[FEATURE] Option to disable notifications

[aaron-trout]

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Problem Statement

I find it very annoying that Claude Code sends me notifications via my Terminal app which show up as MacOS system notifications. For example this one which happens if you launch Claude but do not immediately start using it.

Proposed Solution

I would like there to be a configuration option to disable notifications entirely.

Alternative Solutions

No response

Priority

Critical - Blocking my work

Feature Category

CLI commands and flags

Use Case Example

No response

Additional Context

No response

[chandru89new]

+1

This is very very annoying (and I cant turn off CLI notifications because I have other apps that I use, that need to send notifications via terminal).

It's gotten worse today suddenly — I get a notification for just starting a session, and when Claude Code ticks off a todo from its plan, and just randomly when it is still in the middle of thinking, and of course the usual end of response. It's blocking me from doing focused work with no documented way of turning off or controlling what notifications are sent.

[greglamb]

+1

I agree with the comments above. It's sending so many notifications that I'm just ignoring it because it's become noise.

[chrislloyd]

We have a fix for the excessive notifications that should be out in the latest release. Will leave the issue open because it's asking for a setting.

@aaron-trout as a workaround you can configure desktop notifications in Ghostty.

[angristan]

How can I disable notifications from claude-code only? I don't want to disable ghostty notifications

[natew]

@chrislloyd as in the release thats out? what is the setting?

i'm getting tons of notifications still

Edit: there is a /config for notifications it seems not sure if it's global.