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Case Study  ·  Built & operated by Elizabeth Lemoine

Every call.
Captured and filed.

Northlight Meetings is a Windows desktop app that records client calls, transcribes them with Groq Whisper, and uses Llama to extract meeting notes, action items, and key dates — then pushes everything automatically to Google Drive, ClickUp, and Google Calendar.

Built · GCP verification pending Phases 1–4 complete as of July 2026
2 Recording modes
4 Integrated platforms
3 Automatic outputs
~$0.03 Per call (AI cost)

Client calls are where the work actually happens — but the output is invisible. Notes are scribbled and lost. Action items get forgotten. Dates discussed in calls never make it to the calendar. The time between a call ending and a clean set of notes appearing in Drive could be an hour — or never.

Off-the-shelf transcription tools produce walls of text, not structured outputs. And none of them push to ClickUp, Drive, and Calendar in one step. Northlight Meetings does all of it automatically, the moment the call ends.

01

Record the Call

Captures both sides of a call simultaneously — your microphone and the system audio (via VB-Audio Cable) — with a single button. Supports two modes: Client Meeting and Proposal, each using a different output template.

● Recording Client Meeting
12:43
● Mic ● System audio
Stop → transcribe automatically
■ Stop & Transcribe

02

Transcribe & Analyse

After stopping, Groq Whisper transcribes the full recording in seconds. Groq Llama then runs analysis — extracting structured meeting notes, action items, and key dates from the raw transcript.

Whisper Transcribed
0:12Let's start with the Q3 scope — I want to make sure we're aligned before we go further.
0:28Agreed. The deliverable by end of month is the integration brief.
Llama Analysed
Deliver integration brief by July 31
Send revised scope doc by end of week

03

Push to Google Drive

Review the analysis, then push with one click. Meetings creates a formatted Google Doc from the appropriate template — replacing placeholders with real content from the session — and saves it to the designated Drive folder.

Drive Meeting Notes template
Horizon Advisory — Q3 Scope Call · July 5
Created from template · saved to /Meetings/2026/
↗ Open in Drive
Template placeholders replaced with session content — headings, notes, action items, and date all filled in automatically.

04

Push to ClickUp & Calendar

Action items become tasks in the client ClickUp list. Extracted dates become Google Calendar events. All three outputs are pushed in a single approved action — Drive, ClickUp, and Calendar together.

📄
Google Drive
Meeting notes doc created
ClickUp
2 tasks added to client list
📅
Google Calendar
1 event added · July 31

05  ·  The differentiator

Discovery Call → Client Proposal

Record a discovery or scoping call in Proposal mode. The AI extracts scope, deliverables, timelines, and key points from the conversation — then populates the proposal template directly. A formatted, client-ready Google Doc lands in Drive before you've closed the call window. No other transcription tool does this.

Proposal Mode Transcribed
1:04So you're looking to consolidate three separate reporting tools into one dashboard — by end of Q3?
1:18Exactly. And it needs to pull from both Salesforce and our internal data warehouse.
1:31Budget is somewhere in the $15–20k range. We'd want a working prototype in six weeks.
Llama Extracted
Consolidate 3 reporting tools → single dashboard
Integrations: Salesforce + internal data warehouse
Budget: $15–20k · Prototype: 6 weeks
Drive Proposal created
Project Overview
Consolidation of existing reporting infrastructure into a unified dashboard with native integrations to Salesforce and internal data warehouse systems.
Investment
$15,000 – $20,000 CAD · 6-week prototype delivery
↗ Open proposal in Drive
Microphone Your voice System Audio Via VB-Audio Cable Groq Whisper Transcription Groq Llama Analysis + extraction NORTHLIGHT MEETINGS Record Transcript Review Analysis Sessions Settings DPAPI · safeStorage encryption Groq key · ClickUp key · Google tokens Google Drive Formatted doc from template ClickUp Tasks from action items Google Calendar Events from extracted dates GOOGLE OAUTH 2.0 — desktop loopback · DPAPI token storage
Electron 43 Node.js 24 electron-forge Groq Whisper Groq Llama 3.3 70B Google Drive API v3 Google Docs API v1 Google Calendar API v3 Google OAuth 2.0 ClickUp API v2 VB-Audio Cable DPAPI (safeStorage) webpack Sentry
ProjectNorthlight Meetings — AI Call Recording & Automatic Filing
RoleDesigner, Developer, and Product Owner (solo)
PlatformWindows desktop (Electron) — packaged as Squirrel Windows installer
MethodologyAgile — 4 phases across 4 days (July 2–5, 2026)
ScopeWindows desktop app that records dual-channel audio (mic + system), transcribes via Groq Whisper, and runs LLM analysis to extract structured outputs. Pushes to Google Drive (template-filled doc), ClickUp (client task list), and Google Calendar (extracted date events). OAuth 2.0 desktop loopback with DPAPI token encryption. First-launch onboarding banner. Privacy policy published.
OutcomeFull-featured call recorder with 4-platform integration — built and packaged in under a week. Replaces manual note-taking and post-call admin. Dual-channel audio capture works simultaneously, solving the core technical challenge. AI analysis cost per call under $0.04. GCP OAuth verification submitted July 2026.
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