Littlebird

What is Littlebird?

Littlebird is an AI assistant designed to work with the context of your day-to-day work—documents you’re editing, conversations you’re having, and what’s happening in meetings. Instead of requiring long prompts, it aims to help you get answers and draft content using information it reads from your active applications.

The core purpose of Littlebird is to provide a “full-context” assistant experience: a unified, searchable memory of what you’ve seen and an assistant that can generate outputs (like drafts and summaries) grounded in your actual work.

Key Features

• Full-context assistance from what you’re doing: Littlebird reads the text and elements of your active applications (rather than recording your screen) to provide responses tied to the work you have in view.
• Unified memory across apps and meetings: It is described as learning from your work across apps and meetings to help you find items and create from what it knows.
• Meeting transcription and summaries: It transcribes and summarizes meetings so you can stay present without worrying about manual notes.
• Search “anything you’ve seen”: You can find content you’ve encountered quickly, whether it was on your screen or in a meeting.
• AI drafting for common work outputs: It drafts emails, documents, and plans using the context of your real work, with the goal of producing output that sounds like you.
• Chat and routines: It supports a chat experience grounded in what it knows about your work, plus “routines” that deliver proactive updates on a schedule.
• Privacy controls for context collection and data: You can pause context collection and delete data (including deleting all data or only recent data such as the last hour or day).

How to Use Littlebird

1. Download and install the Littlebird desktop app for Mac (and join the Windows waitlist to access the Windows version).
2. Start using your normal workflow across apps and meetings while Littlebird runs quietly in the background.
3. Use Littlebird’s chat to ask questions or create content without having to copy and paste background information.
4. For meetings, review meeting notes generated by Littlebird’s transcription and summarization.
5. Search for information you’ve seen and use it as grounding context for drafting emails, docs, and plans.
6. Adjust privacy settings as needed—pause context collection, customize app visibility, or delete stored data.

Use Cases

• Finding a specific detail from work you viewed: Search for something you saw on your screen in seconds instead of trying to remember which document, tab, or meeting it came from.
• Producing a draft from an ongoing project: Draft an email, document, or plan while you’re working by leveraging the context Littlebird reads from the active application.
• Turning meetings into usable notes: After a meeting, rely on Littlebird’s transcription and summaries to capture decisions and key points.
• Asking questions without re-explaining: Use Littlebird’s chat to ask for answers or next steps based on the context it already has about your work.
• Getting prepared via scheduled updates: Use “routines” to receive personalized updates on your schedule, reducing manual follow-ups.

FAQ

How does Littlebird understand my work?

Littlebird learns by seeing what you see. It pays attention to the active window on your screen and, during meetings, listens along to take notes. It reads the text and elements of your active applications rather than recording your screen.

What can Littlebird see (and what can’t it)?

It is stated that it never sees minimized apps, private browser windows, or sensitive information such as passwords. If you can’t see it on your screen, Littlebird can’t see it either.

Do I need to connect all my apps for it to work?

No. The site says Littlebird works automatically by seeing what’s on your screen, creating a unified memory across apps without setup. It also mentions optional integrations (for example, Google Calendar) being introduced.

Can I control or delete my data?

Yes. You can pause context collection at any time and delete your data. The site describes deleting all data or deleting recent data (such as the last hour or day), and includes controls like customizing app visibility.

Is my data encrypted and used for training?

The site states that data is encrypted when stored on Littlebird servers, and that it does not sell your data or use it for training its models. It also directs readers to a privacy page for more details.

Alternatives

• General AI chat assistants: These typically require you to provide context (often by copying and pasting information) because they don’t automatically ground answers in your active apps and meetings.
• Note-taking and meeting recording tools: Tools focused on transcription and summaries can help capture meetings, but may not provide the same cross-app “full-context” memory described for Littlebird.
• Personal knowledge management tools: Knowledge bases and document search systems can help you find past information, but usually require manual organization and indexing rather than reading active work in real time.
• Productivity assistants that rely on integrations: Some assistants work primarily through connected calendars, docs, or task systems; compared to Littlebird, they may depend more on explicit setup and integrations than on what’s currently on your screen.