Does Cluely Work with Microsoft Teams?

Compatibility is a fair concern if your interview invitation specifies Microsoft Teams. Here is how Cluely's desktop audio approach fits that setup, followed by the checks that establish whether it works on your machine.

Cluely's desktop capture approach can receive audio played by Microsoft Teams, including the remote participant's speech. A desktop assistant can capture that output without a dedicated meeting integration. The relevant connection is the computer's audio path.

Audio compatibility alone does not establish an official Microsoft Teams partnership or access to meeting chat, participant details, or calendar events. It also does not guarantee support for every operating system, app version, or audio device. Confirm Cluely's current requirements for your installed version before relying on the setup.

For a broader product comparison, see the Cluely alternative guide.

Test whether Cluely receives another participant's speech in an actual practice call. Hearing the call through your headphones confirms playback; a successful microphone test confirms your outgoing voice. Neither check alone verifies that the assistant receives the interviewer's audio.

• Operating system: Check Cluely's requirements for your installed build. A working setup on macOS does not establish support for Windows, or vice versa.
• Call location: Use the Microsoft Teams desktop client or browser you intend to use for the interview. Repeat the test if you switch between them.
• Capture permissions: Confirm that the assistant has the audio-capture permissions required by its setup instructions. Microphone access alone does not establish access to system playback.
• Speaker or headset: Test with your intended output device. Changing the device can change the audio route, so verify incoming speech again afterward.
• Your responses: If you need the assistant to receive your own speech, verify microphone capture separately. Do not infer that capability from successful capture of the other participant.

Consider a backend engineer preparing for a system-design interview on Microsoft Teams. During a permitted practice call, a partner asks a question while the engineer uses the headset and desktop client planned for the interview. If Cluely misses the question, the engineer checks audio capture before evaluating its answer suggestions.

SubcueAI ships two live-assist surfaces. Choose according to where the meeting runs and whose audio you need captured.

• Native desktop app: On macOS and Windows, SubcueAI captures both system audio and your microphone and displays assistance in a floating local overlay. It works with desktop meeting clients, including Microsoft Teams.
• Browser extension: On Chrome and Edge, the Side Panel provides live in-interview assistance for browser-tab calls. It captures the meeting tab's audio only, meaning the interviewer. It never captures your microphone and does not transcribe your responses. Its tab capture does not cover a separate Microsoft Teams desktop call.
• Firefox extension: The Firefox build supports mock practice only. It does not provide live interview assistance.

Neither live surface sends a meeting bot into the call, and neither injects a content script into the meeting page. Those facts describe how SubcueAI connects to the call; they do not guarantee that its interface stays private during screen sharing or recording.

For instructions on setting up SubcueAI, follow the tutorial.

Compatibility with Microsoft Teams does not establish invisibility. An overlay or browser Side Panel can appear if you share or record a screen area that includes it. Visibility depends on the captured surface and the recording method.

A recording of meeting audio and video is different from a recording of your entire desktop. The existence of a meeting recording alone does not establish that unshared local windows were captured. Equally, the absence of a meeting bot says nothing about what a separate screen recorder or device-monitoring system can observe.

Screen sharing, screen recording, proctored assessments, and company-managed devices are outside the scope of any assurance that assistance stays private. Device controls can also restrict installation or audio capture. Neither Cluely nor SubcueAI should be treated as universally undetectable, and live assistance should be used only where the interview rules permit it.

For more detail on these boundaries, read the detectability guides.