Ask Notch
Claude's questions drop from your Mac's notch as a card you can answer from any app.
Illustration. Actual results depend on the mod, terminal and environment.
Install
/plugin marketplace add sameeeeeeep/ask-notch
/plugin install ask-notch@ask-notch
/reload-pluginsRun these commands one at a time in a Claude Code session.
claude plugin marketplace add sameeeeeeep/ask-notch
claude plugin install ask-notch@ask-notchThen run /reload-plugins in your session, or start a new session.
Please install the Claude Code mod "Ask Notch" (https://github.com/sameeeeeeep/ask-notch). Before installing, read the Security and Requirements sections of its README and tell me what it reads and writes, which commands it runs, whether it uses the network, and which Claude Code version, OS and terminal it needs. If everything looks fine, run claude plugin marketplace add sameeeeeeep/ask-notch and claude plugin install ask-notch@ask-notch, then remind me to run /reload-plugins in my session.Send this to Claude Code so it reads the author’s instructions before installing.
git clone https://github.com/sameeeeeeep/ask-notch
cd ask-notch
claude --plugin-dir .Clone the repository and try it in a local session with --plugin-dir.
What it accesses
Based on the author’s documentation, checked when listed; use claude plugin validate to check for yourself.
Reads
YesReads Claude's AskUserQuestion question and options; the card reads the pointer and companion images.
Writes files
YesSaves only /notch settings in the plugin's local store; the author says no files are written.
Runs commands
YesAlways runs /usr/bin/osascript -l JavaScript helper/card.js, passing the question on stdin.
Network
YesAdds a system-prompt paragraph while cards are on; plain-language /notch sends Claude a prompt.
Introduction
Ask Notch is a Claude Code mod: when Claude asks a single-choice question with AskUserQuestion, it drops from your Mac's notch as a card you can answer from any app.
- Click an option to answer; the card never takes your keyboard when it appears.
- Click the card to use keys:
1–4picks, Enter confirms the highlighted option (Claude's recommendation),eschands the question back to Claude Code's own dialog. - The text box takes your own answer.
/notch cursoropens cards by the pointer,/notch companion catadds a painted cat,/notch offturns cards off; plain-language settings work too.
While cards are on, it adds a paragraph to Claude's system prompt asking it to put choices to you with AskUserQuestion, and ships the same guidance as a skill, ask-at-the-notch. Multi-select, text and number questions use the native form. The card is helper/card.js run by macOS's own osascript; nothing is compiled. Requires macOS 13+ and Claude Code 2.1.287+; on Windows, Linux and cloud sessions Claude Code asks as usual.
Who it is for
- Mac users who switch apps while Claude works and don't want to miss its questions
Requirements
- Claude Code ≥ 2.1.287
- Platforms · macOS
- Needs macOS 13+; other systems and cloud sessions fall back to the native dialog.
- Only single-choice questions use the card; others use the native form.
- Ships a skill, ask-at-the-notch, with the same guidance as the prompt note.