Meeting Processor: Raw Dump to Structured Note

The Stack

Tested Against

Prerequisites

• Claude Desktop, https://claude.ai/download
• Node 20+ (obsidian-mcp runs via npx)
• Back up your vault (git ideal), the server can write to it

Steps

1. 1

   Check your toolchain

   The config validation only needs Node. Claude Desktop is the agent for the final step.

   command -v node >/dev/null 2>&1 || { echo "MISSING required: node"; exit 1; }
   command -v claude >/dev/null 2>&1 || echo "optional: Claude Desktop (for the structuring step)"
   echo "preflight OK"

2. 2

   Validate the Claude Desktop config (Option A)

   The #1 setup failure is a malformed config. We write the exact Option A block from the guide and prove it parses and points npx at obsidian-mcp.

   cat > claude_desktop_config.json <<'EOF'
   {
     "mcpServers": {
       "obsidian": {
         "command": "npx",
         "args": ["-y", "obsidian-mcp", "/Users/you/Documents/MyVault"]
       }
     }
   }
   EOF
   node -e 'const c=JSON.parse(require("fs").readFileSync("claude_desktop_config.json","utf8"));const o=c.mcpServers.obsidian;if(o.command==="npx"&&o.args.includes("obsidian-mcp")){console.log("config OK: npx -> obsidian-mcp")}else{console.log("BAD");process.exit(1)}'

3. 3

   Scaffold the inbox

   Create Inbox/ and Meetings/ and drop a sample raw meeting note to process.

   mkdir -p vault/Inbox vault/Meetings
   printf '%s\n' 'Synced with Alex re: launch. Decided to ship Friday. Alex owns QA.' > vault/Inbox/raw.md
   echo "inbox ready: vault/Inbox/raw.md"

4. 4

   Structure it (the Claude step, not checked by CI)

   With obsidian-mcp connected, drop your dump in Inbox/raw.md and tell Claude: turn it into Meetings/{today}-{topic}.md with action items (assignee + due date), a Decisions section, links to related Projects/ notes, and tags, then clear the inbox. Save that as a Claude Project instruction. This step needs Claude Desktop and is non-deterministic, so CI doesn't run it.