Question 1

Is Otto free?

Accepted Answer

Yes, while it's in early access. Otto uses your own Claude API key, so you pay Anthropic directly for what you use. A typical task costs about a tenth of a cent: we measured $0.0007 for a folder question and $0.001 for a logo search.

Question 2

What can it do today?

Accepted Answer

Find, count, read and convert files; open apps, websites and the right Chrome profile; move things to the Trash and empty it; search Gmail and Google Drive and send emails with files attached. It can't click inside other apps or websites yet. That's the next step.

Question 3

Will it delete something by mistake?

Accepted Answer

Deleting, emptying the Trash and sending email always stop and wait for your yes, said out loud, clicked, or typed. A move to the Trash can be undone from the bar. Moving your own mouse or pressing Esc stops Otto at once.

Question 4

What leaves my Mac?

Accepted Answer

Your command and only the pieces Otto needs to do it (file names, and the text of documents it reads) go to Claude, made by Anthropic. Your voice goes to Deepgram to turn it into text. Searching happens on your Mac with Spotlight. Your activity log and what Otto has learned stay on your Mac.

Question 5

How does it get smarter?

Accepted Answer

The more you use it, the more it knows. It counts habits from tasks that worked (which browser and Chrome profile you use for which website, the apps you open, the folders you work in, who you email), writes short lessons after tasks, and keeps the notes you give it. It reads all of that before every command, so it stops asking. Everything stays on your Mac, and no AI model is trained on your data.

Question 6

Does it listen all the time?

Accepted Answer

Only for the words “Hey Otto”, and that listening uses your Mac's own on-device speech recognition: nothing is sent anywhere. Once Otto is open, what you say goes to Deepgram to become text. After two quiet minutes that stops, and Otto waits for “Hey Otto” again. You can turn “Hey Otto” off in Settings.

Question 7

It keeps mishearing a name. Can I fix that?

Accepted Answer

Yes. In Settings, open Words, add the name, and say it two or three times. Otto records how it gets heard and corrects it from then on.

Question 8

Can I use it from Claude?

Accepted Answer

Yes. In Otto's Settings, open Connections and add Otto to Claude Desktop, or copy the one-line command for Claude Code. Then you can ask Claude to have Otto do things, read Otto's activity, teach it, or change its settings.

Question 9

Why does macOS say it can't check Otto?

Accepted Answer

Otto isn't notarized by Apple yet. The first time, right-click Otto in Applications and choose Open. After that it opens normally.

Question 10

Windows?

Accepted Answer

Mac only for now.

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