How do I make Claude notify my phone?
The easiest way is Lert. Add Lert's MCP server with one command and Claude Code gets a tool it can call to buzz your phone — like when it finishes a task. No account, no API keys, no SDK. Your phone buzzes in about a second.
Claude connects to tools through MCP (the Model Context Protocol), and Lert ships an MCP server. Once you add it, Claude Code has a send_notification tool it can call on its own — so you can literally say "ping my phone when you're done" and walk away. If you'd rather not use MCP, Claude can also just write a one-line POST to your link; but MCP is the cleanest path because Claude can trigger it itself.
The whole thing takes under 30 seconds
- Download the app. Open it once — there's no account to create.
- Copy your id. Your link and id are waiting on screen the moment you open it. One tap copies them.
- Add the MCP server. Run the command below (swap in your id), then tell Claude to notify you.
From then on, Claude can buzz your phone whenever you ask — instantly, even locked in your pocket.
Paste this to your terminal
claude mcp add --transport http lert https://lert.dev/mcp/your-id
That registers Lert with Claude Code. Now just ask in plain English: "When you finish running the tests, use Lert to send me a notification." Claude calls the send_notification tool with a title and body, and your phone buzzes. No auth token, no SDK — your id in the URL is the credential.
Why it's this easy: the MCP link is the credential. There's nothing else to configure. Prefer plain HTTP instead of MCP? Ask Claude to POST to https://lert.dev/p/your-id with a {title, body} body — same result.
More ways to use it
- Is there an MCP server for phone notifications?
- Let your AI assistant send a push notification
- Get notified when an AI agent finishes
- Make ChatGPT notify your phone
Want a walkthrough? See the MCP for AI notifications guide and the AI agent notifications use case. It's free for one channel and 50 notifications a day; Lert Pro is $2.99/month for unlimited. Full details in the docs.
Send your first one in 30 seconds.
Download Lert, add the MCP server, ask Claude to ping you. Your phone buzzes.