win-notify-mcp

An MCP server that sends native Windows toast notifications using BurntToast. Notifications appear in the bottom-right corner and persist in the Windows notification center.

Prerequisites

• Windows 10/11
• PowerShell 7+ (pwsh)
• BurntToast PowerShell module

Install BurntToast:

pwsh -Command "Install-Module -Name BurntToast -Scope CurrentUser"

Setup

Add to your MCP client configuration (e.g. Claude Desktop, Claude Code):

Using npx (npm)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "notify": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "cmd",
      "args": ["/c", "npx", "-y", "win-notify-mcp"],
      "env": {}
    }
  }
}

Using npx (GitHub)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "notify": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "cmd",
      "args": ["/c", "npx", "-y", "github:JunYoungJo/win-notify-mcp"],
      "env": {}
    }
  }
}

Tools

send_notification

Sends a Windows toast notification.

| Parameter | Type | Description | |-----------|--------|--------------------| | title | string | Notification title | | body | string | Notification body |

Example

"Send me a notification when the build is done"

The AI will call send_notification with an appropriate title and body, and a toast notification will appear on your desktop.

License

MIT