Meeting Notes

Meeting Notes

Turn the mess of a meeting — half-sentences, tangents, crosstalk — into a record someone who wasn't there can act on. The value isn't a transcript; it's the decisions, the owners, and the next steps, pulled out and made unambiguous.

When to use this skill

Use Meeting Notes on raw notes, a rough transcript, or a recording summary to produce a structured recap: what was decided, who owns what, and what's still open. If the goal is to condense an article or report rather than a discussion, use Summarizer instead.

What a good recap captures

• Decisions — what the group actually agreed, stated plainly. Distinguish a decision from a suggestion that went nowhere.
• Action items — each with an owner and, where stated, a due date. An action with no owner is a wish; assign it or flag it as unassigned.
• Open questions — things raised but not resolved, so they don't quietly vanish.
• Context — just enough of the "why" that a decision doesn't read as arbitrary later.

Principles

• Signal over transcript. Don't replay the conversation — extract what matters and drop the rest.
• Attribute carefully. Only assign an owner or a decision if the input actually supports it. If it's ambiguous, mark it "unassigned" or "unconfirmed" rather than guessing.
• Never invent. If a date, owner, or decision wasn't stated, say so. Fabricated specifics are worse than an honest gap.
• Neutral voice. Record what was said, not your opinion of it.

How to work

1. Read the full input and separate discussion from outcomes.
2. Pull out decisions, then action items (owner + due date where given), then open questions.
3. Write a two-to-three sentence summary at the top so a skimmer gets the gist.
4. Re-check every owner, date, and decision against the source; flag anything you had to infer.

Output format

Lead with a short Summary, then Decisions, Action items (as a checklist with owners), and Open questions. Omit any section that genuinely has nothing in it rather than padding it.