Ask follow-up questions, review stakeholder history, add context, and compare past meetings.
The Basics
The standard meeting prep flow generates a structured brief:
"Prep my meeting with Acme: we're discussing Q3 budget and creative approvals"The brief lists stakeholders, action items, decisions, campaigns, and context. Interactive prep lets you explore deeper.
After the Brief: Follow-Up Questions
Once the brief is generated, you can ask follow-up questions to dig deeper into specific areas. Everything stays scoped to the active client's memories.
Drill Into a Topic
"Tell me more about the content marketing shift"Armbrain searches client memories to surface more context. Use this to clarify details mentioned in passing.
Stakeholder History
"What's the history with Sarah Chen?"Pulls all memories mentioning a specific stakeholder and presents them chronologically. This reveals their relationship arc: start date, priorities, past friction, and role changes. Use this when a specific stakeholder leads the meeting.
Friction Points
"What should I watch out for?"Searches for recent decisions, preference changes, and unresolved disagreements that might surface during the meeting. It flags surprise changes before you walk in.
Compare to Last Meeting
"Compare to my last meeting with Acme"Retrieves the most recently saved brief for this client and highlights what changed between then and now -- new memories, resolved commitments, updated stakeholder info, shifted priorities. This is the "what happened since last time?" view.
Adding Last-Minute Context
Before the meeting, you often remember something that isn't in the system:
"Add this to the brief: Sarah mentioned last Friday that the board is reconsidering the rebrand timeline"This stores the context as a quick note and appends it to the saved brief. The information is now in the knowledge base and available in future briefs and searches.
Regenerating the Brief
After adding context or exploring follow-ups, you can regenerate:
"Regenerate the brief with everything we just discussed"The new brief includes your added context. Save it to disk for reference during the meeting:
"Save the brief to Acme's folder"When to Use Interactive Prep
| Scenario | How to Use It |
|---|---|
| Important quarterly review | Run full interactive prep with stakeholder history and friction points |
| First meeting after someone else covered your calls | Compare to last brief to see what your colleague discussed |
| Meeting about a topic you haven't touched in weeks | Drill into the topic with follow-up questions |
| Need to bring new team context into the brief | Add last-minute notes before regenerating |
| Standard recurring sync | The static brief is usually enough -- no need for interactive mode |
The Flow
1. Generate the brief (briefing with save=true)
2. Review the brief sections
3. Ask follow-up questions (optional, as many as needed)
4. Add last-minute context (optional)
5. Regenerate the brief if context was added (optional)
6. Save to disk (optional)
7. Walk into the meeting preparedInteractive prep does not force steps. Stop after the initial brief, ask one question, or run the full cycle.
What You Can Ask For
Once you have a brief, continue the conversation:
| You say | You get |
|---|---|
| "Prep my meeting with Acme and save it" | A full brief, saved for later |
| "Tell me more about the Q3 budget" | A focused drill-down on that topic |
| "What's the history with Sarah?" | Everything you know about that stakeholder |
| "Where have we disagreed before?" | Past decisions and preferences worth knowing |
| "How does this compare to last time?" | A side-by-side with your previous brief |
| "Add this: they just hired a new VP" | New context stored, then the brief refreshed |
| "Save this to Acme's folder" | The brief written to your local client folder |
It is all one conversation with no commands to memorize.
Key Details
- Briefs are read-only. Asking follow-up questions or comparisons never changes your stored memories.
- Added context persists. Anything you add during prep is saved to the client's knowledge base permanently, not just for this brief.
- Calendar integration is optional. Interactive prep works whether you trigger it by hand or have it auto-run before meetings.
- Sensitive notes stay restricted. Anything marked confidential or owner-only is kept out of teammate views and client-facing outputs.