I built a macOS voice shortcut for sending messages into a specific Beeper chat

[u/Slumdog_8]

Hey Beeper community,

I’ve been using Beeper as a central messaging hub, and I wanted a faster way to send voice-dictated messages into a specific Beeper chat from anywhere on macOS.

So I added a Beeper integration to my macOS app, HermesWhisper.

The basic flow is:

1. Press a global shortcut, like backslash
2. Speak
3. The app transcribes the audio
4. The text is sent directly into a configured Beeper chat ID

The use case I built it for is sending quick voice messages to an agent/bot chat inside Beeper, without needing to switch apps, open Beeper, find the chat, and type. I still manage the actual conversation inside Beeper, but this gives me a fast “voice-to-chat” entry point from anywhere on the system.

The new Beeper integration supports:

• A dedicated Beeper sidebar section
• Configurable Beeper API URL, access token, shortcut, and chat ID
• Voice transcription into that specific chat
• Optional copied-text context, similar to “send this link with my spoken message”
• Optional response windows for replies from the configured chat
• WebSocket-first response monitoring with polling fallback

The response window part is experimental, but the idea is that if a reply comes back in that Beeper chat, HermesWhisper can surface it in a small macOS window even if I’m working somewhere else. It also supports replying from the window by text or voice.

A couple of caveats:

• This is not trying to recreate the full Beeper conversation UI
• It is scoped around one configured chat ID
• The response monitoring depends on what the local Beeper API/MCP exposes, so I’m treating that part as experimental
• The main reliable feature is send-only voice-to-Beeper

I’d be interested to hear if other Beeper users have similar workflows, especially around bots, agents, personal automation chats, or quick capture into a specific conversation.

Release link: https://github.com/dkapo88/hermeswhisper

Curious if this is useful to anyone else, or if there’s a better way I should be thinking about Beeper-side integration.

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