Transcribe a meeting on the machine, and suggest answers only from a folder you name

The scene

You are joining a meeting with a folder of reference files. You want local recording and a transcript, plus short suggested answers that cite those files, without sending the whole recording to a service you did not authorize.

Tools involved

What they did

1. Get the consent the meeting requires, and prepare a local recording or transcription setup plus a folder that holds only the reference files.
2. When it hears a question, it should suggest a short answer from that folder only, name the file, and say it does not know if the folder has no basis.
3. Keep processing on the machine. It must ask before installing software or sending audio off the machine.
4. After the meeting, spot-check a few transcript sections and suggestions, and confirm nothing left without authorization.

Copyable prompt

Build or configure a local workflow that transcribes this meeting from [audio source] and, when a question is asked, searches only the documents in [folder path]. Each suggested answer must name its source file. If the folder has no basis, say you do not know. Keep everything on this machine, and ask me before installing software or sending audio anywhere else.

Rewritten here for you to try; not a verbatim excerpt from elsewhere. What it asks：Fill in the audio source and folder. Processing stays local, answers must cite a file, and gaps must be admitted.

Things to watch

Public discussion presented this as a working open-source approach; it was not retested in a live meeting here. Get consent before recording. Do not send the full recording to a service you did not authorize. If it stays on the machine, it is generally reproducible in China.

A Mac or similar local setup, an open-source recorder or transcription path, and Claude or a similar model quota.

Reusable templates

Answer only from the folder I specify. Every suggestion must name the file it comes from. If that folder has no basis for an answer, say you do not know — do not invent one. Keep the work on this machine, and ask before installing software.