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title: "Command line Notify"
description: "Instructions how to add command line notifications to Home Assistant."
date: 2016-02-22 20:00
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ha_category: Notifications
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The `command_line` platform allows you to use external tools for notifications from Home Assistant. The message will be passed in as STDIN.

To enable those notifications in your installation, add the following to your `configuration.yaml` file:

```yaml
# Example configuration.yaml entry
notify:
  name: NOTIFIER_NAME
  platform: command_line
  command: "espeak -vmb/mb-us1"
```

Configuration variables:

- **name** (*Optional*): Setting the optional parameter `name` allows multiple notifiers to be created. The default value is `notify`. The notifier will bind to the service `notify.NOTIFIER_NAME`.
- **command** (*Required*): The action to take.

To use notifications, please see the [getting started with automation page]({{site_root}}/components/automation/).
