Heard Parrot

Heard Parrot is Heard’s assistant. Parrot narrates what your agents are doing, answers your questions, takes actions for you, and texts you. Narration works on every plan; talking with Parrot is part of Heard Power and is in beta.

"Hey Parrot, walk me through this codebase."
"Hey Parrot, where does sign-in happen in finance-app?"
"Hey Parrot, catch me up."
"Hey Parrot, open Claude in admin-portal."
"Hey Parrot, open todo-app in Finder."

Start a conversation

Say “Hey Parrot”. That is the only way to start a conversation: holding right ⌘ is dictation and never reaches Parrot. The wake word works whatever you are doing with right ⌘. While you talk with Parrot, a light glows along the bottom edge of the screen. See On screen.

After an answer, keep talking to follow up. Recent context stays in the conversation. Parrot answers in its own conversation voice, so you can tell an answer apart from narration.

What Parrot can do

Answer questions about your code

Ask about architecture, behavior, or where a feature lives. Parrot reads the relevant code and answers out loud. Reading is read-only: Parrot never edits files and never runs commands in your repositories.

Parrot finds your repositories in your usual project folders. If a project lives somewhere else, add its folder in Settings under Parrot.

Catch you up

Say “catch me up” or “what did I miss?” for a spoken recap of what your agents did: what landed, what is still running, and what is waiting on you. Ask Parrot which sessions are running, or whether anything needs you.

After a call, Heard can offer a recap of what happened while you were in it.

Open things for you

Ask Parrot to open Claude or Codex in a project, reveal a project in Finder, or open an app, a website, or a search. Opening apps is controlled by Let Parrot control apps in Settings; turn it off and Parrot only talks.

Message an agent

Start with an agent’s name, for example “Claude, run the tests again”, and Heard delivers your words to that session. If more than one session matches, Heard asks which one. Whether the message is typed for you to send or sent automatically depends on your listening mode.

What Parrot will not do

• It never edits files or runs commands in your repositories. Changing code stays with you and your coding agent.
• It never presses Enter in a text field for you. Dictation at your cursor is only typed.

Settings