Extract Action Items from Teams Meetings

Summary

Turn your Teams meeting notes into a clear list of who needs to do what and by when.

Prompt

Review this meeting and list all action items in this format:

ACTION ITEMS:
1. [What needs to be done] - Assigned to: [Who] - Due: [When]
2. [What needs to be done] - Assigned to: [Who] - Due: [When]

DECISIONS MADE:
- [List any decisions]

QUESTIONS TO FOLLOW UP:
- [Any open questions]

Description

Use this prompt after a Teams meeting to automatically extract action items from the transcript. No more manually searching through meeting notes to find out who agreed to do what.

When to use this:

• After team meetings
• Following client calls
• After project discussions
• Any meeting where tasks were assigned

How to use:

1. Finish your Teams meeting (make sure it was transcribed)
2. Open Copilot in Teams
3. Paste this prompt
4. Copy the results to share with your team

Contributors

Sai Siva Ram Bandaru

Version history

Version	Date	Comments
1.0	January 29, 2026	Initial release

Prerequisites

• Copilot for Microsoft 365

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