---
title: useNotify
description: "Surface a status/notification (toast, badge, or log) to the host from your view."
---

The `useNotify` hook returns a function that surfaces a notification to the host
— for example, to confirm an action succeeded. It is one of the four mcp-ui
view→host interaction types (`tool`, `prompt`, `notify`, `intent`).

<Note>
**Best-effort delivery.** How — and whether — a notification is shown is
host-driven. enpilink delivers it over the most appropriate channel for each
runtime (see [Runtime support](#runtime-support)); a host that supports neither
path simply no-ops. The call never throws.
</Note>

## Basic usage

```tsx
import { useNotify } from "enpilink/web";

function SaveButton() {
  const notify = useNotify();

  return (
    <button
      onClick={() => notify({ level: "success", message: "Saved!" })}
    >
      Save
    </button>
  );
}
```

## Returns

```tsx
notify: (notification: Notification) => Promise<void>
```

### Parameters

- `notification.message: string` — **Required.** The notification text.
- `notification.level?: "info" | "success" | "warning" | "error"` — Severity.
  Maps to the host's notification styling. Defaults to `info`.
- `notification.title?: string` — Optional short title.
- `notification.data?: unknown` — Optional structured payload for the host.

## Runtime support

| Runtime | How it's delivered | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| **MCP Apps** | Real MCP protocol: `notifications/message` (`app.sendLog`, `logger: "enpilink"`). | `level: "success"` has no MCP logging equivalent and is **coerced to `info`** — the original level is preserved in the structured payload. Hosts may render a toast or just record it for debugging. |
| **ChatGPT Apps SDK** | **enpilink extension** — not part of the Apps SDK. Uses a `window.openai.notify` host method if present, else falls back to `window.parent.postMessage({ type: "notify", payload }, "*")`. | Real-host rendering is unverified; degrades to a no-op. |
| **Console / local playground** | Shown as a `notify [level]` entry in the Logs drawer. | Always observable locally. |

<Warning>
On the MCP Apps runtime `notify` uses the **real** `notifications/message`
protocol, so a compliant host receives it as a standard log. On the ChatGPT
Apps SDK it is an **enpilink extension** and best-effort. Do not rely on a
specific visual treatment across hosts.
</Warning>