Write a Meeting Summary People Act On
Added 2026-10-31
Organise by decisions, actions and open questions; every action needs an owner and date.
I will give meeting notes. Turn them into an actionable summary in three parts: 1) decisions, one line each; 2) actions with owner, task and date — no blank cells, mark unknown as TBD; 3) open questions and who is blocking them. End with the one thing that must be done before the next meeting. No discussion narrative, no commentary on who said what.
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How to use
纪要不写谁说了什么，只写接下来做什么。
Try tweaking it
- Ask for three openings in different tones, then pick one.
- Replace "make it better" with concrete limits: length, reader, facts to keep.
What you should get
- A publishable draft, not an outline
- A short changelog: what changed and why
Common mistakes
- Letting it guess the facts, so plausible-looking sources get invented.
- Dumping the whole text with just "polish it" — the result still has no point.
How to check the output
- The conclusion comes first; deleting the opening paragraph does not break it.
- Every fact, number and quote traces back to the source text.
Where it works
- Good for: turning a rambling draft into a conclusion-first, shorter version.
- Watch out: keep sources and figures verbatim — do not let it invent citations.