minutes-debrief
The minutes-debrief skill analyzes meeting recordings by extracting decisions, action items, and key discussion points, then compares outcomes against any pre-meeting preparation notes to surface what changed. Use it immediately after a meeting ends or when you need to understand what was decided and what evolved from your original intentions.
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/silverstein/minutes /tmp/minutes-debrief && cp -r /tmp/minutes-debrief/tooling/skills/sources/minutes-debrief ~/.claude/skills/minutes-debriefskill.md
# /minutes-debrief
Post-meeting analysis that reads your latest recording, compares what happened to what you planned, and surfaces decision evolution — so nothing falls through the cracks.
## How it works
This is a multi-phase interactive flow. It connects to `/minutes-prep` when a prep file exists, creating a before→after loop.
### Phase 1: Find the most recent recording
```bash
minutes list --limit 5
```
Pick the most recent recording. If there are multiple from today, ask via AskUserQuestion: "You have [N] recordings today. Which one are you debriefing?" with options listing the titles.
**If no recent recording exists:**
Say: "I don't see any recent recordings. Did you run `minutes record` and `minutes stop`? If the recording is from a specific meeting, tell me the title or date and I'll find it."
Don't proceed without a recording to debrief.
### Phase 2: Read the transcript
Use `Read` on the meeting file path. Extract from the transcript and frontmatter:
- **Decisions made** (from `decisions:` frontmatter or `## Decisions` section)
- **Action items created** (from `action_items:` frontmatter or `## Action Items` section)
- **Key discussion points** (from `## Summary` or the transcript itself)
- **Attendees** (from `attendees:` frontmatter)
### Phase 2a: No-capture sensitive meetings (capture: none)
If the frontmatter says `capture: none`, there is no transcript by design: the
meeting was designated sensitive and the recorder never ran. The debrief IS the
record. Switch to debrief-from-memory mode:
1. Read what exists: the `## Markers` section (timestamped notes typed during
the meeting) and the frontmatter (`title`, `date`, `duration`,
`debrief:` state).
2. Ask the user to recount the meeting: who was there, what was discussed,
decisions, action items. Use the markers as memory joggers.
3. Write their account into the meeting file itself: fill `## Summary`,
`## Decisions`, and `## Action Items` sections (and the matching
frontmatter lists), then set the frontmatter `debrief:` key to `complete`.
4. If the user says it was a test or accidental trigger, set `debrief:` to
`not-applicable` and leave the body untouched.
5. **Sensitivity is binding, not advisory.** When `sensitivity: restricted`,
the account lives ONLY in this meeting file. Do not propagate any of it
into other notes, summaries, knowledge bases, or week-level rollups unless
the user explicitly asks.
Skip Phases 2 and 2b (there is no transcript and no speaker attribution);
continue with prep matching and the closing ritual as normal.
### Phase 2b: Check speaker attributions
If the meeting has a `speaker_map:` field in frontmatter, check the confidence levels:
- **All High confidence**: Speakers are confirmed — use real names throughout the debrief.
- **Any Medium confidence**: Note this — "Speakers were auto-identified (medium confidence). If the names look wrong, run: `minutes confirm --meeting <path>`"
- **No speaker_map but has SPEAKER_X labels**: The meeting has diarization but no attribution — suggest: "I see anonymous speaker labels. If you know who was in this meeting, run `minutes confirm --meeting <path>` to tag them."
This nudge is brief (one line) — don't make it a blocker.
### Phase 3: Check for matching prep
Look for a prep file that matches this meeting:
```bash
ls ~/.minutes/preps/ 2>/dev/null
```
Match logic:
1. Find `.prep.md` files from today or yesterday (within 48 hours)
2. Read each file's `person:` frontmatter field
3. Compare against the recording's `attendees:` list — match on first name, but check learned aliases before deciding there is no match:
```bash
node "${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/hooks/lib/minutes-learn-cli.mjs" aliases "<attendee-or-person>" 2>/dev/null
```
Treat all returned variants as equivalent during prep-file matching.
4. If multiple preps match → AskUserQuestion to pick which one
5. If no prep matches → standalone debrief (skip to Phase 4b)
**Phase 4a: Prep-connected debrief** (when a matching prep exists)
Read the prep file. Pull out the `goal:` field. Ask via AskUserQuestion:
"You went into this meeting wanting to: **[goal from prep]**
Did you accomplish it?"
Options:
- **A) Yes — fully resolved** → Mark as complete. Summarize what was decided.
