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The idea

Automatic meeting detection is meant to save you from remembering to hit record: the Chief desktop app notices when a meeting is happening on your Mac and prompts you to capture it as a Live Session.
⚠️ Important: This behavior lives in the Chief desktop app on macOS, not the web app — you won’t see it if you’re only using Chief in a browser.

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What to expect

  • Keep the Chief desktop app running on your Mac so it can detect a meeting.
  • When a meeting is detected, respond to the app’s prompt to start capturing.
  • The captured session then appears under Live Sessions in the web app, the same as any Live Session.

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If you’d rather start manually

You can always start a Live Session yourself from the desktop app at the start of a call — see “Starting a Live Session.” Manual start doesn’t depend on detection.

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FAQ

Detection runs in the desktop app, so the app has to be running, paired, and have the needed macOS permissions. If you weren’t prompted, start the Live Session manually from the app.
No. Capture is something you confirm — when Chief detects a meeting, it shows a prompt with a Start live session button, and nothing records until you click it. A Live Session then shows a Live badge while it records.