Walk into any meeting already briefed in 30 seconds
A calendar invite shows up. Five minutes before the call. Crade reads the invite, the linked docs, and the email thread on your screen and hands you a one-pager: who is in the room, why, and what they probably want.
Walk into the call already briefed.
Maya wants to walk through the revised numbers after we added the customer-portal scope. She mentioned wanting a 6-week timeline; we said 8 in the email.
Brief me for the 2pm Arclight call.
Wrote brief-arclight.md: • Who: Maya Chen (Arclight) • Why: revised estimate review (portal scope +$1,800 / 15h) • What to ask: design tokens approach, content timeline • Risk: kickoff is soft if estimate feels uncomfortable She signed yesterday — momentum's good.
Walking into a meeting cold is the most common bad habit at work. You join, you fake-listen for two minutes while your brain catches up, you nod through the first decision, and you realise twenty minutes in that you misread the situation. Real prep takes ten minutes you do not have. Crade compresses prep into thirty seconds: it reads the invite and any linked materials on your screen and gives you a one-pager.
What you put on your screen
- The calendar invite with the attendee list and the linked doc
- The Notion or Google Doc the organiser shared as the agenda
- The email thread that led to the meeting being booked
- The Linear ticket, Jira issue, or PR the meeting is about
- Last meeting's notes if this is a recurring sync
What you say to Crade
Or focused: "What is the actual ask?", "What did we agree last time?", "Who is the decision-maker on this?".
Step-by-step: how to do this in Crade
Open the meeting context
Calendar invite, agenda doc, email thread. Whatever materials exist for the meeting. The more visible context, the better the brief.
Click the Crade icon
Expand Crade. Floats over the calendar/doc so you can switch context fast.
Ask for the brief
"Brief me for this meeting". Crade reads the visible materials and gives you the one-pager.
Ask role-specific questions
"What is the right outcome for me as the engineering lead?", "What would the CFO want to hear?". The brief shifts to your perspective.
Skim once, join the call
The brief takes 60 seconds to read. You join the meeting with a clear picture instead of cold.
Refresh mid-meeting if needed
Crade stays floating during the call. "What did we agree about the budget last time?" mid-meeting is a valid use. Crade can read your notes or last meeting's doc and remind you.
What you get back
A short brief covering: who is attending and what their role is, why the meeting exists, what the previous discussion looked like, what decision is on the table, what your stake is, and a suggested opening line if you are likely to be asked first.
Tips for better meeting prep
- Open more context, not less. The agenda doc is good; the email thread that preceded it is better; both is best.
- Tell Crade your role. "I am the technical reviewer" vs "I am the manager hiring this person" shifts the brief.
- Ask for the gotchas. "What is likely to be controversial?" surfaces things the agenda hides.
- For recurring meetings, keep a Notion page open with previous notes. Crade reads them as context for what is unresolved.
- Use Crade for unstructured prep too: "What questions should I prepare?".
Free vs Pro vs Premium
- Free ($0): reads visible meeting materials, hands you the brief. Plenty for occasional cold calls.
- Pro ($7.99/mo or $49.99/yr): higher daily usage, Agent mode. Right tier for people in five or more meetings a day.
- Premium ($19.99/mo or $149.99/yr): 10x more daily usage. Right tier for executives and consultants whose calendar is the work.
Frequently asked questions
Can Crade read attached documents the invite links to?
If you open the doc on screen, yes. Crade does not click links itself. Open the doc first, then ask. For Notion or Google Docs links in the invite, open the linked page in your browser before prompting Crade.
Does Crade know who the attendees are professionally?
Only what is visible. If LinkedIn or the company directory is open in another window, Crade can read it. Crade does not have an external people-search built in.
Can Crade take notes during the meeting?
Crade can summarise what is on screen if you have a transcript or notes app open. For real-time transcription, use a meeting transcription tool. Crade can summarise its output.
Is this allowed by company policy?
Depends on your employer's rules about AI tools and data. Crade reads what is on your screen, the same as you. For meetings with confidential information, check your company policy on AI tools before using.
Does Crade keep a record of what was prepped?
The chat history stays in Crade's chat log on your device (and synced to Crade's server for cross-device). You can delete chats anytime.
The whole loop in one sentence
Invite on screen, one prompt, a one-pager in 30 seconds. You walk in actually briefed instead of fake-listening for the first ten minutes.
You come back from a long weekend or a deep-work block to 400 unread messages across 8 channels. Crade reads the channels on your screen and tells you what actually happened, what is waiting on you, and what you can ignore.
A two-hour lecture, a YouTube tutorial, a recorded all-hands. Crade watches what is on your screen and gives you structured notes: key points, action items, timestamps for the parts worth re-watching.