Gotify

Send push notifications via Gotify when long-running tasks complete or important events occur. Use when the user asks to "send a Gotify notification", "notify me when this finishes", "push notification", "alert me via Gotify", or wants to be notified of task completion.

Audits

Pass

Install

openclaw skills install gotify

Gotify Notification Skill

Send push notifications to your Gotify server when long-running tasks complete or important events occur.

Purpose

This skill enables Clawdbot to send push notifications via Gotify, useful for:

  • Alerting when long-running tasks complete
  • Sending status updates for background operations
  • Notifying of important events or errors
  • Integration with task completion hooks

Setup

Create the credentials file: ~/.clawdbot/credentials/gotify/config.json

{
  "url": "https://gotify.example.com",
  "token": "YOUR_APP_TOKEN"
}
  • url: Your Gotify server URL (no trailing slash)
  • token: Application token from Gotify (Settings → Apps → Create Application)

Usage

Basic Notification

bash scripts/send.sh "Task completed successfully"

With Title

bash scripts/send.sh --title "Build Complete" --message "skill-sync tests passed"

With Priority (0-10)

bash scripts/send.sh -t "Critical Alert" -m "Service down" -p 10

Markdown Support

bash scripts/send.sh --title "Deploy Summary" --markdown --message "
## Deployment Complete

- **Status**: ✅ Success
- **Duration**: 2m 34s
- **Commits**: 5 new
"

Integration with Task Completion

Option 1: Direct Call After Task

# Run long task
./deploy.sh && bash ~/clawd/skills/gotify/scripts/send.sh "Deploy finished"

Option 2: Hook Integration (Future)

When Clawdbot supports task completion hooks, this skill can be triggered automatically:

# Example hook configuration (conceptual)
{
  "on": "task_complete",
  "run": "bash ~/clawd/skills/gotify/scripts/send.sh 'Task: {{task_name}} completed in {{duration}}'"
}

Parameters

  • -m, --message <text>: Notification message (required)
  • -t, --title <text>: Notification title (optional)
  • -p, --priority <0-10>: Priority level (default: 5)
    • 0-3: Low priority
    • 4-7: Normal priority
    • 8-10: High priority (may trigger sound/vibration)
  • --markdown: Enable markdown formatting in message

Examples

Notify when subagent finishes

# After spawning subagent
sessions_spawn --task "Research topic" --label my-research
# ... wait for completion ...
bash scripts/send.sh -t "Research Complete" -m "Check session: my-research"

Notify on error with high priority

if ! ./critical-task.sh; then
  bash scripts/send.sh -t "⚠️ Critical Failure" -m "Task failed, check logs" -p 10
fi

Rich markdown notification

bash scripts/send.sh --markdown -t "Daily Summary" -m "
# System Status

## ✅ Healthy
- UniFi: 34 clients
- Sonarr: 1,175 shows
- Radarr: 2,551 movies

## 📊 Stats
- Uptime: 621h
- Network: All OK
"

Workflow

When the user says:

  • "Notify me when this finishes" → Add && bash scripts/send.sh "Task complete" to their command
  • "Send a Gotify alert" → Run bash scripts/send.sh with their message
  • "Push notification for task completion" → Integrate into their workflow with appropriate title/priority

Always confirm the notification was sent successfully (check for JSON response with message ID).

Notes

  • Requires network access to your Gotify server
  • App token must have "create message" permission
  • Priority levels affect notification behavior on client devices
  • Markdown support depends on Gotify client version (most modern clients support it)

Reference