Help · How to
Host a meeting
You need an @envisioning.com sign-in and a room in OWNER_ROOM_MAP. You cannot host from the browser.
- Open Home. On the Mac that is ⌘1; on the phone, the Home tab.
- Press Start room (⌘↩ on the Mac). The room opens and you are on the stage.
- Press Copy room link (⌘⇧C) and share the link. The link is
/room/<slug>and does not change. - When a guest knocks, the stage banner shows their name. Press Admit (⌘⇧↩) or Decline (⌘⇧⌫). If more than one guest waits, use the WAITING ROOM block on the rail. From Launch, Start & Admit opens the room and admits in one step. Declared recording notetakers also wait for admission. Before you admit an unbooked notetaker, attribute it to a teammate. Set the standing notetaker policy in Settings → Room.
- While you host, your device runs the captions. Only the transcript text leaves your device.
- Press End meeting to end it for everyone. Starlings finalizes the transcript and notes and files them on the subject.
If you use two devices, the first device to host is the host and transcribes. The second device joins muted, as a companion.
From the CLI on the Mac: meetctl host <room> after meetctl status --no-launch and meetctl devices. See docs/OPERATIONS.md.
To file the meeting record on a subject, start the meeting from Work with Meet about this.
Where it works
| Capability | macOS Host | macOS Join | Web | iOS / iPadOS | Agent access |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start room, admit / reject guests, and end room | Works | Not available | Handoff | Works | meetctl host |
| CLI / agent control through `meetctl` | Works | Not available | Not available | Not available | meetctl status, meetctl devices, meetctl host, meetctl join |
| Live captions from the owner device | Works | Works | Works | Works | — |
| Meet about a project or lead | Works | Not available | Not available | Works | — |
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