Notification Alert

Monitors Windows toast notifications from Claude, ChatGPT, and Codex. When one arrives:

1. Saves current volume & mute state
2. Unmutes, sets volume to 75%
3. Plays a custom sound (panther3.mp3)
4. Restores previous volume/mute state

5-second cooldown prevents burst spam.

Requirements

• Windows 10 1803+
• Python 3.10+

Setup

# Install deps
pip install -r requirements.txt

# Test it
python notification_alert.py
# First run: grant notification access when prompted
# (Settings > Privacy & Security > Notifications)

# Build .exe
build.bat

# Register as startup task (run as admin)
install.bat

Config

Edit the top of notification_alert.py:

Variable	Default	Description
SOUND_FILE	C:\Users\rfkra\Music\panther3.mp3	Sound to play
TARGET_VOLUME	0.75	Volume level (0.0–1.0)
COOLDOWN_SECONDS	5	Min seconds between alerts
APP_PATTERNS	claude, chatgpt, openai, codex, anthropic	App name substrings to match

Uninstall

schtasks /delete /tn "NotificationAlert" /f