Omni MCP Server

An MCP server that lets AI agents (Claude, Cursor, etc.) reach you on any channel — desktop, Telegram, SMS, email — with two-way ask/reply, real-time

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What is the Omni MCP server?

An MCP server that lets AI agents (Claude, Cursor, etc.) reach you on any channel — desktop, Telegram, SMS, email — with two-way ask/reply, real-time inbox push, Do Not Disturb, idle gating, multi-session routing, and a one-page web UI for. Exposed over MCP by the omni mcp server, that capability becomes something an assistant can invoke while it works, not something you go and do afterwards.

What it actually does

Reach me on any channel. Ask me anything. Get out of my way when I'm busy.

  • tell you something important happened (notify)
  • ask you a question and wait for your answer (ask)
  • check whether you've sent it an unsolicited message (poll, or live SSE)
  • not buzz your phone every 90 seconds — while you're sitting at the keyboard

Its toolset

Everything the assistant can do here goes through one of these:

  • Desktop — native node-notifier (macOS/Windows/Linux). Per-channel system-sound toggle and optional text-to-speech with a voice picker covering 30+
  • Telegram — bidirectional. The bot replies in-thread to user messages and acknowledges every inbound message so the user knows it landed
  • SMS — Twilio
  • Email — Gmail App Password (one click) or any SMTP. ask over email sends a reply link the user clicks to answer
  • Priority — Channels
  • low — email only
  • normal — desktop + Telegram + email
  • high — desktop + Telegram + SMS + email — bypasses DND and idle gating
  • Path — Purpose
  • Channels — The Channels tool exposed by this server

Adding it to your client

omni-notify-ui on npm is all you need. Most clients run it directly, so configuration is a few lines and a restart.

Configuration

You will need 2 environment variables: CLAUDE_FILE_PATH, CHAT_ID. Keep credentials in your client's env block or a secrets manager rather than in a file you might commit.

When to reach for it

Plenty of team communication servers cover similar ground. The differences that matter in practice are scope of access and how much setup stands between you and a working tool call. Omni's toolset — Desktop, Telegram, SMS and 7 more — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow. It is maintained by karish911; worth a glance at recent repository activity before you build anything load-bearing on it.

SyncDev reviews every entry in this directory against the project's own documentation before publishing, and revisits them as servers change.

Caveats

  • It runs with your machine's permissions. That is convenient and also the reason to think about what you point it at before you approve a tool call.
  • With 10 tools registered it takes up a noticeable share of the context window; turn it off in projects that never touch Omni.
  • MCP clients confirm each tool call by default. Leave that on until you have watched what the omni mcp server does with a few real requests.

Available tools

ToolWhat it does
Desktopnative node-notifier (macOS/Windows/Linux). Per-channel **system-sound toggle** and optional **text-to-speech** with a voice picker covering 30+ neural voices (US/UK/AU/CA/IN/IE/NZ/…) via msedge-tts, no API key.
Telegrambidirectional. The bot **replies in-thread** to user messages and acknowledges every inbound message so the user knows it landed.
SMSTwilio.
EmailGmail App Password (one click) or any SMTP. ask over email sends a reply link the user clicks to answer.
PriorityChannels
lowemail only
normaldesktop + Telegram + email
highdesktop + Telegram + SMS + email — **bypasses DND and idle gating**
PathPurpose
ChannelsThe Channels tool exposed by this server.

How to install the Omni MCP server

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "notify-1": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "omni-notify-ui"],
      "env": {
        "CLAUDE_FILE_PATH": "your-value",
        "CHAT_ID": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Add to claude_desktop_config.json, then restart Claude Desktop.

Configuration

VariableDescriptionRequired
CLAUDE_FILE_PATHFilesystem location the server is allowed to use.Optional
CHAT_IDConfiguration value read at startup.Optional

Example prompts to try

  • Use Omni to Desktop.
  • Use Omni to Telegram.
  • Use Omni to SMS.

Frequently asked questions

It connects Omni to MCP-compatible AI assistants such as Claude and Cursor, exposing 10 tools (Desktop, Telegram, SMS, and more) that the assistant can call on your behalf. Instead of copying data back and forth by hand, the assistant works with Omni directly.