# Mac app permissions

> What the AgentSky Mac app asks for and why.

canonical: https://agentsky.dev/help/mac-permissions
source: https://agentsky.dev/help/mac-permissions.md
updated: 2026-10-22

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The AgentSky Mac app may request several macOS permissions. All are optional — you can use the core chat and agent features without any of them.

## Microphone

**Used for:** voice dictation in the composer.

The app asks when you first click the microphone button in a chat. Without this permission the microphone button is hidden.

**To change:** System Settings → Privacy & Security → Microphone → AgentSky.

## Screen recording

**Used for:** sharing your screen content with an agent that can observe it.

The app asks the first time you invoke a screen-sharing feature. Without this permission the screen-sharing button is hidden.

**To change:** System Settings → Privacy & Security → Screen & System Audio Recording → AgentSky.

## Accessibility (computer use)

**Used for:** letting an agent control your Mac through the computer-use capability.

The app asks when you first enable computer use on a session. Without this permission the agent can see screenshots but cannot move the mouse or type.

**To change:** System Settings → Privacy & Security → Accessibility → AgentSky.

## Notifications

**Used for:** alerting you when a session needs your attention or finishes a long task.

The app asks on first launch. You can say no and still receive in-app notifications in the menubar.

**To change:** System Settings → Notifications → AgentSky.

## When these permissions are used

AgentSky does not collect screen content or keystrokes in the background. Call notes are on by default; recording the other side of a call still requires macOS system-audio permission. You can turn call notes off in Settings › This Mac. See [Call notes on your Mac](https://agentsky.dev/help/mac-call-notes).