Claude Red Bar (visual and audible notifier of task completion)

Posted by gw5815 on Monday August 31, 2026 @09:34PM
from the github.com dept.

https://github.com/gregsramblings/claude-red-bar

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Re:Claude Red Bar (visual and audible notifier of task compl... by gw5815 on Monday August 31, 2026 @09:34PM (#49516905)

A full-width red bar along one edge of your Mac screen that tells you if Claude Code is still working on your task. I built this so I could see it from across the room. I also added a tiny sound that plays when the task completes. Everything is customizable.

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Re:Claude Red Bar (visual and audible notifier of task compl... by mhabe on Monday August 31, 2026 @09:46PM (#49516985)

Im not sure if a flashing bar is what I would be personally looking for personally (irrelevant as I have 0 macOS machines) but I love the concept of an OS wide Claude indicator, Im often running multiple sessions in different terminal windows/tabs. This looks like it could be the start of something really slick.

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Re:Claude Red Bar (visual and audible notifier of task compl... by johng on Monday August 31, 2026 @10:53PM (#49517460)

This might interest you, was on HN a week or so ago?

https://sidepulse.io/

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Re:Claude Red Bar (visual and audible notifier of task compl... by gw5815 on Tuesday September 01, 2026 @01:01AM (#49518152)

Ha - that's cool

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Re:Claude Red Bar (visual and audible notifier of task compl... by hoangnnguyen on Wednesday September 02, 2026 @01:32PM (#49539579)

This might interest you, you can integrate with it to get the status of not only Claude but other harnesses such as Codex, Pi, Opencode, Copilot, etc

https://ai-devkit.com/docs/8-agent-management/#:~:text=List%...

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