Build a meeting prep and follow-up assistant with Amazon Quick and Cisco Webex MCP servers
Amazon Quick and Cisco Webex MCP servers enable a custom assistant that preps for meetings by reviewing past summaries and transcripts, and follows up by summarizing discussions and identifying action items.
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Build a meeting prep and follow-up assistant with Amazon Quick and Cisco Webex MCP servers
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Summary
This post demonstrates how to build a custom meeting prep and follow-up assistant using Amazon Quick and Cisco Webex MCP servers. From a single prompt, the agent finds an upcoming Webex meeting, reviews prior meeting summaries and transcripts, and pulls related Vidcast highlights and transcript context. It then searches Webex message threads for unresolved follow-ups and creates a concise prep brief. After the meeting, the same assistant can summarize the discussion and identify action items. It can also find related Vidcast updates and draft a follow-up message for the right Webex space.
Why it matters
Meetings often suffer from lack of context and poor follow-through. This assistant automates the tedious work of gathering pre-meeting information and post-meeting action items, saving time and ensuring nothing falls through the cracks. By integrating with Webex and Vidcast, it leverages existing enterprise tools to boost productivity.
Related tools
- Amazon Quick – the AI service used to build the assistant.
- Cisco Webex – the meeting platform integrated.
- Vidcast – the video messaging service for highlights and transcripts.
Impact on AI tools/models
This integration showcases how AI agents can connect multiple enterprise services (meetings, messaging, video) to perform complex workflows. It highlights the trend toward agentic AI that can proactively prepare and follow up, reducing manual overhead. The use of MCP servers (Model Context Protocol) enables standardized communication between AI and external tools, making such assistants easier to build and scale.
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- Explore more AI news on agentic workflows.
- Check out AI tools for meeting automation.
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FAQ
Q: What does the meeting assistant do before a meeting? A: It finds an upcoming Webex meeting, reviews prior meeting summaries and transcripts, pulls related Vidcast highlights and transcript context, searches Webex message threads for unresolved follow-ups, and creates a concise prep brief.
Q: What does the assistant do after a meeting? A: It summarizes the discussion, identifies action items, finds related Vidcast updates, and drafts a follow-up message for the right Webex space.
Q: Which services are used to build this assistant? A: Amazon Quick and Cisco Webex MCP servers.
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