MeetGeek automatically generates meeting summaries based on your selected Meeting Template and the key insights detected during your call. However, you can customize your summaries to better align with your workflow and highlight the most relevant points.
In this article:
What is a Meeting Summary?
A Meeting Summary is a structured recap of a meeting that can be to all meeting participants, highlighting key discussion points, action items, and decisions made. MeetGeek automatically generates these summaries, helping teams:
Stay aligned on key takeaways;
Track action items and follow-ups;
Reduce the need to review full meeting recordings;
Share important insights with team members efficiently.
Each summary is structured based on your selected Meeting Template, ensuring it reflects the type of discussion held. While MeetGeek applies a default structure to meeting summaries, you can customize and organize them to match your needs and preferences.
Edit the Summary After the Meeting
Once the meeting ends, you can edit and refine the summary to ensure it captures the key takeaways as needed. You can:
• Remove or rephrase text to improve clarity;
• Highlight or emphasize critical points;
• Add missing action items, notes, or key decisions.
🖊️ To edit a summary, navigate to the meeting recording, click on “Summary”, and edit the content directly.
Customize Summary Formatting & Structure
You can customize your Meeting Summaries to define the structure and content you want to include. This allows you to tailor summaries based on your specific requirements, ensuring the most relevant information is captured.
What can you customize?
You can decide which topics to include, whether they are generic (e.g., participants, date, blockers, next steps, concerns, etc.) or specific to the meeting type (e.g., customer needs, social media performance, candidate motivation, etc.).
How to Customize a Meeting Summary
1. Go to the Meeting Templates page
2. Search the Meeting Template to which Summary you want to customize
Go to the meeting template you've selected
3. Navigate to the "Meeting Summary" tab
In this section, you'll find the section-based summary structure. You can view and edit the current summary layout, select or deselect topics, and add new sections as needed.
3.1 Creating a new section
Each section is generated from a prompt that tells the AI what to capture and how to format it. You can edit that prompt to:
Make the output more verbose — e.g. "Include full context, not just headlines"
Change the format — e.g. "Return as a numbered list instead of bullets"
Narrow the focus — e.g. "For Action Items, only include commitments made by participants, not tasks performed during the call"
Add required fields — e.g. "Always include an owner and due date for each action item"
The 'Apply to' dropdown lets you apply an edited summary section to any other template in the same language — all at once. This means you don't need to manually update each template individually, making bulk edits significantly faster.
4. Edit the 'Meeting Intelligence'
Here you can configure the KPIs and metrics you'd like MeetGeek to track for this meeting type. Available options include call sentiment, participant engagement, talk rate, suggestions, and more. Adjusting these settings ensures the intelligence captured aligns with your goals — whether you're running sales calls, team standups, or client check-ins.
5. Topics and Timeline
This section provides a chronological breakdown of the topics discussed during your meeting. Each topic is mapped to the point in the conversation where it was raised, giving you a clear picture of how the discussion evolved from start to finish.
It makes it easy to decide which topics to include or exclude from your meeting summary, giving you precise control over what gets captured and shared with your team.
Pro tip: You can re-run the analysis for your meetings at https://app2.meetgeek.ai/past-meetings
Once saved, MeetGeek will automatically apply your custom format to all meetings using that template.
To learn more about the meeting summary, including how to share it with others, check out this article: AI Meeting Minutes - your summary email
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