Prompt recipes for transcripts
Once you have a transcript with speaker labels, you can turn it into almost anything with a good prompt — meeting notes, a client email, a task list, an agenda for next time. These work with LymeScribe's built-in Summarize, Meeting Minutes, and Translate actions (see setting up the AI tools), or pasted straight into Claude, ChatGPT, or any chat model. Swap in your own transcript where you see the placeholder.
Last updated 2026-08-31Meeting notes
Here is a transcript of a meeting with speaker labels. Write meeting notes with: a one-paragraph summary, decisions made, action items (with who owns each one and any deadlines), and open questions. [paste transcript]
When to use it: the default for any internal meeting — status calls, planning sessions, retros. See the full walkthrough in from meeting to meeting notes.
Client recap email
Here is a transcript of a call with a client, with speaker labels. Write a short, friendly recap email I can send them: what we discussed, what we agreed to, and what happens next. Keep it under 200 words and written in first person from me. [paste transcript]
When to use it: right after a client call, when you want something client-ready in a minute instead of writing it from memory.
Action-item task list
From this transcript with speaker labels, extract every action item as a checklist. For each one, list: the task, who owns it, and any deadline mentioned. If no owner was stated, mark it "unassigned." Skip anything that isn't a concrete commitment. [paste transcript]
When to use it: when you just need the to-dos pulled out to paste into a task tracker, without the narrative summary around them.
Follow-up agenda
Based on this meeting transcript with speaker labels, draft an agenda for our next meeting on this topic. Include: unresolved questions from this transcript, action items due before the next meeting that should be checked on, and any new topics that came up but weren't fully discussed. [paste transcript]
When to use it: for a recurring series of meetings, so nothing raised last time gets dropped.
Decision log
Read this transcript with speaker labels and produce a decision log: a table with columns for Decision, Who decided (or agreed), Date context (if mentioned), and Rationale (if stated). Only include things that were actually decided, not options that were discussed and left open. [paste transcript]
When to use it: for meetings where the record of "who decided what and why" matters later — planning, budget, or hiring discussions.
Translation cleanup
Here is a machine translation of a transcript, originally spoken in [source language] and translated to [target language]. Speaker labels are preserved. Clean up the translation for natural, idiomatic phrasing while keeping the meaning and speaker attribution exactly as they are. Don't summarize or shorten — just polish. [paste translated transcript]
When to use it: after running LymeScribe's Translate action, when a quick pass for natural phrasing is worth it before sharing the result.