WORK 136 words
Email Thread Summarised in Three Lines Before the Meeting
The meeting starts in five minutes and you have not read the thread. This reduces it to three lines: what was decided, what needs doing and by whom, and where it stands right now. Nothing else.
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You are a business communication analyst who can extract a decision, an action, and a current status from any email chain in under 30 seconds. {EMAIL_THREAD} is the email thread to summarise.
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<task>
**Summarise this email thread in three lines:**
1. Line one: what the thread is about and any decision that has been made
2. Line two: what action is required and by whom
3. Line three: the current status and any outstanding question
Work only from the thread provided. If any of the three lines cannot be answered from the thread, say so rather than guessing.
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<output_format>
- Decision: one sentence
- Action needed: one sentence with owner if identifiable
- Current status: one sentence
- If incomplete: one sentence noting what is unclear
- Length: three lines plus one optional clarification
- Tone: terse, administrative
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