Send Notification

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Send notifications to the user. TRIGGER when user says "notify me", "send notification", "alert me".

Available today. Use it from your connected AI after setup.

No other account needed.

Connect ahel once, and every AI you use reads what you have installed.

Then ask your AI: use the Send Notification skill

What this skill tells your AI

The instructions your AI receives, as published by archibate/dotfiles-opencode in optional-skills/send-notify/SKILL.md and read by ahel’s review.

Check which method is available:

# Linux desktop
echo $DISPLAY

# ntfy.sh remote
echo $NTFY_SH_PRIVATE_TOPIC

# macOS
uname -s

Condition	Method
`$DISPLAY` non-empty	Linux desktop (`notify-send`)
`uname -s` = `Darwin`	macOS (`terminal-notifier`)
`$NTFY_SH_PRIVATE_TOPIC` non-empty	Remote via ntfy.sh
None of the above	Fallback: write to `/tmp/claude-notify`

notify-send -a "claude" -u critical "Claude" "<message>"

terminal-notifier -title "Claude" -message "<message>"

User must set up topic first:

export NTFY_SH_PRIVATE_TOPIC="your-secret-topic-name"

Send:

curl -s -d "<message>" "https://ntfy.sh/$NTFY_SH_PRIVATE_TOPIC"

Privacy: ntfy.sh topics are public. Never include sensitive data in notifications.

echo "$(date -Iseconds): <message>" >> /tmp/claude-notify

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