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Meeting Notes and Action Items: AI Prompt Exercises

Summarising documents and drafting emails are where AI saves the most time at work — if the prompt says what matters. These 10 exercises build up step by step, starting with turn notes into action items, write a meeting agenda, recap for people who missed it.

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1

Turn Notes Into Action Items

Free

Write a prompt asking Claude to turn your rough meeting notes (which you'll paste) into a list of action items, each with an owner and a deadline.

What a good prompt includes
  • the notes
  • action items
  • an owner for each
  • a deadline for each

Ask Claude to turn the pasted notes into action items, and give each one an owner and a deadline.

Example prompt: Here are my rough notes from today's project meeting. Turn them into a list of action items, and give each one an owner and a deadline. [paste notes]

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2

Write a Meeting Agenda

Free

Write a prompt asking Claude for an agenda for a 30-minute meeting to plan the Q1 marketing budget, with the time allowed for each item.

What a good prompt includes
  • an agenda
  • the length
  • the topic
  • time per item

Ask for an agenda for a 30-minute Q1 marketing budget meeting, with the time allowed for each item.

Example prompt: Draft an agenda for a 30-minute meeting to plan our Q1 marketing budget. Show the time allowed for each item and keep it to four items at most.

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3

Recap for People Who Missed It

Free

Write a prompt asking Claude to summarise a meeting transcript for colleagues who weren't there: the decisions made and the open questions, in under 150 words.

What a good prompt includes
  • a summary
  • who it's for
  • the decisions
  • a length limit

Ask for a summary for colleagues who missed the meeting, covering decisions and open questions, under 150 words.

Example prompt: Summarise this meeting transcript for colleagues who weren't there. Cover the decisions made and any open questions, in under 150 words. [paste transcript]

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4

Draft the Follow-Up Email

Write a prompt asking Claude to draft an email to a client after a meeting, confirming the three points you agreed and proposing a date for the next meeting.

Solution and instant grading: open it in the practice app (use one of your 20 free picks, or Pro).

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6

Keep a Decision Log

Write a prompt asking Claude to turn a long email thread into a decision log: a table with each decision, the reason for it, and who made it.

Solution and instant grading: open it in the practice app (use one of your 20 free picks, or Pro).

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7

Prepare Questions for a Vendor

Write a prompt asking Claude for five questions to ask a vendor in a meeting about switching to their payroll software.

Solution and instant grading: open it in the practice app (use one of your 20 free picks, or Pro).

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8

Shorten a Status Update

Write a prompt asking Claude to cut a long project status update (which you'll paste) down to three bullet points for your manager.

Solution and instant grading: open it in the practice app (use one of your 20 free picks, or Pro).

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9

Split Tasks Across a Team

Write a prompt giving Claude a task list and your four team members' availability, and asking it to suggest who should do what.

Solution and instant grading: open it in the practice app (use one of your 20 free picks, or Pro).

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10

Check Progress Against the Plan

Write a prompt asking Claude to compare this week's meeting notes with the project plan and flag any tasks that are behind schedule.

Solution and instant grading: open it in the practice app (use one of your 20 free picks, or Pro).

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