
Message Notifications
Sends simultaneous notifications across desktop, email, and HTTP endpoints when AI tasks complete. Lets you work on other things while waiting for long-running AI operations.
Provides multi-channel notification capabilities through desktop notifications, email via SMTP, and HTTP API endpoints with a single tool that simultaneously delivers alerts across all configured channels.
What it does
- Send desktop notifications with custom sounds
- Email alerts via SMTP configuration
- Push notifications to mobile via ntfy
- Trigger HTTP API endpoints
- Deliver messages across all channels simultaneously
Best for
About Message Notifications
Message Notifications is a community-built MCP server published by gimjin that provides AI assistants with tools and capabilities via the Model Context Protocol. Easily manage email notification, Google Form email notification, and alerts with Message Notifications—multi-channel de It is categorized under productivity, communication. This server exposes 1 tool that AI clients can invoke during conversations and coding sessions.
How to install
You can install Message Notifications in your AI client of choice. Use the install panel on this page to get one-click setup for Cursor, Claude Desktop, VS Code, and other MCP-compatible clients. This server runs locally on your machine via the stdio transport.
License
Message Notifications is released under the MIT license. This is a permissive open-source license, meaning you can freely use, modify, and distribute the software.
Tools (1)
Send notifications and messages through multiple channels (desktop, email, API). Use this tool to notify users about any important information, progress updates, task completions, alerts, or any other communication needs.
💬 Message MCP
🌐 Available in: 中文 | 한국어 | 日本語
Desktop notifications, custom sounds, ntfy mobile notifications, email notifications, and API pushes reduce anxiety while waiting for AI tasks, allowing you to comfortably enjoy a cup of coffee.
🚀 Boost AI efficiency and free up more time
When waiting for AI to complete tasks, do you wish you could handle other work simultaneously? Now you can confidently take care of other matters while AI executes long-running tasks.
Message MCP makes your AI collaboration more efficient!
🧑: Make a Tetris web game, notify when completed.
🤖: I'll start making the Tetris game
...
💬: Message MCP executed, message sent.
[!TIP]
- Allow MCP auto-execution in client settings.
- Add "notify when completed" prompts in user rules or rule files to avoid repetitive manual prompts.
⚡️ Quick Installation
Supports cloud installation via smithery.ai (e.g., SaaS services like Dify) and offers one-click local deployment. Since the Message MCP actually runs on smithery.ai’s cloud, desktop notifications are not yet supported. End-to-end encryption is applied throughout to ensure data security. Learn more
⚙️ Standard Installation
MacOS, Linux, WSL2
{
"mcpServers": {
"message-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "message-mcp@latest"]
}
}
}
Windows
{
"mcpServers": {
"message-mcp": {
"command": "cmd",
"args": ["/c", "npx", "-y", "message-mcp@latest"]
}
}
}
🎛️ Optional Configuration
Modify Desktop Notifications
{
"mcpServers": {
"message-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "message-mcp@latest"],
"env": {
"DISABLE_DESKTOP": "true",
"SOUND_PATH": "/path/to/your/sound.mp3"
}
}
}
}
- Desktop notifications are enabled by default
- Default sound provided by zapsplat. If you don't like the default sound, you can download and configure from zapsplat.com.
ntfy Mobile Notifications
Install App: App Store, Google Play, F-Droid
{
"mcpServers": {
"message-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "message-mcp@latest"],
"env": {
"NTFY_TOPIC": "your-unique-topic"
}
}
}
}
Email Notifications
{
"mcpServers": {
"message-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "message-mcp@latest"],
"env": {
"SMTP_HOST": "smtp.gmail.com",
"SMTP_PORT": "587",
"SMTP_SECURE": "false",
"SMTP_USER": "[email protected]",
"SMTP_PASS": "your_password"
}
}
}
}
API Notifications
{
"mcpServers": {
"message-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "message-mcp@latest"],
"env": {
"API_URL": "https://httpbin.org/post",
"API_METHOD": "POST", // POST, PUT, PATCH
"API_HEADERS": "{\"Authorization\": \"Bearer token\"}"
}
}
}
}
fetch(API_URL, {
method: API_METHOD,
headers: {
'Content-Type': 'application/json'
...JSON.parse(API_HEADERS)
},
body: JSON.stringify({
title: notifyTitle,
message: notifyMessage,
}),
})
📌 System Requirements
- Node.js: 18 or higher
- macOS: Native notifications require >= 10.8
- Linux: notify-osd or libnotify-bin installed (Ubuntu includes by default)
- Windows: >= 8, or taskbar balloon notifications for Windows < 8
❗️ Troubleshooting
Windows System Notifications Not Enabled
Settings > Notifications & actions > Get notifications from apps and other senders → Enable
WSL2 (Ubuntu) has no notification sound
sudo apt install -y pulseaudio mpg123
WSL2 Environment Missing OS Notifications
sudo find / -type f -name "snoretoast-*.exe" 2>/dev/null
/path/to/.../node_modules/snoretoast-x64.exe
/path/to/.../node_modules/snoretoast-x86.exe
chmod +x /path/to/.../node_modules/snoretoast-*.exe
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