Is Cluely Detectable on Microsoft Teams?

Whether you join in a browser or the Microsoft Teams desktop app, the call captures three things: your microphone, your camera, and whatever screen or window you choose to share. It does not scan your operating system, read your list of running processes, or detect software installed on your machine. That level of access belongs to proctoring tools that run as a separate download with elevated permissions, not to Microsoft Teams itself.

The practical boundary is simple: if you never share your screen, Microsoft Teams has no view of any desktop application, including Cluely. The moment you share your full desktop, everything visible in that region is visible to the interviewer too. A broader picture of what each platform can realistically detect is on the detectability topic hub.

The real worry is that an interviewer sees an overlay mid-call, and the honest answer is that it depends on what you share, not on anything Microsoft Teams scans internally.

Cluely's overlay is a floating window that sits above other windows on your desktop. If you share your full desktop and the overlay is inside that region, the interviewer will see it. If you share only a specific window or the Microsoft Teams window itself, no other desktop application is included in the shared view. A common setup is to keep the overlay on a second monitor and share only the primary display, which removes the visual risk but requires two screens and deliberate placement before the call starts.

A standard Microsoft Teams call does not include proctoring. Some employers pair Teams with a separate proctoring tool, a browser extension, or a third-party assessment platform that installs alongside the call. In those cases the proctoring software may hold system-level permissions capable of detecting other running applications, which Microsoft Teams on its own cannot do.

Check whether the interview invitation mentions a proctoring tool or asks you to install extra software. If it does, treat the session as proctored and do not rely on any AI assistant. For an ordinary, non-proctored call, the risk of detection through Microsoft Teams itself is low, as long as you do not carelessly share your full screen.

SubcueAI is a native desktop application for macOS and Windows, not a browser extension. It captures system audio and microphone audio directly through the operating system and shows suggestions in a floating overlay. It does not inject into the browser and does not appear in the Microsoft Teams participant list as a separate bot.

Because the overlay is a normal desktop window, you can move it to a monitor or screen region you are not sharing, and because audio capture happens at the OS level, the Microsoft Teams window does not need to be in focus. The tutorial page walks through the setup, and the mock interview tool lets you test your audio and display arrangement before a real call.