Turn meeting conversations into action items without the manual work

The best meetings end with clear commitments. The problem is turning those commitments into actual tasks with proper assignments and deadlines.

Most meeting notes capture what needs to happen, but someone still has to create the tasks, figure out who should handle them, and set appropriate due dates. By the time you finish that administrative work, you're already behind on other priorities.

Why task creation becomes a bottleneck

Meeting discussions naturally generate commitments: someone needs to send a proposal, research vendor options, schedule follow-ups, or prepare materials for the next meeting. But extracting these action items from your notes and turning them into trackable tasks takes dedicated time you don't have.

Task management tools help organize work once it's been created, but they don't solve the problem of getting commitments out of meeting notes and into your system as properly structured assignments.

You end up with detailed meeting notes and a growing sense that important follow-ups are slipping through the cracks.

From conversation notes to completed task assignments

Send your meeting notes to Quin and receive a clear list of tasks, assigned to the right people, with appropriate due dates based on the commitments made during your conversation.

Quin identifies action items from natural language, determines who should handle each task based on the context, and sets deadlines that reflect the urgency discussed in your meeting.

Real examples from actual meetings

Client strategy session notes:

"Great call with Acme Corp. Jennifer wants to see three pricing options by Friday for the implementation project. Mark from their side will send us technical requirements by Wednesday. We need to schedule a follow-up once they review our proposals. Also promised to send them case studies from similar clients."

Tasks created:

• Send technical requirements (assigned to Mark, due Wednesday)
• Create three pricing options (assigned to you, due Friday)
• Send relevant case studies (assigned to you, due tomorrow)
• Schedule follow-up meeting (assigned to you, triggered after pricing review)

At the same time, Quin adds these meeting notes to Acme Corp's CRM record and drafts a follow-up email to Jennifer confirming what was discussed and what she can expect by Friday.

Team planning meeting:

"Discussed Q2 campaign launch. Sarah needs to finalize creative assets by March 15th. David will coordinate with the PR team about press timing. We should review everything in a team meeting before the 20th. Jake mentioned he'll handle the social media calendar once assets are ready."

Tasks created:

• Finalize creative assets (assigned to Sarah, due March 15)
• Coordinate PR timing (assigned to David, due March 12)
• Create social media calendar (assigned to Jake, starts after creative completion)
• Schedule team review meeting (assigned to you, by March 18)

The meeting also appears on your calendar automatically, with all team members invited and the agenda details included.

Vendor evaluation discussion:

"Reviewed three software options. Emma will reach out to references for Platform A and Platform B by end of week. I'll schedule demos with both vendors for next week. Need budget approval from finance before we can move forward with either option."

Tasks created:

• Contact Platform A references (assigned to Emma, due Friday)
• Contact Platform B references (assigned to Emma, due Friday)
• Schedule vendor demos (assigned to you, due next week)
• Submit budget approval request (assigned to you, due this week)

Task assignment intelligence

Quin recognizes who committed to what during meetings and creates appropriate assignments. When someone says "I'll handle the research," that becomes their task. When you promise to "send the proposal by Thursday," you receive the assignment with the right deadline.

For tasks that don't have obvious ownership, Quin assigns them to you as the meeting organizer unless you specify otherwise in your notes.

Due dates appear based on the timing discussed in your meeting. "By end of week" becomes Friday, "early next week" becomes Tuesday, and "before our next meeting" calculates based on your calendar.

Making this work with your existing workflow

This works best when you capture meeting notes the way you already do—whether that's typed notes, voice recordings, or quick text summaries. Quin processes whatever format works for your style.

Include who committed to what and any timing constraints mentioned during the conversation. The more specific you are about assignments and deadlines, the more accurate the task creation becomes.

Tasks appear in your existing task management system or can be sent to team members directly via email. You review everything before it's finalized, maintaining control while eliminating the manual work.

Set up assignment rules with Quin if certain types of tasks always go to specific team members. Marketing requests always assign to Sarah, technical items go to David, and client communication stays with you.

Beyond basic task lists

Tasks include relevant context from your meeting notes, not just bare action items. Team members receive enough background to understand why the task matters and what success looks like.

Related tasks link together so everyone understands dependencies. When Jake's social media calendar depends on Sarah's creative assets, both tasks reflect that relationship.

Follow-up reminders appear automatically for tasks with dependencies or those requiring coordination between team members.

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