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The Action Extractor

Ramble about the project, walk away with a checklist.

The Action Extractor sigil
The sigil of Action Extractor. Lands in Notes

What it does

What you said. What it lands as.

The Action Extractor pulls the checklist out of a spoken update: one action per line, verb first, then the open questions. The same format every time you press the hotkey.

Raw transcript

ok so today, uh, the API migration is mostly done but staging is still broken, Lena's on the certificates. we decided to ship the beta on the twentieth. um, I need to email the two pilot customers, and nobody knows who owns the docs

Whisper heard every “um”.

Action ExtractorControl Option 6

The Action Extractor · Example

☐ Finish the API migration ☐ Fix the staging certificates (Lena) ☐ Email the two pilot customers ☐ Ship the beta on the 20th (decided)

Open questions • Who owns the docs?

Pasted at your cursor · both versions kept in History

The whole spell

Nothing hidden, nothing added.

This is exactly what WhisperWizard sends to your own OpenAI account, with {{voice}} swapped for your transcript.
Suggested hotkey
Control Option 6
Lands in
Any app with a cursor
Model
Your pick, per template
The Action ExtractorControl Option 6
Pull the action items and decisions out of what I said. Format them as a checklist - one per line, verb first - followed by a short list of open questions. Nothing else.

< Transcript >
{{voice}}

< Result >
{{voice}} becomes your transcript.

Variations

Change one line, make it yours.

Add or swap a single line in the prompt and the spell changes shape. Save each version as its own template with its own hotkey.
  • Owners

    Put the person's name after each item when I mention one.

  • Standup

    Group the items under Yesterday, Today and Blockers.

  • Task list

    Start each item with "- [ ]" so it pastes as a Markdown task list.

The home page sentence, cast with Action Extractor

You, out loud

um so tell Sam the deck's gonna be late, uh, the numbers aren't in yet so maybe Friday? and ask if we can move the board call to Monday

Action ExtractorListeningCastingPasted
Notes · Actions

Actions

☐ Tell Sam the deck moves to Friday

☐ Ask Sam to move the board call to Monday

Open questions

• When will the numbers be in?

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Put it in the app

Four steps, one hotkey.

  1. 1

    Copy the spell

    The copy ends with {{voice}}, the line where your words go.

  2. 2

    Create a template

    Click the menu bar icon, choose History and Templates, open the Templates tab and add a new template.

  3. 3

    Paste and pick a model

    Paste the prompt, give it a name, an icon and a colour, and choose the OpenAI model it runs on.

  4. 4

    Bind a hotkey

    Press the shortcut you want in the shortcut box. One keystroke now records, rewrites and pastes.

Repeatable workflows

The use case it serves

Repeatable workflows

Bind your own prompts to shortcuts so routine writing tasks take one hotkey.

See it in action
Where does the checklist land?

Wherever your cursor was when you pressed the hotkey: a notes app, a task manager, a chat. It is pasted as plain text, and then your previous clipboard is put back.

Why does the copied spell end with {{voice}}?

WhisperWizard swaps {{voice}} for the transcript of your recording, then sends the whole prompt to OpenAI. Keep it in the prompt: without it, your words never reach the model. The six templates that ship with the app end the same way.

Which hotkey should The Action Extractor use?

Any free shortcut: hover the template's shortcut box and press the keys. ⌃⌥6 is only a suggestion. The six built-in templates use ⌃⌥1 to ⌃⌥6 by default, so rebind one of them or pick a new combination.

Is the spell free?

Yes, copy it as often as you like. Running it needs WhisperWizard (a one-time license, from $29) and your own OpenAI API key; OpenAI bills that usage to your account at its API rates. See pricing.

Templates Are One Shortcut Away.

Every plan includes unlimited custom templates - your prompt, your model, your shortcut. One-time purchase, lifetime usage, and a 14-day money-back guarantee.

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