open-utter

name	open-utter
description	Headless Google Meet bot that joins meetings and captures live captions as transcripts.
homepage	https://github.com/sumansid/openutter
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OpenUtter

STOP — Ask the user before doing anything

When the user asks to join a meeting, you MUST do these steps IN ORDER. Do NOT skip ahead.

Step A: Read the file ~/.openutter/auth-meta.json (it may not exist — that's fine).

Step B: Ask the user how they want to join. Do NOT launch the bot yet.

If auth-meta.json exists and has an email field, ask:

"How would you like to join the meeting?

1. Join as [e-mail] (authenticated — no host approval needed)
2. Join as OpenUtter Bot (guest — host must admit)
3. Join with a custom name (guest)"

If auth-meta.json does NOT exist, ask:

"What name should the bot use to join the meeting?"

Default to "OpenUtter Bot" if the user doesn't have a preference.

Step C: WAIT for the user to answer. Only then launch the bot with the right flags.

• User chose authenticated → use --auth
• User chose guest → use --anon --bot-name "Their Name" (always ask for a name)

The bot will refuse to start without --auth or --anon. When using --anon, --bot-name is also required.

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A meeting bot that joins Google Meet meetings via Playwright browser automation and captures live captions as a real-time transcript.

Prerequisites

• playwright-core (ships with openclaw)
• Chromium browser: npx playwright-core install chromium

Join a Meeting

IMPORTANT: Always run these commands with background:true — the bot is a long-running process that stays in the meeting. Do not wait for it to complete; background it immediately and poll for status updates.

Launch command

exec background:true command:"npx openutter join https://meet.google.com/abc-defg-hij --auth|--anon --channel <current-channel> --target <current-chat-id>"

IMPORTANT: Always pass --channel and --target from the current conversation context. The bot uses these to send screenshots and status images directly to the user's chat.

Options (required — bot will error without one):

• --auth — join using saved Google account (~/.openutter/auth.json)
• --anon --bot-name "Name" — join as a guest with this display name (both required together)

Other options:

• --headed — show the browser window (for debugging)
• --camera — join with camera on (default: off)
• --mic — join with microphone on (default: off)
• --duration 60m — auto-leave after duration (supports ms/s/m/h)

Live Caption Transcript

Captions are automatically captured whenever the bot is in a meeting. After joining, the bot enables Google Meet's built-in live captions and captures the text via a MutationObserver. Captions are deduplicated (Meet updates word-by-word) and flushed to a transcript file every 5 seconds.

Transcript location: ~/.openclaw/workspace/openutter/transcripts/<meeting-id>-<YYYY-MM-DD>.txt

Format:

[14:30:05] Alice: Hey everyone, let's get started
[14:30:12] Bob: Sounds good, I have the updates ready
[14:30:25] Alice: Great, go ahead

When the meeting ends, the bot prints [OPENUTTER_TRANSCRIPT] <path> with the transcript file path.

Get Transcript (what are they saying?)

When the user asks "what are they saying?", "what's happening?", "summarize the meeting", or anything about meeting content — run this script. Do NOT use utter-screenshot.ts for this.

exec command:"npx openutter transcript"

Use --last 20 to get only the last 20 lines (for long meetings).

Read the output and summarize it for the user in natural language.

Take a Screenshot (visual context only)

If the user asks to see the meeting (e.g. "send me a screenshot", "what does it look like"):

exec command:"npx openutter screenshot"

Send the screenshot image to the user via message. Do NOT read the screenshot yourself.

How It Works

1. Join: Launches headless Chromium, navigates to the Meet URL, enters the bot name, clicks "Ask to join", and waits for the host to admit it.

2. Caption capture: After joining, the bot clicks the CC button to enable Google Meet's live captions, then injects a MutationObserver to capture caption text from the DOM. Captions are deduplicated (partial word-by-word updates are ignored) and flushed to a transcript file every 5 seconds.

Authentication (Optional)

By default the bot joins as a guest and needs host admission. To join as an authenticated Google user (no admission needed), run the auth script once:

npx openutter auth

This opens a headed browser — sign into Google, then press Enter. The session is saved to ~/.openutter/auth.json and automatically loaded on future joins. Re-run if the session expires.

