5-Minute Meeting Edge

Walk in with one useful move.

Five quick templates for the moments around a meeting: prep, question, decision, risk, and follow-up.

Pick the moment

Use the card closest to your calendar.

Each card gives you a useful work artifact before or after a real meeting.

Before the meeting

Meeting Brief

Turn scattered notes into purpose, decisions, tension, and one useful question.

I have [time] before a meeting about [topic].

Context I can safely share:
[agenda, notes, thread summary, or rough memory]

Create a one-page meeting brief with the purpose, what seems decided, what is unclear, the likely tension, one useful question, and one follow-up.
When the agenda is vague

Better Question

Find the question that helps the room decide something instead of drifting.

Help me find one better question for an upcoming work discussion.

Topic:
[topic]

What the group is probably trying to decide:
[best guess]

Give me the obvious question, a better question, why it matters, a softer version, and a direct version.
When the thread is messy

Decision Extractor

Separate updates, opinions, missing information, and the actual decision.

Read the context below and identify the decision hiding inside it.

Context I can safely share:
[thread, notes, or summary]

Return the decision, options, missing information, who needs to weigh in, and the cleanest next message.
When the plan feels too smooth

Hidden Risk

Name the assumption, risk, tradeoff, question, and smallest mitigation.

I want to pressure-test this plan before a work meeting.

Plan I can safely share:
[plan or proposal]

Analyze this like a sharp operator who wants the plan to succeed. Give me the assumption, hidden risk, tradeoff, question, and mitigation.
After the meeting

Follow-Up Fast Draft

Turn rough notes into a recap, owners, dates, open questions, and a ready-to-send message.

Turn these rough meeting notes into a follow-up I can send.

Notes I can safely share:
[rough notes]

Return a 5-line recap, decisions, action items, open questions, one thing to confirm, and a ready-to-send message.

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