Edition 004 ·

The recap is not the decision.

A clean paragraph can hide an unfinished decision. This edition asks what the source actually says before choosing the smoothest draft.

Published as a web edition. It has not been emailed. All worked scenarios are fictional.

The meeting

Separate an agreed decision from a proposal. Mark missing owners and dates rather than filling them in.

Write a meeting recap without inventing a decision. ↗

The comparison

Check both drafts against the same requirements. Accuracy and completeness come before polish.

Compare two AI drafts with the same checklist. ↗

The source

Locate each important claim in the original note and keep the caveats that change its meaning.

How to check an AI summary against its source. ↗

One thing to try.

Try this: review one recap and mark every sentence as decision, action, question or context.

The short version.

Watch the 30-second explainer ↗

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