Screen-share-safe AI assistant for meetings

The moment you share your screen on a call, everything on your display becomes visible to everyone watching. If you are running an AI meeting assistant that overlays cues on your screen, that visibility is a problem — unless the tool is explicitly designed to keep its UI off the screen share.

LiveCue is a screen-share-safe AI assistant for Mac. Its overlay is excluded from macOS screen capture, so your cues appear on your physical display during the meeting but never show up in what you share or in recordings of the call.

Why screen-share safety is a distinct feature, not a default

Many developers building overlay apps on macOS do not apply the screen capture exclusion API by default, either because they are not aware of it or because they tested their tool in a context where screen sharing was not in use. The result is an AI assistant that works fine in a solo session but creates an uncomfortable moment the first time you share your screen with a client and your prompt list appears in their view.

Screen-share safety requires an explicit choice by the developer to call the macOS API that marks a window as excluded from screen capture. If a tool's documentation does not specifically mention it, test the tool during a screen share before relying on it in a sensitive call.

How the macOS screen capture exclusion works

macOS gives applications the ability to mark a window so that it is excluded from the content captured during a screen recording or screen share. When this flag is set on a window, the operating system renders the window normally on the physical display but omits it from the pixel buffer that is passed to any screen recording API.

This means:

• Zoom's screen share does not see the window.
• Google Meet's screen share does not see the window.
• Microsoft Teams' screen share does not see the window.
• macOS's native screen recording (used for QuickTime recordings, for example) does not see the window.
• Any other app that uses the standard macOS screen capture APIs will not see the window.

The exclusion is enforced at the system level, not at the application level. It does not depend on LiveCue detecting what platform you are on or negotiating anything with Zoom or Meet. The OS simply does not include the window in the captured output.

What happens when an AI assistant is not screen-share-safe

A meeting assistant that is not screen-share-safe creates a few different problems, depending on the context:

On a client demo

You share your screen to walk through a product or document. Your cue overlay appears in the client's view. At best, it is slightly embarrassing. At worst, it reveals that you are being prompted in real time, which can undermine trust in a sales relationship that depends on the client believing you are an expert.

During a candidate interview

If an interviewer asks you to share your screen and your cues are visible, the situation speaks for itself. The tool being on your screen is not the issue — it is the fact that it is visible in the shared view, which changes the fundamental nature of the interaction.

In a recorded meeting

Your meeting platform records the session and distributes the recording to people who were not on the call. Those participants will see whatever was visible during the screen share in the recording. An AI assistant overlay in a recording is awkward at best and, in some professional contexts, a compliance concern.

When screen-share safety matters most

For a standup meeting with three teammates where no one is sharing their screen, screen-share safety is not a practical concern. It matters most in situations where:

• Client demos and product walkthroughs where you share a live product view.
• Technical interviews where screen sharing is part of the process.
• Customer success and onboarding calls where you share your screen to walk through a tool.
• Any recorded meeting that will be distributed to people outside the call.
• Regulated or sensitive conversations where the record of the meeting matters.

Using LiveCue during a screen share

Because the exclusion is applied at the OS level, there is no toggle or mode you need to switch to before sharing your screen. LiveCue's overlay is excluded from capture by default. You open your meeting app, start LiveCue, and share your screen exactly as you normally would. The cues appear on your display throughout. The person on the other end of the call sees only what is on your screen — not the overlay.

You can verify this yourself before relying on it: start a screen share in Zoom or Meet, ask a colleague to confirm what they see, and confirm the overlay is absent from their view. It will be.

The overlay is only the start of privacy

Screen-share safety is one layer of privacy for an AI meeting assistant, but it is not the whole picture. LiveCue is also private in other ways: it does not add a bot to the call, and it does not upload a full recording of your meeting to a cloud server. The screen-share exclusion keeps your cues off the screen share; the local processing model keeps your meeting conversation off third-party servers.

If you are evaluating tools based on privacy, check all three properties: participant visibility, recording handling, and screen-share behavior. A tool that handles one but not the others may create exposure in a different place.

Use it responsibly

Screen-share safety means other people cannot accidentally see your cues. It does not change what you are responsible for as a meeting participant. You still need to follow your employer's policies on AI tools, the interview or meeting platform's rules, and any applicable consent laws in your jurisdiction. A screen-share-safe AI assistant is a tool for doing your job better — not for bypassing rules that protect the people you are meeting with.

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FAQ

What does screen-share-safe mean for an AI meeting assistant?

Screen-share-safe means the assistant's overlay window is excluded from macOS screen capture — it is visible only on your physical display and does not appear when you share your screen or when the meeting is recorded. Other participants never see your cues in their view of your screen.

How does LiveCue keep its overlay off screen share?

LiveCue uses a macOS API that marks the overlay window as excluded from screen capture at the operating system level. This is not a software workaround — it is a native macOS capability that prevents the window from appearing in any screen recording or screen sharing session, regardless of which meeting platform you are using.

Does screen-share exclusion work on Zoom, Google Meet, and Teams?

Yes. Because the exclusion is applied at the macOS level rather than through a platform integration, it works consistently across Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, Webex, and any other meeting app that uses standard macOS screen capture APIs.

Can I use a screen-share-safe AI assistant during a job interview?

LiveCue's overlay stays off the interviewer's view of your screen, which means they will not see your cues during a screen share. However, you are responsible for following the interview platform's rules and the company's policies on AI assistance. Screen-share safety is a technical property of the tool; whether using it is appropriate is an ethical and policy question you need to answer for yourself.