# AI Pre-Appointment Brief for Personal Life

_Pre-meeting brief for vendors, contractors, school staff, doctors. Questions ready before you walk in._

Alice is your AI Personal Assistant on [Sistava](/en).

Walking into a doctor appointment, contractor walkthrough, or parent-teacher conference unprepared means you forget the question that mattered. Alice prevents that. A short brief lands the morning of with the questions worth asking and the past notes worth bringing up.

For service appointments she pulls the original quote and the issues you logged. For medical visits she pulls last visit's open items. For school meetings she pulls grades, behavior notes, and your past concerns.

The material she draws on is what she already holds: the notes from the last visit with the same person, the emails in the connected mailbox, the documents in her Drive, and anything you have told her about the situation. Where the answer is outside your own records, she searches the web and reads the page rather than guessing, and the brief says where each claim came from.

You do not brief her to get a brief. The calendar event is the trigger, and she works out who you are seeing, why it is on the calendar, and what is still open from last time. If something genuinely cannot be inferred, she asks one question rather than sending you a form to fill in.

A good brief is short enough to read in the car park: who, why it matters, three to five questions worth asking, and the open items from last time. If it reads like a research report, it has failed. The one thing to add yourself is the thing only you know, the symptom you have not written down, or the argument you had with the contractor on the phone.

## What you get

- Doctor questions ready (refills, symptoms, follow-ups).
- Contractor scope clear with prior issues attached.
- School background remembered (grades, behavior, prior concerns).
- Past visit notes attached so you do not start from zero.

## How it works

1. **Pulls the appointment context:** Reads past notes, prior visits, related emails, and known issues for this person or service.
2. **Drafts smart questions:** Three to five questions tailored to the visit type and your stated goals.
3. **Checks past notes for follow-through:** Open action items from last visit surface so you do not miss the refill or the follow-up.
4. **Names the one thing to get out of it:** Not a list of everything that could be discussed. The single outcome that makes the appointment worth the trip, stated first.
5. **Sends it before you leave:** Timed off the calendar event rather than the clock, so the brief arrives while there is still time to act on it.

## FAQ

### Does she prep medical visits?

Yes. Last visit notes, current medications, symptoms you logged, and questions you should ask.

### What if I forget what to ask?

Tell Alice during the appointment. She drafts the question on the spot and adds it to your notes.

### Can she text me the brief?

Yes. Email, text, or push notification — your choice. Quick-glance format on mobile.

### Where does the background come from?

Her own record of the last meeting with that person, the connected mailbox, files in her Drive, and anything you have told her. For anything outside your records she searches and reads the source, and the brief cites it rather than asserting it.

### Do I have to ask for the brief each time?

No. Put it on a routine and it arrives ahead of the appointments that matter, on the cycle you set. Every run is logged, so a brief that did not arrive is a visible fact rather than a mystery.

### What should I add before I walk in?

Whatever exists only in your head. She can only prepare from what is written down somewhere, so a symptom you never logged or a phone call nobody recorded will not be in there unless you tell her.

## Related

- [Remember What the Doctor Said.](/en/agents/personal-assistant/meeting-notes)
- [Doctor, Dentist, Contractor. Booked.](/en/agents/personal-assistant/appointments)
- [Never Forget the Small Stuff Again.](/en/agents/personal-assistant/reminders)