A useful follow-up starts where the last conversation ended.
OGAD (Off Grid AI Desktop) helps you find a client’s past recorded meetings and recover the commitments, questions and context you need. On Mac with Pro, you can prepare a short follow-up brief with local AI before writing your next message. The goal is a relevant next step, not another generic check-in.
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Build a brief before drafting the message
Start with three questions: What did you promise? What were you waiting for? What still needs a decision? Those questions keep the preparation useful even when the last call covered several topics.
A practical search request is:
Search my recorded meetings with Northstar about the website launch. Find my explicit commitments, requested client input and unresolved decisions. Cite the meeting for each point and separate facts from inference.
Northstar is an example name. Use a client and project that exist in your recorded history. Avoid asking the model to guess how the client feels from a transcript.
Retrieve the actual meeting context
Use OGAD Pro with saved transcripts and a local text model. In Chat, choose a model that supports tool use, turn Tools on and send the request. Open its meeting citations to check the source.
If the answer lacks a source, use Search directly. Enter the client or project name, select Meeting under Sources, and open the relevant result. Review Summary, then Transcript for the specific commitments.
Search the next meeting too if there was one. A request from an old call may already have been completed or replaced. The saved record tells you what was discussed, not whether someone later finished work outside the recorded material.
Turn the result into a useful preparation note
Keep the note short enough to use while drafting:
| Part of the brief | Example structure |
|---|---|
| Last agreed step | “We agreed to review the first draft after…” |
| Your commitment | “I said I would send…” |
| Client input | “We were waiting for…” |
| Open question | “We still need to confirm…” |
| Source | Meeting title and date |
Fill those fields from checked statements. Do not treat a vague suggestion as a promise, or attach a deadline to an item that had none.
The current automatic meeting summary covers a limited input: the first 12,000 transcript characters. Meeting-search answers also use bounded excerpts. Check the closing part of a long call, where final commitments often appear.
Draft a message from the verified brief
After checking the facts, give the local model only the approved brief and ask:
Draft a short follow-up using only these notes. Start with the agreed next step, state what I have completed only if the notes say so, and end with one clear question. Do not invent a deadline or imply the client is late.
Then edit the message in your own voice. Replace vague phrases with the actual document, decision or date. A useful follow-up makes it easy for the recipient to understand what needs a reply.
This workflow drafts text for you to review. It does not send the message automatically. Use your normal communication tool when you are ready.
Keep the preparation local
Use downloaded local models and retained meeting records for the analysis. Initial app, model and Pro setup may need internet; searching and drafting from those local records can work afterward without a cloud AI provider.
The source scope matters more than a polished summary. If no matching meeting exists, use your own verified notes rather than asking the model to fill in the conversation. If speech was captured poorly, check the retained recording before quoting it.
The guide uses the Mac Pro meeting workflow associated with OGAD 0.0.51.
Prepare the next follow-up you already owe
Download OGAD for Mac, search the relevant meeting and make a three-part brief: your next step, the client input and the open question. Draft from those facts. Give the client a message that moves the work forward.