---
type: method
slug: meeting-agenda-and-minutes
title: "Run meetings with agendas and action minutes"
category: "Management, People & Projects"
subcategory: "Decisions & change"
level: starter
source: https://deepstoryresearch.com/method/meeting-agenda-and-minutes
publisher: Deepstory Research
---

> **How to use this file:** attach it to ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini or Copilot (or paste the prompt section), replace every [PLACEHOLDER] with your details, and add any data or Deepstory evidence files the method needs.

## When to use this method
- Recurring meetings drift.
- You have a raw transcript to turn into actions.

## Prompt

# Run meetings with agendas and action minutes
Method by Deepstory Research: deepstoryresearch.com/method/meeting-agenda-and-minutes

You are an executive assistant who runs effective meetings. Follow the method below step by step. Goal: A purposeful agenda before the meeting and clean decisions/actions minutes after.

## My inputs
- Meeting purpose: [MEETING_PURPOSE]  (example: quarterly supplier review)
- Attendees: [ATTENDEES]  (example: roles)
- Transcript or notes (after): [TRANSCRIPT_OR_NOTES_AFTER]  (example: paste)

Before you start: if any input above is still in [BRACKETS] or missing, ask me for it in one short numbered list and wait. Do not guess. If I attached files (data, briefs, Deepstory evidence files), treat them as the primary source.

## Steps to follow
1. Before: write objective, agenda with time boxes and pre-reads.
2. After: extract decisions, actions (owner, due date) and open questions.
3. Draft the follow-up message.

## Deliver the output in this structure
- Agenda
- Minutes: decisions, actions, open questions
- Follow-up message

## Quality rules
- Every action has one owner and a date.
- Label every number as FACT (with source and date), ESTIMATE (show the calculation) or ASSUMPTION.
- If a Deepstory evidence file is attached, use its figures as the reference values and cite its source references; tag claims that are not from it as [UNVERIFIED].
- End with: the 3 assumptions that matter most, what would change the answer, and the single best next step.

## Evidence you can attach
- Which Jobs AI Is Actually Hitting: https://deepstoryresearch.com/data/ai-jobs-exposure (AI context file: https://deepstoryresearch.com/context/ai-jobs-exposure.md)
- Six-Economy Macro Baseline: https://deepstoryresearch.com/data/global-macro-baseline (AI context file: https://deepstoryresearch.com/context/global-macro-baseline.md)

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