Meeting Summary Templates

This directory contains template definitions for meeting summary generation.

Available Templates

1. daily_standup.json

Time-boxed daily updates template designed for engineering/product teams.

Sections:

• Date
• Attendees
• Yesterday (completed work)
• Today (planned work)
• Blockers
• Notes

2. standard_meeting.json

General-purpose meeting notes template focusing on key outcomes and actions.

Sections:

• Summary
• Key Decisions
• Action Items
• Discussion Highlights

Template Structure

Each template JSON file follows this schema:

{
  "name": "Template Name",
  "description": "Brief description of the template's purpose",
  "sections": [
    {
      "title": "Section Title",
      "instruction": "Instructions for the LLM on what to extract/include",
      "format": "paragraph|list|string",
      "item_format": "Optional: Markdown table format for list items"
    }
  ]
}

Custom Templates

Users can add custom templates to the application data directory:

• macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Meetily/templates/
• Windows: %APPDATA%\Meetily\templates\
• Linux: ~/.config/Meetily/templates/

Custom templates override built-in templates with the same filename.

Template Fields

Root Level

• name (required): Display name for the template
• description (required): Brief explanation of the template's use case
• sections (required): Array of section definitions

Section Object

• title (required): Section heading text
• instruction (required): LLM guidance for this section
• format (required): One of "paragraph", "list", or "string"
• item_format (optional): Markdown formatting hint for list items (e.g., table structure)
• example_item_format (optional): Alternative formatting hint

Usage in Code

Templates are loaded using the templates module:

use crate::summary::templates;

// Get a specific template
let template = templates::get_template("daily_standup")?;

// List available templates
let available = templates::list_templates();

// Validate custom template JSON
let custom_json = std::fs::read_to_string("custom.json")?;
let validated = templates::validate_template(&custom_json)?;