Fathom
What Paperbeam reads from Fathom, the read-only access it asks for and why, filters, and the beats it feeds.
Calls & meetings
Read-only API key
Meetings recorded by Fathom's AI notetaker: AI summaries, action items, attendee companies, CRM matches, and (optionally) competitor and win mentions. Transcripts stay off unless you turn them on.
What we read
- Calls with transcripts, participants and speaker roles
- Pages and documents you share
Only the reporting window of each edition is read. Paperbeam stores derived facts and short excerpts, not copies of your Fathom data, and keeps raw evidence only for your retention period.
Access we ask for, and why
| Scope | Why |
|---|---|
API key (or OAuth scope public_api) | List your and your team's shared meetings in the window with their summaries and action items (transcripts only if you turn them on) |
All access is read-only. You can revoke it from Fathom at any time, or disconnect the source in Paperbeam.
Connect Fathom
- Go to Sources and choose Fathom.
- Create a api key. Fathom → Settings → API Access → Generate API key, then copy it. Included on every Fathom plan. Open Fathom settings.
- Fill in API key, then click Test connection. Paperbeam makes one read-only call and shows the account it reached, or exactly what went wrong.
- Click Connect. The credential is encrypted before it is stored and never shown again. Use Sync now on the source’s page to see what it collects from the last 24 hours, and set filters there.
You need the admin or owner role in Paperbeam, and enough permission in Fathom to grant read access to the data listed above.
Filters
Set on the source’s page at Sources›Fathom. Filtered-out data is never collected.
| Filter | Effect |
|---|---|
| Include internal meetings | Off by default: meetings where everyone is from your company (or no attendee is known) are skipped. |
| Your email domains | Optional. Extra domains that count as your company (recorders' domains and invitees Fathom marks internal are detected). |
To keep specific people, channels or topics out of the paper across all sources, use exclusion rules and the never-mention list in House style.
Beats
Fathom is a source for:
Stories land in whichever of your sections fits them best.