Claude Code Notifier for Windows

Windows-only VS Code extension that shows Windows and VS Code notifications when Claude Code completes or fails a task.

The Marketplace package name is claude-code-notifier-windows because the shorter claude-code-notifier identifier is already used by another extension.

This is an early v0.2 build focused on one job: make Claude Code task status visible even when the Claude Code webview stops updating or VS Code is not the active window.

v0.2 is Windows-only.

Features

• Installs Claude Code Stop and StopFailure hooks.
• Shows a Windows toast on task completion.
• Shows a VS Code popup on task completion.
• Shows error notifications when Claude Code reports a stop failure, including API error text when Claude provides it.
• Can suppress Windows toast notifications while VS Code is already the active foreground window.
• Waits for Claude Code's transcript file to stop changing before sending completion notifications.
• Preserves existing Claude Code hooks.
• Provides commands:
  • Claude Code Notifier: Enable
  • Claude Code Notifier: Disable
  • Claude Code Notifier: Send Test Notification
  • Claude Code Notifier: Send Test Error Notification
  • Claude Code Notifier: Show Status
  • Claude Code Notifier: Open Claude Settings
  • Claude Code Notifier: Open Control Panel
• Completion and error notification text are configurable from VS Code Settings or the control panel.
• VS Code popup style is configurable: warning, info, or error.

Important

The extension manages a small entry in:

%USERPROFILE%\.claude\settings.json

The managed hook command is marked with:

# claude-code-notifier-toast

The extension does not upload Claude content. It only reads the local Claude hook payload and sends a local Windows toast.

Install from VSIX

Download claude-code-notifier-windows-0.2.3.vsix, then install it with the full file path:

code --install-extension "$env:USERPROFILE\Downloads\claude-code-notifier-windows-0.2.3.vsix" --force

If you use a relative path such as .\claude-code-notifier-windows-0.2.3.vsix, run the command from the folder that contains the downloaded VSIX.

Install from Marketplace

code --install-extension paredekaoya.claude-code-notifier-windows

Support

For support or feedback, contact [email protected].

License

All rights reserved. See LICENSE.

Scope

v0.2 is Windows-only.