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From the reviewed commit fabe90e ↗; it updates when the author re-pins.

hermes-taskbar-badge

A Hermes Desktop plugin that puts a badge on the Hermes taskbar button when a turn finishes.

Install

Hermes Desktop loads desktop plugins from its own desktop-plugins folder. Open Capabilities -> Plugins and use Install from Git with BrokeSkill/hermes-taskbar-badge.

To place the file yourself:

git clone https://github.com/BrokeSkill/hermes-taskbar-badge.git /tmp/hermes-taskbar-badge
mkdir -p ~/.hermes/desktop-plugins/hermes-taskbar-badge
cp /tmp/hermes-taskbar-badge/desktop/plugin.js ~/.hermes/desktop-plugins/hermes-taskbar-badge/plugin.js

On Windows the folder is %LOCALAPPDATA%\hermes\desktop-plugins\. The app hot-reloads desktop plugins on save, so there is no restart.

Usage

A finished turn raises the badge while the window is in the background. Returning to the window, or opening another session, clears it.

Requirements

Windows. The badge renders on the taskbar there.
Hermes Desktop with the message.complete event and host.state.focusedStoredSessionId in the plugin SDK.

Contributing

Issues and pull requests are welcome.

License

MIT. See LICENSE.

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