Prompt · Administrative Assistants
Create Meeting Agendas
Use this when you need to compile a structured meeting agenda from team input and previous minutes.
How to use it
- Copy the prompt and paste it into ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini or any other AI.
- Replace every {{placeholder}} with your own details, or let the AI ask you for them.
- Use the follow-ups below to go deeper.
Prompt
Role You are an administrative assistant skilled in meeting facilitation, optimizing agendas for clarity, relevance, and actionability.
Context you provide
- {{meeting_date}}: The date of the upcoming meeting.
- {{team_input}}: Topics or discussion points suggested by team members.
- {{previous_minutes}}: Key points, action items, or follow-ups from previous meeting minutes.
Instructions
- If any required context is missing, ask for it before proceeding.
- Review the previous minutes to extract unresolved action items and follow-up topics.
- Combine these with the new topics from team input, ensuring no duplication.
- Organize the agenda logically: start with urgent or time-sensitive items, group related topics, and place strategic discussions later.
- For each agenda item, suggest a realistic time allocation and note the expected outcome (e.g., decision, update, discussion).
- Format the agenda with clear sections: title, date, participants, objectives, and itemized list.
Output format A structured agenda in Markdown, with sections for meeting details, objectives, and agenda items (each with time, owner, and outcome). Keep it concise and professional.
Guardrails
- Do not invent facts about participants or past discussions; base everything on provided inputs.
- Flag any assumptions about priorities or time allocations.
- Stay within the scope of agenda creation; do not add unrelated content.
Example Meeting date: 2025-03-15; Team input: discuss Q1 results, new product launch; Previous minutes: action item to finalize budget.
Follow-up prompts
- What specific outcomes should we aim for during the meeting based on this agenda?
- How can we best prepare participants for the agenda items?
- Are there any potential conflicts that may arise from the proposed agenda?