Settings: Cleanup and Style

Cleanup Modes

The Cleanup settings card provides two modes:

• Local only
• Cloud if configured

Mode behavior:

• transcription remains local in both modes
• cloud mode only runs if a valid API key is available
• when cloud fails or is budget-disabled, Steno falls back to local rule-based cleanup

Style Profile

Global cleanup style is controlled by four fields:

• Tone: natural, professional, concise, friendly, technical
• Structure: natural, paragraph, bullets, email, command
• Filler removal: minimal, balanced, aggressive
• Commands: passthrough or transform

If command policy is passthrough and app context is IDE, slash-prefixed text can pass through without rewrite.

Cloud Budget Guard

Cloud cleanup uses budget guard decisions based on monthly spend.

Default thresholds in source:

• soft degrade threshold: 6.5 USD
• hard stop threshold: 8.0 USD

Mode outcomes:

• enabled: premium model tier
• degraded: economical model tier
• disabled: local fallback only

Default model names in OpenAI configuration:

• premium: gpt-5-mini
• economical: gpt-5-nano

App Overrides

You can define per-app cleanup style overrides by bundle ID.

Example use cases:

• technical tone in IDEs
• concise email structure in communication apps
• aggressive filler removal for meeting notes

If no override exists, global style profile is used.