Minutehand
Meeting transcripts for your AI agents
What it does
Minutehand is a minimalist macOS menu-bar app. It records your meetings — no bot joins the call — and files a Markdown transcript into a folder your AI agent already reads. No unnecessary summaries. No account setup. No subscription. No bullshit. Setting up is super easy. You'll never copy-paste a meeting transcript into your AI ever again. And since transcription runs through your own Deepgram key, you get the benefit of Deepgram's $200 of free credit, worth over 300 hours of transcription.
Records your meetings on macOS — no bot joins the call — transcribes with your own Deepgram key, and files raw Markdown transcripts your AI agent can read.
No expensive third-party meeting AI app needed — feed transcripts automatically to Claude or ChatGPT, where your context already lives. Connect Google Calendar and Minutehand sees what's coming. Minutes before a meeting starts, a notification asks if you want to record it. One click and it's running, so you never have to remember to hit record. Mic plus system audio, so it hears you and everyone else — Zoom, Meet, Teams, it works everywhere. A small pill shows it's running. And no bot joins your call. When the meeting ends, audio automatically gets transcribed by Deepgram using your unique API key. New Deepgram accounts come with $200 of free credit — over 300 hours of transcription at…from minutehand-app.com
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