name: configure-notify description: > Help user configure Pi notification settings — platforms (native, Gotify, Telegram), events, and per-event routing. Guide through setup or make changes directly. metadata: version: "1.0.5"

Configure Notify

Help users configure the @pi-unipi/notify notification system.

When to use

• User asks to set up notifications
• User asks to enable/configure Gotify, Telegram, or native notifications
• User wants to change which events trigger notifications
• User asks about notification settings

Config locations

Main config (platforms + events): ~/.unipi/config/notify/config.json

ntfy config (dedicated file):

• Global: ~/.unipi/config/notify/ntfy.json
• Project: <project>/.unipi/config/notify/ntfy.json

Config structure

{
  "defaultPlatforms": ["native"],
  "events": {
    "workflow_end": { "enabled": true, "platforms": [] },
    "ralph_loop_end": { "enabled": true, "platforms": [] },
    "mcp_server_error": { "enabled": true, "platforms": [] },
    "agent_end": { "enabled": false, "platforms": [] },
    "agent_settled": { "enabled": false, "platforms": [] },
    "memory_consolidated": { "enabled": false, "platforms": [] },
    "session_shutdown": { "enabled": false, "platforms": [] },
    "ask_user_prompt": { "enabled": false, "platforms": [] },
    "permission_request": { "enabled": false, "platforms": [] },
    "input_needed": { "enabled": false, "platforms": [] }
  },
  "native": {
    "enabled": true,
    "windowsAppId": null
  },
  "gotify": {
    "enabled": false,
    "serverUrl": null,
    "appToken": null,
    "priority": 5
  },
  "telegram": {
    "enabled": false,
    "botToken": null,
    "chatId": null
  },
  "ntfy": {
    "enabled": false,
    "serverUrl": "https://ntfy.sh",
    "topic": null,
    "token": null,
    "priority": 3
  },
  "silenceAfterInput": {
    "enabled": false,
    "windowMs": 10000,
    "platforms": ["native"]
  },
  "renotify": {
    "enabled": true,
    "intervalMs": 120000,
    "maxRepeats": 3
  },
  "NOTE": "ntfy section is legacy — migrated to ntfy.json on first run"
}

Platforms

Native OS (default: enabled)

Desktop notifications via node-notifier. Works out of the box on Windows, macOS, Linux.

Silence after input

Quiet listed platforms for windowMs after any terminal keypress. Default: off. Same config.json as other notify settings.

"silenceAfterInput": {
  "enabled": true,
  "windowMs": 10000,
  "platforms": ["native"]
}

• enabled — master switch
• windowMs — quiet window in milliseconds (default: 10000)
• platforms — channels to silence (native, gotify, telegram, ntfy). Empty list silences all enabled platforms (same as events.*.platforms).

TUI: /unipi:settings (Notify) → Platforms → Quiet after activity (Space), ←→ then Space for channels, +/− for the window (1s steps).

Re-notify unanswered prompts (default: enabled)

When a blocking prompt (ask_user_prompt, permission_request) is not answered, notify re-sends the same notification every intervalMs, title suffixed (still waiting), priority high, up to maxRepeats times.

"renotify": {
  "enabled": true,
  "intervalMs": 120000,
  "maxRepeats": 3
}

• enabled — master switch (default: true)
• intervalMs — delay between reminders in milliseconds, minimum 10000 (default: 120000 = 2 min)
• maxRepeats — reminders after the first notification, 0 sends none (default: 3)

Reminders stop as soon as the user presses a key, herdr reports herdr:blocked active: false, the agent starts a new turn, or the session ends. Arming a new prompt replaces any existing reminder (only one can be outstanding). Reminders bypass silenceAfterInput since blocking events are exempt.

TUI: /unipi:settings (Notify) → Re-notify → Space toggles enabled, +/− adjusts interval (30s steps) and max repeats.

