Walk in already knowing what the room actually wants.
The Tool you run the night before a meeting that matters. It works out what each attendee actually wants underneath the agenda, the question you should pre-answer, where the conversation will leave the agenda, and what success looks like for you specifically.
The agenda is what the meeting says it's about. It's rarely what the meeting is about. Every attendee walks in with something they want that they haven't written down, and the meeting goes well or badly depending on whether those wants get met, ignored, or collided. Most people prepare for the stated agenda and get ambushed by the real one. Meeting Pre-Read spends fifteen minutes working out what each person actually wants, to be seen to be right, to avoid blame, to protect a budget, to slow a decision, to test you. It names the one question that, if asked and fumbled, costs you the meeting, the one you're hoping won't come up, and makes you draft the answer now rather than improvise it under pressure. It maps where the conversation will pivot off-agenda and what you do when it does. And it defines success concretely, not 'a good meeting' but what has to be true when you walk out. It won't script the meeting. It makes sure you're not the only person in the room who hasn't thought about what's really going on.
What it actually does.
You have a board call tomorrow. Agenda: 'Q3 review and Q4 planning.' Q3 missed by 20%. Meeting Pre-Read reads the room: the lead investor says they want to understand Q3 but really wants to know whether you see the miss clearly and whether it's a blip or a pattern, they're testing your grip more than the numbers. The independent member wants to be seen asking the hard question for the record. Your co-founder wants the blame not to land on their function. The question to pre-answer: 'is this a one-off or a trend', drafted now, naming the cause and the leading indicator that says it's contained. The likely pivot: the call leaves 'review the past' and becomes 'do we trust the Q4 number', so don't defend Q3, move straight to what makes Q4 credible. Success: the board believes the miss is understood and the forecast is credible, not just that the call felt smooth. The one thing to do differently: open with the miss, named plainly, before anyone asks.
- ✦Founders heading into board, investor, or client meetings with tension under the surface
- ✦Operators in negotiations
- ✦Anyone who's left a meeting realising the real conversation was the one nobody put on the agenda
- →meeting-pre-read.zip — a native Claude Skill. Upload to Settings → Skills in Claude, or unzip to
~/.claude/skills/ - →meeting-pre-read-skill.md — plain markdown. Works in ChatGPT Custom GPTs, Gemini, Claude Projects, agent system prompts — anywhere
- →A README inside the zip with install steps for Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, and the API
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Before you buy.
How is this different from just asking Claude directly?
Ask Claude to 'help me prep for a meeting' and you get a tidied-up version of the agenda. Meeting Pre-Read works out what each attendee actually wants underneath it, names the one question that costs you the meeting if you fumble it and makes you draft the answer now, maps where the conversation will pivot off-agenda, and defines what concretely has to be true when you walk out. It prepares you for the real meeting, not the stated one.
Will this work with ChatGPT, Gemini, and other LLMs?
Yes. Native Claude Skill (.zip) plus a plain .md for ChatGPT, Gemini, or any LLM. You give it the attendees and context and it runs the same read anywhere.
Can I share this with my team?
It's licensed for your own use; the pre-read it produces is yours to share with whoever's walking into the room with you. For team-wide access, email hello@authority.md about team licensing.
What if it doesn't work for me?
If the file hasn't been delivered, or is defective or empty, we refund in full — see the refund policy in our terms. It's a preparation tool working from your read of the people involved — it's only as good as the context you give it, and it won't script the meeting for you.