$npx -y skills add product-on-purpose/pm-skills --skill foundation-meeting-agendaProduces an attendee-facing agenda that sets what will be discussed, who owns each topic, and how time will be spent. Supports ten meeting type variants (standup, planning, review, decision-making, brainstorm, 1-on-1, stakeholder-review, project-kickoff, working-session, exec-bri
| 1 | <!-- PM-Skills | https://github.com/product-on-purpose/pm-skills | Apache 2.0 --> |
| 2 | # Meeting Agenda |
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| 4 | A meeting agenda is the attendee-facing structural document that sets expectations before a meeting. It answers "what will we discuss, who owns each topic, how will we spend the time, and what does done look like?" Distinct from a meeting brief, which is the user's private strategic prep; the agenda is shared with participants and focused on structure and flow. |
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| 6 | This skill belongs to the Meeting Skills Family. It conforms to the [Meeting Skills Family Contract](../../docs/reference/skill-families/meeting-skills-contract.md), which defines shared frontmatter, file naming, the go-mode behavioral pattern, and universal output requirements across all meeting skills. |
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| 8 | ## When to Use |
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| 10 | - Running or chairing a cross-functional working session, project kickoff, stakeholder review, or decision meeting |
| 11 | - Any meeting with more than three attendees or more than thirty minutes |
| 12 | - Recurring meeting where a rolling structure (1-on-1, team sync) needs fresh framing each time |
| 13 | - Mid-initiative alignment moment where explicit desired outcomes prevent drift |
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| 15 | ## When NOT to Use |
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| 17 | - The user's preparation is private and tactical (positioning, stakeholder reads, asks). Use `foundation-meeting-brief` instead. |
| 18 | - The meeting has already happened. Use `foundation-meeting-recap` for post-meeting summarization. |
| 19 | - The user wants to communicate outcomes to non-attendees. Use `foundation-stakeholder-update` after the meeting. |
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| 21 | ## Zero-friction execution |
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| 23 | Per the family contract, this skill never blocks on interrogation. Default flow: |
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| 25 | 1. Read all provided inputs (topic, any referenced files, attendee list, constraints) |
| 26 | 2. Run inference on missing values (meeting type from topic keywords, duration default, objective from topic phrasing, attendee roles from context) |
| 27 | 3. Present a brief inference summary and accept one-word `go` or corrections |
| 28 | 4. Produce the agenda |
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| 30 | If invoked with `--go`, skip the inference summary and produce output directly using defaults (duration 30 min, meeting type `other`, and so on). If the user provides all values upfront, no checkpoint appears. |
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| 32 | Blocking questions are used only when inference confidence is actively low on a load-bearing input and no reasonable default exists. This should be rare. |
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| 34 | ## Anti-meeting check |
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| 36 | This skill opens with an explicit question: "Does this need to be a meeting, or could it be handled async?" |
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| 38 | **v1.1.0: the check now requires a positive synchronous-value statement.** The meeting passes the check only when at least one of these is named: |
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| 40 | - **Tradeoff to discuss**. multiple options, uncertain preference |
| 41 | - **Conflict to resolve**. named stakeholders disagreeing |
| 42 | - **Co-creation**. shared whiteboarding or document-writing in the meeting |
| 43 | - **Relationship-building**. first-time stakeholder meeting, mutual calibration |
| 44 | - **Blocker escalation**. time-sensitive unblocking |
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| 46 | If none apply, the skill recommends the async alternative (written update, doc review, Slack poll) and produces a short one-page "how to handle this async" framing instead of an agenda. |
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| 48 | The v1.0.0 version of this check ("single-owner decision with no tradeoffs", "pure information broadcast", "status-only sync with >5 people") was bypassed too easily. users would stay at five attendees or add "decision" to the topic. The stricter v1.1.0 biases toward async; users can still override. |
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| 50 | This check is shared with `foundation-meeting-brief` and not run by the post-meeting skills (recap, synthesize, stakeholder-update). |
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| 52 | ## Instructions |
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| 54 | When asked to create a meeting agenda, follow these steps: |
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| 56 | 1. **Run anti-meeting check** |
| 57 | Apply the trigger patterns above. If the user's objective matches, propose the async alternative and ask for override. Only proceed to step 2 on explicit override. |
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| 59 | 2. **Parse and load inputs** |
| 60 | Read the topic or purpose. Load all `@file` references provided. Extract any attendee list, time constraints, or linked documents. |
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| 62 | 3. **Infer missing values** |
| 63 | Apply these inference rules: |
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| 65 | | Value | Inferred from | Default | |
| 66 | |-------|---------------|---------| |
| 67 | | Meeting type | Topic keywords, attendee seniority mix | `other` (low confidence) | |
| 68 | | Duration | Explicit in topic doc (rare); meeting-type-specific default when type is inferred at |