# Meeting minutes

> Produce minutes that record decisions, actions and dissent, not the discussion.

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

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# Taking minutes

Minutes are a record of decisions, not a transcript. Somebody reading them in
three years needs to know what was decided and by whom.

## Record

Date, time, place · attendance, apologies, and any declaration of interest ·
each item, with the decision in one sentence · the vote where taken, with the
numbers · **actions, each with a named owner and a date** · the next meeting.

## Decisions, not discussion

"Resolved to award the contract to X for £Y" is the minute. Ten minutes of
debate is not, unless a member asked for a position to be recorded.

## Record dissent when asked

If a member asks for their objection to be minuted, it goes in with their name.
That is a right, not a courtesy.

## Interests

A declared interest goes in the minute for that item, with whether the member
withdrew.

## Never

Attribute a view to somebody who did not ask for it, summarise a decision the
meeting did not reach, or leave an action without an owner and a date.