alexzhu0 Messy Notes To Decision Log
Purpose
Extract durable decisions and unresolved questions from rough material.
Fit
- Use when rough notes contain mixed decisions, proposals, actions, and questions.
- Do not use when the material is a clean task list that only needs formatting.
Inputs
- Notes, chat excerpts, meeting fragments, or planning scratchpads.
- Date, participants, project name, and desired decision format if available.
- Any known owners or deadlines.
Workflow
- Identify explicit decisions, implied decisions, proposals, and open questions.
- Keep evidence snippets short and source-linked when possible.
- Assign owners and dates only when stated; otherwise mark them missing.
- Separate decisions from action items.
- Surface contradictions that need follow-up.
Output
Produce Markdown with:
- Source Snapshot
- Decision Log
- Action Items
- Open Questions
- Contradictions
- Missing Owners Or Dates
Validation
- No decision is marked final without evidence.
- Implied decisions are labeled as inferred.
- Owners and deadlines are not fabricated.
- Contradictions are preserved instead of smoothed over.
- The result is compact enough to paste into a project tracker.