diff --git a/packages/scripts/package.json b/packages/scripts/package.json
index ef9ed20869..b4228cdda7 100644
--- a/packages/scripts/package.json
+++ b/packages/scripts/package.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   "description": "",
   "main": "index.js",
   "scripts": {
-    "build": "esbuild src/index.ts --bundle --format=iife --global-name=tlon --outfile=build/bundle.js",
+    "build": "esbuild src/index.ts --bundle --format=iife --global-name=tlon --conditions=react-native --outfile=build/bundle.js",
     "test": "vitest --passWithNoTests"
   },
   "keywords": [],
diff --git a/packages/scripts/src/index.ts b/packages/scripts/src/index.ts
index 8065b3384f..8c51a5491e 100644
--- a/packages/scripts/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/scripts/src/index.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import { parseContactUpdateEvent } from '@tloncorp/api/client/activityApi';
-import { getTextContent } from '@tloncorp/api/client/postContent';
 import type * as ub from '@tloncorp/api/urbit';
 import {
   ActivityIncomingEvent,
@@ -9,6 +8,8 @@ import {
 } from '@tloncorp/api/urbit/activity';
 import { da, render } from '@urbit/aura';
 
+import { getPostNotificationText } from './postNotificationText';
+
 type PreviewContentNode =
   | { type: 'channelTitle'; channelId: string }
   | { type: 'groupTitle'; groupId: string }
@@ -115,7 +116,7 @@ export function renderActivityEventPreview({
     info: Pick<ub.PostEvent['post'], 'key' | 'content'>
   ) {
     const { sent, author } = getIdParts(info.key.id);
-    const contentSummary = getTextContent(info.content);
+    const contentSummary = getPostNotificationText(info.content);
     return {
       notification: {
         body: lit(contentSummary),
diff --git a/packages/scripts/src/postNotificationText.test.ts b/packages/scripts/src/postNotificationText.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..32e3d7937f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/scripts/src/postNotificationText.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
+
+import {
+  PostNotificationTextConfig,
+  getPostNotificationText,
+} from './postNotificationText';
+
+describe('postNotificationText', () => {
+  it('extracts plain text from story content without a DOM-backed parser', () => {
+    expect(
+      getPostNotificationText([
+        {
+          inline: [
+            'hello ',
+            { bold: ['there'] },
+            { break: null },
+            'friend',
+            { break: null },
+          ],
+        },
+      ])
+    ).toBe('hello there\nfriend');
+  });
+
+  it('leaves markdown table syntax as text for notification previews', () => {
+    expect(
+      getPostNotificationText(
+        [
+          {
+            inline: [
+              '| A | B |',
+              { break: null },
+              '|---|---|',
+              { break: null },
+              '| 1 | 2 |',
+              { break: null },
+            ],
+          },
+        ],
+        PostNotificationTextConfig.inlineConfig
+      )
+    ).toBe('| A | B |\n|---|---|\n| 1 | 2 |');
+  });
+
+  it('skips inline verses that only contain a trailing break', () => {
+    expect(
+      getPostNotificationText([
+        { inline: ['hi'] },
+        { inline: [{ break: null }] },
+        { inline: ['bye'] },
+      ])
+    ).toBe('hi\nbye');
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/scripts/src/postNotificationText.ts b/packages/scripts/src/postNotificationText.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c4fe0f3eae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/scripts/src/postNotificationText.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,259 @@
+import type { ContentReference } from '@tloncorp/api/types/references';
+import type { Verse } from '@tloncorp/api/urbit/channel';
+import type { Block, Inline, Listing } from '@tloncorp/api/urbit/content';
+import {
+  isBlockCode,
+  isBlockLink,
+  isBlockquote,
+  isBold,
+  isBreak,
+  isCite,
+  isCode,
+  isHeader,
+  isImage,
+  isInlineCode,
+  isItalics,
+  isLink,
+  isList,
+  isSect,
+  isShip,
+  isStrikethrough,
+  isTask,
+} from '@tloncorp/api/urbit/content';
+
+// This module is bundled into native notification rendering, which runs without
+// a DOM. Keep it intentionally dependency-light and avoid importing the richer
+// API postContent serializers or markdown/table parsing helpers here.
