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Turn messy notes into decisions and actions
The default pass on any notes you took while half-listening.
Turn the notes below into something usable. Produce four sections: 1. **Decisions made.** Only things that were actually settled. Each with what was decided and who decided it. 2. **Actions.** Each as: owner, the action in a verb-first sentence, and the due date. Where the owner or date is not in my notes, write **[owner unclear]** or **[no date]** rather than guessing. 3. **Open questions.** Things raised that were never resolved, with who needs to answer each. 4. **Context worth keeping.** Anything that explains *why* a decision went the way it did. Discard everything else. Do not summarise discussion that led nowhere. If the meeting produced no decisions, say so plainly. Notes:
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Decisions and actions. Pulling what was settled and who owes what out of a set of notes, and catching what was not.
Related prompts
Turn this meeting into a decision recordAfter a meeting where something important was settled and will be questioned later.Spot decisions that were never actually madeWhen a meeting felt productive but you cannot say what was settled.Capture the open questionsAt the end of a discussion, to make sure nothing unresolved gets lost.Actions onlyThe fastest useful pass on any set of meeting notes.Decisions onlyWhen you need to know what was settled, not what was discussed.What was not decided?After a meeting that felt productive but settled less than it seemed.
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