diff --git a/bin/omarchy-capture-screenrecording b/bin/omarchy-capture-screenrecording
index 5532b4aa..becd5fdb 100755
--- a/bin/omarchy-capture-screenrecording
+++ b/bin/omarchy-capture-screenrecording
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ stop_screenrecording() {
 }
 
 toggle_screenrecording_indicator() {
-  omarchy-shell bar refreshScreenRecording >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
+  omarchy-shell -q bar refreshScreenRecording
 }
 
 screenrecording_active() {
diff --git a/bin/omarchy-notification-dismiss b/bin/omarchy-notification-dismiss
index 20651510..91e8b0d0 100755
--- a/bin/omarchy-notification-dismiss
+++ b/bin/omarchy-notification-dismiss
@@ -8,4 +8,4 @@ if (($# == 0)); then
   exit 1
 fi
 
-omarchy-shell notifications dismiss "$1" >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
+omarchy-shell -q notifications dismiss "$1"
diff --git a/bin/omarchy-osd b/bin/omarchy-osd
index ed3ef72a..95af756f 100755
--- a/bin/omarchy-osd
+++ b/bin/omarchy-osd
@@ -34,4 +34,4 @@ payload=$(jq -cn \
   --arg max "$max" \
   '{icon:$icon,message:$message,value:$value,progressText:$progressText,max:$max}')
 
-omarchy-shell osd show "$payload" >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
+omarchy-shell -q osd show "$payload"
diff --git a/bin/omarchy-shell b/bin/omarchy-shell
index 5b71cc30..b73e6188 100755
--- a/bin/omarchy-shell
+++ b/bin/omarchy-shell
@@ -1,19 +1,30 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
 # omarchy:summary=Send an IPC call to the running Omarchy shell
-# omarchy:args=<target> <method> [args...]
+# omarchy:args=[-q] <target> <method> [args...]
 # omarchy:examples=omarchy shell shell ping | omarchy-shell menu toggle root
 
+QUIET=0
+if [[ ${1:-} == "-q" ]]; then
+  QUIET=1
+  shift
+fi
+
 if [[ $# -eq 0 || $1 == "-h" || $1 == "--help" ]]; then
   cat <<USAGE
-Usage: omarchy-shell <target> <method> [args...]
+Usage: omarchy-shell [-q] <target> <method> [args...]
 
 Forwards an IPC call to the running Omarchy shell. The shell is expected
 to already be running; this command does not start it.
 
+Options:
+  -q  Quiet best-effort mode. Suppress output and return success even when
+      the shell, target, method, or arguments are unavailable.
+
 Examples:
   omarchy-shell shell ping
   omarchy-shell shell summon omarchy.settings "{}"
+  omarchy-shell -q bar refreshIndicators
   omarchy-shell shell listPlugins
   omarchy-shell menu toggle root
 USAGE
@@ -21,11 +32,13 @@ USAGE
 fi
 
 if (( $# < 2 )); then
+  (( QUIET )) && exit 0
   echo "Usage: omarchy-shell <target> <method> [args...]" >&2
   exit 1
 fi
 
 if [[ -z ${OMARCHY_PATH:-} ]]; then
+  (( QUIET )) && exit 0
   echo "OMARCHY_PATH is not set" >&2
   exit 1
 fi
@@ -36,6 +49,8 @@ if [[ $1 == "shell" && ( $2 == "summon" || $2 == "toggle" ) && $# -eq 3 ]]; then
   set -- "$1" "$2" "$3" "{}"
 fi
 
+export OMARCHY_SHELL_QUIET="$QUIET"
+
 perl -MCwd=abs_path -MEncode=encode,decode -MSocket -MIO::Handle \
   -e '
     binmode STDOUT, ":encoding(UTF-8)";
@@ -82,10 +97,12 @@ perl -MCwd=abs_path -MEncode=encode,decode -MSocket -MIO::Handle \
     my $function = decode("UTF-8", shift @ARGV);
     my @args = map { decode("UTF-8", $_) } @ARGV;
     my $runtime_dir = $ENV{"XDG_RUNTIME_DIR"} || "/run/user/$<";
+    my $quiet = ($ENV{"OMARCHY_SHELL_QUIET"} || "") eq "1";
     my $payload = chr(3) . qstring($target) . qstring($function) . pack("N", scalar @args) . join("", map { qstring($_) } @args);
     my @candidates;
 
