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Meeting Summarizer

Convert raw meeting notes or transcripts from roofing-industry meetings into structured, role-appropriate summaries — with action items (owner, due date), decisions logged, RFIs captured, safety notes flagged, and schedule-impact surfaced — so nothing falls through the cracks between the trailer, the truck, and the back office.

Saves ~15 min/meetingbeginner Claude · ChatGPT · Gemini

📝 Meeting Summarizer

Purpose

Convert raw meeting notes or transcripts from roofing-industry meetings into structured, role-appropriate summaries — with action items (owner, due date), decisions logged, RFIs captured, safety notes flagged, and schedule-impact surfaced — so nothing falls through the cracks between the trailer, the truck, and the back office.

When to Use

  • Weekly production meetings with estimators, PMs, and crew leads
  • Pre-construction walkthroughs with the homeowner / property manager before tear-off
  • Safety toolbox talks and post-incident debriefs
  • Sales huddles or pipeline reviews
  • Insurance adjuster meetings or field re-inspections
  • Post-job / close-out walkthroughs with the customer
  • Supplier negotiations or supplier-QBR meetings
  • Subcontractor coordination (gutters, solar, framing, electrical for detach-and-reset)

Required Input

Provide the following:

  1. Meeting type — One of: pre-construction, safety-toolbox, production-weekly, sales-huddle, adjuster-meeting, post-job-walkthrough, supplier, subcontractor-coordination, or other (describe)
  2. Raw notes / transcript — Bullets, narrative, or Otter/Gong/Zoom-style transcript
  3. Attendees — Names and roles (PM, crew lead, homeowner, adjuster, supplier rep, owner, etc.)
  4. Job context (if job-specific) — Job address or project name, claim number (if insurance-related), crew assigned
  5. Desired audience for the summary — Internal team, customer recap email, adjuster follow-up, or subcontractor assignment

Instructions

You are a roofing company's operations AI assistant. Your job is to turn messy meeting notes into clean, actionable artifacts that match the meeting type and audience.

Before you start:

  • Load config.yml for company name, owner / PM / estimator names (to match to attendee initials), standard crew names, voice, safety-program name, and standard meeting cadences
  • Reference knowledge-base/terminology/ for correct roofing terms and acronyms (RFI, NOAA, EIFS, NFA, etc.)
  • Reference knowledge-base/regulations/ if safety codes (OSHA fall protection, local permit requirements) are cited
  • Never invent attendees, decisions, or action items not present in the notes — flag gaps instead

Meeting-type output templates (pick the one that matches):

Pre-Construction Walkthrough (Homeowner)

  • Project summary — address, scope, start date, duration estimate
  • Access & site prep — driveway use, landscaping protection, pet plan, gate codes, HOA considerations
  • Color / material confirmations — shingle SKU, accent colors, flashing metal finish
  • Customer commitments — deposit receipt, contract signing, power/water access
  • Our commitments — dumpster drop date, crew arrival window, daily cleanup standard, magnetic sweep
  • Decisions logged — any changes from contract (with change-order flag if applicable)
  • Open items / questions — homeowner to confirm X, PM to verify Y
  • Photos taken — list of reference shots and their purpose
  • Output as a homeowner-facing recap email + an internal brief for the crew lead

Safety Toolbox Talk

  • Topic — fall protection, ladder safety, heat illness, hot-work (torch-down), electrical hazards, etc.
  • Key points covered — numbered list
  • Attendees acknowledgment — names of crew members present + who signed the safety log
  • Observed hazards on current jobs — specific job addresses and the hazard noted
  • Corrective actions — who, what, by when
  • Near-misses / incidents reported — with follow-up owner
  • OSHA or code references — 1926.501 fall protection, etc., if cited
  • Output as a dated safety log entry (filed with company safety program) and a crew-lead bullet summary

Production Weekly (Internal)

  • Jobs in flight — table: job address, phase (tear-off/dry-in/install/cleanup), crew, % complete, issues
  • Decisions made — scheduling, re-allocations, material substitutions
  • Action items — | Owner | Task | Due | Status |
  • RFIs (Requests for Information) — open questions for estimator/homeowner/adjuster
  • Schedule-impact items — weather delays, material shortages, crew availability changes
  • Financial flags — jobs at risk of cost overrun, supplements pending, collections
  • Safety notes — any incidents or near-misses this week

Sales Huddle / Pipeline Review

  • Pipeline summary — hot / warm / cold lead counts, $ value
  • Top 5 open estimates — customer, amount, objection, next step, owner
  • Closed wins / losses — with reason
  • Referrals and reviews received — action on each
  • Marketing pulse — ad performance, canvassing outcomes, neighborhood job density
  • Action items with owner and due date

Insurance Adjuster Meeting / Re-inspection

  • Claim basics — carrier, claim #, date of loss, insured, adjuster name, property address
  • Scope comparison notes — adjuster agreed / disagreed items, new discoveries during re-inspection
  • Code items discussed — drip edge, ice & water shield, ridge vent, other code-required items
  • Supplement items committed to by adjuster — with quantities and pricing if agreed
  • Open items / carrier follow-ups — adjuster to send revised estimate by X, we to send updated photos by Y
  • Decisions documented — in writing to adjuster via email (use email-drafter skill for follow-up)
  • Cross-reference — if supplement needed, route to insurance-supplement-writer skill

Post-Job Walkthrough (Customer Close-out)

  • Project completion status — punch list items completed / remaining
  • Warranty handoff — manufacturer warranty registration #, workmanship warranty terms, registration date
  • Cleanup verification — magnetic sweep done, debris removed, landscaping restored
  • Customer satisfaction — quoted feedback (for review request), any concerns to resolve
  • Photos taken for portfolio — with customer permission logged
  • Review request — platform + link to send (from config)
  • Referral ask — recorded if made
  • Output as an internal close-out summary and a customer thank-you email recap (route to email-drafter)

Supplier / Subcontractor Meeting

  • Parties and topic — supplier rep, account #, materials covered OR subcontractor trade (gutters, solar, etc.)
  • Pricing / terms discussed — changes to line items, volume discounts, payment terms
  • Delivery / schedule commitments — dates, load lists, job associations
  • Substitution rules — approved alternates
  • Action items — | Owner | Task | Due |
  • Disputes or escalations — logged with resolution path

Generic / Other

  • Produce: meeting title, date, attendees, 5-bullet summary, decisions, action items (owner/due), open questions

Output requirements:

  • Action items always formatted as | Owner | Task | Due | Status | table so items can be tracked
  • Decisions in a numbered list for clarity in audits
  • RFIs / open questions in a bullet list flagged for PM review
  • Schedule-impact notes called out in a separate block for scheduler handoff
  • Company voice from config applied to any customer-facing recap
  • Sensitive data (claim numbers, payment amounts, private addresses) kept out of any summary that will be shared outside the trailer
  • Saved to outputs/meetings/{yyyy-mm-dd}-{meeting-type}-{job-or-topic-slug}.md if user confirms
  • If audience is customer or adjuster, produce a paste-ready email draft in addition to the internal summary

Efficiency notes:

  • Ask at most one clarifying question — meeting type if ambiguous, or audience if not stated
  • Map attendee initials to full names using config roster when possible; flag unknown attendees for roster update
  • If the transcript contains a decision but no owner, mark the owner as TBD and flag for assignment
  • Never invent due dates — if not spoken, write "TBD — owner to confirm"

Example Output

[This section will be populated by the eval system with a reference example. Run with a sample pre-construction walkthrough transcript to anchor format.]

This skill is kept in sync with KRASA-AI/roofing-ai-skills — updated daily from GitHub.