One click. On your device, or in your own AI.

Why "no cloud AI" is the feature

It would have been easier to wire the app to somebody's API and call it intelligence. We did not, and the reason is not laziness — it is that an embedded cloud summariser means choosing an AI vendor on your behalf, and that choice carries a data policy you never agreed to.

So there are two ways to get a note out of a meeting, and neither of them needs a vendor. The local model runs on your hardware. The copy-a-prompt mode hands the text to you and stops. Either way the transcript stays on the disk it was recorded on unless you personally move it:

• Your meetings never need an AI vendor at all. Turn AI notes on and the summary is written by a model on your own machine — no account, no API key, no third party anywhere in the chain. That used to require running your own model; now it is a switch in settings.
• Your AI, your rules. If your employer has approved exactly one assistant, leave AI notes off and paste into that one. If you prefer a different provider next quarter, switch — no app update needed.
• The transcript moves only when you move it. JesRecap never transmits your meeting content, in either mode. The local model reads it in place; the copy action puts text on your clipboard, and the decision to paste it, and where, is a deliberate act you take per meeting.
• Nothing to keep paying for. No token costs baked into a subscription, and no summary quota. The on-device model is a one-time download rather than a meter, and if you would rather use an assistant you already pay for, that still works.
• You see the prompt. Hidden prompts are why AI summaries so often feel wrong in a way you cannot fix. Here the instruction is plain text you can read and rewrite — the same text whether it runs locally or goes to your clipboard.
• The app ages well. A recorder that does not depend on a model provider does not break when that provider changes its API, its pricing, or its terms.

JesRecap's job is to capture the conversation faithfully and hand it to you in a useful shape — and, when you ask it to, to write the first draft of the note without asking anyone's permission. What you think with afterwards is your business.

Make the actions yours

The defaults are a starting point, not a constraint. In the app's Customize meeting actions panel you can:

• Edit the summary and action-items prompts. Change the tone, the structure, the output format. Restore the default at any time if an experiment goes badly.
• Write your own custom prompt. A SOAP-style clinical note, a recruiting scorecard, minutes in your organisation's house format, a translation, a risk log.
• Choose which buttons appear, and in what order. Keep the card down to the two you actually press.
• Rely on the transcript being appended automatically. Write the instruction only — the latest transcript is added for you when you press the button.

A prompt that consistently produces the note you want is worth more than any vendor's hidden default, and it takes about five minutes to tune. Your wording is used in both modes, so time spent here pays off whether the note is written on your device or in an assistant you paste it into.