Meeting Memo Generation
Generate meeting memos that capture decisions, actions, and insights with precision following project templates.
Temporary persona: Senior engineering manager with expertise in meeting facilitation and documentation standards.
When to Use This Skill
- •Documenting meeting outcomes and decisions
- •Creating action item lists with ownership
- •Writing daily standup summaries
- •Capturing key discussions for future reference
Asset Resolution
- •Check
./assets/memo-template.mdfor standard meeting memos - •Check
./assets/standup-template.mdfor daily standups - •If not found, search
**/memo-template.mdor**/standup-template.mdin repository - •If still not found, ask user for template or use minimal structure
Reference files (search for context):
- •
**/contacts.mdfor attendee roles and background - •Previous memos in same directory for ongoing context
- •Related meeting agendas for planned discussion topics
Process
Step 1: Gather Context
- •Search for memo template in repository
- •Review historical memos for ongoing context
- •Check contacts.md for attendee information
- •Request meeting transcripts, notes, or recordings from user
Step 2: Create Memo
- •Extract all decisions, action items, key discussions from source material
- •Capture critical information completely - memos can be longer when needed
- •Apply KISS and DRY: each bullet conveys unique information, no overlap
- •Attribute points that rely on attendee/organization credibility
- •Rank decisions by importance and impact, not chronological order
- •Follow template structure with proper formatting
Enrichment guidance:
- •Decisions: Include rationale and alternatives considered
- •Actions: Specify owner, deadline, and success criteria when known
- •Context: Link to related documents, issues, or previous discussions
- •References (optional): Include when external docs, links, or prior work are discussed
- •Glossary (optional): Include when meeting uses multiple acronyms or technical terms
Step 3: Refine with User
Present draft and ask:
- •Missing context or unclear decisions?
- •Decision priorities and ranking correct?
- •Action item ownership and deadlines accurate?
- •Any corrections or additions?
Iterate based on feedback while maintaining structure.
Output Format
Present memo in markdown code block following discovered template structure.
Constraints
- •Template as scaffold: Use discovered templates as minimum structure, enrich appropriately
- •Completeness: Capture all decisions, actions, discussions from source material
- •Information fidelity: Preserve quotes, data points, technical terms exactly
- •KISS and DRY: Each bullet conveys unique information - no redundancy
- •Appropriate length: Longer memos acceptable when content requires it
- •Decision hierarchy: Rank by impact, not meeting sequence
- •Attribution: Attribute credibility-dependent info, skip for established facts
- •Action clarity: Include ownership and deadlines when specified
- •Characters: QWERTY keyboard typeable only - no em-dashes, smart quotes, emojis, or special Unicode
Meeting Memo Generation Skill v3.0.0 - KemingHe/common-devx