How to vibe codeTactiq
AI meeting transcription and assistant for Google Meet, Zoom, and Teams
tactiq.io ↗Productivity
The verdict: can you vibe code Tactiq?
You can build a personal subset of this meeting assistant, but maintaining resilient DOM scrapers across three distinct video conferencing apps will test your patience.
The core product loop—listening to live DOM mutations in Google Meet, assembling transcripts client-side, and passing them to an LLM for summaries—is entirely buildable as a personal Chrome extension in a few weekends. The real engineering tax is maintenance: Google, Zoom, and Microsoft frequently alter their DOM structures and caption CSS selectors, breaking unmonitored scrapers. For a personal tool, you can hardcode selectors for whichever platform you use most and bypass the enterprise compliance moat entirely.
Estimated effort: 2-3 weeks part-time
What you can't replicate
- SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001 compliance posture
- Organic distribution across 1M+ browser extension users
Founded
2020
Raised
$10M
Team
17
Cheapest paid tier
$0
What Tactiq does
Capture conversations on video conferencing platforms without deploying a disruptive third-party recording bot into the call.
Core features
- Client-side DOM caption scraping in browser conferencing tabs
- Real-time text chunking and speaker diarization
- One-click AI meeting summaries and action item extraction
- Custom AI prompts and prompt library
- Ask AI Q&A over meeting transcripts
- Export transcripts to PDF, TXT, or markdown
- Workflow sync to Slack, Linear, and Notion
The business
Pricing
- Free$0
- Pro$8/mo
- Team$16.67/mo
Funding
$10M from Antler, Artiel Ventures
Pay vs build, cumulative
Break-even at month 2 — after that, every month is money kept.
The hard parts of vibe coding Tactiq
- DOM scraping resilience against frequent UI layout updates by Google, Zoom, and Microsoft
- Managing real-time client-side state without dropping tokens or out-of-order dialogue segments
- Optimizing LLM token usage and chunking strategies across lengthy meeting transcripts
How to vibecode Tactiq
Prerequisites
Node.jsfree
Required for building the browser extension and web dashboard
GitHubfree
Code repository and version control
AI coding tools
Recommended stack
| Frontend | Next.js (Dashboard) + Vanilla JS/React (Extension Popup & Content Script) |
|---|---|
| Backend | Next.js API Routes |
| Database | Turso (SQLite at the edge) |
| Auth | better-auth |
| Payments | None (Personal use clone) |
| Other | Vercel AI SDK, Anthropic API, Tailwind CSS |
Hosting & infrastructure
| Cloudflare | Hosting the Next.js dashboard, API routes, and static assets on edge workers | $0/mo |
Build guide
01Scaffold Monorepo & Database Schema
Set up a Next.js project with Turso and better-auth for managing personal meeting transcripts, prompts, and summaries.
Create a new Next.js 16 project configured with TypeScript, Tailwind CSS v4, and App Router. Set up Turso with Drizzle ORM for database connectivity. Implement better-auth for secure single-user email/password authentication. Create database tables for 'meetings' (id, title, platform, createdAt, rawTranscript) and 'summaries' (id, meetingId, promptType, content, createdAt). Ensure all API routes are fully typed and structured for a personal meeting assistant.02Build Chrome Extension Manifest & Content Script Scraper
Create a Manifest V3 browser extension that injects a content script into Google Meet to observe live caption mutations.
Build a Chrome extension (Manifest V3) structure inside a 'extension' folder in the project. Create a content script targeted at meet.google.com that observes DOM mutations within closed caption containers. Extract speaker names and caption text dynamically as they appear. Implement a debounced buffer that sends accumulated transcript chunks back to the background service worker or directly to the local storage buffer without breaking performance.03Extension Popup UI & Local State Management
Build the side panel or popup UI for the Chrome extension to display live transcripts and trigger quick AI actions.
Develop a clean React-based extension popup interface styled with Tailwind CSS v4. The UI should display live incoming transcription streams in real-time, list detected speakers, and feature buttons for 'Summarize Meeting' and 'Extract Action Items'. Implement local chrome.storage sync so transcripts persist if the popup is closed and reopened during an active meeting.04Integrate LLM Summarization & Custom Prompts
Connect the backend and extension to the Anthropic API using the Vercel AI SDK to generate structured summaries and action items.
Implement server-side API endpoints in Next.js using the Vercel AI SDK and Anthropic API (Claude 3.5 Sonnet). Create structured prompt templates for meeting summaries, key decisions, and assigned action items. Wire up the extension popup buttons to send the raw meeting transcript to the Next.js backend, stream the AI-generated markdown summary back to the extension, and save the result to the Turso database.05Dashboard & Knowledge Base Viewer
Build a web dashboard to review past meeting transcripts, search history, and manage custom AI prompt libraries.
Build a full-page Next.js dashboard view for reviewing past meetings. Include a searchable list of transcripts, a detail view with rendered markdown summaries, action item checkboxes, and an AI Q&A sidebar ('Ask AI') that queries specific transcripts using vector search or full-text search over Turso. Add a settings page to create and save custom AI prompt templates for future meetings.
Cost vs paying for Tactiq
What will you build it with?
Starting total with Claude Code~$5.00 one-time
Starting costs (one-time)
- Chrome Web Store Developer Registration (optional for local sideloading)$5 one-time
Total~$5 one-time
Ongoing costs (monthly)
- Anthropic API usage for personal meeting summarization~$3-5/mo
Total~$3-5/mo
Paying for Tactiq
$8/mo - $16.67/mo (Pro/Team)
Your time to build
25-35 hours
AI tool credits
~$20 one-time (LLM API testing credits)
Break-even
Never (built for personal learning and custom workflow control)
Vibe code Tactiq: FAQ
- Can you vibe code Tactiq yourself?
- Solid side project — 62/100 vibecodeable. You can build a personal subset of this meeting assistant, but maintaining resilient DOM scrapers across three distinct video conferencing apps will test your patience.
- How long does it take to vibe code Tactiq?
- 2-3 weeks part-time — roughly 25-35 hours of hands-on time with an AI coding agent.
- How do you build your own Tactiq?
- Scoped to personal use: Next.js (Dashboard) + Vanilla JS/React (Extension Popup & Content Script) on the front, Next.js API Routes behind it, Turso (SQLite at the edge) for data. Follow the 5-step build guide on this page — each step has a paste-ready prompt for an AI coding agent.
- How do you code your own Tactiq without being an expert?
- Use an AI coding tool (Claude Code or Cursor) and work in small steps: scaffold, data model, core screens, then deploy. Realistic effort: 2-3 weeks part-time. The prompts on this page are written so the AI does the heavy lifting.
- How much does it cost to vibe code Tactiq instead of paying?
- About ~$5 one-time to start and ~$3-5/mo to run, versus $8/mo - $16.67/mo (Pro/Team) for Tactiq. Break-even: Never (built for personal learning and custom workflow control).
- What stack should you use to vibe code Tactiq?
- Next.js (Dashboard) + Vanilla JS/React (Extension Popup & Content Script); Next.js API Routes; Turso (SQLite at the edge); plus Vercel AI SDK, Anthropic API, Tailwind CSS.