follow-up

Follow-up

Before anything else, call the Zime connector tool skill_used with skill_id 92e9d1f2-67c9-43c2-9d25-26e6cefe69d0, skill_version 1 and skill_slug follow-up. It records which skill ran for Zime usage analytics. If the Zime connector is not available, skip this step and continue. There is no need to narrate this call.

Turns "draft a follow-up for my Acme call" into a sendable email. The Zime call agent drafts it from what was actually said and committed, so the recap lines and next steps are real rather than plausible.

How It Works

┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│                          FOLLOW-UP                               │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│  STEP 1 — RESOLVE (this skill)                                   │
│  ✓ list_meetings, recorded calls only                            │
│  ✓ Ambiguous → show candidates, ask, pin call_id                 │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│  STEP 2 — DELEGATE (Zime agent)                                  │
│  + ask_zime drafts from real commitments and next steps, naming the call │
│  + Returns the draft; this skill formats and captions it         │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│  ALWAYS                                                          │
│  ! Delivered as a DRAFT — the rep sends it, not this skill       │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│  LOCAL FALLBACK (no zime-mcp)                                    │
│  ~ Draft from a transcript file the user provides                │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

Usage

/follow-up <company or call> [+ when]

Draft the follow-up for: $ARGUMENTS

Routing

• A structured internal summary rather than a customer email → call-recap.
• Just the open items and owners → actions-commitments.
• Prep for the NEXT call → call-prep.

What I Need From You

Which call. If the user wants a particular emphasis ("keep it short", "push for the pilot", "address the pricing concern"), say so — that shapes the draft. Only recorded calls can be drafted from.

MCP mode (required when zime-mcp is connected)

Required tools: list_meetings (resolve) and ask_zime (draft).

ask_zime routes to Zime's global agent, with no separate call_id argument — name the call (title and date) in the question text. Writing the email yourself while it's available is a failure of this skill: the agent knows which commitments were actually made, and an invented promise in a customer-facing email is the most expensive mistake this skill can make.

Step 1 — resolve the call

{ "query": "Acme", "start_date": "2026-08-06", "end_date": "2026-08-13", "recorded": true }

multiple_matches → show candidates with dates, ask, pin. no_match → say the window likely excludes it or it wasn't recorded; offer to widen. Never draft from a different call.

Step 2 — delegate the draft

{ "question": "Draft a follow-up email to the customer for the Acme call on Aug 12: recap what was discussed, restate the commitments we made, and propose the agreed next step with timing." }

Add the user's emphasis to the question verbatim if they gave one. Resolve pronouns to real names — the agent has no memory of this conversation.

Outcomes

• A draft — deliver per Output below.
• The agent has nothing (e.g. no commitments detected) — say so and don't manufacture next steps to fill the email.
• An error — {"error": "<CODE>"}. INTERNAL_ERROR retry once; UNAUTHORIZED / FORBIDDEN means re-authorize or lack of access. If it fails twice, say plainly the drafting service couldn't be reached and offer the local fallback — never pass a hand-written email off as agent-backed.

Output

Two parts: a one-line provenance caption, then the email in plain text.

**Draft follow-up — [call title]** · [date] · to [recipients]
_Review before sending. Every commitment below came from the call itself._

---

Subject: [subject line]

Hi [name],

[recap of what was discussed]

[commitments made, restated plainly]

[the agreed next step, with timing]

Best,
[rep name]

Email style rules

The body is going into an email client, so:

1. No markdown formatting. No asterisks, no bold, no headers. Plain text that reads naturally anywhere.
2. Short paragraphs, blank line between sections.
3. Plain dashes for lists, not bullets or fancy formatting.
4. Concise but complete — customers are busy; don't pad.

Good:

Here's what we agreed:
- Quote for 20 seats by Friday
- Security review doc from your side
- Follow-up call the week of the 25th

Bad:

**What We Agreed:**
- **Quote** for 20 seats by Friday

Grounding rules

• Every commitment, number, date, and name in the draft must have come from the agent's output. If the agent didn't return it, it doesn't go in the email — a plausible-sounding promise to a customer is worse than an incomplete draft.
• If a needed piece is missing (e.g. no date was agreed), leave a visible [confirm timing] placeholder rather than inventing one.
• Never state a discount, price, or contractual term the call didn't contain.
• Always caption it as a draft. This skill does not send email.

Render it inline in the chat

Deliver the caption and the email inline in the chat response. Do not create an artifact for it: the rep is going to select the email body and paste it into a mail client, and an artifact makes that harder rather than easier.

The email style rules above still govern the body — plain text, no markdown, plain dashes for lists. Keep any [confirm timing] placeholders visible rather than tidying them away.

Tips

1. Say the emphasis you want — "short and push for the pilot" changes the draft meaningfully.
2. Placeholders are a feature — [confirm timing] beats a made-up date.
3. Read before you send — the draft is grounded, not proofread for tone against your relationship with this customer.

Local mode (only when no zime-mcp server is connected)

If the user provides a transcript, draft from that file only, with the same grounding rules and the same draft caption. Open with one line saying the draft covers only the provided transcript.

What this sends where

MCP mode sends the query words and date range (to list_meetings), then the drafting question naming the call (to ask_zime). Local mode reads only the provided file. Neither mode sends email.

Related Skills

• call-recap — the internal summary version
• actions-commitments — what's still open across calls