# Summaries & AI Q\&A

After transcription completes, Record Meeting can automatically generate an AI summary of your meeting and let you ask questions about the content.

## Summary

### What's in a summary

The summary is organized into key topics, each with bullet-point takeaways. It gives you a structured overview of the meeting without having to read the full transcript.

### Edit & save

You can edit the summary inline using the built-in editor (supports bold, italic, headings, and lists). Click **Save** when you're done — your edits are preserved.

### Export

Export your summary as:

* **PDF** — formatted document ready to share
* **Email draft** — opens a pre-filled email with the summary
* **Markdown** — plain text for use in other tools

Click the **Export** button in the summary panel.

{% hint style="info" %}
Summaries require a completed transcription. If transcription hasn't run yet, start it first from the recording detail page.
{% endhint %}

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## AI Q\&A Chat

The Q\&A chat lets you ask natural-language questions about your recording and get direct answers with clickable timestamps.

### How to use it

1. Open a completed recording
2. Click the **Ask** or **Chat** button
3. Type your question, for example:
   * *"What was the deadline we agreed on?"*
   * *"Who is responsible for the design?"*
   * *"What were the main concerns raised?"*
4. The AI responds with an answer and a **clickable timestamp** that takes you directly to the relevant moment in the video

### Conversation history

Your conversation is saved per recording. You can return to a previous session and continue where you left off, or start a new conversation.

### Shortcuts

Shortcuts are pre-defined prompts you can trigger with a single click — useful for questions you ask frequently across meetings, such as "What are the action items?" or "Summarize in 3 bullet points."

* Access shortcuts from the shortcut bar above the chat input
* Organization admins can create shared shortcuts for the whole team
* You can also create personal shortcuts from the shortcuts settings


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# Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation

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Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter:

```
GET https://support.recordmeeting.com/user-guide/summaries-and-qa.md?ask=<question>
```

The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language.
The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation.

Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.