Permissions Setup

Odin needs a few system permissions to work. You can grant them during the initial onboarding screen, or at any time by clicking the shield icon in the panel header or choosing Permissions… from the tray menu.

Required permissions

Microphone

Used for push-to-talk voice input. Without this, you can’t speak to Odin.

Screen Recording (macOS only)

Used to capture your display so Odin can see what you’re looking at when it answers. Without this, Odin answers without any screen context.

On Windows, screen capture uses a system API that doesn’t require a separate permission grant.

Optional permissions

Accessibility (macOS only)

Used for Act Mode — when you ask Odin to actually click, type, and control your computer on your behalf. Without Accessibility, Act Mode is disabled, but everything else (voice, screen analysis, agents, memory, skills) works normally.

Odin never requests Accessibility unless you try to use Act Mode.

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Granting permissions

macOS

1. Open System Settings → Privacy & Security → Microphone.
2. Find Odin AI in the list and toggle it on.
3. Go back to Privacy & Security → Screen Recording.
4. Find Odin AI and toggle it on.
5. Restart Odin if prompted.

Caution

macOS requires a restart of the app (not the system) after granting Screen Recording access. If Odin isn’t capturing your screen after enabling the permission, quit and reopen it from the menu bar.

To enable Act Mode (optional):

1. Open System Settings → Privacy & Security → Accessibility.
2. Find Odin AI and toggle it on.

Accessibility access takes effect immediately — no restart needed.

Windows

1. Open Settings → Privacy & security → Microphone.
2. Make sure Microphone access is on, and that Odin AI appears in the app list with access enabled.

Screen Recording and Accessibility access on Windows are handled automatically — no extra steps needed.

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Re-checking permissions

Click the shield icon in the top-right of the Odin panel at any time to see the current status of each permission and re-trigger the system prompt if needed.

Resetting onboarding

If you want to go through the onboarding flow again (for example, after a clean reinstall), delete the onboarding flag file:

macOS

rm ~/Library/Application\ Support/odin-ai/onboarding-complete

Windows

Delete %APPDATA%\odin-ai\onboarding-complete.

Relaunch Odin and the onboarding screen will appear again.