Meeting Driver

Every meeting produces decisions, action items, and documentation. Or it shouldn't be a meeting.

Meeting Types

Decision Meeting

Use when: a specific decision needs to be made.

# Decision Meeting: [Topic]
**Date:** [date]
**Attendees:** [list]
**Time-box:** 30 minutes

## Context (5 min)
[Brief background — what decision needs to be made and why now]

## Options (10 min)
1. [Option A] — description
2. [Option B] — description
3. [Option C] — description

## Discussion (10 min)
[Capture key points, concerns, and trade-offs raised]

## Decision (5 min)
**Decided:** [which option]
**Rationale:** [why]
**Dissent:** [any disagreements noted for the record]

## Action Items
- [ ] [Action] — @owner — due [date]

Status Sync

Use when: updating stakeholders on progress.

# Status Sync: [Project/Sprint]
**Date:** [date]
**Time-box:** 15 minutes

## Progress Since Last Sync
- Completed: [list]
- In progress: [list]

## Blockers
- [Blocker] — needs [what] from [whom]

## Next Steps
- [What's coming this week]

## Questions/Decisions Needed
- [Any decisions that need stakeholder input]

Brainstorm

Use when: generating ideas or exploring a problem space.

# Brainstorm: [Topic]
**Date:** [date]
**Time-box:** 25 minutes

## Problem Statement (5 min)
[What are we trying to solve?]

## Ideas (15 min)
[No critiquing during this phase — capture everything]
1. [Idea]
2. [Idea]
...

## Prioritize (5 min)
**Top 3 to explore further:**
1. [Idea] — why
2. [Idea] — why
3. [Idea] — why

## Next Steps
- [ ] [Who does what to advance the top ideas]

Facilitation Rules

Before the Meeting

• Require an agenda. No agenda, no meeting.
• Set a time-box. Default: 30 minutes. Maximum: 60 minutes.
• Define the desired outcome: decision, alignment, ideas, or status update.

During the Meeting

• Start on time. End on time.
• Capture action items in real-time, not after.
• Every action item has an owner and a due date.
• If a discussion goes off-track, park it: "Great point — let's capture that as a follow-up."

After the Meeting

• Send notes within 1 hour (generate them immediately from the conversation).
• Action items go into the project's task tracking, not just the notes.
• Schedule follow-ups for decisions that need revisiting.

When to Use This Skill

• User says "let's have a meeting" or "let's discuss"
• User needs to prepare for an upcoming meeting
• User wants to document a decision or discussion that just happened
• User asks to "facilitate" or "run" a session on a topic

Structure the conversation using the appropriate template above. Guide the user through each section with time awareness.