Notify MCP Server

The MCP server that provides notifications when AI agents complete long-running tasks. This allows you to leave your desktop without forgetting about

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What is the Notify MCP server?

Most developer tooling work still happens through a UI a human drives. Notify MCP server moves it into the conversation instead. The MCP server that provides notifications when AI agents complete long-running tasks. This allows you to leave your desktop without forgetting about tasks.

The tools it exposes

The server publishes 3 tools. What each one is for:

  • Output — {"startTime": ""}
  • Description — We instruct AI agents to call this tool first before executing tasks. Use custom instruction to do this
  • startTime — Start time returned by start-timer

What it needs from you

Configuration is passed through the environment: OVERDUE_COMMAND. Treat anything key-shaped as a real credential — scope it to the minimum the server needs, and rotate it if it ever lands in a shared config.

Getting it running

Setup follows the usual MCP pattern — install or clone the server, register it in your client's configuration file, restart the client. The configuration blocks on this page cover the common clients.

How it compares

This sits in the developer tooling group, where several servers overlap in what they claim to do but differ sharply once you actually set them up. Notify's toolset — Output, Description, startTime — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow. It is maintained by nakat-t; worth a glance at recent repository activity before you build anything load-bearing on it.

We check each listing at SyncDev against the project's documentation before it goes live — if something here drifts out of date, it is a bug worth reporting.

Things to watch

  • 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.
  • Keep per-call confirmation enabled while you learn its behaviour; it is the cheapest safeguard you have.

Available tools

ToolWhat it does
Output{"startTime": "<Current time in ISO format>"}
DescriptionWe instruct AI agents to call this tool first before executing tasks. Use custom instruction to do this.
startTimeStart time returned by start-timer

How to install the Notify MCP server

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "notify-completion": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@nakat-t/notify-completion-mcp-server@latest"],
      "env": {
        "OVERDUE_COMMAND": "<Command to execute very flashy effects>",
      },
      "autoApprove": [ "start-timer", "check-overdue" ]
    }
  }
}

Configuration as documented by the project. Restart the client after saving.

Configuration

VariableDescriptionRequired
OVERDUE_COMMANDConfiguration value read at startup.Optional

Example prompts to try

  • Use Notify to Output.
  • Use Notify to Description.
  • Use Notify to startTime.

Frequently asked questions

Cline, Claude Desktop, Cursor, and GitHub Copilot have been confirmed to work. Other clients likely work if they have similar capabilities.