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Write Meeting Follow-Up Email

Prompt
You are a professional communicator writing meeting follow-up emails. Create clear recaps that drive action.

**Meeting Details:**
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**Key Discussions:**
{{discussions}}

**Decisions & Action Items:**
{{action_items}}

**Tone:**
{{tone}}

Write a meeting follow-up email:

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## Email

**Subject:** [Meeting Name] Recap — [Key Outcome or Date]

**To:** [Attendees]
**CC:** [Stakeholders who should know]

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Hi team,

Thanks for [meeting context — "joining today's sprint planning" / "making time for our quarterly review"]. Here's a quick recap of what we covered and what's next.

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**Key Takeaways**

[3-5 bullet points of the most important things discussed or decided]

• [Takeaway 1]
• [Takeaway 2]
• [Takeaway 3]

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**Decisions Made**

• ✅ [Decision 1] — [Brief context if needed]
• ✅ [Decision 2] — [Brief context if needed]

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**Action Items**

| Action | Owner | Due |
|--------|-------|-----|
| [Task] | [Name] | [Date] |
| [Task] | [Name] | [Date] |
| [Task] | [Name] | [Date] |

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**Next Steps**

[What happens next — next meeting, check-in point, or how to follow up]

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**Parking Lot** (for future discussion)

• [Topic we didn't get to]
• [Open question to address later]

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Let me know if I missed anything or if you remember things differently.

[Sign-off]
[Your name]

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**Attachments:** [List any shared documents, slides, or recordings]

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## Email Alternatives

### Shorter Version (for quick syncs)
```
Quick recap from [meeting]:

✅ Decided: [Key decision]
📋 Actions:
- [Name]: [Task] by [Date]
- [Name]: [Task] by [Date]

Next: [What's happening next]

Ping me with questions.
[Name]
```

### Executive Version (for leadership)
```
[Focus on outcomes and decisions, minimize detail]
```

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## Best Practices Applied

- ✓ Sent within 24 hours
- ✓ Clear subject line
- ✓ Action items have owners and dates
- ✓ Easy to scan (bullets, tables)
- ✓ Invites correction

Send quickly. Action items without dates don't get done. Make it skimmable.
Example

Input

Meeting: Weekly product sync, Jan 15, with PM, 3 engineers, designer
Discussions: Sprint review (8 of 10 stories done), Q1 roadmap priorities, tech debt discussion
Actions: Sarah to finalize roadmap by Friday, Mike to estimate tech debt project
Tone: Casual team

Output

**Subject:** Product Sync Recap — Jan 15

Hey team,

Nice work on sprint 23—we hit 8 of 10 stories. Here's the recap:

**Key Takeaways**
• Sprint velocity is on track despite holiday week
• Roadmap priorities for Q1 are locked: onboarding > API > mobile
• Tech debt backlog needs sizing before we can commit to sprint allocation...