Sloth knowledge base
How Sloth records meetings, transcribes them on your Mac, writes notes you own, and runs Claude Code safely. Pick an article below.
Basics
Meetings
- How meeting capture worksHow Sloth hears your calls without a bot, spots meetings, and what happens when you start and stop.
- Transcription and speaker labelsWhich on-device models transcribe your meetings, how speakers get labelled, and where the audio goes.
Dictation
Notes
- Notes and summariesTemplates, your own jottings, the summary providers and what each one sends where.
- Writing a good templateWhat a template is, structure and actions, your skills and connectors, draft-not-send, and who can influence Claude.
- Your notes are plain filesThe Sloth folder layout, frontmatter fields, opening files, changing folders, deletions and file safety.
Claude Code
- Claude Code with your subscriptionWrite meeting notes with your Claude subscription through the Claude Code app on your Mac.
- How Sloth keeps Claude Code safeWhat could go wrong when Claude Code writes your notes, each defence Sloth uses, and the risks that remain.
Privacy and help
- Privacy and your dataWhat Sloth stores on your Mac, where, and what leaves it for each summary provider.
- Permissions and troubleshootingThe macOS permissions Sloth asks for, how to fix grants that don't stick, and Claude Code errors.
- Keyboard shortcutsGlobal shortcuts for dictation and meetings, and the keys that work in Sloth's window.