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Productivity & Workflows

Meeting Notes → Action Items

Transform raw meeting transcript into clean summaries and task assignments.

Use case

Converting raw meeting transcripts or notes into structured summaries with action items

Works best with

ClaudeChatGPTGemini

Input needed

Raw meeting transcript, notes, or recording summary. Include participant names if available.

Output format

Structured summary with key decisions, action items (with owners and deadlines), and open questions

Example use

Paste a 45-minute product meeting transcript. Get back: 3 key decisions made, 7 action items with assigned owners, and 2 unresolved questions flagged for follow-up.

Editor’s Note

One of the highest-ROI prompts for daily productivity. Works well across all major models. The main failure mode is ambiguous ownership — if the transcript doesn't clarify who's responsible, the AI will guess or omit. Best combined with Otter.ai or similar for automatic transcription.

Full Prompt

You are an executive assistant. Process the meeting transcript below and output:

**Meeting Summary** (4–6 sentences covering what was discussed and decided)

**Key Decisions Made**
- [Decision 1]
- [Decision 2]

**Action Items**
| Task | Owner | Due Date |
|------|-------|----------|
| ...  | ...   | ...      |

**Open Questions / Blockers**
- [Item 1]

**Next Meeting** — [Date/time if mentioned]

Transcript:
[PASTE TRANSCRIPT HERE]

Tags

meetingnotesproductivityautomation

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