How to use the Board Minutes Drafter agent skill

What does the board-minutes skill make the agent do?

The skill drafts minutes in the format of your existing records. It looks for upcoming board and committee meetings on your calendar if that connector is authorized, asks for attendees, the agenda and any pre-read materials, and then produces a complete draft. The draft follows the structure, header and resolution wording of your seed minutes rather than a generic template.

Before drafting, the skill checks quorum. If quorum is not confirmed, it stops and flags the problem so that it does not produce minutes implying a valid meeting occurred. It also handles written consents in lieu of meetings.

• Finds upcoming or recent board and committee meetings (when the calendar connector is authorized)
• Asks for attendance, notice, agenda and pre-read materials
• Checks quorum before drafting
• Copies the house format and resolution language from your seed minutes
• Drafts written consents in place of meetings

What you need before you start

The skill is designed around a configured practice setup. It expects a CLAUDE.md file with a Board and Secretary section that describes your minutes format, the minutes template extracted from seed documents, board composition and committees, and what written consents are used for. The skill is told not to fall back on a generic format, so if this configuration is missing, output will be unreliable.

A calendar connector is optional. Matter workspace files are optional and only apply if matter tracking is enabled.

• The claude-for-legal corporate-legal plugin configuration
• A CLAUDE.md with a Board and Secretary section
• Seed minutes that show your house format and resolution language
• Optional: a calendar connector for detecting meetings
• Optional: matter workspace files if matter tracking is enabled

How do you install the board-minutes skill?

Download the ZIP file for the skill from the directory page. You can then add it in one of two ways. For Claude Code, unzip it into your personal skills folder at ~/.claude/skills/, or into a project's .claude/skills/ folder if you want it limited to one project. In the Claude apps, you can upload the ZIP instead under Settings, then Capabilities, then Skills.

• Download the ZIP from the directory page
• Personal use: unzip into ~/.claude/skills/
• Single project: unzip into the project's .claude/skills/ folder
• Claude apps: upload the ZIP under Settings → Capabilities → Skills

How do you trigger the skill with natural requests?

You do not need to type a command. Ask in ordinary language and the agent should pick up the skill. The skill's listed trigger phrases include 'board minutes', 'draft minutes', 'upcoming board meeting', 'committee minutes' and 'written consent'. It also activates when calendar detection finds an upcoming board or committee event.

Be specific about the meeting type. Saying 'draft the Audit Committee minutes from Tuesday' gives the agent more to work with than 'draft minutes'.

• 'Draft the board minutes for last Thursday's meeting.'
• 'Draft minutes for the Audit Committee meeting.'
• 'Prepare a written consent for the compensation committee.'
• 'Is there an upcoming board meeting on my calendar I need minutes for?'

What does the drafting process look like?

The skill works in steps. First it identifies the meeting and confirms the type, date, location or platform, and whether proper notice was given or waived. Next it confirms who attended, including directors, management, guests and the chair and secretary, and checks quorum against the charter and bylaws. It then asks for the agenda and materials, extracts agenda items and any proposed resolutions, and drafts the minutes in your house format.

Discussion summaries are the hardest part. The skill's guidance is to follow the house format from your seed documents exactly, so review how much detail your past minutes record before accepting a draft.

• Identify the meeting and confirm its metadata
• Confirm attendance and quorum
• Collect the agenda, pre-reads and slides
• Draft minutes in the house format
• Review and correct before anything is signed

What are the safety notes and limits?

The skill does not run scripts and does not use the network. Its only file listed is SKILL.md. Connectors it uses, such as calendar, are optional and only used if you have authorized them.

Minutes are a legal record. The skill's own guidance is that a quorum problem means stopping and involving outside counsel rather than drafting. Any draft should be reviewed by a human before it is signed off, because it can contain errors or omissions.

• No scripts are run
• No network use
• Calendar access only if the connector is authorized
• Quorum failures should go to outside counsel, not into a draft
• Human review is required before sign-off