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Meetings

Meeting → Tasks

A compact post-meeting workflow. The MVP blueprint assumes a structured meeting-notes field exists in Gmail or another source. You can later swap in an AI extraction step without changing the overall workflow.

5 stepsRequires Zapier Starter or higher10–15 minMedium
Google CalendarGmailTodoist

What you get

Action items become explicit tasks.
Meeting follow-up is less likely to disappear in notes.
The client gets a concise written summary when needed.

Workflow blueprint

GC
When this happens
Google CalendarEvent Ended
1GM
GmailFind Email
2TO
TodoistCreate Task
3TO
TodoistCreate Task
4GM
GmailSend Email

The full blueprint — every field mapping, example value and the written copy for each message — is included with purchase.

Getting it into Zapier

Build this one from the recipe. The blueprint gives you the exact trigger, action events and field mapping for all 5 steps, so it is a copy-and-paste job rather than a design job.

You need your own Zapier account. Zapier’s Free plan runs single-step Zaps only; multi-step Zaps need a paid plan, and Paths and Webhooks need Professional. How this works →

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n8n — import and go

An n8n workflow JSON ships with this template. Import it and all 5 steps arrive on the canvas wired in order, and 4 of the 5 nodes arrive with their fields already filled in — the subject lines, the message copy, the delays, the column names. Every step maps to a native n8n node.

What an import cannot carry is your credentials, and the IDs that only exist inside your own account — which spreadsheet, which channel, which board. Those stay in a sticky note under the node, listing what is already done so you do not retype it, and what is left so you can see it.

Make — build guide

A Make-specific guide ships with this template: every module in order, every field value, and the concept translations that catch people out — filters live on the links between modules, and the schedule lives on the scenario rather than in a trigger module.

Self-hosted n8n has no per-task fee, which is worth knowing if this workflow runs at volume. Platform coverage →

Setup steps

1
Detect completed meeting

Configure this step using the field mapping in the blueprint.

2
Find meeting notes

Configure this step using the field mapping in the blueprint.

3
Create action items

Configure this step using the field mapping in the blueprint.

4
Assign due dates

Configure this step using the field mapping in the blueprint.

5
Send summary email

Configure this step using the field mapping in the blueprint.

Implementation notes

  • For the MVP, use a predictable notes subject such as “Meeting notes — Client Name”.
  • AI extraction can be inserted between finding notes and creating tasks later.