Chatbot platforms such as ChatGPT and Poe have allowed users to create repeated prompts in the form of GPTs and apps. Recently, browsers like Dia and Opera Neon have added ways for people to get repeated tasks done through skills and cards. Now, the meeting notetaker Granola is introducing its own spin with a feature called Recipes, which lets you create a prompt shortcut for repeated use.
You can invoke a recipe by typing a forward slash in the Granola chat and entering its name. You can create your own recipes by typing a prompt and giving it context from a single meeting or having it work across multiple meetings. The company also provides a guide to help users form effective recipes. These recipes can be shared with other users who might want to execute similar prompts. Granola also offers a library of pre-existing recipes, which are divided into before, during, and after meeting categories.
Granola co-founder Chris Pedregal explained that currently, the app and meetings provide the context for these repeatable prompts. However, the startup plans to let users connect to other services to expand the context and feed more data to recipes. He noted that users often copy their transcripts to chatbots like ChatGPT or Claude to ask questions, and this new feature allows them to get the full context of Granola and execute bespoke prompts.
Besides Granola, other meeting notetakers such as Fireflies, Fathom, and Circleback also offer templates and prompt-based insight generation. However, most of these tools work only after a meeting has concluded.