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# Delegate, talk, and use Siri

> Hand work to your squad from any app with the Delegate panel, talk to your teammates, and use Siri, Shortcuts, Spotlight, and the Services menu in Squad for Mac.

<Note>Squad for Mac is in private beta.</Note>

Squad for Mac lets you give your squad work without opening the main window. These ways are Mac only. A Viewer cannot open the Delegate panel or talk to the squad.

## Delegate from any app

The Delegate panel opens over the app that you use, like Spotlight. Each job starts a new conversation with the teammate that you pick.

<Steps>
  <Step title="Open the panel">
    Press ⌥Space in any app. In Squad, you can also choose **Delegate…** in the **File** menu (⌘N), in the menu bar panel's **⋯** menu, or in the right-click menu of the peek that opens when you point to the notch.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Pick the teammate">
    The panel opens on your chief of staff. Select another teammate's face to send the job to that teammate.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Type the job">
    Type what the teammate should do.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Send it">
    Select **Send to** and the teammate's name, or press ⌘Return.
  </Step>
</Steps>

The panel says "Sent to" and the teammate's name, then closes. Focus goes back to the app that you were in. You hear from the teammate when it replies. Esc, or a click somewhere else, closes the panel without sending. Pressing ⌥Space again also closes it.

A Viewer who presses ⌥Space sees "Your access is view-only, so you can't hand work to the squad." When you are signed out, ⌥Space opens the main window.

### The page that you have open

When you open the panel from Safari, Chrome, Arc, Brave, Edge, Vivaldi, or Chromium, the page that you have open goes with the job. A chip shows the page's title and the browser. The teammate gets the page's title and address in your message, not the page's text. Firefox is not supported.

To send without it, select the X on the chip (**Leave the page out**).

The first time, macOS asks you to allow Squad to control that browser. If you say no, the page is left out.

### Your screen

When Squad can see your screen, a picture of the front window of the app that you were in goes with the job. Squad takes the picture once, when you open the panel. Nothing is taken in the background or kept on your Mac. A chip shows the picture and the app's name. The teammate gets the picture as an attached file.

To send without it, select the X on the chip (**Leave your screen out**).

Until Squad can see your screen, an icon button beside **Send to** and the teammate's name asks macOS for the Screen Recording permission. Its tooltip starts with "Let Squad see your screen." See [Let your teammates use your Mac](/docs/mac/mac-access#permissions-on-your-mac).

## Send selected text with the Services menu

<Steps>
  <Step title="Select text or a link">
    In any app, select the text or the link to send.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Choose Send to Squad">
    Choose **Send to Squad** in the app's **Services** menu, or in the right-click menu under **Services**.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Send the job">
    The Delegate panel opens with the text in it. Add what the teammate should do and send it.
  </Step>
</Steps>

## Talk to your squad

<Steps>
  <Step title="Hold the shortcut and speak">
    Hold ⌃⌥Space in any app and speak. The notch shows who gets the message and your words as you speak.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Let go to send">
    Let go of the keys. The message goes out, and the notch says that it was sent.
  </Step>
</Steps>

A quick tap of ⌃⌥Space keeps Squad listening until you tap again. Listening also stops by itself after a while. See [Limits and defaults](/docs/limits-and-defaults#squad-for-mac). The first time, macOS asks for access to the microphone and to speech recognition. Squad turns your speech into text on your Mac. A Viewer sees "Your access is view-only, so you can't send messages to the squad." When your language cannot be transcribed on your Mac, Squad says to add it in **System Settings** > **Keyboard** > **Dictation**.

### Who gets the message

1. Start with a teammate's name to send the message to that teammate, for example "Nina, find venues for the launch." Forms such as "Ask Nina to…" and "Hey Nina" work too. The full name, the mention name, or a first name that only one teammate has all work.
2. Without a name, the message goes to the teammate whose chat is open in the main window, but only when the main window is in front.
3. Otherwise, it goes to your chief of staff.

When the main window is in front with a conversation with that teammate open, the message goes to that conversation. Otherwise it goes to today's voice conversation with the teammate, or starts one. Say "new topic" or "start over" to start a new conversation.

### Hear the answer

With **Hear the answer** on, Squad reads the teammate's reply aloud in that teammate's voice when it arrives soon after your question. The words light up in the notch as they are read. Talking again stops the reading.

A later reply is not read aloud. It comes as a notification. While the notch is on, it also shows in the notch with **Play** for a limited time. When the reply comes after a much longer time, Squad stops waiting for it, and the answer is only in the chat. See [Limits and defaults](/docs/limits-and-defaults#squad-for-mac).

### Stay quiet in meetings

With **Stay quiet in meetings** on, Squad stays quiet while another app uses your microphone or camera, or while your screen is shared:

* Squad does not speak. An answer to a spoken question waits in the notch with **Play**.
* Squad plays no sounds. Notifications still show, without sound.
* The notch does not open by itself. Questions wait, then come out when the meeting ends.

Both switches are in **Settings** > **This Mac** > **General**, where you can also change the shortcut. See [General settings for this Mac](/docs/mac/settings#general-settings-for-this-mac).

## Siri and the Shortcuts app

Squad adds these actions to Siri and the Shortcuts app. You can say a phrase to Siri, or use an action in a shortcut.

| Action | What it does | Say to Siri |
| - | - | - |
| **Delegate to Squad** | Hands a job to a teammate and starts a new conversation. Leave the teammate empty to send it to your chief of staff. | "Delegate to Squad", "Ask my Squad" |
| **What Needs Me in Squad** | Says how many things wait for you, and the first few. It also says how many of your steps in Contacts are due, for example "2 of your steps in Contacts are due." | "What needs me in Squad", "Check Squad" |
| **Show What Needs You in Squad** | Opens Squad on **Needs you**. | "Show what needs me in Squad" |
| **New Squad Task** | Adds a task to the board, for a teammate that you pick, or your chief of staff. You can set the details and the priority. | "New task in Squad" |
| **Make My Squad's Recap Card** | Makes an image of what your squad got done today or this week. | "Make my Squad recap", "Share my Squad day" |

## Spotlight

Spotlight finds your teammates, every task in the squad that is not done, and your docs. Open a result to open it in Squad. Squad clears these from Spotlight when you sign out or switch squads.

## Check that it works

Press ⌥Space, type a short job, and press ⌘Return. A new conversation with your chief of staff shows in the main window.


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