Meeting notes · checked 2026-10-19

Can I vibecode Tactiq?

YES· one-shottable

Tactiq works by reading the captions your video platform already shows, so no bot joins and no audio is recorded. For Google Meet that is a Manifest V3 extension: switch captions on, watch the caption element, store finished lines with speaker and time, export Markdown and send the text to a model for a summary. An agent builds it in one sitting. The catch is upkeep: the extension depends on Meet's page markup, which changes without notice, and each extra platform (Zoom, Teams) is another set of selectors to keep alive.

$12/moprice per seat

$144you'd save a year

one sittingbuild time

—people replaced it

Before you start

What you need on hand.

DifficultyIntermediate · Some system setup or keys.

Time2–3 hours, one sitting; testing against a live call takes the longest

Claude Code, Codex or CursorAny of them can run the prompt.
Chrome or a Chromium browserYou load the extension unpacked in developer mode; no Web Store account is needed.
Node.js 22Used to bundle the TypeScript with esbuild.
A second person or a test callThe captions can only be tested on a real Meet call; the agent cannot do that for you.
A language model (optional)An OpenAI-compatible key, or Ollama, if you want summaries.

Before you buildCheck the free plan first: Tactiq Free keeps 10 transcripts a month with sharing and export, which may be all you need.

1. Install one agent: Claude Code, Codex, Cursor.
2. Make an empty folder and open it in the agent.
3. Paste the prompt below, press enter, and answer its questions as it builds.

The prompt

Build me a Chrome extension that transcribes my Google Meet calls, to replace Tactiq. Requirements:

- Manifest V3 extension in TypeScript, bundled with esbuild. `npm run build` writes ./dist/, which I load
unpacked from chrome://extensions. No UI framework: plain DOM for the side panel and options page.
- Capture: a content script on meet.google.com turns on Meet's captions, watches the caption container with a
MutationObserver and stores finished lines as (time, speaker name as Meet shows it, text). Meet rewrites a line while
someone speaks, so commit it after 2 seconds without change or when the speaker changes.
- Put every DOM selector in selectors.ts with a comment each, and add a "Self-test" button on the options page that
reports which selectors still match, because Meet's markup changes without notice.
- Storage: IndexedDB through `idb`: meetings (title from the page, start, end, participants) and lines. Nothing leaves
the browser profile. The service worker closes a meeting when its tab closes.
- Side panel (chrome.sidePanel): live transcript, a Highlight button on any line, a list of past meetings and
full-text search over them.
- Export: Markdown with title, date, participants and highlights on top and the transcript below, saved through
chrome.downloads, plus a plain .txt.
- Summary on demand: a button sends the transcript to an OpenAI-compatible endpoint (base URL, model and key set on
the options page and kept in chrome.storage.local; Ollama works) and saves a summary, decisions and action items
with owners next to the meeting.
- No accounts, no telemetry, local-first. The only network call is that endpoint, and only when I press Summarise.
- Out of scope: Zoom and Teams, joining as a bot, recording audio, speaker identification beyond Meet's names, sync.
- README: why Meet's captions must stay on, loading the unpacked extension, and a reminder to tell participants.

Opens your agent with the prompt filled in, you press enter. Or copy it and paste it into an empty folder.

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Then keep going

Next prompts, same folder.

The first prompt builds the core. Run these one at a time in the same folder to grow it into your own Tactiq.

Extend the Meet transcriber in this folder. Requirements:

- Add a content script for the Zoom web client (app.zoom.us/wc) that follows the same capture flow: captions on, observe, commit finished lines.
- Keep Zoom's selectors in their own file with the same self-test button, and show which platform each meeting came from.
- Meetings from either platform share one list and one search.
- Update the README, including that the desktop Zoom app is not covered.

Add automatic saving to the Meet transcriber in this folder. Requirements:

- On the options page, let me choose a folder through the File System Access API and keep the handle in IndexedDB.
- When a meeting ends, write YYYY-MM-DD-title.md there with the same Markdown layout as the export.
- If the permission has lapsed, show a one-click "Grant folder access again" button in the side panel and queue the files meanwhile.
- Update the README.

Add a question box to the side panel of the Meet transcriber in this folder. Requirements:

- Find the 12 best-matching lines across all meetings with a simple BM25 ranking over the stored text, in the browser.
- Send only those lines with their meeting titles and dates to the configured endpoint and ask for an answer that cites each source meeting.
- Show the cited lines under the answer and never send meetings that were not matched.
- Update the README.

