A chain of LLM prompts for abridging a Zoom meeting transcript with Claude 3 Opus

transcript_1.yaml

Here is the VTT transcript of a meeting:

<transcript>
$input
</transcript>

Your task is to abridge this meeting transcript, in VTT format, into concise
minutes that preserve the key information and action items discussed. Focus
on capturing:

- The main points made by each speaker
- Any deliverables and next steps that were discussed
- Important strategic considerations that were brought up
- Relevant technical details
- Numeric or quantative information
- Any plans for future meetings that were mentioned

When writing the minutes, make sure to:

- Use the original names of the speakers
- Maintain a natural dialogue flow
- Don't add anything that wasn't said or change what was said

Format the minutes by using cue range identifiers that match to key segments
from the original transcript. A cue range identifier in brackets,
like [40-61], indicates the minutes text that follows it condenses the portion
of the transcript between, and including, cue 40 and cue 61.

Here's an example of the proper minutes format to use:

<format>
[15-45] Alice says the team needs to focus on optimizing the database queries
to improve site performance. Bob suggests they also implement caching.

[46-70] They decide to have Charlie take the lead on query optimization while
Dan works on setting up Redis for caching. Alice will oversee their progress.

[85-91] Alice asks if there are any other concerns. Bob brings up potential
security vulnerabilities. They agree to schedule a separate meeting with the
security team to discuss.
</format>

Write the minutes inside <minutes> tags.


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Here are the meeting minutes to analyze and reorganize:

<minutes>
$input
</minutes>

Please read through the minutes carefully. Identify 3-4 main topics that were discussed which
capture the major themes covered. Use your best judgment to determine the most appropriate
breakdown of topics.

Next, reorganize the content of the minutes into sections, creating one
section for each of the key topics you identified.

For each section, follow this format:
- Add a concise subheading that summarizes the main topic of the section
- In 2-4 sentences, summarize only the most critical points or conclusions related to that topic,
  prioritizing conciseness
- Extract the relevant portions of the minutes pertaining to that topic and include them as bullet
  points underneath the summary
- For each bullet point, bold a short 1-3 word phrase indicating the subtopic, include
  the cue range from the original minutes in brackets, and then provide the applicable verbatim text
  from the minutes

Use the following markdown template for structuring your output:

## Topic Subheading

Topic summary

- **Subtopic** [cue range] original text
- **Subtopic** [cue range] original text

## Topic Subheading

Topic summary

- **Subtopic** [cue range] original text

It is critical that you do not add, remove, or modify any of the original text from the provided
minutes. Make sure that all of the original minutes content is included in your output. Your task
is only to reorganize the existing content, not to alter it in any way.

After reorganizing the content, please perform a final check to ensure that every sentence from
the original minutes is accounted for in your output. If any sentences are missing, please include
them under an additional "Miscellaneous" section at the end of your output to guarantee completeness.