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Claude Code gets a sound alert when tasks complete

By Meridian48 News Desk · Summarised from DEV Community ·

A developer created a 5-line JSON hook to make Anthropic's Claude Code play a macOS sound when it finishes a task or needs input. The hook uses the Stop event to run a command that plays the Funk.aiff system sound. This simple addition eliminates the need to constantly monitor the terminal, improving productivity.

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While trivial, this hack highlights a real UX gap in AI coding assistants: the lack of asynchronous notifications.
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