+export type PostNotificationTextContent = (Verse | ContentReference)[] | null;
+
+export interface PostNotificationTextConfig {
+  blockSeparator: string;
+  includeLinebreaks: boolean;
+  includeRefTag: boolean;
+  indentDepth?: number;
+}
+
+export namespace PostNotificationTextConfig {
+  export const defaultConfig: PostNotificationTextConfig = Object.freeze({
+    blockSeparator: '\n',
+    includeLinebreaks: true,
+    includeRefTag: true,
+  });
+
+  export const inlineConfig: PostNotificationTextConfig = Object.freeze({
+    blockSeparator: ' ',
+    includeLinebreaks: false,
+    includeRefTag: false,
+  });
+}
+
+const VIDEO_REGEX = /(\.mov|\.mp4|\.ogv|\.webm)(?:\?.*)?$/i;
+
+function previewInlineString(
+  inlines: Inline[],
+  config: PostNotificationTextConfig
+): string {
+  return inlines
+    .map((inline, index) =>
+      previewInline(inline, index, inlines.length, config)
+    )
+    .join('');
+}
+
+function previewInline(
+  inline: Inline,
+  index: number,
+  total: number,
+  config: PostNotificationTextConfig
+): string {
+  if (typeof inline === 'string') {
+    return inline;
+  }
+
+  if (isBold(inline)) {
+    return previewInlineString(inline.bold, config);
+  }
+  if (isItalics(inline)) {
+    return previewInlineString(inline.italics, config);
+  }
+  if (isStrikethrough(inline)) {
+    return previewInlineString(inline.strike, config);
+  }
+  if (isInlineCode(inline)) {
+    return inline['inline-code'];
+  }
+  if (isLink(inline)) {
+    return inline.link.content ?? inline.link.href;
+  }
+  if (isBreak(inline)) {
+    return index === total - 1 ? '' : '\n';
+  }
+  if (isShip(inline)) {
+    return inline.ship;
+  }
+  if (isSect(inline)) {
+    return `@${inline.sect ?? 'all'}`;
+  }
+  if (isTask(inline)) {
+    const prefix = inline.task.checked ? '[x] ' : '[ ] ';
+    return `${prefix}${previewInlineString(inline.task.content, config)}`;
+  }
+  if (isBlockquote(inline)) {
+    return `> ${previewInlineString(inline.blockquote, config)}`;
+  }
+  if (isBlockCode(inline)) {
+    return `\`\`\`\n${inline.code}\n\`\`\``;
+  }
+
+  return 'Unknown content type';
+}
+
+function previewListing(
+  listing: Listing,
+  config: PostNotificationTextConfig
+): string {
+  if (isList(listing)) {
+    const out: string[] = [];
+    out.push(previewInlineString(listing.list.contents, config));
+
+    const currentIndentDepth = config.indentDepth ?? 0;
+    const effectiveIndentDepth = config.includeLinebreaks
+      ? currentIndentDepth
+      : 0;
+    const delimiter = (index: number) => {
+      switch (listing.list.type) {
+        case 'tasklist':
+        case 'unordered':
+          return '-';
+        case 'ordered':
+          return `${index + 1}.`;
+      }
+    };
+
+    out.push(
+      ...listing.list.items.map(
+        (child, index) =>
+          `${'\t'.repeat(effectiveIndentDepth)}${delimiter(index)} ${previewListing(
+            child,
+            {
+              ...config,
+              indentDepth: currentIndentDepth + 1,
+            }
+          )}`
+      )
+    );
+    return out.join(config.blockSeparator);
+  }
+
+  return previewInlineString(listing.item, config);
+}
+
+function previewBlock(
+  block: Block,
+  config: PostNotificationTextConfig
+): string {
+  if (isImage(block)) {
+    return VIDEO_REGEX.test(block.image.src) ? '(Video)' : '(Image)';
+  }
+  if (isHeader(block)) {
+    return previewInlineString(block.header.content, config);
+  }
+  if (isCode(block)) {
+    return `\`\`\`${block.code.lang ?? ''}\n${block.code.code}\n\`\`\``;
+  }
+  if (isCite(block)) {
+    return config.includeRefTag ? '(Ref)' : '';
+  }
+  if (isBlockLink(block)) {
+    return '';
+  }
+  if ('listing' in block) {
+    return previewListing(block.listing, config);
+  }
+  if ('rule' in block) {
+    return '---';
+  }
+
+  return 'Unknown content type';
+}
+
+function previewInlineVerse(
+  inlines: Inline[],
+  config: PostNotificationTextConfig
+): string[] {
+  const out: string[] = [];
+  let current: Inline[] = [];
+
+  function flushCurrent() {
+    if (current.length === 0) {
+      return;
+    }
+    if (
+      !current.every(
+        (inline) => typeof inline === 'string' && inline.trim() === ''
+      )
+    ) {
+      const preview = previewInlineString(current, config);
+      if (preview.length > 0) {
+        out.push(preview);
+      }
+    }
+    current = [];
+  }
+
+  for (const inline of inlines) {
+    if (isBlockquote(inline) || isBlockCode(inline)) {
+      flushCurrent();
+      out.push(previewInline(inline, 0, 1, config));
+    } else {
+      current.push(inline);
+    }
+  }
+  flushCurrent();
+
+  return out;
+}
+
+function isContentReference(
+  verse: Verse | ContentReference
+): verse is ContentReference {
+  return 'type' in verse && verse.type === 'reference';
+}
+
+function previewPostNotificationContent(
+  postContent: Exclude<PostNotificationTextContent, null>,
+  config: PostNotificationTextConfig = PostNotificationTextConfig.defaultConfig
+): string {
+  return postContent
+    .flatMap((verse) => {
+      if (isContentReference(verse)) {
+        return config.includeRefTag ? ['(Ref)'] : [];
+      }
+      if ('block' in verse) {
+        return [previewBlock(verse.block, config)];
+      }
+      if ('inline' in verse) {
+        return previewInlineVerse(verse.inline, config);
+      }
+      return ['Unknown content type'];
+    })
+    .join(config.blockSeparator)
+    .trim();
+}
+
+export function getPostNotificationText(
+  postContent: Exclude<PostNotificationTextContent, null>,
+  config?: PostNotificationTextConfig
+): string;
+export function getPostNotificationText(
+  postContent: PostNotificationTextContent,
+  config?: PostNotificationTextConfig
+): string | null;
+export function getPostNotificationText(
+  postContent: PostNotificationTextContent,
+  config: PostNotificationTextConfig = PostNotificationTextConfig.defaultConfig
+): string | null {
+  return postContent == null
+    ? null
+    : previewPostNotificationContent(postContent, config);
+}