scourefoure/claude-chime

claude-chime is a small plugin for Claude Code that plays a sound on your computer whenever Claude finishes responding or needs you to type something back. The idea is simple: if you step away or start reading something else while Claude is working, you do not have to keep checking the screen. You hear a chime and know it is time to look again. Installation happens through Claude Code itself using two slash commands. You add the plugin from its GitHub location or a local folder, install it, and reload your plugins. There is no separate app to run. The plugin sits inside Claude Code and listens for two events: when a turn finishes and when input is needed. Each event gets its own sound, with sensible defaults for Windows, macOS, and Linux so it works out of the box. Configuration is done through environment variables. You can point the plugin at your own sound files by giving their full paths. If you list several files separated by semicolons, the plugin picks one at random each time, which is a nice way to avoid hearing the exact same tone over and over. You can set volume as a percentage from 0 to 100, mute everything with a single variable, or use a mute flag file that you create or delete to toggle sound. A built-in slash command lets you turn sounds on and off without editing anything. For testing, a dry-run mode prints what the plugin would play without actually making noise, which helps confirm your setup. Settings that should apply to the real chimes need to go in the env block of a Claude Code settings file, since the hooks that trigger the sounds read from the environment Claude Code was launched with. Changes take effect on the next session or after a reload. The plugin requires Node.js 18 or higher and relies on built-in audio players on Windows, macOS, and Linux. The full README is longer than what was shown.