PowerShell-based notification filtering system for Windows Phone Link

A warmup project for learning Phone Link monitoring and notification filtering before building the Blinky hardware device.

Toasty monitors Windows Phone Link text messages and displays custom toast notifications based on keyword filters. It's the software prequel to Blinky - validating the core filtering logic without hardware dependency.

🚧 Planning Phase - Repository initialized, ready to start development

• ✅ Monitor Phone Link text notifications in real-time
• ✅ Keyword-based filtering with categories
• ✅ Custom toast notifications for matched messages
• ✅ JSON-based filter configuration
• ✅ Notification logging for debugging
• ✅ Background monitoring script

Coming soon - setup instructions will be added as development progresses

It's the prequel to Blinky! While Blinky will be a physical notification device with LEDs and a tiny screen, Toasty teaches us the hard parts (monitoring Phone Link, filtering text) using toast notifications.

toasty/
├── phone-monitor.ps1           # Main monitoring script
├── filters.json                # Keyword definitions
├── config.ps1                  # Configuration settings
├── test-notification.ps1       # Testing utility
├── docs/                       # Research and learnings
└── logs/                       # Notification logs (git-ignored)

This project is Phase 1 of a larger vision. Once Toasty proves the monitoring and filtering logic works, the code will transition into Blinky Phase 2 - where instead of toast notifications, we'll send HTTP requests to an ESP32 device with LEDs and an OLED display.

MIT License - See LICENSE file for details

Created: November 2, 2025 Part of the Blinky Project