Use cases
AI meeting notes without a bot
Updated July 2, 2026
Most AI notetakers join your meeting as a participant. A bot shows up in the call, everyone sees it, and the recording lives on someone else's servers.
Clovy works differently. It listens through your Mac's audio, so there is nothing to invite and nothing extra on the call. When Clovy detects a supported meeting, it offers to take notes. You approve it, run the meeting, and get a transcript and structured notes when you are done.
How Clovy captures meetings without a bot
Clovy records from your Mac directly: your microphone, and system audio when you want the other side of the call captured. Because the capture happens on your device, no bot joins the meeting and nothing appears in the participant list.
That also means Clovy works wherever you take the call from your Mac. There is no per-app integration to configure and no calendar bot to manage.
Where your meeting data lives
Recordings, transcripts, and notes are stored on your Mac. Audio is sent out for note transcription, and Clovy routes those calls to zero-retention models by default: nothing stored, nothing trained on. OpenSoftware keeps only account, login, and billing records.
You do not have to take that on faith. Clovy is open source under the MIT license, and the backend that routes model calls runs in a TEE with cryptographic attestation you can check yourself.
What you get after the meeting
Clovy writes structured notes from the transcript, so you end the call with something you can act on rather than a wall of text. Notes live alongside the transcript in the app.
Because Clovy also includes an agent, your meetings become context you can use. Ask follow-up questions, pull decisions out of last week's call, or have Clovy draft the recap message. All of it stays in your private workspace.
Consent still matters
No bot in the call does not mean no responsibility. Depending on where you and the other participants are, you may need consent to record. Clovy leaves that in your hands, and we publish plain guidance in our recording consent page. Telling people you are taking notes is usually the right move anyway.
Frequently asked questions
No. Clovy captures audio from your Mac directly, so nothing joins the call and nothing appears in the participant list. There is no calendar bot to configure or uninvite.
No. Clovy runs on your Mac and does not appear in the meeting. Participants only know Clovy is taking notes if you tell them, which we recommend where consent rules apply.
Recordings, transcripts, and notes are stored on your Mac. Audio is sent out for note transcription through zero-retention model routing by default, so nothing is stored on model servers and nothing is trained on. OpenSoftware stores only account, login, and billing records.
No. OpenSoftware never trains on your data, and Clovy routes to zero-retention models by default, so the default model providers store nothing and train on nothing. Anonymized third-party models are opt-in and clearly labeled.
Yes. Clovy's free Hobby plan includes meeting notes, dictation, and light agent usage, with the same privacy standard as Pro. Pro is $20 per month for higher usage.
Sources
Claims about other products come from their own public pages, checked on the date at the top of this page.
- Clovy privacy details · storage, model routing, and retention claims
- Clovy source code · MIT licensed app and backend
- Backend attestation · live TEE attestation you can check yourself
- OpenSoftware privacy policy · what OpenSoftware stores
More guides and comparisons
- Private dictation for MacClovy turns your voice into polished writing in any Mac app. Dictation routes to zero-retention models by default and your history stays on your Mac.
- A local AI agent for your MacClovy's agent runs on your Mac, not a company's cloud VM. Open-source Hermes foundation, sandboxed by default, zero-retention model routing.
- Clovy vs GranolaGranola stores your meeting notes in the cloud and trains on them by default. Clovy keeps notes on your Mac, never trains, and adds dictation and an agent.
- Clovy vs Otter.aiOtter sends a bot into meetings and trains on your conversations. Clovy takes notes from your Mac's audio, no bot, with transcripts stored on your device.
- Clovy FAQCommon questions about Clovy, privacy, and pricing.
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