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Turn the week’s notes into a 30-minute 1:1 agenda—without inferring personality traits.

Last verified: 2026-09-07

Do not infer personality, motivation, or clinical traits. Use only events and asks in your notes. You still run the meeting.

Top picks

Best Overall

Claude

Stays on the notes; less likely to invent a “type.”

Open Claude

Best Free

ChatGPT Free

Enough for one careful paste-and-review session.

Open ChatGPT

Best Power-User

Granola + LLM

Capture during the week; finish the agenda here.

Open Granola

Protocol

  1. Step 1 of 4

    Dump the week, not a character study (3 min).

    Paste projects, blockers, wins, their asked topics, and hard time-boxes. 30 minutes total. Do not add “they seem checked out” unless they said something you can quote. No Myers-Briggs, “high performer energy,” or similar.

  2. Step 2 of 4

    Lock “no inferred personality.”

    Paste the rules first so the model cannot invent a coaching theory.

    Copy-paste prompt

    Build a 30-minute manager 1:1 agenda from my week notes.
    
    Hard rules:
    - Use only events, blockers, and asks I wrote.
    - Do not infer personality, motivation, neurotype, “culture fit,” or performance ratings I did not give.
    - Do not invent 1:1 history or private HR issues.
    - Time-box to 30 minutes. If too much, mark overflow as Parking lot.
    - Every topic needs an owner (me / them / both) from my notes or Unassigned.
    
    Output:
    ### Agenda (time · topic · owner · goal)
    ### Decisions to confirm
    ### Follow-ups from last time (only if I listed them)
    ### Parking lot
    ### Questions I can ask (from my facts only)
    
    Confirm the rules, then wait.
  3. Step 3 of 4

    Paste notes and trim to 30 minutes.

    If the agenda is packed, you cut—not the model’s favorite “growth conversation.” Then send:

    Generate command

    Here are this week’s notes. Build the 30-minute agenda. If a topic is not in the notes, omit it. No personality language. Mark overflow as Parking lot.
  4. Step 4 of 4

    Share the agenda before you meet.

    Send it to them so they can add a line. You still run the clock. If you want a Slack-ready version, use the block below.

    Slack-ready agenda

    Rewrite the agenda as a short Slack message with times. Do not add topics. Keep Unassigned visible.

When not to

  • Do not let the model diagnose personality, burnout, or “attitude.”
  • Do not paste compensation, health, or formal HR case notes into a general chat.
  • Do not invent last week’s commitments if you did not write them down.
  • Skip this recipe if you have zero notes—just put two bullets on a calendar invite.

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