     if (!defined $shell_qml) {
+      exit 0 if $quiet;
       print STDERR "omarchy-shell config not found: $shell_qml_arg\n";
       exit 1;
     }
@@ -124,22 +141,24 @@ perl -MCwd=abs_path -MEncode=encode,decode -MSocket -MIO::Handle \
         next unless length($response);
         my $code = ord(substr($response, 0, 1));
         if ($code == 5) {
+          exit 0 if $quiet;
           print_success($response);
           exit 0;
         } elsif ($code == 2) {
-          print STDERR "Target not found.\n";
+          print STDERR "Target not found.\n" unless $quiet;
         } elsif ($code == 3) {
-          print STDERR "Function not found.\n";
+          print STDERR "Function not found.\n" unless $quiet;
         } elsif ($code == 4) {
-          print STDERR "Invalid arguments.\n";
+          print STDERR "Invalid arguments.\n" unless $quiet;
         } else {
-          print STDERR "Unexpected IPC response: $code\n";
+          print STDERR "Unexpected IPC response: $code\n" unless $quiet;
         }
-        exit 1;
+        exit($quiet ? 0 : 1);
       }
       close($client);
     }
 
+    exit 0 if $quiet;
     print STDERR "omarchy-shell is not running\n";
     exit 1;
   ' "$SHELL_QML" "$@"
diff --git a/bin/omarchy-theme-bg-set b/bin/omarchy-theme-bg-set
index f31d554b..4ecd069b 100755
--- a/bin/omarchy-theme-bg-set
+++ b/bin/omarchy-theme-bg-set
@@ -22,4 +22,4 @@ ln -nsf "$BACKGROUND" "$CURRENT_BACKGROUND_LINK"
 
 # Update the live shell background immediately when it is running. The
 # background plugin also polls this symlink, but IPC avoids the visible delay.
-omarchy-shell background set "$BACKGROUND" >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
+omarchy-shell -q background set "$BACKGROUND"
diff --git a/bin/omarchy-toggle-idle b/bin/omarchy-toggle-idle
index 7e071018..5f6c9beb 100755
--- a/bin/omarchy-toggle-idle
+++ b/bin/omarchy-toggle-idle
@@ -2,21 +2,5 @@
 
 # omarchy:summary=Toggle idle behavior so the system either idles normally or stays awake
 
-if ! state=$(omarchy-shell idle toggle); then
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-case $state in
-enabled)
-  omarchy-notification-send -g "󰾪" "Idle behavior on" "System can now lock on idle"
-  ;;
-disabled)
-  omarchy-notification-send -g "󰅶" "Staying awake" "Idle behavior disabled"
-  ;;
-*)
-  echo "Unexpected idle state: $state" >&2
-  exit 1
-  ;;
-esac
-
-omarchy-shell bar refreshIndicators >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
+omarchy-shell idle toggle
+omarchy-shell -q bar refreshIndicators
diff --git a/bin/omarchy-toggle-notification-silencing b/bin/omarchy-toggle-notification-silencing
index c3787a18..adf608c0 100755
--- a/bin/omarchy-toggle-notification-silencing
+++ b/bin/omarchy-toggle-notification-silencing
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@
 # omarchy:summary=Toggle notification do-not-disturb mode
 
 state=$(omarchy-shell notifications toggleDnd 2>/dev/null || echo "")
-omarchy-shell bar refreshIndicators >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
+omarchy-shell -q bar refreshIndicators
diff --git a/bin/omarchy-update-available-reset b/bin/omarchy-update-available-reset
index 5c8cf30e..a72eb219 100755
--- a/bin/omarchy-update-available-reset
+++ b/bin/omarchy-update-available-reset
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
 
 # omarchy:summary=Ensure the status bar icon offering the available update is removed
 
-omarchy-shell bar refreshUpdate >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
+omarchy-shell -q bar refreshUpdate
 exit 0