[FEATURE] Scheduled tasks: option to bring the app to front and open the conversation when a task runs

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• [x] This is a single feature request (not multiple features)

Problem Statement

When a scheduled task fires in the Claude Desktop app (Cowork / Code), it runs quietly in the background. The app doesn't come to the front and the conversation for that run isn't opened, so I don't see it when it happens — I only find it later by digging through the sidebar.

For many scheduled tasks the whole point is that I see the result at that moment: a morning brief, a reminder, a check that needs my decision, or a run that will stop and ask for input or permission. If it stays in the background, the timing is lost and a run waiting on me can sit there unnoticed.

Proposed Solution

Add an option per scheduled task, e.g. "Open this conversation when the task runs":

• When the task fires, bring the Claude app to the foreground and open/focus that run's conversation.
• Off by default, so background tasks keep working as today.
• Ideally a second level: "only bring to front when the run needs my input" (permission prompt, question, or error).

Alternative Solutions

• System notifications: easy to miss or dismiss, and they don't take me to the conversation.
• Asking the task itself to notify me (email/Slack): needs extra setup and still doesn't open the conversation in the app.

Priority

Medium - Would be very helpful

Feature Category

Other

Use Case Example

1. I schedule a task for 9:00 every weekday to prepare my daily brief.
2. At 9:00 the app comes to the front with that run's conversation open, so I read it right away and can reply with follow-up questions in the same thread.
3. For a task that hits a permission prompt mid-run, the app surfaces it immediately instead of the run silently waiting for hours.

Additional Context

Environment: Claude Desktop on macOS.

Thanks for considering it!