What you lose

Zoom and Microsoft Teams transcription, which need their own selectors
Fixes when a platform changes its captions markup: that job becomes yours
Workflows, integrations with Drive, Notion and similar tools, and team spaces
Sharing links, speaker statistics, cross-meeting AI search and the daily digest
Transcripts in other languages beyond what Meet's own captions support

Why people still pay

One install covers Meet, Zoom and Teams without a bot in the call, and someone else keeps it working when the platforms change their pages. Teams add sharing, shared AI answers across meetings and integrations that push notes into the tools they already use.

Moatexecution polish integrations

Do the math

Tactiq or your own copy?

Seats

Over

Your usage

Count my time3h ×$/h

Tactiq, 1 yr$144

Your own copy, 1 yr$22running + build session

You keep$122pays for itself in the first month

Estimate · The extension runs in your browser at no cost. A summary through an API costs cents per meeting, or nothing with Ollama. The build is token usage on your agent plan.

Leaving Tactiq

Take your data, then cancel.

1 · Take your data out of Tactiq

1Open the meeting transcript in the Tactiq dashboard and use the download option.
2Choose PDF or text (TXT).
3The file holds the meeting name, date and duration, speaker names, highlights and the full transcript; the PDF also links back to the Tactiq page.
4The help page names no bulk export, so budget time for a long history.

2 · Cancel Tactiq

1Open the Billing page in your Tactiq dashboard.
2Click Cancel the subscription.
3Paid features stay until the end of the billing period; on a team plan only a team admin or billing admin can cancel.
4To delete the account as well, follow the delete-account article; with an active subscription you are asked to cancel it first.

The terms say content is deleted when an account is cancelled and cannot be recovered. They do not say whether a downgrade to Free keeps your transcripts, so export everything you need first.
Fees are not refundable under the terms, so cancel before the renewal date.
Search the dashboard for older meetings you have forgotten about, and export the ones you will still want to find later.
Run the replacement on two or three real calls before you cancel.

Checked 2026-10-19 against Tactiq's docs: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

The escape hatch

Don't feel like building it? These are already free.

MeetilyOpen sourceMIT desktop meeting assistant with local transcription and summaries through Ollama or your own API key; speaker labels are planned for its paid PRO edition.★ 32k · active Sep 2026 · one-click install
macOS, WindowsVisit ↗AnarlogOpen sourceMIT Mac app that records and transcribes on the device and writes meeting notes; pitched as an open-source Granola.★ 9.5k · active Oct 2026 · one-click install
macOSVisit ↗VexaOpen sourceApache-2.0 meeting-bot API for Google Meet, Teams and Zoom with real-time transcripts; unlike Tactiq, a bot joins the call.★ 2.9k · active Oct 2026 · docker to self-host
WebVisit ↗

The numbers

Tactiq pricing

Plan	Monthly	Annual, per month	What you get
Free	$0	$0	10 transcripts and 5 AI credits per month, AI-generated insights, in-meeting AI, share and export transcripts.
Pro	$12	$8	Unlimited transcripts, 10 AI credits per month, pause automatic transcription, option to disable the transcript notification.
Team	$20	$16.67	1 to 20 users, unlimited AI credits, priority support, auto-share transcripts with teams.
Business	$40	$29.17	20 to 200 users, advanced data retention, SAML SSO, customer success manager, Tactiq MCP and Claude connector (beta).
Enterprise	custom	—	200+ users, a curated data processing agreement, customizable SAML SSO and in-meeting notification, dedicated account manager.

Free tier: 10 transcripts and 5 AI credits per month for one user.
Billing: Per user, monthly or annual, prepaid and renewed automatically. Fees are not refundable. Cancel any time from the Billing page; paid features run to the end of the period. An education plan exists on application.
Hidden costs: AI credits are metered: Free gets 5 a month and Pro 10, and unlimited credits start at the Team plan.
Source: tactiq.io

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Questions

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Free gives 10 transcripts and 5 AI credits a month for one user, with sharing, export and in-meeting AI.

Yes. An AI coding agent such as Claude Code, Codex or Cursor can build a usable personal version in one session with the prompt on this page, running on your own machine.

About $12 a month on the Pro plan per seat, $144 a year (checked 2026-10-19).

Zoom and Microsoft Teams transcription, which need their own selectors; Fixes when a platform changes its captions markup: that job becomes yours; Workflows, integrations with Drive, Notion and similar tools, and team spaces; Sharing links, speaker statistics, cross-meeting AI search and the daily digest; Transcripts in other languages beyond what Meet's own captions support. If any of those matter to you, keep paying.