Guide
Export Fathom transcripts to Markdown
Markdown is the easiest format for Obsidian, Notion imports, Git repos, AI prompts, and long-term text archives. Extract creates readable Markdown files from your Fathom meetings without sending meeting content to a server.
Best for operators, consultants, and researchers who want meeting history in a durable text format.
Workflow
How to do it
- Connect Extract to Fathom with your API key.
- Filter the meetings you want to convert.
- Select transcript, summary, highlights, and action items as needed.
- Choose Markdown as an output format.
- Export the ZIP and open the generated .md files.
- Move the Markdown files into your notes app, repository, or knowledge base.
Manual vs Extract
Where Extract removes the busywork
Manual workflow
- Copying into Markdown by hand is slow.
- Manual formatting usually loses metadata and meeting context.
- Large meeting sets become inconsistent quickly.
- There is no single index tying files back to meeting dates and titles.
With Extract for Fathom
- Generate Markdown from many Fathom meetings in one run.
- Keep transcript, summary, highlights, and action items together.
- Use readable filenames based on date and title.
- Keep an index.csv next to the Markdown archive.
Meeting content stays local
Extract's Chrome extension talks directly to Fathom with your API key and builds the export ZIP in your browser. The Rails app only handles license checks, checkout, and anonymous diagnostics. It does not receive transcripts, summaries, highlights, or action items.
Questions
Common questions
Can I use these files in Obsidian?
Yes. The Markdown files are plain local files that can be moved into an Obsidian vault or any folder-based notes system.
Can I export summaries without transcripts?
Yes. Select the content types you want before running the export.
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Export your Fathom meetings into files you own
Install the extension, try three matching meetings free, and unlock full-history exports when you are ready.