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A macOS bell that rings when your Codex CLI session needs input

A macOS utility called Codex Butler Bell notifies users with a bell sound when their Codex CLI session requires input, helping them stay focused without constantly checking the terminal.

Background

- Codex CLI is an agentic coding tool from OpenAI that runs in the terminal and can autonomously edit files, run commands, and execute code in an iterative loop. - This project ("codex-butler-bell") is a small utility that plays a macOS notification sound whenever a Codex CLI session pauses and waits for the user to provide input or approve an action. - The name is a reference to the "butler bell" system used in older homes and hotels — a servant would be summoned by a bell ringing in a specific room — implying that the AI agent is waiting on its human master. - For users running long-running or background coding sessions, this solves the problem of having to constantly check the terminal: the sound tells you exactly when your attention is needed.

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