Brief Me

brief-me

Purpose

Turn messy connected or pasted context into a short conversation-state brief the user can act on quickly.

Use For

• "What did I miss?"
• "Brief me before this meeting."
• "What changed since Monday?"
• "What needs my response?"

Inputs

• Slack
• Gmail
• Calendar
• Zoom transcript
• Atlassian
• Hex or other data output
• Pasted notes
• Any combination of the above
• A reduce-to-facts ledger or conversation-state record

Guardrails

• Read before write.
• Do not send messages, create events, update tickets, or publish outputs unless explicitly asked.
• Separate source-backed facts from assumptions and suggestions.
• Prefer small source windows.
• Surface source gaps.
• Do not dump raw transcript content by default.
• Keep the output workplace-user friendly.

Portable Output Contract

• Use only the useful subset of source-backed facts, assumptions, source gaps, stakeholder sensitivities, potential misreads, and the suggested next action.
• Use the smallest useful output.
• Label assumptions and preserve source gaps, source anchors, and confidence labels.
• When consuming upstream state, do not promote an assumption, inference, open question, proposed action, or stakeholder position into a fact, decision, commitment, owner, or deadline without new source support.
• Keep unresolved approvals, owners, timing, and blockers explicit in the brief.
• Do not send, publish, update tickets, create events, or mutate systems unless explicitly asked.

Output

• Conversation state
• What changed
• What needs response
• Action state
• Source confidence
• Suggested next response
• Meetings to prep for
• Suggested follow-ups
• Source gaps

When the user wants a fuller record, use the optional CONVERSATION_STATE.md template from this pack when it is available.

Success Standard

The user should be able to scan the brief and know what matters within 5 minutes.