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title: "Summaries"
description: "Every recorded call returns a summary with decisions and action items, generated as soon as the transcript completes."
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# Summaries

![The Insights panel open beside a recorded call. It reports the length and word count of the conversation, names the dominant topic cluster as Research and Insights, and adds that the recording is a one-to-one call with a balanced, matter-of-fact tone.](/help/media/meeting-assistant/meeting-assistant-summaries.jpg)
Speak AI records, transcribes, and summarizes your calls so nobody has to take notes by hand. You can have a summary written for you every time a new recording lands in a folder, or run one yourself on a single meeting.

## Summarize every meeting automatically

First decide which folder your Meeting Assistant recordings go to. If you have not set that up, follow [folder routing](/help/meeting-assistant/folder-routing/).

Then create an automation that writes a summary whenever a new file arrives in that folder:

1. Open [Automations](https://app.speakai.co/automations) and select **New automation**.
1. Add a name and a description.
1. Select the folder your Meeting Assistant recordings go to.
1. Select your assistant type. You can customize your own on the same page.
1. Select or write your prompt. A good default is: "Summarize the meeting with agenda, action items, and next steps."
1. Set **Run type** to **Instant** so the automation runs every time a new recording is added to the folder.
1. Select **Update** to create the automation.

You get a notification every time it runs, and every response is kept on the [chat history page](https://app.speakai.co/chat/history).

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## Summarize one meeting on its own

If you only need minutes for a single call, skip the automation and run the prompt yourself:

1. Capture the meeting. Let the [Meeting Assistant](/help/meeting-assistant/auto-join/) join the call, or [upload the recording](/help/uploads/) yourself.
1. Once the transcript finishes, open the file and run the **Meeting Minutes** prompt in [AI Chat](/help/ai-chat/). It pulls out the agenda items, the key decisions, and the action items with the person responsible for each one.
1. Read the action items and correct anything that looks off.
1. Copy the response into an email, or send your team a [share link](/help/sharing/links/) to the full transcript.

Evaluating Speak AI for a team? [Book a demo and see your own recordings analyzed](https://calendly.com/speak-ai/demo?utm_source=docs&utm_campaign=book-demo).

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Related: [Meeting Assistant](/help/meeting-assistant/) · [Auto-join](/help/meeting-assistant/auto-join/)

Source: https://docs.speakai.co/help/meeting-assistant/summaries/index.mdx