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Working with AI Conversations

Extract Decisions and Open Questions

Pulls decisions, open questions and unstated assumptions out of a long conversation instead of summarizing all of it.

Designed for general-purpose AI assistantsPublished November 2026

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Read the conversation below and extract what a busy reader needs, without summarizing the whole thing.

Return exactly three sections.

DECISIONS: each decision that was actually made, with who or what made it and the reason given. Quote the line that shows the decision. Do not list options that were only discussed.

OPEN QUESTIONS: questions that were asked but not answered, or answers that were uncertain. For each, say what information would settle it.

ASSUMPTIONS: things the conversation treats as true without evidence. Note which ones would change the outcome if they were wrong.

If a section has nothing, write "None found" rather than inventing items. Do not add advice of your own.

Focus area (optional): 

Conversation:
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How to use it

  1. Paste the conversation text under Conversation. Exported Markdown or copied chat text both work.
  2. Use the focus area to narrow the result, for example a feature name or a deadline, when the conversation covers several topics.
  3. Check each quoted line against the original; the quotes are the quickest way to catch a wrong decision.
  4. Use the open questions as the agenda for your next message or meeting.

Example output

Illustrative only. Real answers depend on your input and the assistant you use.

DECISIONS
- Use PostgreSQL rather than MongoDB. Reason given: the data is relational and the team already runs Postgres. Evidence: "Let's just stay on Postgres, we know how to operate it."

OPEN QUESTIONS
- How many users will the first release need to support? The conversation mentions both 500 and 5,000. A single confirmed number would settle the hosting choice.
- Who owns the on-call rota after launch? Nobody answered.

ASSUMPTIONS
- The data will stay under 50 GB for the first year. If it grows faster, the proposed single-server setup would not hold.
- The vendor's API limits will not change before launch.

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