MinutesLink?

KINDAYou can build the valuable core, but the established product has meaningful operational complexity. Pick one narrow promise for v1.

BUILD FIRST

One specific customer type and one primary use case
A vertical slice that completes the main job without manual workarounds
Visible limits, review steps, and a fallback when an external dependency fails

LEAVE FOR LATER

Broad third-party integrations
High-scale collaboration, syncing, and permissions
Automation that can cause harm without human review

RESEARCH NOTES

What this tool actually does.

Checked 2026-09-06

MinutesLink is a free AI meeting assistant that records, transcribes, and summarizes meetings for Google Meet and Zoom (MS Teams planned), via either a Chrome extension or a calendar-connected bot that auto-joins scheduled calls. It generates speaker-labeled transcripts and AI summaries covering key topics, decisions, and action items, plus a 'Deep Research' mode for context-aware analysis. Users can edit, share, and collaborate on notes via links (readable without signup), search past meetings by keyword/participant/topic, ask an AI assistant questions about past meeting content, and catch up on missed calls thanks to auto-recording. It supports 100+ languages, claims end-to-end encryption, and GDPR/CCPA compliance. Information gathered from the official site, landing page, and Chrome Web Store listing.

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RESEARCHED BUILD PROMPT

Give this to your coding agent.

Build a web app inspired by MinutesLink's workflow (automated meeting notes). Workflow: (1) User signs in with Google and connects their calendar. (2) A bot auto-joins scheduled Meet/Zoom calls to record audio; alternatively a Chrome extension records the current call without a bot. (3) After the call, an async pipeline produces a speaker-labeled transcript and an AI summary with Topics, Decisions, Action Items, plus an optional 'deep research' longer analysis. (4) A dashboard stores recordings, transcripts, and notes, searchable by keyword/participant/topic. (5) Users can edit notes, add collaborators, and share a public read-only link. (6) A chat ('Ask about your meetings') answers questions via RAG over past transcripts. (7) Missed meetings are auto-captured by the calendar bot. Technical requirements: Next.js + Tailwind frontend; Postgres for users/meetings/notes; S3/object storage for audio; Redis job queue; STT with speaker diarization (WhisperX or Deepgram); LLM summarization pipeline outputting structured JSON (GPT-4o/Claude); pgvector for Q&A; Google Calendar API webhook + OAuth; Chrome Extension Manifest V3 using tabCapture with an offscreen document; meeting bot via headless Chromium/Puppeteer or official platform bot APIs. Implement Google OAuth auth, signed-token share links, and encryption at rest. Do NOT copy MinutesLink's brand, name, logo, marketing copy, or pixel-level UI; design your own clean interface. Out of scope for MVP: video recording, live real-time captions, Teams/Webex integration, mobile/native apps, billing/plans, and face detection. Deliver a README with setup steps, env vars (API keys, webhook URLs), and honest limitations (enterprise meeting policies may block bots, audio-only capture, STT accuracy variability, LLM token costs, calendar webhook delay).

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