Yap points a camera at you, so let's be plain. The short version: your camera, photos, and recordings never leave your Mac. The only thing that goes out is the text you hand the AI — and only with your own key.
Last updated June 2026
.yap files you make.When you ask Yap's AI to build or edit a deck, the text you type and your deck's text go to Anthropic (Claude) to write the response — using your own Anthropic key, billed to you. Your key is stored locally on your Mac.
Your camera, images, video, and recordings are never sent. The request is text only. Web slides load real pages live, the same as a browser would.
To learn which features matter, Yap can record content-free usage — that a deck was created, a present started, an export finished. It's tagged with a random per-install id, never your name, your account, your deck content, or anything from your camera, and IP addresses are discarded. You can turn it off any time in Settings → AI. Crash reports are summarized the same way — the crash type and app version, nothing more.
Yap is an early beta, provided as-is — expect rough edges. You own what you make with it. Don't use it to do harm. Anything you'd like removed or asked: get in touch.