Documentation
Minutist records and transcribes meetings on your own machine. These guides cover installing the app, your first meeting, and, on the connected tier, syncing your devices and connecting Claude or Codex.
Start here
Section titled “Start here”- Getting started: install, first run, your first meeting.
- Install: Windows, macOS, Linux, and the phone companion.
- Models and hardware: the on-device models, GPU requirements, and download sizes.
- Connect an assistant: Claude, Codex, and the MCP tool reference.
Using the app
Section titled “Using the app”Each part of the meeting workflow, in detail:
- Notes: the editor, timestamps, and cross-references with the transcript.
- Attachments: documents and images, converted on-device and fed to the summary.
- Transcription: the local speech-to-text, audio playback, reprocessing, and translation.
- Speaker identification: diarisation, renaming speakers, and voiceprints across meetings.
- Summaries: the structured summary, presets, and a custom prompt.
- Chat and the live assistant: ask a local agent about a meeting, live and afterwards.
Connected tier
Section titled “Connected tier”- Sync: end-to-end-encrypted sync across your own devices.
- Self-hosted server: run your own always-on hub on hardware you own.