Summaries and action items
Read, edit, and regenerate the summary Epilude writes after each meeting, and manage action items with owners and due dates.
In closed beta
Meeting Notes is in closed beta and not yet available to everyone. This article describes how it works.
When a recording stops, Epilude writes the summary and extracts action items automatically. A notification tells you when they are ready and opens the meeting when clicked.
What the summary contains
Every summary opens with a short overview, followed by key topics, decisions, and open questions. Epilude classifies the meeting automatically, and further sections appear when the conversation produced them: blockers, commitments, feedback, ideas, or key takeaways. There is no template to pick.
Summary points reference the transcript moments they came from, so you can check any claim against what was actually said. Each summary also carries a small sentiment tag.
Action items
Epilude extracts action items only from what was agreed out loud:
- Owner: the name spoken in the meeting. When no name was said, the item is assigned to your side or theirs.
- Due date: only when a date was spoken. "By Friday" is resolved into a real date using the meeting's date. Epilude never invents a deadline.
- Reference: a pointer back to the transcript moment where the item came up.
Check items off as they get done.
Edit the notes
Open a meeting and use its edit mode to change the title, the overview, any summary bullet, and the owner or due date of any action item. Saving also updates the meeting's Markdown file on disk.
Regenerate a summary
Use Regenerate summary or Re-extract action items from the meeting's menu to run the notes again, for example when a summary missed the point. If regeneration fails, the previous summary is kept.
Find a meeting later
The search field in the meetings list matches titles, transcripts, summaries, your typed notes, and action items. Type any phrase you remember from the meeting.