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Can you automate meeting notes?

Yes, partly. We do not record meetings. Once your meeting tool or notetaker has a transcript, a workflow turns it into notes, tasks and CRM updates, and a person approves anything that leaves the team.

The verdict switch

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A switch with three positions: No, Yes partly, and Yes.

Set to Yes, partly. A workflow does the repeat work. A person approves the steps that matter before anything leaves the team.

What stays human in meeting notes

  • Consent to record.
  • What is shared beyond the meeting.
  • Approving tasks and CRM changes.
  • Sending anything.

Bring your version of the task to the call. Or send it in writing and you get a personal reply within 5 working days: yes, partly, or not worth automating, and how.

01Options

Ways to automate meeting notes

3 ways, and when each one fits. Each names the workflow or tool that does it, where one has a page.
OptionWhen it fitsThe workflow or tool
01Sales calls to a CRM update and follow-up draftYour sales calls are recorded or noted, and the CRM falls behind. The update and the follow-up email wait for the rep to approve.Sales call notes to CRM update and follow-upUse case
02Team meetings to assigned tasksEvery call ends with promises nobody writes down. Each task gets an owner from the meeting and a due date, and the meeting owner approves the list.No page yet. Ask about it on a call.
03Voice notes and audio-only recordingsYou have audio but no transcript. This needs a speech-to-text step first.No page yet. Ask about it on a call.

02How it runs

How it runs, stage by stage

5 stages on one line. Only one uses AI, the extract stage, and rules check what it returns. A person takes the approve stage.
  1. 01Transcript

    Trigger

    A transcript is saved by your meeting tool or notetaker. We never join or record the call.

  2. 02Filter

    Rule step

    Rules skip private meetings and duplicates, and cap the length.

  3. 03Extract

    AI step

    AI pulls out the decisions and tasks, each with the line it came from.

  4. 04Check

    Rule step

    Rules check each task's source line, owner and date.

  5. 05Approve

    Person step

    The meeting owner approves the tasks and any CRM change.

03Worked example

A worked example, in numbers

Arithmetic on example values, so you can check every step. It is an illustration, not a result we measured.

Example: 4 team meetings a week

Example values, not a measured result

  1. 01

    Someone spends 15 minutes writing up notes and tasks after each meeting: 4 x 15 = 60 minutes a week.

  2. 02

    With a draft task list from the transcript, approving it takes about 3 minutes: 4 x 3 = 12 minutes.

  3. 03

    About 48 minutes a week back, and the meeting owner still approves every task.

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04Workflows

The workflows behind this answer

Each has a page of its own: every step, where AI is used, what stays with a person and the checks it faces.
  • Sales

    Use case

    Turn sales call notes into a CRM update and a follow-up email

    Starts when a call recorder, notes app or CRM sends call notes. Ends with a CRM-ready update and a follow-up email draft for a person to approve.

    7 steps, 1 AI step

  • Free tool

    Rule-based

    Automation ROI calculator

    For anyone deciding whether a task is worth automating: estimate the hours it takes now, the hours a workflow could give back, and the most a build could cost and still break even.

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05Record

What changed

The newest five changes to this page, with their dates.

  1. Content

    First version.

06FAQ

Questions about meeting notes

Do you record our meetings?

No. We start from the transcript your meeting tool or notetaker already makes.

Can call notes update our CRM?

Yes, partly. A workflow turns sales call notes into a CRM update and a follow-up draft, and a person approves both.

Who handles consent to record?

You and your meeting tool. The workflow only reads transcripts that already exist.

Can it work from audio only?

Not yet. Audio needs a speech-to-text step first, which we have not added.

Can notes go to Notion or Slack?

That is the plan for the team meetings option: approved notes and tasks posted to your team chat or task tracker once the meeting owner approves them. It is not built yet.

How are made-up tasks caught?

Each task must quote the transcript line it came from, and a rule checks that the line exists. The owner must be someone who was in the meeting, and the date must make sense.

Which meetings are skipped?

Meetings marked private are skipped by rule, and the same meeting is never processed twice.

07Next step

Is your version of meeting notes worth automating?

Everyone runs it a little differently. Talk yours through on a call, or send it in writing.

Bring your version of the task to the call. Or send it in writing and you get a personal reply within 5 working days: yes, partly, or not worth automating, and how.