Return when the agent needs a decision.
If your Codex or Claude client posts an approval notification on macOS, NotiFerry can carry that alert to your iPhone while you are away.
Codex, Claude & local-agent alerts
Get Codex and Claude notifications on your iPhone.
Walk away from a long AI task without losing the moment it finishes, fails, or asks for attention. When your Codex, Claude, or other AI client creates a macOS notification, NotiFerry can forward that new alert to your iPhone.
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Your Mac
CodexApproval needed
The agent is waiting on your Mac.
NotiFerrynow
Approval neededThe agent is waiting on your Mac.
Your iPhone
The short answer
Forward the notification your AI client already creates.
NotiFerry does not need access to your prompts, repositories, or agent APIs. It watches for new macOS Notification Center entries and delivers the privacy-filtered alert through ntfy. That makes it useful across multiple AI clients—but only when the client actually emits a Mac notification.
macOS 15.0 or laterMac stays awake and logged inFree ntfy app on your iPhone
Where it helps
Carry the notification—not the whole Mac.
Stop watching a progress screen.
Let a refactor, code generation task, analysis, or other long run continue on the Mac and receive its normal completion notification on your phone.
Find out quickly when a run stops early.
Forward the failure notification emitted by the Mac app so a stalled task does not sit unnoticed until you return to your desk.
Three-step setup
From Notification Center to your pocket.
The bridge stays outside the AI session itself. Configure the source app to notify macOS, then let NotiFerry carry that notification to your iPhone.
Make sure the AI client notifies macOS.
Enable notifications in the Codex, Claude, or other AI client and in macOS. NotiFerry forwards Notification Center entries; it does not inspect conversations or terminal output.
Connect NotiFerry to your iPhone.
Install NotiFerry, grant read-only access to the selected notification folder, and subscribe to its long random topic in the free ntfy app.
Test before starting a long task.
Confirm that one real test reaches the iPhone, choose how much preview text to reveal, and keep the Mac awake and logged in while the task runs.
First, check what your AI client already offers
Some AI tools can now notify a phone by themselves. Claude Code, for example, can send push notifications through the Claude mobile app for sessions run with Remote Control. If your tool has a native option and it covers the sessions you care about, use it: it needs nothing extra on the Mac.
Forwarding the Mac notification is the better fit when the client only notifies on the Mac, when you run several AI clients and want one stream on your phone, or when you also want the alerts from the builds, exports, and other tools around the agent. The Claude Code guide compares the three routes for that tool in detail.
Agents that run in a terminal
A command-line agent only reaches Notification Center if something posts a notification for it. Some terminal apps do that for you; otherwise the agent's own hooks or a wrapper can run a command such as this when it stops or needs input:
osascript -e 'display notification "The agent needs your attention" with title "Agent"'Run it once by hand first. macOS attributes these notifications to Script Editor and shows nothing until Script Editor is allowed to notify in System Settings. Once the alert appears on the Mac, NotiFerry forwards it like any other.
What to know first
Notification forwarding, not agent surveillance.
The boundary is deliberate: NotiFerry sees the notification preview, not the conversation or work behind it.
Read the complete privacy flow- A Codex, Claude, or local-agent process must create a macOS Notification Center entry.
- NotiFerry does not read prompts, responses, repositories, terminal output, or agent state.
- Coverage is best-effort and can vary with the AI client's notification behavior.
- Your Mac must remain awake and logged in while the agent is running.
- The founding release uses ntfy and is not end-to-end encrypted; use generic alerts for sensitive work.
Direct answers
Before you leave your Mac.
Does NotiFerry integrate directly with Codex or Claude?
No direct API integration is required. NotiFerry forwards the normal macOS notification created by the Codex, Claude, or other AI client. If the client or command-line process does not create a Notification Center entry, there is nothing for NotiFerry to forward.
Will it tell me when an AI task needs approval?
Yes when the AI client posts that approval request as a macOS notification. NotiFerry does not infer agent state, inspect the conversation, or create an alert that the client itself never emitted.
Can it forward the full AI response?
It forwards only the app name, title, and preview text contained in the macOS notification, subject to your chosen privacy mode. It does not copy the underlying chat, prompt, files, or terminal session.
Does it work with several AI apps?
NotiFerry reads new Notification Center entries rather than maintaining a fixed integration list, so it can cover multiple AI apps that post normal Mac notifications. Coverage remains best-effort because macOS does not provide a public cross-app notification API.
What happens if my Mac sleeps during the task?
Forwarding stops while the Mac is asleep, shut down, or logged out. Keep it awake and logged in for the duration of the run if you want new task notifications to reach your iPhone.
Founding release
Try the route on your own Mac and iPhone.
The trial starts only after you confirm that a real test reached your phone. Keep NotiFerry with a one-time €9.99license for up to 2 Macs. Purchases include a 30-day full-refund window; mandatory consumer rights remain unaffected.
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