desktop-notifications

Send desktop notifications from the terminal. Use this skill when the user wants to display system notifications, pipe command output to notifications, or get alerts after long-running operations complete. Supports cross-platform (Windows Toast, macOS osascript, Linux notify-send).

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Install skill "desktop-notifications" with this command: npx skills add lirrensi/agent-cli-helpers/lirrensi-agent-cli-helpers-desktop-notifications

Notify Skill

Send desktop notifications from the terminal.

Installation Check

notify --help

If not installed:

uv tool install agentcli-helpers

Usage

Basic Notification

notify "Title" "Body message"

Pipe Input

echo "Status update" | notify "Progress"
cat log.txt | notify "Logs"

In Scripts

# After long operation
long_operation && notify "Done" "Operation completed successfully"

Examples

# Simple alert
notify "Build Complete" "All tests passed!"

# With pipe
curl -s http://api/status | notify "API Status"

# Chain with other commands
find . -name "*.py" | wc -l | notify "File Count"

Platform Support

  • Windows: Uses Windows Toast notifications
  • macOS: Uses osascript for native notifications
  • Linux: Uses notify-send (libnotify)

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