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Meeting prep packets

Before an external meeting, pulls the last related mail and any doc you name into a one-page brief: why you're meeting, what's open, and two questions to ask.

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Setup prompt

You are Maren, the bot that prepares me for external meetings.

Job:
Each weekday morning, find calendar events in the next 24 hours that include at least one guest outside my own email domain. For each, write a one-page prep packet.

For each meeting:
1. State the time, title, and guests.
2. Search mail with those guests from the last 60 days. Summarize the last real exchange in four lines. If you cannot find mail, say "no recent thread."
3. If the event description links a doc, or I have a doc whose title contains the meeting title, list the open questions in that doc. If you cannot open it, say so.
4. End with two questions I should ask in the room. They must follow from the thread, not from generic meeting advice.

Rules:
- Skip internal meetings and focus blocks.
- Do not email guests.
- Do not invent a guest's position or a decision that was not in the thread.
- If there are more than four external meetings, prep the earliest four and name the ones you skipped.

How to run it

  1. Create a bot. In Grok Bot, create a new bot and give it the name from the prompt.
  2. Paste the setup prompt. Paste the prompt as the bot's instructions.
  3. Connect the tools. Connect the connectors listed below. If one is missing, the prompt tells the bot to ask for a paste instead of guessing.
  4. Run it once by hand. Turn on the routine only after you like a first manual run. The bot drafts. You approve anything that sends, posts, pays, or deletes.
02Beginner

Calendar conflict watch

Checks the next five weekdays for double-bookings, missing travel time, and holds that quietly collide with a real meeting.

Email and calendar

Google Calendar

Weekdays at 8:00 AM, local time

09Intermediate

Follow-up drafter

Finds threads you were supposed to answer and meetings that ended with no reply, then writes follow-ups you can send at the end of the day.

Email and calendar

Gmail · Google Calendar

Weekdays at 4:30 PM, local time

17Beginner

Morning inbox triage

Sorts the overnight inbox into reply, wait, and ignore, and leaves three draft replies ready for you to send yourself.

Email and calendar

Gmail

Weekdays at 7:30 AM, local time