What Chief extracts from a meeting
As a Live Session runs, Chief reads the transcript and surfaces the parts that matter, so you don’t have to write them up afterward. Open any session to see them laid out next to the transcript.
Summary
The Summary is a short write-up of what the meeting covered. It appears at the top of the session, above the transcript.Action items
Action items are the commitments Chief heard. Each one is listed with a check icon, and where Chief picked up who owns it, the owner’s name is shown.Decisions
Decisions are the choices the group reached. They appear in the suggestions panel, each with the timecode where it came up.Context
Context items are useful background points Chief noticed during the conversation, also timecoded.Task suggestions
Task suggestions are surfaced actions you can hand straight to Chief. Each suggestion has a Start task button that opens a task grounded in the meeting to help you act on it. Once you start a task from a suggestion, it moves into the session’s Tasks list.Good to know: These are generated from the transcript, so they’re only as complete as the audio Chief captured. A short or partly inaudible meeting produces fewer items.
FAQ
My meeting has no summary or action items. Why?
My meeting has no summary or action items. Why?
Chief builds these from the transcript. If little or no audio was captured (the transcript is empty or very short), there’s nothing to extract. Check that the Mac app had microphone and system-audio access for the session.
An action item has no owner. Can I still use it?
An action item has no owner. Can I still use it?
Yes. Chief only attaches an owner when it heard a real name tied to the commitment. Owner-less actions still appear, and you can Start task on them to develop them.
Do summaries update live or only at the end?
Do summaries update live or only at the end?
Items build as the session runs. The Summary is finalized for the completed session.