Files

• ~/.openutter/auth.json — saved Google session (cookies + localStorage, from utter-auth.ts)
• ~/.openutter/chrome-profile/ — persistent Chromium profile (used when no auth.json)
• ~/.openutter/config.json — bot configuration (optional)
• ~/.openclaw/workspace/openutter/transcripts/ — live caption transcripts
• ~/.openclaw/workspace/openutter/on-demand-screenshot.png — on-demand screenshot from a running meeting
• ~/.openclaw/workspace/openutter/debug-join-failed.png — screenshot on join failure
• ~/.openclaw/workspace/openutter/debug-admit-failed.png — screenshot on admission failure
• ~/.openclaw/workspace/openutter/joined-meeting.png — confirmation screenshot after joining

Headless VM Tips

• Chrome flags --use-fake-ui-for-media-stream and --use-fake-device-for-media-stream are set automatically, so no real camera/mic hardware is needed.
• No X11/Wayland display is required — runs fully headless.
• Use --duration to auto-leave after a set time.

Agent Behavior — MANDATORY

After launching the bot with exec background:true, you MUST poll the process to check for success/failure and send screenshots back to the user.

Step 1: Poll for output

After starting the background exec, poll the process every 10–15 seconds:

process action:poll

Step 2: Parse markers and send images using the message tool

The bot prints machine-readable markers. When you see them, you MUST use the message tool to send the screenshot image to the user.

On success — bot prints [OPENUTTER_SUCCESS_IMAGE] <path>:

message action:"send" media:"./openutter/joined-meeting.png" content:"Successfully joined the meeting!"

On screenshot request — bot prints [OPENUTTER_SCREENSHOT] <path>:

message action:"send" media:"./openutter/on-demand-screenshot.png" content:"Here's the current meeting view"

On failure — bot prints [OPENUTTER_DEBUG_IMAGE] <path> (or exits non-zero):

message action:"send" media:"./openutter/debug-join-failed.png" content:"Could not join the meeting. Here is what the bot saw"

CRITICAL: ALWAYS use the message tool with media:"./openutter/<filename>.png" to send screenshots. Use relative paths only (starting with ./). Never use absolute paths or ~ paths. NEVER just describe what happened in text. The user MUST receive the actual image.

When the user asks "send me screenshot" or "what do you see", run utter-screenshot.ts, then use the message tool with media:"./openutter/on-demand-screenshot.png".

Step 3: When user asks about meeting content

CRITICAL: When the user asks what's happening, what someone said, or anything about meeting content — run utter-transcript.ts. NEVER use utter-screenshot.ts for this.

exec command:"npx openutter transcript"

Read the output and summarize it for the user. Use --last 20 for long meetings.

On meeting end — bot prints [OPENUTTER_TRANSCRIPT] <path>: Run utter-transcript.ts and provide a summary to the user.

When to use which script

User asks...	Use this script
"what are they saying?"	utter-transcript.ts
"what's happening in the meeting?"	utter-transcript.ts
"summarize the meeting"	utter-transcript.ts
"what did they talk about?"	utter-transcript.ts
"send me a screenshot"	utter-screenshot.ts
"what does the meeting look like?"	utter-screenshot.ts

NEVER read or analyze screenshot images to understand meeting content.

Screenshot files

• ~/.openclaw/workspace/openutter/joined-meeting.png — confirmation screenshot after joining
• ~/.openclaw/workspace/openutter/debug-join-failed.png — join button not found
• ~/.openclaw/workspace/openutter/debug-admit-failed.png — not admitted / blocked / timed out

Troubleshooting

• Join button not found: Google Meet UI changes occasionally. The debug screenshot shows what the bot saw — send it to the user.
• Not admitted: The bot joins as a guest and needs host approval. Ask the host to admit "OpenUtter Bot". If timed out, the debug screenshot is sent automatically.
• No captions captured: The CC button selector may change with Meet updates. If the transcript is empty, captions may not have been enabled. Try --headed to verify the CC button is clicked.
• Headless blocked: The bot uses stealth patches to bypass headless detection. If Google Meet blocks it, try --headed for debugging.