This will one day be the grounds for a more robust notification system. For now, the only example I have is to warn you if your autokey is OFF. Helpful for animators that like using StudioLibrary or other tools that mess with autokey.
Place the notifier.py file in your maya/scripts folder. The other files do not matter.
~maya/scripts/
- notifier.py
To activate the notifier, make this a python button on your shelf.
# Turn it on
import notifier
notifier.activate()
To deactivate the notifier, make this a python button on your shelf.
# Turn it off
notifier.deactivate()