Which integrations are available for this server?

Enables triggering [macOS](/mcp/servers/integrations/macos) notifications, system sounds, and text-to-speech functionality, with support for customizable banner notifications, voice selection, and speech parameters.

How do I use macOS Notification MCP?

1. Click on "Install Server". 2. Wait a few minutes for the server to deploy. Once ready, it will show a "Started" state. 3. In the chat, type `@` followed by the MCP server name and your instructions, e.g., "`@macOS Notification MCP` play the Ping sound to alert me when the download finishes" That's it! The server will respond to your query, and you can continue using it as needed. Here is a [step-by-step guide with screenshots](https://glama.ai/blog/2025-07-08-how-to-install-and-use-mcp-servers).

🔔 macOS Notification MCP

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that enables AI assistants to trigger macOS notifications, sounds, and text-to-speech.

✨ Features

🔊 Sound Notifications: Play system sounds like Submarine, Ping, or Tink
💬 Banner Notifications: Display visual notifications with customizable title, message, and subtitle
🗣️ Speech Notifications: Convert text to speech with adjustable voice, rate, and volume
🎙️ Voice Management: List and select from available system voices
🧪 Testing Tools: Diagnostic utilities to verify all notification methods

Related MCP server: Salesforce MCP

🚀 Quick Start with uvx (Recommended)

The fastest way to use this tool is with uvx, which runs packages without permanent installation:

# Install uv if you don't have it curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh # Run the MCP server directly (no installation needed) uvx macos-notification-mcp

⚙️ Configure Claude Desktop

Add this to your Claude Desktop configuration (~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json):

{ "mcpServers": { "macos-notification-mcp": { "command": "uvx", "args": ["macos-notification-mcp"] } } }

Then restart Claude Desktop.

📦 Alternative Installation Methods

Standard installation:

pip install macos-notification-mcp

Install from source:

git clone https://github.com/devizor/macos-notification-mcp cd macos-notification-mcp pip install .

🛠️ Available Notification Tools

🔊 Sound Notification

sound_notification(sound_name="Submarine")

Available sounds: Basso, Blow, Bottle, Frog, Funk, Glass, Hero, Morse, Ping, Pop, Purr, Sosumi, Submarine, Tink

💬 Banner Notification

banner_notification( title="Task Complete", message="Your analysis is ready", subtitle=None, # Optional sound=False, # Optional: Play sound with notification sound_name=None # Optional: Specify system sound )

🗣️ Speech Notification

speak_notification( text="The process has completed", voice=None, # Optional: System voice to use rate=150, # Optional: Words per minute (default: 150) volume=1.0 # Optional: Volume level 0.0-1.0 )

🎙️ Voice Management

list_available_voices() # Lists all available text-to-speech voices

🧪 Testing

test_notification_system() # Tests all notification methods

🔒 Implementation Details

⏱️ Rate Limiting: Notifications are processed one at a time with a minimum interval of 0.5 seconds
🔄 Queuing: Multiple notification requests are handled sequentially
🪟 OS Integration: Uses native macOS commands (afplay, osascript, say)
🔌 FastMCP: Built on the FastMCP framework for AI communication

⚠️ Troubleshooting

🔐 Permissions: Ensure notifications are allowed in System Settings → Notifications
⏳ Timing: Only one notification is processed at a time
🌐 Environment: If using the command directly (not uvx), you may need to use full paths