fiddlehead
meeting notes that stay on your machine.
private, local, yours.
transcribe meetings. write structured notes. all on your machine.
three steps. zero friction.
capture
enable auto mode once and never think about it again. voice detection starts and stops recording automatically — mic and system audio, no meeting bots, no browser extensions.
transcribe
assemblyai transcription with speaker diarization. named speakers and word-level accuracy. audio goes directly to assemblyai — never stored on our servers.
structure
gpt-4o-mini extracts topics, key points, and action items with owners. saved as plain markdown on your machine — no cloud sync, no proprietary format.
bring your own keys. keep your data.
assemblyai
powers transcription with speaker diarization. your audio goes directly to assemblyai — we never see it.
- create an account at assemblyai.com
- copy your api key from the account dashboard
- paste it into fiddlehead preferences
cost: ~$0.003/min transcription.
openai
powers note structuring via gpt-4o-mini. extracts topics, summaries, and action items from your transcript.
- create an account at platform.openai.com
- go to api keys and create a new secret key
- add a payment method under billing (pay-as-you-go)
- paste the key into fiddlehead preferences
cost: ~$0.001 per meeting structuring.
your api keys are stored in macos keychain. audio goes directly to assemblyai, text to openai. notes are saved to your local filesystem. there are no fiddlehead servers. we never store your data.
just markdown. nothing proprietary.
open in obsidian, vs code, grep it, git it, pipe it. your notes are plain files on your machine — no cloud account, no export needed. they're already yours.
---
date: 2026-02-10
duration: 23m
speakers: 3
speaker_names: Kyle, Sarah, Marcus
tags: api-migration, dashboard-redesign, onboarding
topics: API v3 Migration, Dashboard Redesign, Onboarding Docs
meeting: Standup Sync
attendees: Kyle Fugere, Sarah Chen, Marcus Rivera
calendar_event_id: abc123
source: assemblyai
---
# Standup Sync
## Session Summary
Team synced on three active workstreams. API migration is nearly
complete with a Friday deploy target. Dashboard redesign review
shifted to Thursday. Onboarding docs flagged as priority before
March new hires.
## Topics
### API v3 Migration
Auth endpoints fully migrated. Billing webhooks are the remaining
work, targeting Friday deploy.
#### Key Points
- v3 migration is 90% complete
- Billing webhooks are the last piece
#### Action Items
- [ ] @kyle finish v3 endpoint tests by Thursday
- [ ] @sarah run client SDK tests against new endpoints
### Onboarding Docs
Docs are outdated after recent tooling changes. Need updating
before new hires start in March.
#### Action Items
- [ ] @sarah update onboarding docs with new tooling setup
## Transcript
**Kyle:** alright let's keep this quick. where are we on the api migration?
**Marcus:** v3 is about ninety percent done. the auth endpoints are all migrated...what other tools give you vs. what your agents need.
most transcription tools give you a wall of text locked in their cloud. fiddlehead gives you structured, machine-readable notes saved locally.
no frontmatter or metadata
# Meeting Notes
Me: where are we on the migration?
Them: it's about ninety percent done.
the auth endpoints are all migrated.
Me: what about the redesign?
Them: review got pushed to thursday.
i'll share mockups by wednesday.
Me: any blockers?
Them: just the onboarding docs.
they're outdated with tooling changes.
no summary, no topics, no action items.
stored on their servers, not yours.---
date: 2026-02-10
duration: 23m
speakers: 3
speaker_names: Kyle, Sarah, Marcus
tags: api-migration, redesign
topics: API Migration, Dashboard Redesign
meeting: Standup Sync
attendees: Kyle Fugere, Sarah Chen, Marcus Rivera
source: assemblyai
---
# Standup Sync
## Session Summary
API migration nearly complete with Friday
deploy target. Dashboard review Thursday.
## Topics
### API Migration
Auth endpoints migrated. Billing webhooks
are the remaining work.
#### Action Items
- [ ] @kyle finish endpoint tests by Thu
- [ ] @sarah run SDK tests against new endpoints
## Transcript
**Kyle:** where are we on the migration?
**Marcus:** v3 is about ninety percent...built for ai agents, not just humans.
your meeting notes live on your filesystem as plain markdown — not in someone else's cloud. any ai agent with file access can read, search, and act on them.
What did we decide about the API migration timeline in today's standup?
Reading 2026-02-10_standup-sync.md — found the "API v3 Migration" topic...
Marcus reported the migration is 90% complete — auth endpoints are fully migrated, billing webhooks are the remaining work. Friday deploy target.
Two open action items: Kyle has endpoint tests by Thursday, Sarah has SDK tests.
Draft a follow-up email to the team with those deadlines.
Done. I've drafted the email in your ~/drafts folder with the migration deadlines and action items from the standup.
files, not apis
notes save to ~/Documents as markdown. no proprietary format, no cloud sync, no account required. you own every byte.
any agent reads them
claude code, cowork, chatgpt, gemini — if it can read files, it can use your meeting notes.
structured for machines
yaml frontmatter with topics, speakers, tags. action items with owners. grep-friendly, llm-ready.
skills: teach your agents new tricks.
drop a skill.md file in your notes folder and your ai agent knows what to do. download a starter skill or write your own.
write your own
skills are just markdown files with yaml frontmatter. any instructions your agent can follow.
ready when you are.
download fiddlehead, add your api keys, and start transcribing. your first structured meeting note in under two minutes — saved locally, owned by you.
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