diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7605e14b..9a08ce95 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ heading, and (b) bumping `pubspec.yaml` `version:` in the same commit.
   dismissable, with success/warning/error/info severities. Components raise
   them by publishing to the kernel MessageBus — git push/pull show the first
   ones. (T-50)
+- `clide ui toast "message" [--severity …] [--duration MS]` raises a toast in
+  the live GUI from the CLI — so an agent or script can surface "done/failed"
+  on your screen. The drive-half complement to the toast system. (T-245)
 - Claude pane folds runs of tool calls/results into a collapsible "activity
   card" so prose isn't buried: collapsed by default with a live one-line ticker
   + step count, click/Enter to expand. Claude prose, user messages, and failed
diff --git a/lib/src/daemon/ui_command.dart b/lib/src/daemon/ui_command.dart
index 9ed55c1d..e4f276aa 100644
--- a/lib/src/daemon/ui_command.dart
+++ b/lib/src/daemon/ui_command.dart
@@ -33,8 +33,13 @@ const Map<String, ({String publisher, String dataKey})> _readers = {
   'markdown': (publisher: 'builtin.markdown', dataKey: 'path'),
 };
 
+/// Severities the toast verb accepts — mirrors `ToastSeverity` (kept as a
+/// literal so this file stays Flutter-free for `dart test`).
+const Set<String> _toastSeverities = {'success', 'warning', 'error', 'info'};
+
 void registerUiCommands(DaemonDispatcher d, MessagePublisher? Function() publisher) {
   d.register('ui.open', (req) async => _open(req, publisher));
+  d.register('ui.toast', (req) async => _toast(req, publisher));
 }
 
 IpcResponse _userErr(String id, String message, {String? hint}) => IpcResponse.err(
@@ -70,3 +75,47 @@ Future<IpcResponse> _open(IpcRequest req, MessagePublisher? Function() publisher
   publish(target.publisher, 'selection', {target.dataKey: ref});
   return IpcResponse.ok(id: req.id, data: {'reader': reader, 'ref': ref, 'opened': true});
 }
+
+/// `clide ui toast "message" [--severity success|warning|error|info]
+/// [--duration MS]` — raise a toast in the live GUI from the CLI. The
+/// drive-half complement for operation feedback (T-50): an agent (or script)
+/// can surface "done / failed" to the user's screen. Publishes a message on
+/// the `toast` channel that the kernel ToastService consumes — the same path
+/// a UI emitter uses, so no GUI coupling here.
+Future<IpcResponse> _toast(IpcRequest req, MessagePublisher? Function() publisherSource) async {
+  final positional = (req.args['positional'] as List?)?.whereType<String>().toList() ?? const <String>[];
+  final flags = req.args['flags'] as Map?;
+  // Message: a named arg, else all positionals joined (so an unquoted
+  // multi-word message still works).
+  final message = (req.args['message'] as String?) ?? (positional.isNotEmpty ? positional.join(' ') : null);
+  if (message == null || message.trim().isEmpty) {
+    return _userErr(req.id, 'a message is required (e.g. `ui toast "Build finished"`)');
+  }
+  final severity = (flags?['severity'] as String?) ?? 'info';
+  if (!_toastSeverities.contains(severity)) {
+    return _userErr(req.id, 'unknown severity: $severity', hint: 'one of: ${_toastSeverities.join(', ')}');
+  }
+  int? durationMs;
+  final durRaw = flags?['duration'];
+  if (durRaw != null) {
+    durationMs = int.tryParse('$durRaw');
+    if (durationMs == null) {
+      return _userErr(req.id, 'duration must be an integer number of milliseconds');
+    }
+  }
+
+  final publish = publisherSource();
+  if (publish == null) {
+    return IpcResponse.err(
+      id: req.id,
+      error: IpcError(code: IpcExitCode.toolError, kind: IpcErrorKind.toolError, message: 'no live UI to drive (clide is not running a GUI)'),
+    );
+  }
+  // Channel literal must match ToastService's `toastChannel`.
+  publish('cli', 'toast', {
+    'message': message,
+    'severity': severity,
+    if (durationMs != null) 'durationMs': durationMs,
+  });
+  return IpcResponse.ok(id: req.id, data: {'message': message, 'severity': severity, 'shown': true});
+}
diff --git a/test/daemon/ui_command_test.dart b/test/daemon/ui_command_test.dart
index 151f9c4a..b11e7e94 100644
--- a/test/daemon/ui_command_test.dart
+++ b/test/daemon/ui_command_test.dart
@@ -75,4 +75,57 @@ void main() {
     expect(r.ok, isFalse);
     expect(r.error?.kind, IpcErrorKind.toolError);
   });
+
+  // -- ui.toast (T-50 drive-half) -------------------------------------------
+
+  Future<IpcResponse> toast(List<String> positional, {Map<String, Object?>? flags}) => d.dispatch(
+        IpcRequest(id: '1', cmd: 'ui.toast', args: {'positional': positional, if (flags != null) 'flags': flags}),
+      );
+
+  test('ui toast publishes a toast message (default info severity)', () async {
+    wire();
+    final r = await toast(['Build', 'finished']); // unquoted multi-word joins
+    expect(r.ok, isTrue, reason: r.error?.message);
+    expect(r.data['shown'], isTrue);
+    expect(published.single.publisher, 'cli');
+    expect(published.single.channel, 'toast');
+    expect(published.single.data, {'message': 'Build finished', 'severity': 'info'});
+  });
+
+  test('ui toast honours --severity and --duration', () async {
+    wire();
+    final r = await toast(['Pushed'], flags: {'severity': 'success', 'duration': '2000'});
+    expect(r.ok, isTrue);
+    expect(published.single.data, {'message': 'Pushed', 'severity': 'success', 'durationMs': 2000});
+  });
+
+  test('ui toast rejects an unknown severity', () async {
+    wire();
+    final r = await toast(['x'], flags: {'severity': 'bogus'});
+    expect(r.ok, isFalse);
+    expect(r.error?.kind, IpcErrorKind.userError);
+    expect(published, isEmpty);
+  });
+
+  test('ui toast rejects a non-integer duration', () async {
+    wire();
+    final r = await toast(['x'], flags: {'duration': 'soon'});
+    expect(r.ok, isFalse);
+    expect(r.error?.kind, IpcErrorKind.userError);
+  });
+
+  test('ui toast with no message → userError', () async {
+    wire();
+    final r = await toast([]);
+    expect(r.ok, isFalse);
+    expect(r.error?.kind, IpcErrorKind.userError);
+    expect(published, isEmpty);
+  });
+
+  test('ui toast with no live UI → toolError', () async {
+    wire(liveUi: false);
+    final r = await toast(['hi']);
+    expect(r.ok, isFalse);
+    expect(r.error?.kind, IpcErrorKind.toolError);
+  });
 }