diff --git a/src/main.ts b/src/main.ts
index c5907a7..5a1affb 100644
--- a/src/main.ts
+++ b/src/main.ts
@@ -54,7 +54,16 @@ export default class JekyllPublishPlugin extends Plugin {
         { noteText, ...r },
         this.settings,
         git,
-        (linktext) => this.resolveImage(linktext)
+        (linktext) => this.resolveImage(linktext),
+        (event) => {
+          if (event === 'beforeClone') {
+            new Notice("Jekyll Publish: cloning");
+          } else if (event === 'beforeWrite') {
+            new Notice("Jekyll Publish: writing contents");
+          } else if (event === 'beforePush') {
+            new Notice("Jekyll Publish: pushing contents");
+          }
+        }
       );
       const warn = result.unresolved.length
         ? ` (${result.unresolved.length} image(s) unresolved)`
diff --git a/src/publish.test.ts b/src/publish.test.ts
index d1a7f37..74b43af 100644
--- a/src/publish.test.ts
+++ b/src/publish.test.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { expect, test, vi } from "vitest";
+import { expect, test, vi, vitest } from "vitest";
 import { publish } from "./publish";
 import { DEFAULT_SETTINGS } from "./settings";
 import type { GitClient, GitFile } from "./git";
@@ -63,3 +63,27 @@ test("throws when remoteUrl is empty", async () => {
     ),
   ).rejects.toThrow(/remote/i);
 });
+
+test("calls all the events", async () => {
+  const { git } = fakeGit();
+  const listener = vitest.fn();
+
+  await publish(
+    {
+      noteText: "---\nlayout: post\n---\n\n![[shot.png]]\nbody",
+      frontmatterPairs: [{ key: "layout", value: "post" }],
+      slug: "my-post",
+      date: "2026-06-19",
+      strategy: "flat-slug",
+      commitMessage: "Publish: My Post",
+    },
+    { ...DEFAULT_SETTINGS, remoteUrl: "ssh://x/y.git" },
+    git,
+    async () => Buffer.from([9]),
+    listener
+  );
+
+  expect(listener).toHaveBeenCalledWith('beforeClone');
+  expect(listener).toHaveBeenCalledWith('beforeWrite');
+  expect(listener).toHaveBeenCalledWith('beforePush');
+});
diff --git a/src/publish.ts b/src/publish.ts
index e66891a..87fa581 100644
--- a/src/publish.ts
+++ b/src/publish.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ export interface PublishInput {
 }
 
 export type ImageResolver = (linktext: string) => Promise<Buffer | null>;
+export type PublishEventsListener = (on: 'beforeClone' | 'beforeWrite' | 'beforePush') => void;
 
 export interface PublishResult {
   postPath: string;
@@ -26,7 +27,8 @@ export async function publish(
   input: PublishInput,
   settings: JekyllPublishSettings,
   git: GitClient,
-  resolveImage: ImageResolver
+  imageResolver: ImageResolver,
+  onProgress?: PublishEventsListener
 ): Promise<PublishResult> {
   if (!settings.remoteUrl.trim()) throw new Error("No git remote URL configured");
 
@@ -37,7 +39,7 @@ export async function publish(
   const unresolved: string[] = [];
   for (const ref of refs) {
     if (resolved.some((r) => r.linktext === ref.linktext)) continue;
-    const data = await resolveImage(ref.linktext);
+    const data = await imageResolver(ref.linktext);
     if (data) resolved.push({ linktext: ref.linktext, data });
     else unresolved.push(ref.linktext);
   }
@@ -59,8 +61,11 @@ export async function publish(
     files.push({ repoPath: item.repoPath, data: r.data });
   }
 
+  onProgress?.('beforeClone');
   await git.syncClone({ url: settings.remoteUrl, branch: settings.branch });
+  onProgress?.('beforeWrite');
   await git.writeFiles(files);
+  onProgress?.('beforePush');
   await git.commitAndPush({
     message: input.commitMessage,
     branch: settings.branch,