🎮 The Next Input — Issue #002

Playbooks for a smarter work-day.

Aaron Bost
July 03, 2025

⚡ The Briefing — 60 sec

Microsoft swings the axe again. Another 9 000 roles cut as Redmond doubles down on Copilot, trimming Xbox and sales layers.
Cloudflare flips the script on AI scrapers. New “Pay Per Crawl” marketplace lets publishers charge bots; AI crawlers now blocked by default for new domains.
Prime Day iPad deals hit early. Retailers slash up to $200 off Apple’s 2025 iPad line ahead of the July 8 bonanza.

🛠️ The Playbook — Auto-Draft Meeting Minutes

Mission Turn every Zoom recording into polished Notion minutes—zero typing.
Difficulty Easy | Build time 25 min
ROI ≈ 1 hr saved per 60-min meeting.

Step	Action
1	Trigger – Zoom → Recording Completed.
2	Send to Otter – Auto-import the cloud recording for transcription.
3	AI Action – Prompt: “Summarise key decisions, action items (owner + due date) and blockers in 5 bullets.”
4	Create Page – Drop summary into Notion ➜ Meetings DB, tag attendees.
5	Post to Slack – Push the Notion link to #meeting-recaps.

Pro tip: Add a Zapier Delay Until step to publish notes 10 min before your daily stand-up.

🎯 The Arsenal — Tools & Prompts

Asset	What it does	Link
Glyph	Turn raw transcripts into share-ready blog posts with one prompt.	https://glyph.ai
Refinery	Continuous data QA—catches schema drift & bad rows before they break dashboards.	https://refinerydata.io
Prompt: Rapid SWOT	Paste any competitor landing-page URL → instant SWOT table.	check below

Analyse {url}. Output a SWOT table (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats) in ≤120 words total.

📈 Strategy Call

We trimmed a team’s weekly meeting admin by 70 % with this workflow.
Want the template? Book a free 30-min consult

🕹️ Game Over

Ship one automation tonight—future-you will high-five present-you.
Hit reply with your win; the sharpest build gets featured.

— Aaron

Automating the boring. Amplifying the brilliant.

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