AFK Chat Alert
Never miss an important chat mention again! Plays a distinct audio alert whenever your custom keywords or name are mentioned while you are AFK. (100%…
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🔔 AFK Chat Alert
An ultra-lightweight Client-side utility mod designed for Minecraft players who love to multi-task or go AFK (Away From Keyboard). Never miss an important chat message, mention, or server event ever again!
Whether you are browsing the web, rendering a video, or grabbing a snack, AFK Chat Alert will instantly play a customizable sound cue whenever specified keywords appear in the in-game chat.
✨ Features
- Smart AFK Detection: Automatically detects when you are idle and prepares to alert you based on your custom timeout settings.
- Auto-Alert on Username: Instantly notifies you whenever someone mentions your exact in-game name in the chat—no manual configuration required.
- Custom Keyword Triggers: Add any phrase, slang, or specific player name to your custom trigger list.
- Vanilla Sound Cues: Choose from distinct, pre-loaded vanilla sounds like Explanations, Level Up, and Note Blocks without bloating your game memory.
- Anti-Spam Cooldown: Built-in cooldown sliders prevent annoying sound spam in fast-moving global chats.
⚙️ Configuration & Interface Guide
The mod integrates seamlessly with Cloth Config and Mod Menu, offering a clean, completely localized, and user-friendly interface.
1. General Configuration
Customize how the mod detects your active status and triggers alerts.
Image Description: The primary configuration tab where you can enable the mod, toggle the automatic username mention detection, adjust the alert cooldown slider, and fine-tune the smart AFK timeout duration.
2. Flexible Keyword Management
Easily maintain your alert lists on the fly.
Image Description: The expanding custom keywords list inside the settings menu. You can easily add, edit, or reset words like "hello", "hi", or "help" that will trigger the notification sound when typed by other players.
3. Dedicated Sound Adjustments
Pick the perfect notification vibe that suits your setup.
Image Description: The Sound Settings panel displaying the customizable "Alert Sound" dropdown menu (currently set to Note Block Bell) alongside an accurate percentage-based volume slider.
📦 Compatibility & Performance
- Platform: Fabric
- Environment: 100% Client-Side (Does not need to be installed on the server!)
- Footprint: Microscopic file size (under 0.2MB) with optimized code that guarantees zero impact on your game's FPS or RAM usage.
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft version listed: 1.21.11
- How to install: Install the matching mod loader (Forge, Fabric or NeoForge) for your Minecraft version. → Download the .jar. → Put it in the .minecraft/mods folder and launch that loader profile.
- Where to get it: Opens on Modrinth — not every file is mirrored on our own servers.
Install steps are the general flow for this file type — How to install Minecraft Java mods & modpacks walks through it step by step.
- Ships as afk-chat-alert-1.3.3.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 168 KB
- Download link checked 14 Sept 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.