Walk away.

claude-cues gives Claude Code a voice — start, done, blocked, needs you. It calls you back.

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

macOS · Linux · ~200KB · zero deps · source

then scroll — or click anything to hear it

claude — type and press enter

✶ session started — voice: chime

faq

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.

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 — 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.