Turn Meeting Recordings into Agent Knowledge with the Fathom Skill

Every meeting generates valuable insights—decisions made, action items assigned, follow-ups needed. But those insights often get lost in the void between "I'll check my notes" and actually checking them. If you're using Fathom to record your meetings, you've already solved half the problem. The Fathom skill for Clawdbot solves the other half: letting your AI agent surface those meeting insights when you actually need them.

What Fathom + Clawdbot Unlocks

Fathom is an AI meeting recorder that captures your Zoom, Google Meet, and Teams calls, generating transcripts and summaries automatically. The Fathom skill connects your agent to this treasure trove of meeting data via the Maton API gateway. This means your agent can:

Pull up transcripts from past meetings
Retrieve AI-generated summaries
Find action items from any call
Search across your meeting history
Set up webhooks for real-time meeting notifications

The killer use case? Ask your agent "What did we decide about the Q2 budget in last week's meeting?" and get an actual answer.

Installation

npx clawhub@latest install fathom-api

Setup

The skill uses Maton as an OAuth gateway, which handles the authentication dance with Fathom's API. Here's how to get connected:

1. Get your Maton API key

Sign up at maton.ai
Go to maton.ai/settings
Copy your API key

2. Set the environment variable

export MATON_API_KEY="your_api_key_here"

3. Connect your Fathom account

Your agent can create the OAuth connection for you:

import urllib.request, os, json
data = json.dumps({'app': 'fathom'}).encode()
req = urllib.request.Request('https://ctrl.maton.ai/connections', data=data, method='POST')
req.add_header('Authorization', f'Bearer {os.environ["MATON_API_KEY"]}') 
req.add_header('Content-Type', 'application/json')
response = json.load(urllib.request.urlopen(req))
print(response['connection']['url'])  # Open this URL to authorize

Open the returned URL in your browser to complete the OAuth flow with Fathom.

Usage Examples

List Recent Meetings

req = urllib.request.Request('https://gateway.maton.ai/fathom/external/v1/meetings?created_after=2025-01-01T00:00:00Z')
req.add_header('Authorization', f'Bearer {os.environ["MATON_API_KEY"]}')

Get a Meeting Transcript

Once you have a recording_id from the meetings list:

req = urllib.request.Request(f'https://gateway.maton.ai/fathom/external/v1/recordings/{recording_id}/summary')
req.add_header('Authorization', f'Bearer {os.environ["MATON_API_KEY"]}') 
summary = json.load(urllib.request.urlopen(req))
print(summary['summary']['markdown_formatted'])

Get Meeting Summary

req = urllib.request.Request(f'https://gateway.maton.ai/fathom/external/v1/recordings/{recording_id}/summary')
req.add_header('Authorization', f'Bearer {os.environ["MATON_API_KEY"]}') 
summary = json.load(urllib.request.urlopen(req))
print(summary['summary']['markdown_formatted'])

Filter by Date Range

Find meetings from January onwards:

req = urllib.request.Request('https://gateway.maton.ai/fathom/external/v1/meetings?created_after=2025-01-01T00:00:00Z')
req.add_header('Authorization', f'Bearer {os.environ["MATON_API_KEY"]}')

Pro Tips

Set up webhooks for real-time updates: Instead of polling, create a webhook to get notified when new meetings are processed:

data = json.dumps({
    'destination_url': 'https://your-endpoint.com/webhook',
    'triggered_for': ['my_recordings'],
    'include_summary': True,
    'include_transcript': True
}).encode()
req = urllib.request.Request('https://gateway.maton.ai/fathom/external/v1/webhooks', data=data, method='POST')

Filter by team or domain: Use teams[]=Sales or calendar_invitees_domains[]=acme.com query parameters to narrow down results to specific audiences.

Handle pagination: The API returns a next_cursor when more results exist. Pass it as ?cursor=... to get the next page.

The Workflow

The magic happens when you combine Fathom data with your agent's capabilities. Imagine:

"Summarize my external meetings from last week"
"What action items came out of the product sync?"
"Did anyone mention the API deadline in recent calls?"

Your agent can pull the relevant transcripts, parse them, and give you actionable answers—without you digging through recordings manually.

Wrapping Up

The Fathom skill turns your meeting recordings from a passive archive into an active knowledge base. Combined with Clawdbot's reasoning, you get a research assistant that actually knows what happened in your meetings.

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