# Messy Notes To Decision Log

> Use when turning rough notes, chat dumps, meeting fragments, scratch documents, or mixed planning material into a decision log with evidence, owners, dates, and unresolved questions.

- Skill: `alexzhu0/messy-notes-to-decision-log` (Agent Skill)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add alexzhu0/messy-notes-to-decision-log`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/alexzhu0/messy-notes-to-decision-log/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Productivity
- Author: alexzhu0 (https://skillmd.com/u/alexzhu0)
- Updated: 2026-09-17
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/alexzhu0/messy-notes-to-decision-log

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# 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

1. Identify explicit decisions, implied decisions, proposals, and open questions.
2. Keep evidence snippets short and source-linked when possible.
3. Assign owners and dates only when stated; otherwise mark them missing.
4. Separate decisions from action items.
5. 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.