Who it is forA developer who wants Claude or another assistant to search and organize dictated notes.
The problemVoice notes pile up in an app your assistant cannot see.
The outcomeAn assistant that can read, search and manage your OpenWhispr notes and transcriptions.
What you need first
- macOS, Windows or Linux
- Optional: local models download for offline use, or cloud provider keys
- To run from source: Node.js 24+
Steps
- Run OpenWhispr from the app, or from source with
git clone https://github.com/OpenWhispr/openwhispr.git,npm installandnpm run dev - Follow the MCP server setup in the docs to connect your assistant
- Or use the public API to manage notes and transcriptions from scripts
- Ask the assistant to search notes or file new transcriptions into folders
- Use the Voice Assistant hotkey to send spoken commands directly
Prompt for your agent
Connect OpenWhispr/openwhispr's MCP server to my assistant, then find all notes from the last week that mention <topic>, summarize them and file the summary into a new folder.
Caveat.
Use this in your AI agent
Ask your agent
Using the Deduped MCP, get the setup steps for OpenWhispr/openwhispr and "Give your AI assistant access to your voice notes over MCP"
Add Deduped to Claude Code once
claude mcp add --transport http deduped https://dedupedai.com/mcp
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