- **B) Partially — some progress** → Ask: "What's still open?" Capture the remaining items.
- **C) No — it didn't come up or it changed** → Ask: "What happened instead?" Capture the pivot.
- **D) The goal changed during the meeting** → Ask: "What's the new direction?"
Then produce the debrief summary with the prep comparison:
Before writing the output, check for a learned debrief presentation preference:
```bash
node "${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/hooks/lib/minutes-learn-cli.mjs" get-presentation-focus debrief
```
If the result is:
- `decisions-first` → put Decisions before Action Items and Relationship Update
- `actions-first` → put Action Items first, then Decisions, then Relationship Update
- `relationship-first` → put Relationship Update first, then Decisions, then Action Items
If there is no preference, keep the default order below.
```
## Debrief: [Meeting Title]
### Prep vs Reality
- **Goal:** [from prep]
- **Outcome:** [resolved / partially / pivoted]
- **What changed:** [if anything]
### Decisions
- [list each decision]
### Action Items
- [list with assignee and due date]
### Relationship Update
- [any notable changes in tone, new topics, shifted priorities]
```
**Phase 4b: Standalone debrief** (no matching prep)
Produce a straightforward debrief:
Before deciding the section order, check:
```bash
node "${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/hooks/lib/minutes-learn-cli.mjs" get-presentation-focus debrief
```
Apply the same ordering rules if a preference exists; otherwise keep the default order below.
```
## Debrief: [Meeting Title]
### Key Decisions
- [list each decision]
### Action Items
- [list with assignee and due date]
### Notable Discussion Points
- [2-3 most significantFast non-interactive briefing before any meeting — auto-detects your next calendar event, pulls relationship history, surfaces open commitments, and produces a one-page brief in under 30 seconds. Use this whenever the user says "brief me", "give me a quick brief", "what's coming up", "background on my next call", "who am I meeting next", "brief me on Sarah", "I have a call in 10 min", "quick rundown", or right before walking into a meeting. Different from /minutes-prep — brief is the fast hook-fireable version that doesn't ask questions and doesn't set goals. Use brief when speed matters; use prep when the user wants to think hard about goals first.
Manage old recordings — find large files, archive old meetings, delete processed originals. Use when the user says "clean up recordings", "how much space are meetings using", "delete old recordings", "archive meetings", "manage meeting storage", or asks about disk space from minutes.
Cross-meeting entity graph — query who/what/when across all your meetings as structured data, with co-occurrence and cross-entity queries that text search can't answer. Use whenever the user says "show me everyone who mentioned X", "all mentions of Y across meetings", "who knows about Z", "graph", "across all meetings", "entity search", "first time we talked about", "trend for X over time", "who's been mentioned alongside", or wants to query meetings as an index rather than full-text search. Builds a JSON entity index on first run (one-time slow), then answers queries instantly. Surface this skill for relationship intelligence, due diligence, or any "across all my history" question that text search alone can't answer.
Surface recent voice memos and ideas captured from any device. Use when the user asks "what ideas did I have?", "what were my recent memos?", "what did I record while walking?", or wants to recall a captured thought.
Extract facts from meetings and update your knowledge base — person profiles, chronological log, and index. Use when the user asks "ingest my meetings", "update my knowledge base", "extract facts from meetings", "sync meetings to wiki", "backfill knowledge", or wants their PARA/Obsidian/wiki profiles updated from conversation data.
Health-check your meeting knowledge for contradictions, stale commitments, and decision conflicts. Use when the user asks "any conflicts in my meetings", "check for stale action items", "lint my meetings", "consistency check", "are there contradictions", or wants to audit their decision history.
List recent meetings and voice memos. Use when the user asks "what meetings did I have", "show my recent recordings", "any meetings today", "list my voice memos", or wants an overview of their meeting history. Also use when they need to find a specific meeting by browsing rather than searching.
Self-coaching analysis of your own behavior across meetings — talk-time ratio, filler words, hedging language, monologue length, energy patterns, and (when meetings are tagged via /minutes-tag) what your behavior in winning meetings looks like vs losing ones. Use this whenever the user says "how did I do", "review my last meeting", "mirror", "self-review", "show my patterns", "coach me", "where am I weak", "talk time", "am I improving", "what do I do in meetings I win", "feedback on me", or asks for any kind of personal feedback on their own meeting behavior. This is the rare skill that gives the user a mirror to their own habits — surface it whenever they show curiosity about their own performance, even if they don't use the word "mirror".