How to give Claude Code access to your calls

Why give Claude Code your calls

Requirements drift between the call and the code. When Claude Code can read the call itself, it works from what was said, and you stop pasting notes into the terminal.

What to ask Claude Code

• “Find the call where Lumora asked for CSV export and list exactly what they want.”

  ReadsSearches your calls and reads the one it finds.

• “Write the decisions from yesterday’s design review into docs/decisions.md.”

  ReadsReads the call’s notes. Claude Code writes the file; SwitchDesk only supplies the call.

• “What bugs did customers mention on calls this week?”

  ReadsSearches this week’s calls and lists them with the call each came from.

• “Add a SwitchDesk to-do for each follow-up from that call that isn’t code.”

  ChangesAdds them to your list, or sends them as one card to approve.

Set it up

1. 01

   SwitchDesk on your Mac

   Record a call

   Install SwitchDesk and record your next call: click Record Meeting in the menu bar, or Record on the countdown pill when the call starts. When it ends, the notes are ready: a summary, action items and the transcript.

2. 02

   SwitchDesk and Claude Code

   Connect Claude Code

   On your Mac, open Settings → AI Access → Connect an AI → Terminal & coding tools (CLI). Then in Terminal: npm install -g switchdesk, switchdesk login (paste the key), and claude mcp add switchdesk -- switchdesk mcp. Full Claude Code setup.

3. 03

   SwitchDesk on your Mac

   Switch on “Share meetings & notes with your AIs”

   It’s in Settings → AI Access. Enter the code we email you on “Confirm it’s you”. When SwitchDesk offers to include the past calls on this Mac, say yes to give Claude Code your history.

4. 04

   Claude Code

   Ask about a call

   Start with something you can check, like “Find the call where Lumora asked for CSV export and list exactly what they want.”

You can also read calls straight from the terminal: switchdesk meetings search "csv export", switchdesk meetings list --since 7d, switchdesk meetings get ID, and switchdesk meetings transcript ID when transcripts are allowed.

Want exact words? Tick “Include full transcripts” in the same place. SwitchDesk warns: “Other people’s exact words.” Then give Claude Code Full control, or switch Transcripts on in Fine-tune. Summaries, action items and your own notes don’t need it.

What Claude Code can and can’t see

Every call Claude Code makes shows up in Activity on your Mac. Revoke ends the connection at once.

Which calls work

Any call whose audio plays through your Mac: Google Meet, Zoom, Microsoft Teams, in the browser or the app. SwitchDesk records your voice and theirs on separate tracks, so there’s no bot in the participant list. On Google Meet in Chrome, it also names who said what. How SwitchDesk records calls.