Gotify (default: disabled)

Self-hosted push notification server. Requires:

• serverUrl — URL of your Gotify server (e.g. https://gotify.example.com)
• appToken — Application token from Gotify web UI (Apps → Create Application)
• priority — 1-10 (default: 5)

Setup options:

1. Interactive overlay: Tell user to run /unipi:settings → Notify → gotify → "Setup & test…" for guided setup with connection test
2. Manual config: Edit config.json directly with the fields above
3. Agent can write config: Read the current config, merge changes, write back

Telegram (default: disabled)

Bot API notifications. Requires:

• botToken — From @BotFather
• chatId — Auto-detected by /unipi:settings → Notify → telegram → "Setup & test…"

ntfy (default: disabled)

Simple HTTP-based pub-sub notification service. Supports public ntfy.sh and self-hosted instances. Requires:

• serverUrl — ntfy server URL (default: https://ntfy.sh)
• topic — Topic name to publish to (acts as a channel)
• token — Optional access token for authenticated servers
• priority — 1-5 (default: 3)

Setup options:

1. Interactive overlay: Run /unipi:settings → Notify → ntfy → "Setup & test…" for guided setup with scope selection and connection test
2. Manual config: Edit ntfy.json directly (see Project-Level ntfy Config below)
3. Agent can write config: Read the current ntfy.json, merge changes, write back

Project-Level ntfy Config

ntfy uses dedicated ntfy.json files at both global and project scope, with full override semantics.

File locations:

• Global: ~/.unipi/config/notify/ntfy.json (all projects)
• Project: <project>/.unipi/config/notify/ntfy.json (this project only)

Resolution order (at dispatch time):

1. Project ntfy.json exists → use it (full override)
2. No project config → use global ntfy.json
3. Neither exists → ntfy is effectively disabled

ntfy.json shape:

{
  "enabled": true,
  "serverUrl": "https://ntfy.sh",
  "topic": "my-project-alerts",
  "token": null,
  "priority": 3
}

Scope selection in wizard: When running /unipi:settings → Notify → ntfy → "Setup & test…", the wizard now asks where to save the config (Global or Project). Re-running the wizard pre-selects the current scope and pre-fills existing values.

Settings overlay: The ntfy line in /unipi:settings (Notify) shows topic, priority, and scope label ([project], [global], or "Not configured").

Migration: On first run, if config.json has ntfy settings and ntfy.json doesn't exist, settings are automatically migrated to ntfy.json. The legacy config.json ntfy section is left untouched for backward compatibility.

Manual config: Edit the appropriate ntfy.json file directly with the fields above.

Commands

Events

Each event can override platforms — empty array means use defaultPlatforms.

ask_user_prompt, permission_request and input_needed are blocking events: while one is unanswered the agent is parked, so notify re-sends it periodically (see the Re-notify unanswered prompts section under Platforms).

permission_request

Fires on the permissions:ui_prompt broadcast from `@gotgenes/pi-permission-system`, emitted immediately before the user-facing permission UI is invoked. Policy auto-allow, policy deny, session approvals, and infrastructure auto-allowed requests do not emit it, so this event does not produce notification spam. Forwarded subagent prompts are handled too — the parent UI session emits the event right before showing the forwarded dialog, and the notification is suffixed with (forwarded).

The notification is formatted defensively from the payload's agentName, surface, value and message fields:

Pi — Permission Request
Current agent requested bash 'npm test'. Allow this command?

Enable it when you run Pi in a background pane and don't want to miss a permission prompt. If the permission system is not installed the event simply never fires.

Agent workflow

Reading current config

cat ~/.unipi/config/notify/config.json

Updating config programmatically

Read the JSON, make changes, write it back. Example:

// To enable Gotify:
{
  "gotify": {
    "enabled": true,
    "serverUrl": "https://gotify.example.com",
    "appToken": "AT_xxxxx",
    "priority": 7
  }
}

Guiding user to interactive setup

For Gotify: suggest running /unipi:settings → Notify → gotify → "Setup & test…" For Telegram: suggest running /unipi:settings → Notify → telegram → "Setup & test…" For ntfy: suggest running /unipi:settings → Notify → ntfy → "Setup & test…" For general settings: suggest /unipi:settings (Notify)

Validation rules

• Gotify: serverUrl and appToken required when enabled
• Gotify: priority must be 1-10
• Telegram: botToken and chatId required when enabled
• ntfy: serverUrl and topic required when enabled
• ntfy: priority must be 1-5
• renotify: intervalMs must be a finite number >= 10000 (else the default 120000 is used)
• renotify: maxRepeats must be an integer >= 0 (else the default 3 is used)