Answers
The questions, answered straight.
The questions founders ask before they connect a calendar, a meeting tool or Slack to Sonar, answered straight: what is read, what is kept, whether a colleague's name can reach a post, how Sonar learns your voice, and what it can and cannot do on LinkedIn for you. Each answer is two sentences first, then the detail, every fact checked against the code.
Eight questions
Before you connect anything.
Each page opens with the answer in two sentences, then the detail, then one thing to do next. Every fact is read from the code that does the work, and each answer links the page that covers its source in full.
Can I turn a Zoom recording into a LinkedIn post?
Yes, from the recording's transcript: Sonar reads it, keeps the moments worth saying and drafts the post in your voice.
Will my colleagues' names end up in my posts?
No. Private people are written as a role, and the rule holds at the moment a story is extracted and again when a draft is written.
Does Sonar read my whole calendar?
No. One read-only scope, one call: meetings with people on your primary calendar from the last seven days.
What happens to my transcript?
It is read once, in memory, mined for moments and discarded. The transcript text is never stored.
How does Sonar learn how I talk?
From your published posts first, measured; then from the edits you make; and, only if you switch it on, from your own words in transcripts.
Does Granola send transcripts to Sonar?
No. Sonar reads from Granola; Granola pushes nothing. The one-click connection reads your meeting notes and has no transcript access.
Does Sonar work with just Slack and a calendar?
Yes. Either one counts as a connected week, and together they feed the moments, the weekly deck and the questions Sonar asks you.
Can Sonar post to LinkedIn for me?
Yes, for a post you approved: now from the drawer, or on the slot you scheduled. A draft never publishes itself.
The words these answers use, the Intelligence Pack and the moment among them, are defined in the glossary. The mechanism end to end is How it works, and the full account of every source is Security.
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