Hear it work.

claude-cues gives Claude Code a voice. Six soft cues for what it's doing, so you can walk away and still know.

> /plugin marketplace add mannanj/claude-cues > /plugin install claude-cues@claude-cues

macOS, Linux, ~200KB, zero deps ยท source

click to enable sound
voice
play

Common questions.

Does it slow Claude Code down?+
No. Each hook backgrounds the player and returns instantly. No daemon, no network, no telemetry: a shell script and 24 small mp3s.
Can I use my own sounds?+
Yes. Drop a folder at sounds/<name>/<event>/*.mp3 and it joins the rotation. Missing an event folder stays silent for that voice; it never borrows another.
How do I turn it off?+
/claude-cues:toggle, or set ENABLED=0 in ~/.claude/claude-cues/config. Uninstall is one command.
Windows?+
Not yet. The script no-ops on unsupported platforms, so nothing breaks. PRs welcome.
Is the audio really free?+
Yes. Every sound was synthesized for this project and dedicated to the public domain (CC0). The code is MIT.