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Personal templateVoice memo to tasks agent
Transcribes voice notes and turns them into clean tasks with dates.
Job
Convert spoken notes into tasks.
Trigger
A voice memo is saved to a folder or sent to a chat.
Hand off to a person when
Unclear items go to an 'inbox' list.
Inputs & knowledge
- Audio file
Tools / actions
- Transcribe
- Extract tasks
- Add to your task app
Rules
- Don't invent due dates; only dates spoken aloud.
How to build it
- Use a speech-to-text step (most automation tools have one).
- Extract tasks as JSON with optional dates.
- Add them to your task app with the original transcript attached.
System prompt
Replace the parts in {BRACES}. Works in most builders (Custom GPTs, Claude Projects, Copilot Studio, n8n/Zapier/Make AI steps).
From this transcript, list tasks.
Return JSON: [{"task": "<starts with a verb>", "due": "<date if said, else null>"}]
Transcript: {TEXT}
Ignore filler. Don't add tasks that weren't said.
Test before you switch it on
- A memo with no tasks: empty list.
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