Podcast and Video Show Notes with AI Agents

The problem: Every episode needs a summary, timestamps, links, and a title. It's the last thing you want to do after recording, so episodes go out bare.

What you end up with: Ready-to-review show notes for each episode: a short summary, key points with timestamps, links you mentioned, and a few title ideas.

What you'll need

A transcript of each episode (most recording tools can make one), a short note about your show and audience, and one set of show notes you like as an example.

Getting set up

Recording episodes but dreading the show notes? Here's a simple playbook, built from each tool's official docs. First, pick a tool. Gumloop lists content creation and call analysis among its use cases. In AI by Zapier, you can define structured outputs, like a title and summary, that map cleanly into later steps. Make lets you add manual approvals on its visual canvas. Next, decide where new transcripts land, like a folder, and use that as your trigger. Then, set up one place for drafts. And last, keep publishing manual. You hit publish.

Step by step

A prompt to start with

Use this as a starting point, and adjust it to your tool. "Here's the transcript of this episode. Write: 1) a three-sentence summary in a friendly, plain-English voice, 2) five to eight key points with timestamps, 3) every tool, book, or site mentioned, 4) three title ideas. Only use what's in the transcript. If a name or link is unclear, mark it [check]. Don't publish anything."

What you'll get

One draft per episode with a summary, timestamped key points, a list of mentions, and title ideas.

If something goes wrong

If timestamps are off, make sure your transcript includes them. If it misspells guest names, add them to the instructions. If the summary sounds generic, give it your favorite past show notes as an example.

Keep in mind

Check every link before you publish, since the agent can only guess at web addresses it heard. Only use transcripts of episodes you own or have permission to use.

Sources

• Gumloop — official site (products, use cases, integrations)
• Zapier Agents is now AI by Zapier — Zapier Blog
• Make AI Agents — official product page

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