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three.ws Notifications MCP Server

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three.ws Notifications runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 58 installs a week from npm. Last commit 6 Nov 2026.

Read the inbox, mark items read, manage delivery preferences, and register Web Push devices.

Installs per day peak 21 · avg 6 · -15% w/w
a month agotoday
58
Installs / week
npm · @three-ws/notifications-mcp
269
Stars
6 open issues
6 Nov 2026
Last commit
2 releases in 90 days
Apache-2.0
License
JavaScript

What the code does

We read the source, 1 h ago · rules 995398eba69f

A tool parameter reaches a dangerous call

A value the model can set ends up inside a file or shell call. That is not a flaw by itself — for a terminal server it is the job — but it is where things go wrong when it is not.

A tool parameter reaches a file or shell call animation_signature.clip → packages/render/bin/tty.js:150, apply_animation.animation → packages/render/bin/tty.js:78
        await fs.writeFile(out, bytes);
Evidence

Things with no honest explanation: a promise that contradicts the code, code that runs at install time while hiding what it does, data leaving the machine.

Reaches cloud metadata service api/_lib/gcp-auth.js:91
        'http://metadata.google.internal/computeMetadata/v1/instance/service-accounts/default/token',
Capabilities

What this server is able to do. For an MCP server this is often the job itself — a terminal server runs commands because that is what it is for. Listed so you know what you are plugging in, not as an accusation.

        UPDATE destination_whitelist_settings
        SET cooldown_seconds = ${ch.cooldown_seconds ?? row.cooldown_seconds},
        const proc = spawn(ffmpegPath(), ['-hide_banner', '-loglevel', 'error', '-i', 'pipe:0', ...args, 'pipe:1']);
        const raw = JSON.parse(await readFile(path.join(ROOT, dir, 'server.json'), 'utf8'));
Page executes code built at runtime agents/index.html:223
            if (reset) { state.cursor = null; state.total = 0; grid.innerHTML = skeletons(); stateEl.hidden = true; }
        `https://api.telegram.org/bot${cfg.token}/sendMessage`,
    'UklGRmQBAABXQVZFZm10IBAAAAABAAEAQB8AAIA+AAACABAAZGF0YUABAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA…
Touches key and credential files Dockerfile:53
COPY --parents package.json package-lock.json .npmrc* **/package.json /app/
            const entries = await readdir(path.join(ROOT, parent), { withFileTypes: true });

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A tool parameter here reaches a dangerous call

That is not a flaw by itself — but it is where things go wrong when it is not the job. We re-read this code on every release. Watch it and you hear from us the day another one appears.

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Connect this server

This server runs on your own machine — install it with the package manager and the client starts it for you. Package name taken from the official registry entry.

run in your terminal
claude mcp add notifications-mcp -e 'THREE_WS_API_KEY=<THREE_WS_API_KEY>' -- npx -y @three-ws/notifications-mcp
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "notifications-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@three-ws/notifications-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "THREE_WS_API_KEY": "<THREE_WS_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}
~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.notifications-mcp]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "@three-ws/notifications-mcp"]
env = { THREE_WS_API_KEY = "<THREE_WS_API_KEY>" }
.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "notifications-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@three-ws/notifications-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "THREE_WS_API_KEY": "<THREE_WS_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "notifications-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@three-ws/notifications-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "THREE_WS_API_KEY": "<THREE_WS_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Put your own value in place of <THREE_WS_API_KEY> (A three.ws API key (sk_live_… / sk_test_…) or OAuth access token for the account whose notifications you want to read and manage, carried as Authorization: Bearer. Required — every endpoint is account-scoped. Aliases: THREE_WS_TOKEN, THREE_WS_BEARER. Treat like a password). The author’s registry entry marks it as required.

Optional settings from the registry entry, left out of the block above: THREE_WS_BASE (Base URL of the three.ws API. Override only when self-hosting or targeting a preview deployment), THREE_WS_TIMEOUT_MS (Per-request timeout in milliseconds for the live inbox reads/writes).

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three.ws Notifications — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for three.ws Notifications?
three.ws Notifications runs on your own machine over stdio — there is no network address to reach, so uptime cannot be measured for it by anyone. What can be measured is adoption: the npm package @three-ws/notifications-mcp was installed 58 times last week.
How do I connect three.ws Notifications?
Copy the ready config from this page. We generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each in the form that client actually reads. It runs locally, so the command pulls @three-ws/notifications-mcp straight from npm; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.
How many people use three.ws Notifications?
The npm package @three-ws/notifications-mcp was installed 58 times in the last week. Week over week that is -15%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.
Is three.ws Notifications open source?
Yes — it is published under the Apache-2.0 licence, written in JavaScript, 269 stars on GitHub and 6 open issues. The source link is on this page, so you can read exactly what it does with your data before you connect it.