Meeting Prep Cards
Meeting prep gives you a quick briefing on the people in an upcoming meeting, so you can walk in informed. When you have meeting history or shared notes with someone on the invite, Groupthink can generate prep cards for them on the agenda page before the meeting starts.
Where to Find It
Meeting prep appears on the agenda page when:
- The agenda has an upcoming meeting attached
- The meeting has not started yet
- At least one attendee other than you is someone you have meeting history or shared notes with
Look for the Meeting Prep section on your agenda page. When Groupthink has useful context for the meeting, you will see a short summary of what it found (for example, two past meetings) and a Generate prep brief button.
Generating a Prep Brief
Prep cards are generated on demand, not automatically. When signals exist for a meeting, the Meeting Prep section shows a teaser and a Generate prep brief button. Click it to build the attendee cards.
Generating a prep brief is a paid feature. If your trial has ended or you do not have an active subscription, you will see an upgrade prompt instead of the button.
What Each Card Shows
For each attendee with shared history you will see:
- Profile photo, name, job title, and company
- LinkedIn profile link (shown only when a LinkedIn URL is on file)
- An AI-generated conversation tip
- Links to past meeting recaps with that person
- How many days ago you last met
Where the Data Comes From
Prep cards pull from two sources:
- Profile data - Job title, company, and photo from the Groupthink profile each attendee set up. Only attendees who use Groupthink have this.
- Your meeting history - Past meetings and recaps from your Groupthink account, showing your personal interaction history with each attendee.
The combination gives you the attendee professional context alongside your private relationship history in one place. Groupthink does not pull this from third-party public profile sources.
When Cards Do Not Appear
Prep cards will not show in a few situations:
- No shared history - If no attendee has past meetings or shared notes with you, there is nothing to generate and the section stays hidden.
- No calendar event - If the agenda is not linked to a calendar event with attendees.
- Meeting already active - Prep is a pre-meeting feature. Once recording starts, the meeting view takes over.
- Only you on the invite - You are always excluded from your own prep, and the Groupthink notetaker bot address is excluded too.
- Calendar-sync copies - If the meeting was mirrored from another calendar, attendee data is stripped, so you see a Connect calendar prompt instead of cards.
- No active subscription - Generating a brief is a paid feature. Without one you see an upgrade prompt.
Relationship to the Daily Brief Email
Meeting prep cards draw on the same attendee information as the Daily Brief email. The Daily Brief delivers it once at 5pm in your local timezone the evening before. The in-app cards let you generate the same prep on demand any time you are on the agenda page before the meeting starts.
Frequently Asked Questions
Why do I not see a prep brief for my meeting?
The Meeting Prep section only appears when at least one attendee other than you has past meetings or shared notes with you. New contacts with no shared history, meetings with only yourself, and the Groupthink notetaker bot will not produce a brief.
Do prep cards appear automatically?
No. When Groupthink has useful signals for a meeting, you will see a short teaser and a Generate prep brief button. The full attendee cards build only after you click it.
Why am I being asked to upgrade?
Generating a prep brief is a paid feature. If your trial has ended or you do not have an active subscription, the Meeting Prep section shows an upgrade prompt instead of the Generate prep brief button.
The section mentions a calendar-sync copy. What does that mean?
The meeting was mirrored from another calendar, for example by a scheduling tool, which strips out attendee data. Connect the original source calendar in Settings to enable prep briefs for those events.
Where does the attendee information come from?
From the Groupthink profile each attendee set up (name, title, company, photo) plus your private meeting history with them. It is not scraped from outside public profiles.
Getting Help
Questions about Meeting Prep? Email support@groupthink.com