Cut a recurring meeting in half with Claude and Granola

Set up: record calls silently with Granola (Zoom/Teams/Meet transcription, free), then in the Claude desktop app click '+' > Connectors > toggle Granola. Do this once. Pick one recurring weekly meeting that always runs long. Main prompt: "Audit my recurring meeting [NAME] and cut it from 60 minutes to 30. Pull the last 3 transcripts from Granola, then: list what got repeated in all 3, split it into read-before vs. discuss-live, write a one-page pre-read from the read-before items (status, open threads, numbers, no recap), build a 30-minute agenda from the discuss-live items, list the pre-work each attendee should bring done, and from who actually spoke, tell me who only needs part of the call." Follow-up prompt to make it show its work first: "Before you write anything, show me the 3 transcripts you're using and the read vs. discuss split, so I can correct it." After the meeting, use this prompt on the new transcript: "From this transcript, write the action items with owners and deadlines." Pro tip: rerun this same audit every month, since meetings creep back toward 60 minutes once nobody is watching.