Settings → Notifications
This page lists the ways Mnemosyne OS can get your attention, and lets you switch each one on or off. The rail entry is Notifications. The page title is Notifications and its subtitle reads The alert channels that are on. The on-screen alert is always on.
The on-screen alert of a reminder has no switch. The sound, the desktop notification and the taskbar flash can each be off. The alert drawn on the board always shows, so a reminder can never become silent and invisible at once.
The switches of the Agents and Reminders cards are saved on this machine only, and all of them are on by default. The briefing, the journal and do not disturb are also saved on this machine. The task assistance rules are saved in the to-do file.
Agents
Sound when an agent files tasks, on by default. Two short notes with the card. With the sound off, the card still shows.
Under Arrival sound, pick one of five sounds: Chime (default), Bell, Blip, Arpeggio or Klaxon. Clicking a sound plays it, even when the switch is off.
Listen plays the chosen sound and says what happened:
- Played.
- Sound played. The channel is off: a real arrival will be silent.
- No audio output available. The card still shows.
The note at the bottom of the card reads The card shows the name of the registered app that wrote. Claude Code, Cursor or a script all appear under that name.
Reminders
Desktop notification, on by default. The toast the system raises when a reminder falls due. The switch stays usable when the system refuses notifications. Your choice is kept, and the System card shows what the system answered.
Try it raises a real desktop notification. Its title is Mnemosyne OS and its text A reminder will look like this. When the app was never allowed to notify, this click is when the system asks you. The line next to the button then says one of:
- Notification sent. If it stays hidden, see the system's notification centre.
- The system refused. The permission is set in the system settings.
- Desktop notifications are unavailable here.
Taskbar flash, on by default. Stays visible when the window is minimised. Its Try it button flashes the taskbar for 4 seconds and says Flash requested for 4 s, in the taskbar. A focused window does not flash. Look at the taskbar while the window is not in front.
The note at the bottom reads The sound is set in each reminder's editor. The on-screen alert is always on.
Morning briefing
Give the briefing every day, off by default. The orb reads it aloud and puts it as a card on the board. It covers today's appointments, tasks due, promises and waiting agents. Once a day, when the app is open.
When you switch it on, a Time field appears, set to 08:00. If that time has already passed today, the first briefing comes tomorrow.
The briefing can also go to Telegram. This takes two gestures:
- Allow the text to leave
Tick The briefing's text may go to Telegram. It contains the appointments, the participants' names, the tasks and the promises. The app records the date you ticked it.
- Turn on the send
Tick Also send the text to Telegram. Through the MnemoHermes gateway, when it is already running. This box stays greyed until the first one is ticked.
See MnemoHermes for the gateway.
Evening journal
Propose the journal every evening, off by default. A card on the board sums up the day: meetings held, tasks done, promises, recordings, agents. After reading it, pick the vault.
When you switch it on, a Time field appears, set to 21:00. If that time has already passed today, the first proposal comes tomorrow.
Do not disturb during an appointment
Three choices:
- Appointments with participants or a video link (default)
- All appointments
- Never
During the appointment, the app's sounds are off and the orb speaks only when asked. Visual alerts and the taskbar flash stay on.
Task assistance
The card Task assistance helps keep the to-do list short. Rules that help the to-do list stay small. They are saved in the to-do file, so agents follow them too. Because the rules live in the to-do file, an agent that adds tasks while the app is closed follows them too.
Cap on open tasks, off by default. An alert at the cap, a few more allowed, then adding locks until the list is drained. When on, three numbers appear:
- Alert at: from 1 to 999, 10 by default. The count of open tasks shows next to it, {count} open now.
- Extra allowed after the alert: from 0 to 99, 3 by default. Adding locks when the open tasks reach the alert value plus this number.
- Unlock at or below: from 0 to one less than Alert at, 0 by default. Once locked, adding stays locked until the open tasks fall to this number.
Suggest what to do, off by default. A card at the top of the to-do window, overdue and soon-due tasks first. When on:
- How: By urgency (default) or At random.
- Tasks shown: from 1 to 3, 1 by default.
- Due soon = within (days): from 1 to 60, 3 by default. Shown only for By urgency.
A number is saved when the field loses focus or on Enter. A value out of range is brought back into range. A change of the cap re-checks the lock against the new numbers at once.
While the file loads, the card says Reading the to-do file…. When it cannot be read, or no vault holds a to-do file, it says The to-do file could not be read.
System
The line Desktop notifications: shows what the operating system answers:
| Value | Meaning |
|---|---|
| allowed | The system shows the app's notifications. |
| refused by the system | The system blocks them. Change it in the system settings. The app cannot. |
| never asked for | Nobody asked yet. Try it on the Reminders card asks. |
| unknown | This system offers no way to ask. |