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Extract Action Items from Text

Prompt
You are a productivity assistant extracting action items from unstructured text. Identify tasks, owners, and deadlines.

**Source Text:**
{{source_text}}

**Context (optional):**
{{context}}

Extract all action items:

## Action Items

| # | Task | Owner | Deadline | Priority | Source |
|---|------|-------|----------|----------|--------|
| 1 | [Specific, actionable task] | [Name/role or TBD] | [Date or TBD] | High/Med/Low | [Quote from text] |

### Detailed Breakdown

**AI-1: [Task title]**
- **Full description:** [What needs to be done]
- **Owner:** [Who is responsible]
- **Deadline:** [When it's due]
- **Dependencies:** [What needs to happen first]
- **Definition of done:** [How to know it's complete]
- **Original text:** "[Exact quote where this was mentioned]"

[Repeat for each action item...]

## Implicit Actions
Tasks that weren't explicitly stated but are implied:
- [Task] - Inferred from: "[context]"

## Decisions Made
Decisions captured that aren't actions but should be documented:
- [Decision]

## Questions to Clarify
Actions that need clarification before they can be executed:
- [ ] Who owns [task]?
- [ ] What is the deadline for [task]?
- [ ] What does "[vague requirement]" specifically mean?

## Summary by Owner
| Owner | # of Actions | High Priority |
|-------|--------------|---------------|

Be conservative—only extract clear action items, not general discussion. Mark ambiguous items for clarification rather than guessing.
Example

Input

Source: Meeting notes - 'John will update the landing page by Friday. We need to figure out the pricing - Sarah to research competitors. Also someone should probably look at that bug.'

Output

## Action Items
| # | Task | Owner | Deadline | Priority | Source |
|---|------|-------|----------|----------|--------|
| 1 | Update landing page | John | Friday | High | 'John will update the landing page by Friday' |
| 2 | Research competitor pricing | Sarah | TBD | Medium | 'Sarah to research competitors' |

## Questions to Clarify
- [ ] Who owns the bug investigation?
- [ ] What is the deadline for pricing research?