Turn a meeting transcript into owners, actions and deadlines

Meetings end with vague agreement and nobody knows who's doing what.

In short: Turn a meeting transcript into owners, actions and deadlines is a beginner productivity recipe that uses ChatGPT, Claude. Estimated cost: ~$0.01–0.05 per transcript. Status: tested on 2026-10-14.

Here is a meeting transcript. Extract:
- Decisions made (one line each)
- Action items as a table: owner | task | deadline | source quote
- Open questions nobody answered
Rules: only list an owner if someone clearly agreed; otherwise owner = "UNASSIGNED". Only list a deadline if one was said. Do not invent anything.
Finish with a 4-line follow-up email I can paste.

Setup steps

1. Paste or upload the transcript.
2. Fix any UNASSIGNED items before sending the follow-up.

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