Ask Your Meetings
Ask Your Meetings is optimized for questions instead of keywords. It is useful when you know what you need to learn, but not which meeting or phrase contains the answer.
Use it to recover decisions, owners, timelines, and context with citations back to the source material.
Wireframes
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│ Question: What changed in the launch plan after Tuesday? │
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│ │ Launch review moved to Thursday. Ops requested one more dry │ │
│ │ run, and onboarding email stays behind a flag for now. │ │
│ │ Sources: Launch readiness sync, QA review, release standup. │ │
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│ Follow-up │
│ - Open cited meetings │
│ - Share answer with recap link │
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Every answer should send you back to a specific meeting moment rather than hiding the source.
When to use this
- You need an answer like 'What did we decide about launch timing?' instead of a raw list of matches.
- You want to confirm who said something and when before reusing that information.
- You are onboarding or preparing for a meeting and need fast historical context.
Before you start
- Use search permissions and retention settings that match your workspace governance model.
- Expect the strongest answers when the underlying transcript and summary data are complete.
Settings and options
Question style
- Ask complete questions instead of only keywords when you want synthesized answers.
- Review the cited snippets before acting on the answer in high-stakes cases.
- Open the linked source meeting when tone, nuance, or chronology matters.
What this feature helps with
Natural language queries
Ask questions in plain English — no keywords or filters. "What did we decide about the launch date?" or "Who volunteered to own the API docs?" Get answers, not just matches.
Cited snippets with timestamps
Every answer links back to the source. See the exact moment in the meeting, who said it, and jump directly to that point in the recording — no hunting through transcripts.
Permission-respecting
Results only include meetings you're allowed to see. No cross-workspace leakage, no access to private calls — search respects your existing meeting permissions.
How to work with it
Open global search
- Use Cmd+K (Mac) or Ctrl+K (Windows) to open the search bar
- Or click the search icon in the app header
Type your question in natural language
- Ask anything: "What did Sarah say about the budget?" or "When did we decide to ship?"
- No need for keywords — full sentences work best
Get cited snippets with timestamps
- Results show relevant excerpts with speaker names and timestamps
- Each snippet links to the exact moment in the meeting
Click to jump to the exact moment
- Click any result to open the meeting and jump to that point in the recording
- Continue the conversation from there or share the link with teammates
Where it fits well
Finding decisions
- Search for past decisions without scrolling through meeting notes
- Get cited answers with who said what and when
- Jump to the recording to hear the full context
- Share decision links with stakeholders for alignment
Preparing for meetings
- Quickly surface what was discussed in previous syncs
- Find action items and commitments before follow-up calls
- Get up to speed on decisions you missed
- Reference specific moments when building agendas
Onboarding new team members
- New hires can ask questions about past discussions
- Discover context on decisions, projects, and team norms
- Self-serve answers instead of interrupting teammates
- Build institutional knowledge from meeting history
What to expect
- Natural language understanding
- Cited sources with timestamps
- Speaker attribution
- Permission-respecting
- Instant results
- Works across all meetings
Trust and controls
- Results respect meeting permissions
- No cross-workspace data leakage
- Encrypted search index
- Admin-configurable retention
Questions that come up often
What meetings are indexed for search?
All meetings you have access to are indexed — including ones you attended and ones shared with you. Private meetings you're not part of are never included. Indexing happens automatically after transcription completes.
How does the permissions model work?
Search results only include meetings you're allowed to see. If you're a participant, you see it. If it was shared with you or your team, you see it. Cross-workspace meetings and private calls you're not part of never appear in your results.
How long is meeting data retained for search?
Retention is configurable by workspace admins. Default is 2 years, but admins can set shorter or longer periods. Once retention expires, meetings are removed from the search index and no longer queryable.
How fast are search results?
Results typically return in under a second. The search index is optimized for natural language queries and cited snippets. Large workspaces may see slightly longer times during peak usage.
What query syntax or tips work best?
Natural language works best — full questions like "What did we decide about the launch?" or "Who owns the API documentation?" You can also use keywords, but conversational queries often yield more relevant, contextual answers.
Related tasks
Limitations and rollout notes
- Natural-language answers are only as complete as the underlying meeting artifacts and permissions allow.
- Large-scoped questions across many meetings can take longer than direct search queries.
Troubleshooting
The answer is too broad
- Add date, project, or person context to the question.
- Limit the question to one topic or decision instead of several at once.
- Use Global Search first if you already know the likely meeting or phrase.