# push-notification-setup

A skill that walks your agent through push notification setup with Firebase Cloud Messaging and native services. Useful when you add notifications to an app or debug background messages.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 418 installs · ★ 236
- Author: secondsky
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/secondsky/claude-skills/tree/HEAD/plugins/push-notification-setup/skills/push-notification-setup/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-20
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/secondsky-push-notification-setup

## What it does

The skill covers push notifications on three platforms at once. It ships working snippets: requesting permission and grabbing a device token with `@react-native-firebase/messaging`, handling foreground and background messages, and refreshing the token. For iOS there is Swift code using `UNUserNotificationCenter` and remote notification registration; for Android, a Kotlin `FirebaseMessagingService` with a notification channel.

A separate section lists the practices the agent will follow: ask for permission at the right moment, support Android channels, wire up deep linking, keep sensitive data out of the payload. Testing is meant for real devices, since a simulator will not show a push.

The skill assumes Firebase is already in the project. Without a configured FCM project and the native Firebase modules the snippets will not run — no token arrives. Worth checking that setup before you ask the agent to write code.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add secondsky/claude-skills --skill push-notification-setup -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/push-notification-setup/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/push-notification-setup/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add secondsky/claude-skills --skill push-notification-setup -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/push-notification-setup/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add secondsky/claude-skills --skill push-notification-setup -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/push-notification-setup/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install secondsky/claude-skills push-notification-setup
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/push-notification-setup/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add secondsky/claude-skills --skill push-notification-setup -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/secondsky/claude-skills --path plugins/push-notification-setup/skills/push-notification-setup
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/push-notification-setup/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add secondsky/claude-skills --skill push-notification-setup -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/secondsky/claude-skills/tree/HEAD/plugins/push-notification-setup/skills/push-notification-setup/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- request notification permission and get a device token
- handle a message that arrives in the background or with the app closed
- refresh an expired token and push the new one to your server
- create an Android notification channel
- register for remote notifications on iOS through APNs

## Example prompts
- Add push notifications to my React Native app with Firebase Cloud Messaging
- Set up background message handling and token refresh
- Show me how to register a notification channel on Android

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: push-notification-setup
description: Implements push notifications across iOS, Android, and web using Firebase Cloud Messaging and native services. Use when adding notification capabilities, handling background messages, or setting up notification channels.
metadata:
  keywords: "push notifications, FCM, Firebase Cloud Messaging, iOS notifications, Android notifications, web notifications, React Native notifications, notification permissions, background messages, notification channels, APNS, APNs, notification tokens, remote notifications, foreground notifications, notification handlers"
license: MIT
---

# Push Notification Setup

Implement push notifications across mobile and web platforms.

## Firebase Cloud Messaging (React Native)

```javascript
import messaging from '@react-native-firebase/messaging';

// Request permission
async function requestPermission() {
  const status = await messaging().requestPermission();
  if (status === messaging.AuthorizationStatus.AUTHORIZED) {
    const token = await messaging().getToken();
    await sendTokenToServer(token);
  }
}

// Handle foreground messages
messaging().onMessage(async message => {
  console.log('Foreground message:', message);
  showLocalNotification(message);
});

// Handle background/quit messages
messaging().setBackgroundMessageHandler(async message => {
  console.log('Background message:', message);
});

// Handle token refresh
messaging().onTokenRefresh(token => {
  sendTokenToServer(token);
});
```

## iOS Native (Swift)

```swift
import UserNotifications

func requestAuthorization() {
    UNUserNotificationCenter.current().requestAuthorization(options: [.alert, .badge, .sound]) { granted, error in
        if granted {
            DispatchQueue.main.async {
                UIApplication.shared.registerForRemoteNotifications()
            }
        }
    }
}

func application(_ application: UIApplication, didRegisterForRemoteNotificationsWithDeviceToken deviceToken: Data) {
    let token = deviceToken.map { String(format: "%02.2hhx", $0) }.joined()
    sendTokenToServer(token)
}
```

## Android (Kotlin)

```kotlin
class MyFirebaseService : FirebaseMessagingService() {
    override fun onNewToken(token: String) {
        sendTokenToServer(token)
    }

    override fun onMessageReceived(message: RemoteMessage) {
        message.notification?.let {
            showNotification(it.title, it.body)
        }
    }

    private fun showNotification(title: String?, body: String?) {
````
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