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Add cat sound notifications to Claude Code with shell hooks

By Meridian48 News Desk · Summarised from DEV Community ·

A developer created shell scripts that play meow sounds when Claude Code finishes a task or requests permission. The hooks use two events in settings.json and async execution to avoid delays. The setup requires only mp3 files and a shared helper script.

Meridian48 take
A clever but niche productivity hack that adds personality to a CLI tool, but the real takeaway is how easily Claude Code's hook system can be extended.
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