minutes
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useminutes.app
Minutes is a free, open-source conversation memory app for the AI you already use. Record and transcribe meetings, calls, voice memos, and dictation on your device, then let Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, or another MCP client search the history you choose to share. Your records are Markdown files you own in ~/meetings/.
Capture, transcription, and storage run locally. If you choose a cloud AI assistant or summarizer, the meeting context you authorize is sent to that provider.
Your conversations. Your memory. Ready for the AI you use.
[minutes demo; record, dictate, phone sync, AI recall]
Install
Choose the desktop app or one standalone CLI installation. The desktop app
includes a CLI: use About Minutes → Set up CLI to add it to your PATH.
For an agent connection, add the MCP server separately with
claude mcp add minutes -- npx -y minutes-mcp (or run npx minutes-mcp
from another MCP client).
If Homebrew reports an untrusted tap, run brew trust silverstein/tap once.
Ask your agent
Add Minutes to your agent, seed five sample meetings (no mic needed), then ask about them:
What did we decide about monthly billing, and did it stick?
The answer spans two meetings a month apart: launched on Feb 28, reversed on Mar 25.
A direct MCP call uses the same local meeting files:
Record a real one with minutes record, then minutes stop to transcribe. minutes demo --clean removes the samples.
Setup: Codex, Gemini CLI, and Claude Desktop,
Cursor,
OpenCode,
Pi,
Mistral Vibe, and
Cowork or Dispatch.
Works with
Claude Code · Codex · Cursor · OpenCode · Pi · Gemini CLI · Claude Desktop ·
Mistral Vibe · Cowork · Dispatch · Obsidian · Logseq · any MCP client
How it compares
Reviewed September 5, 2026 against Granola MCP, Otter privacy and security, and the Anarlog repository. Anarlog's community app is MIT; its enterprise components use a commercial license. See the detailed comparison and open-source alternatives for fit and limitations.
Who it's for
Agent-first users treat Minutes as the capture layer of a local second brain.
They search meetings through Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, OpenCode, MCP, or the
CLI, then fold useful context into a vault or wiki they own.
Desktop notetaker users record and read results in the app. They value reliable
setup, clear processing and recovery, Recall, documents, Coach, and summary
quality. See the full persona notes.
Surfaces
Dictation
The desktop Dictation settings bring writing preferences, personal spellings and snippets, microphone selection, and recent text together. Cursor context is optional and stays on the Mac. Recovery restores text for review; local edits use an explicit Ollama preview, and spelling corrections require confirmation.
See dictation behavior and evaluation boundaries for supported fields, safe insertion and undo, clipboard restoration, and the synthetic benchmark.
Output format
Meetings are plain markdown with structured YAML frontmatter:
See the frontmatter schema. Files work
with Obsidian, grep, and any markdown tool.
Privacy & consent
- Transcription and speaker processing run on-device. Audio stays on your machine.
- Sensitive meetings save typed markers without audio and default to restricted.
- Consent reminders, acknowledgement, and provenance help you disclose recording.
- Text leaves the machine only when you send authorized context to a cloud agent or summarizer.
See the security documentation and
consent enforcement design.
Docs
Contributing
See CONTRIBUTING.md. Minutes is MIT licensed and staying that way: no relicensing, no paid tier for anything in this repo.
MIT. Built by Mat Silverstein, founder of
X1 Wealth.
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