# Finished / needs your input

> How NeuroSquad tells you an agent is done, or is waiting for you to answer.

Source: https://docs.neurosquad.ai/en/agents/notifications

You don't have to watch your agents. NeuroSquad lets you know when one of them needs you — and it
tells the two cases apart:

## Two kinds of signal

  - **Done**: The agent has completed its turn and is waiting for your next prompt. The status chip turns green.
  - **Needs input**: The agent has stopped halfway and is asking you something — usually for permission, like "may I run this command?". The chip turns amber and the card pulses. The notification shows what it's asking, and it stays on screen until you answer, because a blocked agent won't unblock itself. Once you answer, it goes away by itself.

> Claude Code, OpenCode, Kilo Code and Hermes Agent tell NeuroSquad exactly which of the two it is. For other agents, NeuroSquad notices
> when the agent has gone quiet and treats it as finished.

## How you're told

- a short **sound** (Chime, Ping or Marimba),
- the card **glows**, and a dot appears next to the agent in the sidebar,
- a **desktop notification** — click it and the canvas flies straight to that card,
- the **notifications bell** in the top bar keeps a list of what happened,
- optionally, a message to **Slack or Discord** through a webhook,
- optionally, a message in [Telegram](https://docs.neurosquad.ai/en/integrations/telegram) — for when you're away from your desk.

Each of these can be switched on or off in **Settings → Notifications**.

## Catching up quickly

- `Ctrl Shift J` — fly to the agent that has been waiting the longest.
- `Ctrl Shift A` — the "needs attention" inbox: every waiting agent in one list.
- The **Inbox** section of the sidebar shows the same list.

Need quiet for a while? A [flow timer](https://docs.neurosquad.ai/en/cards/flow-timer) holds the "finished" pings until your focus
block ends.

## What you're notified about

In **Settings → Notifications** each kind has its own switch: an agent **waiting for you** (with what
it asks), an agent that **finished**, one that hit its **usage limit**, and an agent CLI **update that
NeuroSquad skipped** so your agents keep working (you decide when to update).

**Send a test notification** shows one right away. If your system doesn't show notifications —
for example, Windows has them switched off for all apps (Settings → System → Notifications) —
NeuroSquad says so there and shows them in the bottom-right corner of its own window instead;
**System notification settings** opens the right place to turn them on. Windows' Focus assist /
Do not disturb can also hold them back.

## Agent CLI updates don't interrupt your agents

Several agent CLIs update themselves at startup, and some stop to ask first ("Update now / Skip") —
which would leave a card where neither you nor a lead agent can type. Inside NeuroSquad cards this is
switched off (only for NeuroSquad's own cards — the CLI in your own terminal keeps its settings), and
a prompt that appears anyway is answered **Skip**. When a newer version is out, NeuroSquad tells you
once per version, with the command to update from a terminal — you decide when.