Questions, answered
without the fine print.

What Apprentice can do, what it cannot do, and where your information goes.

What does "it sees my screen" actually mean?

It looks when a task needs looking. It reads the window it is working in, and takes a screenshot only when a task needs vision. That screenshot goes to the model on your own Claude account, like an attachment you sent yourself. It is not recording your day.

Can it press buttons and click around my Mac?

No. It works apps through their real automation interfaces, like Excel's own scripting, and does file and web work directly. On screen it points: arrows, circles, highlights. It never moves your mouse. You stay the one driving.

What exactly leaves my Mac?

Your requests, and screenshots when a task needs vision, go to the model on your own Claude account, the same path as using Claude directly. If you use live call notes, call audio streams to a transcription service while the call runs. If you text it over Telegram, those messages travel through Telegram.

Memory, rules, and learned conventions stay in local files. Apprentice never uses your data to train models. Details in the privacy note.

What happens when it gets something wrong?

Say what needs changing. Apprentice turns the correction into a rule and applies it on future tasks. You can read, edit, or delete that rule at any time.

Do I need to learn prompting?

No. Talk to it the way you would talk across a desk. To give it a head start, show it a folder of finished work. Apprentice finds your conventions and links each one to its source file.

How is that different from ChatGPT or Claude in a browser tab?

A chat tab mainly talks about your work. Apprentice works on the Mac where the work happens: it edits the workbook, organises the desktop, and carries your corrections into future sessions.

Why is it free? What's the catch?

It is a beta, and you bring the Claude account Apprentice uses. Your model usage is billed by Anthropic, not marked up by us. Beta users will get notice before paid plans arrive. That promise is written into the terms. More on the pricing page.

Do I need my own Claude subscription?

Yes. Apprentice signs in with your Claude Pro or Max plan, or an Anthropic API key, and usage draws on your own quota. You can also route work to other models with your own keys, and Apprentice falls back to Claude if a model misbehaves.

Will it slow my Mac down or sit in every meeting?

It idles quietly until you hold the key and talk. Call notes only run when you ask it to sit in on a call, and stop when you hang up.

What can it do on day one?

Build and format spreadsheets, write documents, make slide decks, cut video, transcribe calls, research the web, organise files, and work inside supported Mac apps, all by voice. The interactive demo shows 14 real tasks.

How do updates work?

The app is signed and notarized, and it updates itself quietly in the background. Download once, stay current.

When is Windows coming?

It is in development. The core already runs on Windows and the native app is being built. Join the waitlist and we will tell you when it is ready. Meanwhile, the Telegram connection lets you message Apprentice from any device.

Something else? Email hello@withapprentice.com. A human reads it.