admin may update it.
+
+Secret fields sent as `"•••"` are preserved from the existing config (same pattern as OAuth secrets in the admin config editor).
+
+**Request body:** same shape as POST, `name` ignored (taken from URL).
+
+**Response:** `{"ok": true}`
+
+**Status codes:** `200 OK`, `403 Forbidden`, `404 Not Found`
+
+---
+
+#### DELETE /api/0/notification_channels/{name}
+Delete a channel. Only the channel owner or an admin may delete it.
+
+**Response:** `{"ok": true}`
+
+**Status codes:** `200 OK`, `403 Forbidden`, `404 Not Found`
+
+---
+
 ### Alert Endpoints
 
 #### GET /api/0/hosts/{hostname}/alerts

docs/NOTIFICATIONS.md

@@ -30,9 +30,17 @@ Set `base_url` so notification links point to your hbd instance:
 base_url: https://hbd.example.com
 ```
 
-### Global channel definitions
+### Channel definitions
 
-Define channels once; reference them by name from user configs:
+Channels are defined under `notification_channels`. Each entry specifies a delivery type and its credentials. Two optional metadata fields control visibility:
+
+| Field | Default | Description |
+|---|---|---|
+| `owner` | *(absent)* | Username who created/owns this channel. Absent = admin-created. |
+| `private` | `false` | When `true`, only the owner can see and select this channel. |
+| `min_level` | `WARNING` | Minimum alert level this channel receives. |
+
+**Admin-created channels** (set in the config file or via the admin settings UI) are public by default — all users can select them:
 
 ```yaml
 notification_channels:
@@ -41,7 +49,7 @@ notification_channels:
     type: pushover
     token: your-app-token
     user: your-user-key
-    min_level: WARNING        # optional, default: WARNING
+    min_level: WARNING
 
   email_ops:
     type: email
@@ -58,14 +66,14 @@ notification_channels:
     homeserver: https://matrix.example.org
     access_token: syt_xxx
     room_id: "!abc:matrix.example.org"
-    min_level: CRITICAL       # only send critical alerts to this room
+    min_level: CRITICAL
 
   sms_oncall:
     type: sms_voipms
     api_user: me@example.com
     api_password: secret
-    did: "5551234567"         # your voip.ms DID number
+    did: "5551234567"
-    dst: "5559876543"         # destination number
+    dst: "5559876543"
     min_level: CRITICAL
 
   signal_ops:
@@ -82,9 +90,30 @@ notification_channels:
     username: heartbeat-bot
 ```
 
+**User-created channels** are written by authenticated users through the API or their profile page. They carry an `owner` field and optionally `private: true`:
+
+```yaml
+notification_channels:
+
+  alice_personal:
+    type: pushover
+    token: personal-token
+    user: personal-key
+    owner: alice          # created by alice
+    private: true         # only alice can see this channel
+```
+
+### Channel visibility
+
+| Channel | Who can see / select it |
+|---|---|
+| No `private` field (or `private: false`) | All users |
+| `private: true` | Only the `owner` |
+| Any channel | Admins always see everything |
+
 ### Users with notification channels
 
-Each user lists which global channels they receive notifications on:
+Each user lists which channels they receive notifications on. Users can manage their own selection from the profile page:
 
 ```yaml
 users:
@@ -270,6 +299,7 @@ Called once at startup from `main.py`. Pass the running asyncio event loop so Ma
 - Check that the host has an `owner` or `managers` set
 - Check that users have `notification_channels` listed
 - Check that the channel names in user config match keys under `notification_channels:`
+- If a user can't select a channel, check whether it is `private: true` and owned by someone else
 
 **min_level filtering too aggressive:**
 - Default is `WARNING` — both WARNING and CRITICAL are sent

docs/USERS.md

@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ users:
   bob:
     full_name: Bob Smith
     password: pbkdf2:sha256:...
-    notification_channels: [pushover_standard]
+    notification_channels: [pushover_standard]   # channels bob has selected
 
   carol:
     full_name: Carol Jones
@@ -188,6 +188,32 @@ Return the currently authenticated user's profile.
 
 ---
 
+#### PUT /api/0/users/me
+Update the current user's profile. All fields are optional — send only what you want to change.
+
+**Update display name and avatar:**
+```json
+{ "full_name": "Carol Jones", "avatar": "/avatars/carol.png" }
+```
+
+**Change notification channel selection:**
+```json
+{ "notification_channels": ["pushover_ops", "email_ops"] }
+```
+Only channels visible to the user (public + own private) are accepted; others are silently dropped.
+
+**Change password:**
+```json
+{ "password": { "current": "oldpass", "new": "newpass" } }
+```
+Requires the correct current password. New password is hashed before storage.
+
+**Response:** `{"ok": true}`
+
+**Status codes:** `200 OK`, `400` (missing/invalid field), `401` (unauthenticated), `403` (wrong current password)
+
+---
+
 ### Host Access
 
 #### GET /api/0/hosts/{hostname}/access