How do I let my AI assistant send me a push notification?
The easiest way is Lert. Add Lert's MCP server with one command and your assistant gets a send_notification tool it can call on its own — so it buzzes your phone when a task finishes. No account, no API keys, no SDK.
The trick to letting an assistant notify you "by itself" is giving it a tool it's allowed to call. That's exactly what MCP (the Model Context Protocol) is for, and Lert ships an MCP server. Once it's added, your assistant sees a send_notification tool and can decide to call it — so you say "ping me when you're done," close the laptop, and your phone buzzes when it finishes.
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 with your id, then tell your assistant to notify you.
From then on, your assistant 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 your assistant. Now ask in plain English — "when the build passes, use Lert to send me a notification" — and it calls the send_notification tool with a title and body. No auth token, no SDK; your id in the URL is the credential.
Prefer no MCP? Any assistant that can make a web request can also just POST to https://lert.dev/p/your-id with a {title, body} body. MCP is nicer because the assistant can trigger it itself, without you pasting code.
More ways to use it
- Is there an MCP server for phone notifications?
- Make Claude notify your phone
- 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 your assistant to ping you. Your phone buzzes.