Shadow

Shadow is an AI interface for Mac that captures meetings and screen context, then creates notes, replies, summaries, and more with custom Skills. Free and Plus plans.

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Overview

Shadow is an AI interface for capturing meetings and turning live context into usable output. It listens to what you say, sees what is on your screen, and runs user-defined Skills to produce things like notes, summaries, follow-up drafts, replies, and code.

The product is designed to work in the background on Mac without joining calls as a bot. Its meeting mode captures transcripts and screenshots automatically, while its action mode lets users trigger prompts from any screen with a shortcut, voice input, or selected text.

Core capabilities

Automatic meeting capture

Shadow can automatically start and end with your call, transcribe the conversation, and detect meeting screens to capture screenshots so context is preserved.

Speaker identification

Shadow can identify speakers in real time, helping users follow who said what during a conversation.

Custom Skills

Every Skill is prompt-based and editable, so users can adapt meeting notes, BANT breakdowns, action items, follow-up emails, and similar outputs to their own workflow.

Screen-aware actions

Action Skills can be launched from any screen with a keyboard shortcut, using screen context, selected text, and voice input to generate outputs such as emails, notes, or code.

Output delivery

Shadow can place results into the focused field or paste at the cursor, which supports workflows where the output needs to land directly in another app.

Exports and handoff

Shadow can send transcripts and Skill results to tools through webhook destinations such as Zapier, n8n, and Make, and can save outputs as Markdown files.

Practical use cases

Meeting note capture
Use Shadow during meetings to capture transcripts, screenshots, speaker labels, and structured follow-ups without manually taking notes.
Post-call summaries
Turn live call context into a BANT breakdown, action items, or a follow-up email immediately after the meeting ends.
Quick writing from any screen
Use the shortcut-driven action mode to rewrite drafted text, generate a reply, or create notes from what is on screen and what you say aloud.
Voice typing and cleanup
Record spoken instructions and convert them into polished text with formatting that removes fillers and preserves meaning.
Workflow handoff
Send transcripts and generated outputs into automation tools or save them as Markdown for downstream workflows.

Pros and Cons

Pros

Captures meetings without joining as a bot.
Combines transcription, screenshots, and speaker labels in one workflow.
Supports editable prompts through custom Skills.
Works from any screen with keyboard shortcuts and voice input.
Offers local-first transcription and explicit user-triggered AI runs.

Cons

The source only confirms Mac download availability and a Windows/other devices waitlist, so broader platform support is not yet clear.
Some capabilities are described as on the way, including app context and additional integrations.

FAQ

What is Shadow?

Shadow is an AI interface that captures what you see and say, then runs custom Skills on that context. It can handle meeting notes, voice typing, quick replies, and other prompt-driven outputs without joining calls as a bot.

What's a Skill?

The source describes Skills as prompts you can edit or write from scratch. Shadow supports both Meeting Skills and Action Skills, which are triggered from calls or from any screen, respectively.

What's the difference between Meeting Skills and Action Skills?

Meeting Skills are designed to run after a call and work from meeting context such as transcripts and screenshots. Action Skills run from a keyboard shortcut on any screen, capturing screen context and voice input to produce output in the app you are using or in a visible result.

What platforms does Shadow run on?

Shadow’s site says it runs on Mac and that a Windows and other devices waitlist is available. The download page specifically offers a Mac download.

Is my data private?

Shadow says your data stays on your Mac by default, transcription happens locally, and meeting content and Skill outputs are not used to train AI models. Skills only send data to LLM APIs when you trigger them.