minutes

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.

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.

brew install --cask silverstein/tap/minutes  # Desktop app, with bundled CLI
brew install silverstein/tap/minutes         # Standalone CLI alternative
cargo install minutes-cli                   # Standalone CLI via Cargo

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:

claude mcp add minutes -- npx -y minutes-mcp
minutes demo --full

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:

search_meetings({"query":"monthly billing decision"})

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

Workflow	Granola	Otter.ai	Anarlog (formerly Hyprnote)	Minutes
Product	Hosted meeting notepad	Hosted meeting assistant	Local meeting notepad	Local conversation memory
Agent access	Hosted MCP	Hosted integrations	CLI + MCP	Local files, MCP, CLI, SDK
Primary storage	Hosted workspace	Hosted workspace	Local SQLite + files	Local Markdown + YAML
Local AI	Cloud transcription	Cloud transcription	With local providers	Local transcription; AI provider of your choice