diff --git a/src/pipeline.ts b/src/pipeline.ts
index 4ea348e..15dd99e 100644
--- a/src/pipeline.ts
+++ b/src/pipeline.ts
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ async function createSystemdService(repoName: string, repoDir: string, seedPath:
   return serviceName;
 }
 
-function appendNotification(payload: { serviceName: string; description: string }) {
+function appendNotification(payload: { serviceName: string; description: string; pubkey?: string }) {
   const file = '/root/.meta-mcp/notifications.jsonl';
   const dir = path.dirname(file);
   fs.mkdirSync(dir, { recursive: true });
@@ -201,7 +201,11 @@ export async function runPipeline(jobId: string, request: MetaRequest): Promise<
   const cvmiArgs = ['-y', 'cvmi', 'serve', '--', 'node', 'dist/server.js'];
   const child = spawn('npx', cvmiArgs, { cwd: repoDir, env, stdio: 'pipe' });
 
+  const serviceName = toServiceName(repoName);
+  const desc = request.requirements[0]?.description ?? repoName;
   let pubkey: string | undefined;
+  let notified = false;
+
   child.stdout.on('data', (d) => {
     const text = d.toString();
     if (!pubkey) {
@@ -213,6 +217,10 @@ export async function runPipeline(jobId: string, request: MetaRequest): Promise<
           message: `Server running for ${repoName}`,
           serverPubkey: pubkey,
         });
+        if (!notified) {
+          appendNotification({ serviceName, description: desc, pubkey });
+          notified = true;
+        }
       }
     }
   });
@@ -223,10 +231,11 @@ export async function runPipeline(jobId: string, request: MetaRequest): Promise<
   });
 
   // create a systemd service to keep the MCP alive
-  const serviceName = await createSystemdService(repoName, repoDir, repoSeedPath);
+  await createSystemdService(repoName, repoDir, repoSeedPath);
 
-  const desc = request.requirements[0]?.description ?? repoName;
-  appendNotification({ serviceName, description: desc });
+  if (!notified) {
+    appendNotification({ serviceName, description: desc });
+  }
 
   return {
     status: 'running',
diff --git a/src/server.ts b/src/server.ts
index 97754ce..bb1c725 100644
--- a/src/server.ts
+++ b/src/server.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { McpServer } from '@modelcontextprotocol/sdk/server/mcp.js';
 import { StdioServerTransport } from '@modelcontextprotocol/sdk/server/stdio.js';
 import { z } from 'zod';
-import { createJob, getJob, listJobs, updateJob } from './storage.js';
+import { createJob, findRecentJobBySignature, getJob, listJobs, updateJob } from './storage.js';
 import type { MetaRequest, MetaResponse } from './types.js';
 import { runPipeline } from './pipeline.js';
 
@@ -47,7 +47,21 @@ server.registerTool(
   },
   async (args) => {
     const parsed = MetaRequestSchema.parse(args);
-    const job = createJob(parsed as MetaRequest);
+    const signature = JSON.stringify(parsed.requirements ?? []);
+
+    const existing = findRecentJobBySignature(signature, 10 * 60 * 1000);
+    if (existing) {
+      return {
+        content: [
+          {
+            type: 'text',
+            text: JSON.stringify(existing.response, null, 2),
+          },
+        ],
+      };
+    }
+
+    const job = createJob(parsed as MetaRequest, signature);
 
     updateJob(job.id, {
       status: 'building',
diff --git a/src/storage.ts b/src/storage.ts
index 0ea0006..4ab804a 100644
--- a/src/storage.ts
+++ b/src/storage.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import type { MetaRequest, MetaResponse } from './types.js';
 export type Job = {
   id: string;
   request: MetaRequest;
+  signature?: string;
   createdAt: number;
   updatedAt: number;
   response: MetaResponse;
@@ -31,7 +32,7 @@ function hydrate() {
 
 hydrate();
 
-export function createJob(request: MetaRequest): Job {
+export function createJob(request: MetaRequest, signature?: string): Job {
   const id = randomUUID();
   const now = Date.now();
   const response: MetaResponse = {
@@ -39,7 +40,7 @@ export function createJob(request: MetaRequest): Job {
     message: 'Request received. Preparing build pipeline.',
     jobId: id,
   };
-  const job: Job = { id, request, createdAt: now, updatedAt: now, response };
+  const job: Job = { id, request, signature, createdAt: now, updatedAt: now, response };
   jobs.set(id, job);
   persist();
   return job;
@@ -65,3 +66,13 @@ export function getJob(id: string): Job | null {
 export function listJobs(): Job[] {
   return [...jobs.values()].sort((a, b) => b.createdAt - a.createdAt);
 }
+
+export function findRecentJobBySignature(signature: string, maxAgeMs: number): Job | null {
+  const now = Date.now();
+  for (const job of jobs.values()) {
+    if (job.signature === signature && now - job.createdAt <= maxAgeMs) {
+      return job;
+    }
+  }
+  return null;
+}