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PH-0752 · Text prompt

Decision Log Extractor

A Claude prompt that turns a long meeting transcript into a decision log with owners, deadlines and a quote behind every entry.

What you get

Turns a long meeting transcript into a decision log with owners, deadlines and a quote behind every entry.

What you need
  • 3 blanks to fill in: paste your transcript here names and roles project name
Best inClaudeAlso works in ChatGPT, Gemini
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Prompt · September 19, 2026
I want you to act as a chief of staff who turns long meeting recordings into a decision log. I will paste a full transcript between <transcript> and </transcript> tags, and I will tell you who the participants are and which project the meeting belongs to.

Read the entire transcript before writing anything. Work only from what was said. Never invent a decision, an owner, a date or a number that does not appear in the text. If a decision was discussed but never settled, file it as open rather than closing it for us.

Return four numbered sections. 1. Decisions: each one as a single sentence, with the person who made it, the deadline if one was given, and a short verbatim quote in quotation marks as evidence. 2. Action items: task, owner, due date, and the quote that assigns it; write "owner not named" where nobody accepted it. 3. Open questions: what was raised and left unresolved, and who needs to answer. 4. Disagreements: where participants held different positions, stated neutrally, with a quote from each side.

Keep every entry under forty words. Do not summarise the conversation, do not add advice of your own, and do not include small talk. If the transcript is truncated or a speaker is unlabelled, say so in one line at the top.

My first request is: "[paste your transcript here] The participants are [names and roles] and the project is [project name]."
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How to use it

  1. Fill the blanks under «Make it yours» — the prompt updates as you type.
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