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Before you start

You need the Chief desktop app installed on your Mac and paired with your account.
⚠️ Important: A Live Session is captured by the Mac app. You can’t start one from the web app — it’s where you read the results.

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Start capturing

  1. Open the Chief app on your Mac before or at the start of your meeting. (It can also detect a meeting and prompt you.)
  2. Click Start Live Session in the app’s toolbar and let it listen.
  3. Hold your meeting as normal. Chief transcribes both your microphone and your computer’s audio.

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Watch it build in the web app

  1. In the web app, open Live Sessions from the left navigation.
  2. Open the session that’s recording — it shows a red Live badge while capture is active.
  3. As the meeting goes, the Transcript, Summary, Decisions, and Action items fill in.
ℹ️ Good to know: While a session shows the Live badge, the Delete option is hidden — you can only delete a session after it has finished recording.

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Name your session

New sessions may appear as Untitled session. To rename, open the session, click the pencil icon next to the title (or open the actions menu and choose Edit), type a name, and press Enter.

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FAQ

Chief isn’t hearing audio. Confirm the Mac app has microphone and system-audio permission in macOS, and that the meeting audio is actually playing through your computer. The page shows “No transcript yet” until audio arrives.
Delete is intentionally unavailable while a session is still recording (it shows the Live badge). Once capture ends, the delete option returns.
Yes — Chief captures whatever audio reaches your Mac (your mic and system audio), so it works for in-person discussions too, as long as the app is running and has audio access.