Meetings & Assistant
Live Assistant: What do I say?, Plain Meaning, Catchup, and Ask AI
Use the in-call Assistant for What do I say?, Plain Meaning, Catchup, and Ask AI—grounded in your transcript and workspace context.
What the Assistant does
The Assistant helps during the meeting while the transcript is still growing. It uses your live transcript and, when you enable it, project context such as your selected project and people.
Outputs stream in over time. Wait for the run to finish before judging quality; if something fails, try again after a quieter moment or clearer audio.
What do I say?
The primary action in the Assistant is What do I say?. Earlier docs and internal naming may refer to this as Generate suggestions or Smart assistive mode.
Use What do I say? when you want balanced, practical help for what to say or do next during the conversation.
The current public Bearbits plan includes the live assistant, summaries, transcript processing, and Ask AI without the old per-action quota badges in the meeting UI.
If your workspace is on an older grandfathered plan with metered limits, Bearbits still shows remaining uses next to actions that are capped for that billing period.
Ask AI
Ask AI lets you type a direct question to the Assistant and get a streaming answer grounded in your workspace and meeting context.
Older copy may describe this as Q&A mode. In the app, the current control is Ask AI.
Plain Meaning
Plain Meaning is the current button name for what earlier docs and in-app labels called Anti-BS (and, before that, Real-Time Clarity).
Use it when you want a clear, honest reading of the recent discussion: shaky claims, fuzzy reasoning, weak evidence, or places where the conversation is drifting into confident nonsense.
It is not a truth machine. Treat it as a sharp second opinion that helps you pressure-test what was just said before you repeat it, agree with it, or act on it.
Catchup
Catchup compresses recent context before generating suggestions. Use it when you joined late or after a long stretch so the assistant can focus on the latest part of the discussion.
Summary and live layout
A live summary column may be available depending on your layout and session. Summarize generates a structured recap when you run it; the Assistant column is for interactive suggestions and modes.
You can adjust summary and suggestion prompts for the current meeting from the configure controls, and save defaults under Settings when you want them to apply each time.
FAQ
Why are suggestions generic or empty?
Pick a project when relevant, ensure language hints match the conversation, and add glossary terms when names or jargon matter. Poor audio or a very short transcript also limits usefulness.
What is Plain Meaning for?
Plain Meaning is for pressure-testing the meeting in real time. It helps surface weak logic, hand-wavy claims, and places where more evidence or clarification is needed before you act. Older docs and UI labels may call this Anti-BS or Real-Time Clarity.
Are my meetings used to train public AI models?
Bearbits does not use your content to train general-purpose or third-party models. See the Privacy policy for how your data is handled.
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