diff --git a/.hilbishrc.lua b/.hilbishrc.lua
index 5d6382b..1596e02 100644
--- a/.hilbishrc.lua
+++ b/.hilbishrc.lua
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 -- Default Hilbish config
+local hilbish = require 'hilbish'
 local lunacolors = require 'lunacolors'
 local bait = require 'bait'
 local ansikit = require 'ansikit'
@@ -22,3 +23,17 @@ bait.catch('hilbish.vimMode', function(mode)
 		ansikit.cursorStyle(ansikit.lineCursor)
 	end
 end)
+
+--[[
+hilbish.timeout(function()
+	hilbish.messages.send {title = 'greetings!', text = 'hello world :D'}
+end, 2000)
+]]--
+
+bait.catch('hilbish.notification', function()
+	hilbish.prompt(lunacolors.blue('• 1 new notification'), 'right')
+
+	hilbish.timeout(function()
+		hilbish.prompt('', 'right')
+	end, 3000)
+end)
diff --git a/nature/hummingbird.lua b/nature/hummingbird.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..52a81aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nature/hummingbird.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+local bait = require 'bait'
+local commander = require 'commander'
+local lunacolors = require 'lunacolors'
+
+local M = {}
+local counter = 0
+M._messages = {}
+M.icons = {
+	INFO = '',
+	SUCCESS = '',
+	WARN = '',
+	ERROR = ''
+}
+
+hilbish.messages = {}
+
+--- Represents a Hilbish message.
+--- @class hilbish.message
+--- @field icon string Unicode (preferably standard emoji) icon for the message notification.
+--- @field title string Title of the message (like an email subject).
+--- @field text string Contents of the message.
+--- @field channel string Short identifier of the message. `hilbish` and `hilbish.*` is preserved for internal Hilbish messages.
+--- @field summary string A short summary of the message.
+--- @field read boolean Whether the full message has been read or not.
+
+function expect(tbl, field)
+	if not tbl[field] or tbl[field] == '' then
+		error(string.format('expected field %s in message'))
+	end
+end
+
+--- Sends a message.
+--- @param message hilbish.message
+function hilbish.messages.send(message)
+	expect(message, 'text')
+	expect(message, 'title')
+	counter = counter + 1
+	message.index = counter
+	message.read = false
+
+	M._messages[message.index] = message
+	bait.throw('hilbish.notification', message)
+end
+
+function hilbish.messages.read(idx)
+	local msg = M._messages[idx]
+	if msg then
+		M._messages[idx].read = true
+	end
+end
+
+function hilbish.messages.readAll(idx)
+	for _, msg in ipairs(hilbish.messages.all()) do
+		hilbish.messages.read(msg.index)
+	end
+end
+
+function hilbish.messages.delete(idx)
+	local msg = M._messages[idx]
+	if not msg then
+		error(string.format('invalid message index %d', idx or -1))
+	end
+
+	M._messages[idx] = nil
+end
+
+function hilbish.messages.clear()
+	for _, msg in ipairs(hilbish.messages.all()) do
+		hilbish.messages.delete(msg.index)
+	end
+end
+
+function hilbish.messages.all()
+	return M._messages
+end
+
+commander.register('messages', function(_, sinks)
+	for idx = counter, 1, -1  do
+		local msg = M._messages[idx]
+		if msg then
+			local heading = lunacolors.format(string.format('Message {cyan}#%d{reset}: %s', msg.index, msg.title))
+			sinks.out:writeln(heading)
+			sinks.out:writeln(string.rep('=', string.len(heading)))
+			sinks.out:writeln(msg.text)
+		end
+	end
+end)
+
+return M
diff --git a/nature/init.lua b/nature/init.lua
index d1f919c..9e78135 100644
--- a/nature/init.lua
+++ b/nature/init.lua
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ require 'nature.completions'
 require 'nature.opts'
 require 'nature.vim'
 require 'nature.runner'
+require 'nature.hummingbird'
 
 local shlvl = tonumber(os.getenv 'SHLVL')
 if shlvl ~= nil then