name: c-notify
description: Send native macOS notification center alerts from the command line using terminal-notifier.
tags: [notifications, alerts, macos]
Notifications (terminal-notifier)
# Simple notification
terminal-notifier -title "OpenPaw" -message "Task complete!"
# With subtitle and sound
terminal-notifier -title "Build" -subtitle "Project X" -message "Done!" -sound default
# Open URL when clicked
terminal-notifier -title "PR Merged" -message "Click to view" -open "https://github.com/..."
# Activate app when clicked
terminal-notifier -title "Music" -message "Now playing" -activate "com.spotify.client"
# Group notifications (replaces previous in same group)
terminal-notifier -title "Progress" -message "50%" -group "build"
terminal-notifier -title "Progress" -message "100%" -group "build"
# Remove a notification group
terminal-notifier -remove "build"
# Custom app icon
terminal-notifier -title "Alert" -message "Hello" -appIcon /path/to/icon.png
Guidelines
- Use notifications to alert the user when long tasks complete
- Group related notifications so they don't spam
- Add
-sound default for important alerts
- Use
-open URL to make notifications actionable
- Keep messages short — notifications truncate long text
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