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Features

Chimr is a powerful macOS menu bar meeting reminder with built-in MCP server integration. Designed for developers and professionals who work with AI assistants daily, Chimr ensures you never miss what matters while keeping your workflow intact.

🔔 Notifications & Alerts​

Smart Notifications​

  • Floating card alerts with countdown timers that capture attention without blocking your entire screen
  • Customizable notification timing (1, 3, 5, 10, or 15 minutes before events)
  • Support for all-day events and video-conference-only filtering
  • Works across all desktop spaces and above fullscreen applications

Floating Notification Example

Advanced Notification Features​

  • Snooze functionality with customizable intervals (1, 3, 5, 10, or 15 minutes)
  • Attendance-based filtering - Only get notified for events you've accepted
  • Smart notification timing - Never get duplicate alerts
  • Persistent snooze tracking - Survives app restarts

📅 Calendar Management​

Calendar View​

  • Beautiful monthly calendar grid with event indicators
  • Color-coded events matching your calendar colors
  • Navigate between months with ease

Calendar Grid View

Multi-Calendar Support​

  • Separate display and notification calendars - See all events but only get notified for important ones
  • Event overlap detection - Visual warnings for conflicting meetings
  • Calendar color coding - Instantly identify event sources

👥 Event Management​

Event Details & Actions​

  • Quick join button for video meetings
  • Attendance information - See who's organizing, required, or optional
  • Event details popover - Rich information at your fingertips
  • Open in Calendar app - Deep integration with macOS Calendar
  • Location support - Open physical addresses in Apple Maps

🖥️ Menu Bar Experience​

Dynamic Menu Bar​

  • Live status indicator - Shows "LIVE" during ongoing events
  • Smart countdown - Time until your next meeting
  • Free day messages - Motivational messages when you have no events
  • Multiple display modes - Icon only, event info, or time only

💻 Video Meeting Integration​

Seamless Meeting Joins​

  • One-click join for Zoom, Google Meet, Teams, and Webex
  • Automatic video URL detection in event URL, location, description, and title
  • Quick join button in notifications and menu bar

🤖 AI Integration​

MCP Server​

Chimr's standout feature is its built-in MCP (Model Context Protocol) server:

  • Claude Desktop & Claude Code integration - Let AI query your calendar and send notifications
  • AI-triggered notifications - Get notified when Claude finishes long-running tasks
  • Privacy-first design - 4 privacy levels with granular controls
  • No dependencies - MCP runs directly from the app binary
  • Local processing - All data stays on your Mac

Available MCP tools:

  • chimr_ping - Health check
  • chimr_get_today_events - Today's schedule
  • chimr_get_events - Events for any date
  • chimr_get_events_range - Date range analysis
  • chimr_join_video_meeting - Join calls via AI
  • chimr_show_notification - AI-triggered alerts

⚙️ Customization​

Settings & Preferences​

  • 14 languages - English, German, Spanish, French, Hindi, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Vietnamese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese
  • Launch at login - Start with macOS
  • Notification preferences - Fine-tune when and how you're alerted
  • Calendar selection - Choose which calendars to display and monitor
  • Menu bar customization - Icon-only, event info, or time-only modes
  • MCP privacy settings - Control what data AI assistants can access

🎯 Unique Features​

  • Countdown timer display - See exactly how long until your meeting starts
  • Attendee role indicators - See who's organizing, required, or optional
  • Calendar color accent - Quick visual identification in notifications
  • Smooth animations - Elegant fade-in/fade-out transitions
  • Dark mode support - Seamless macOS integration
  • Keyboard shortcuts - Quick access to settings (⌘,) and quit (⌘Q)

🔒 Privacy​

  • Local-only processing - Calendar data never leaves your Mac
  • MCP privacy levels - Strict, Minimal, Standard, or Detailed
  • Granular controls - Choose exactly what to share with AI
  • No external servers - All computation happens on your device

Getting Started​

Ready to transform your meeting experience? Check out our Getting Started guide for quick setup instructions.