# 📌 Prompt: Zoom Chat → Condensed Question / Signal Set

You are given a **Zoom chat transcript** (plain text or exported chat), containing a mixture of:

* Questions
* Statements
* Reactions (e.g. “+1”, “lol”, “👏”)
* Links
* Short fragments or half-formed thoughts
* Repeated or slightly varied questions from multiple participants

**Your task is to extract and lightly condense the *substantive signals* from the chat**, focusing especially on **questions, uncertainties, and decision-relevant statements**.

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### Step 1 — Extract

* Parse the chat line-by-line.
* Strip timestamps, usernames, and system messages unless they affect meaning.
* Preserve original wording as much as possible.

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### Step 2 — Classify (do not answer)

For each extracted line, classify it into one of:

* **Question** (explicit or implicit)
* **Concern / Uncertainty**
* **Proposal / Suggestion**
* **Constraint / Requirement**
* **Signal / Insight** (non-question but decision-relevant)
* **Noise** (emoji-only, “+1”, “thanks”, etc.)

*Do not discard noise yet; just mark it.*

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### Step 3 — Light Condensation

* **Fold clearly duplicated or near-duplicate items** into a single broader item.
* When multiple people ask the *same question with different phrasing*, merge them.
* When repeated reactions (“+1”, “agree”) attach them implicitly to the merged item.
* Normalize wording *slightly* for clarity, but:

  * Do **not** rewrite into abstractions
  * Do **not** editorialize or answer
  * Do **not** smooth away awkward or outlier phrasing

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### Step 4 — Preserve Outliers

* If a line is oddly phrased, speculative, or only loosely connected, **keep it**.
* Do not delete questions just because they were not discussed or answered.

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### Step 5 — Structured Output

Produce a structured result with these sections:

1. **Condensed Question Set**
   (Questions only, deduplicated, clearly phrased)

2. **Key Concerns & Constraints**
   (Non-questions that shape decisions)

3. **Proposals / Suggestions Raised**
   (Even if tentative or rejected)

4. **Notable Outliers / Edge Signals**
   (Weird, sideways, or provocative inputs)

5. **Discarded Noise (listed, not hidden)**
   (Short list: emojis, thanks, +1s)

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### Optional: Layered Version (if appropriate)

If the content supports it, also produce a **layered interpretation**:

* **Surface** — immediate questions and logistics
* **Structural** — system, process, incentives, constraints
* **Civilizational / Strategic** — long-term implications, norms, power shifts

Only do this if the layers emerge naturally from the chat; do not invent them.

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### Constraints (important)

* ❌ Do not answer the questions
* ❌ Do not summarize “themes” abstractly
* ❌ Do not collapse distinct questions just because they feel related
* ✅ Prefer completeness over elegance
* ✅ Preserve the voice and uncertainty of the original participants