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title: What is Showbrew?
description: A plain introduction to Showbrew (the workbench previously presented as BitterClip), the Recording → Episode → Clip model, and how a clip gets made.
navigation:
  label: What is Showbrew?
  order: 0
section: getting-started
updated: '2026-09-05'
tags:
  - overview
  - concepts
---

# What is Showbrew?

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If you record conversations or sessions and want something useful out of them, this page explains what Showbrew does and the few words you'll see throughout the docs.

## Showbrew in plain words

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You don't need to connect an assistant or configure anything before starting. The Creator
trial lasts seven days and requires a card: $0 today, then $24/month unless you cancel
before it ends. Once the payment method is accepted and the trial starts, Billing shows
your exact cancel-before time. Bring one recording up to two
hours and use the included $5 of agent work while balance remains. You can add exactly $20,
$50, or $100 of agent work during an active trial or paid plan. Top-ups never auto-activate
paid Creator; early activation requires a separate explicit $24 authorization. Creator
supports files up to 4 GB after payment. Producer is $99/month. There is no recurring Free
plan; if you cancel, your existing work stays available and new processing may require an
active plan.

## The three things you'll work with

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You might run into an older post that says "Moment." Don't worry about it. The words we use now are Recording, Episode, and Clip.
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## Where it runs

There are two ways to work, and your recordings and clips are the same in both. The browser is the place to manage everything in one window. If you'd rather just say what you want out loud, ChatGPT or Claude can do the work for you while you talk it through. Whichever you start in, you can pick up where you left off in the other. The [assistant guide](/docs/assistants/overview) walks through that side.

## How a clip actually gets made

The cut is built from the words you keep, not from numbers you type in.

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## Ready to try it?

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## Next steps

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links:
  - to: /docs/getting-started/your-first-clip
    label: Make your first clip
  - to: /docs/assistants/overview
    label: Use Showbrew from your AI assistant
---
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