Your phone is often closest when a client conversation starts. Recap’s iPhone app now defines ten built-in actions for Siri and Shortcuts, covering recording controls, meeting recall, and follow-ups. This is a preview of the actions in the app; we are still validating spoken Siri behavior on an iPhone before calling the voice experience ready.
The actions appear under the app name Recap. You invoke Siri using the iPhone’s normal wake phrase or button, then ask for an action in Recap. “Hey Recap” is not a separate wake phrase.
The 10 Recap iPhone Siri Shortcuts
These are the ten App Shortcuts currently defined in the iPhone app. The example requests below follow the phrases configured for each action; Siri’s recognition of a spoken request still needs device verification.
| # | Shortcut | Example request | What the action is designed to do |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Search | “Search my recordings in Recap” | Find a recording by its title or content. |
| 2 | Start recording | “Start recording in Recap” | Start capture without turning an existing recording off. |
| 3 | Stop recording | “Stop recording in Recap” | Save and end the current recording. |
| 4 | Pause or resume | “Pause recording in Recap” | Pause or resume capture according to the action you request. |
| 5 | Ask a meeting | “Ask Recap about a meeting” | Ask a question using that meeting’s available evidence. |
| 6 | Summarize | “Summarize my last recording in Recap” | Hear a short summary and open the fuller notes. |
| 7 | Action items | “List my Recap action items” | Hear open action items, including items due today when requested. |
| 8 | Promises | “What did Dana promise in Recap?” | Find action items attributed to a person. |
| 9 | Add action item | “Add an action item in Recap” | Add a follow-up to a meeting, with confirmation when the meeting is inferred. |
| 10 | Mark done | “Mark an action item done in Recap” | Confirm and complete an action item. |
For a consulting team, the point is the handoff between a conversation and the next step. Search or summarize a recording before a client call, then check meeting action items without reconstructing them from memory. Our AI meeting recap guide shows how those notes fit into the wider client record.
Recording gets three clear controls
The preview build promotes separate Start recording and Stop recording shortcuts. Asking to start again leaves an active recording in place. The tenth slot goes to a pause/resume action: the requested state matters, so repeating “pause” does not resume by accident. The Action Button can still use its existing recording toggle, and the Live Activity keeps its own Stop button.
We are checking whether Siri’s wake phrase reaches the system while Recap is using the microphone. Until that is verified on a physical iPhone, we cannot promise a fully hands-free stop during active capture.
How the shortcuts become available
Apple makes App Shortcuts available when an app is installed, without asking you to build a personal shortcut first. Recap uses the name Recap in its configured phrases. The Shortcuts app can show the actions under Recap, and Siri can use those phrases when the system recognizes them. Microphone permission is still required before recording can begin.
Apple allows up to ten App Shortcuts per app. We used two of those slots for stop and pause/resume recording. “Record with someone” and “Check recording uploads” remain actions in the Shortcuts app, without promoted Siri phrases. The Live Activity Stop button is a separate control; it does not count as one of these ten Siri shortcuts.
If you record a client meeting, make sure everyone knows and agrees before capture begins. Our guide to recording client meetings thoughtfully covers the practical questions to settle with your team.