Nov AI Office Tips

Meeting minutes are split into several independent tasks (summary, to-dos, decisions, and sections), each generating its own with its own timeout counted, and whichever finishes first is displayed first.

For a research report, first list out all the questions, then have AI compare two or three options and produce charts. In a few minutes you can get a complete report.

Converting office documents to Markdown with MarkItDown before handing them to AI saves the hassle of parsing and also saves a lot of tokens.

Meeting notes can be distilled directly into to-dos using pipe mode, and Claude Code can also archive the Downloads folder by type and date.

When emails pile up, have an email AI assistant organize the past seven days' messages, find those that need action, generate a to-do table, and distinguish between urgent and less urgent items.

Customer service emails are first sorted and drafted by AI, then sent after human review. Releasing them in two tiers based on risk level is more stable than fully automatic replies.

For making PPTs and illustrations, you can install Skills: diagram-design produces flowcharts and illustrations, and the APS platform generates a full PPT through three rounds of dialogue.

Before handing contracts, resumes, or web pages sent by others to AI for summarization, be aware that documents may hide white-text instructions that can skew the results.