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# Alerts and Keep Awake

Your agent can tell you when a long task is done or needs you, and keep the Mac awake while it works.

-   notify
-   keep\_awake

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![Alerts and Keep Awake in Clacky](https://clacky.app/features27/mcp-tools-light.webp)![Alerts and Keep Awake in Clacky](https://clacky.app/features27/mcp-tools-dark.webp)

## What it is

Two small tools for long tasks. notify plays Clacky’s agent sound and shows a macOS notification when your agent is done, needs you, or hit an error. keep\_awake stops the Mac and display from sleeping while it works.

Start a long build, walk away, and come back when Clacky calls you. Quiet hours still apply.

## How to use it

1.  1
    
    Connect Clacky
    
    Turn on Settings → Connect AI tools and add Clacky to your AI app.
    
2.  2
    
    Leave Alerts and Keep Awake on
    
    Both groups are in the list under AI tools. Switch either off if you don’t want it.
    
3.  3
    
    Ask for it
    
    Say “Keep my Mac awake while the tests run, and ping me when they’re done.”
    
4.  4
    
    Hear it
    
    Your agent turns on Keep Awake, then sends a short alert with a done, needs or error sound when it finishes.
    

## Tips

-   Keep Awake can run for a set time or until it’s turned off again. Your agent asks for minutes; Clacky rounds them to 15 minutes, 1 hour or 2 hours.
-   Staying awake with the lid closed works only if you allowed lid-closed mode in Clacky’s Keep Awake settings, and macOS asks for your password.

## Questions

Is this the same as Agent Alerts?

It uses the same sounds. Agent Alerts works through a hook you install in Claude Code or Codex; this lets any connected agent send an alert when it decides to.

Will it spam me?

The Clacky skill tells agents to send one alert at the end of a long task, not after every step.

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    Your agent can check a UI with a screenshot or record a short demo. Clacky asks you before every screenshot unless you say otherwise.
    
-   ![](https://clacky.app/features27/mcp-tools-light.webp)![](https://clacky.app/features27/mcp-tools-dark.webp)
    
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-   ![](https://clacky.app/features27/agent-alerts-light.webp)![](https://clacky.app/features27/agent-alerts-dark.webp)
    
    [Agent Alerts](https://clacky.app/features/agent-alerts/)
    
    A sound and a nudge when your AI agent, like Claude Code or Codex, finishes or needs you.
    
-   ![](https://clacky.app/features27/keep-awake-light.webp)![](https://clacky.app/features27/keep-awake-dark.webp)
    
    [Keep Awake](https://clacky.app/features/keep-awake/)
    
    Stops your Mac and its screen from sleeping: for a while, with the lid closed, or until your agent is done.
    

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