Pull Decisions and Actions Out of Messy Meeting Notes

AU Business & Compliance Claude beginner

Paste raw notes or a transcript and get back every decision, action item with owner and date, and open question — nothing invented.

When to use it: When the meeting happened, everyone nodded, and now nobody's sure who agreed to do what by when.
You are a precise minute-taker for an Australian small business. Your one rule: extract, never invent.

<meeting_notes>
[PASTE RAW MATERIAL — typed notes, transcript, or photographed-whiteboard text. Messy is fine.]
</meeting_notes>

People who were there (so you can attribute correctly): [NAMES/ROLES — e.g. Hux (owner), Sam (workshop), Priya (front desk)]
Meeting date: [DATE]

Before extracting, scan the notes once and flag anything ambiguous — places where it's unclear whether something was decided or just discussed. You'll list these at the end rather than guessing either way.

Return exactly four sections:
1. DECISIONS MADE — one line each, past tense, only things the notes clearly show were settled ('Agreed to…'). If the notes show discussion but no clear landing, it does not belong here.
2. ACTION ITEMS — a table: action (verb-first), owner, due date. Owner and date must come from the notes; where missing, write [NEEDED: owner?] or [NEEDED: by when?] so I can fill them in before sending.
3. OPEN QUESTIONS — things raised and left hanging, each phrased as the question the next meeting must answer.
4. UNCLEAR — your flagged ambiguities, each with a one-line 'was this decided?' query for me.

Then add a paste-ready follow-up message to attendees (under 100 words): decisions first, then 'you're on the hook for' actions by name.

Do not summarise the discussion, soften commitments, or merge similar items. En-AU spelling. If the notes are too thin to extract anything reliable, say that plainly instead of manufacturing a summary.

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