Claude Notifications for VS Code

Show Claude Code hook notifications inside VS Code as info popups with a jump action.

Features

• Info popups — new notifications from notify.js appear as showInformationMessage popups showing the project path + "Need attention"
• Jump to project — each popup has a Go to Context button that runs vscode.openFolder to switch to the notification's working directory

Requirements

Requires the scripts/notify.js hook script from the parent repo, configured in settings.json:

"hooks": {
  "Notification": [{
    "hooks": [{
      "type": "command",
      "command": "node ~/.claude/scripts/notify.js --show-native false"
    }]
  }]
}

Extension Settings

Installation

Download the latest .vsix from GitHub Releases. In VS Code, run Extensions: Install from VSIX... and select the downloaded file.

Troubleshooting

If npm install fails with EACCES on .npm cache, fix the directory ownership and retry:

sudo chown -R $(whoami) ~/.npm

Development

npm run compile    # Build + auto-format
npm run watch      # Watch mode
npm run format     # Check formatting
npm run fix        # Auto-format
npm run package    # Package .vsix
npm run test       # Claude try to read ~/.claude/settings.json to request permision, to test 

Architecture

notify.js (hook) -> notifications.jsonl -> extension.ts -> Info popup

The extension watches notifications.jsonl for new lines, deduplicates bursts, and shows info popups with a jump action.

Reference

• https://github.com/dimokol/claude-notifications