Parrot Help

A call recorder that keeps everything on your Mac.

Parrot records both sides of a call, writes the transcript as you speak, and (if you want) has the Assistant, an AI that watches the conversation with you. Everything runs on your own machine. Nothing leaves it unless you plug in your own AI key, and even then only transcript text is sent, never audio.

Topics

• Getting started Install, the two macOS permissions, picking a model.
• Recording a call Start, stop, what gets captured, and why quitting mid-call is fine.
• The call screen, part by part A tour of everything on screen mid-call, and what to watch.
• The live transcript How sentences appear, languages, teaching it your words.
• Setting up the Assistant Claude, a local model through Ollama, or your own server.
• The Assistant during a call Cards, the pause button, and controlling what it costs.
• Reports and costs The post-call summary, coaching, and the price tag on each meeting.
• Ask Parrot Ask anything about your past calls; every answer links to the moment.
• Use your meetings in Claude Connect Claude, Codex or Cursor in one click; ask across all your calls.
• Connections Markdown and Obsidian, follow-up emails, Reminders, webhooks.
• Settings, page by page Every settings page in plain words.
• Call profiles Shaping the Assistant's cards, kind by kind. The deep one.
• Knowledge base Giving the Assistant your own documents to answer from.
• Importing recordings Turn an existing audio file into a meeting.
• Troubleshooting The mic going quiet mid-call, stuck model loads, and friends.
• What leaves your Mac The honest list. It is short.
• Hi from Uygar Who made this and why.