Claude voice notifycation when waiting for input

wait.md

Let Claude Notify You When It Needs You

Instead of letting claude wait for me patiently, I've created a Notification hook that plays a sound to alter me.

The hook is defined in ~/.claude/settings.json

{
  // ...
  "hooks": {
    "Notification": [
      {
        "matcher": "",
        "hooks": [
          {
            "type": "command",
            "command": "~/.claude/notify.sh"
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
}

notify.sh is using TTS (festival for me on Linux, say on Mac)

#!/bin/bash

msg='Claude hey'

if [ "$(uname -o)" == "Darwin" ]; then
	say "$msg"
else
	(echo "$msg" | festival --tts) &
fi

Now when Claude needs me, it tells me right away instead of waiting for me - productivity gain :)