Retrospectives teams actually enjoy
Real-time collaboration, AI-powered insights, and seamless integration with Slack and Teams. Run engaging retros that lead to real improvements.
Deployment process took too long
3 votes
Too many meetings this sprint
5 votes
Didn't finish the new feature
2 votes
Great collaboration on the API
7 votes
New CI/CD pipeline is fast!
4 votes
AI suggestion
2 notes mention the release pipeline. Consider grouping them for discussion.
Everything you need for effective retrospectives
- Real-time collaboration
- Notes appear instantly as team members add them, no refresh needed. Everyone stays in sync.
- AI-powered grouping
- Let AI suggest how to group similar notes together, saving time and surfacing patterns you might miss.
- Action item tracking
- Turn insights into action. Assign owners, set due dates, and track progress on commitments.
- Multiple templates
- Choose from Mad/Sad/Glad, Start/Stop/Continue, 4Ls, and more. Or create your own custom format.
- Timer and phases
- A built-in timer for timeboxing discussions. Guide your team through brainstorm, vote, and discuss phases.
- AI action suggestions
- Get AI-generated action item suggestions based on your retro notes. Turn problems into solutions faster.
From blank board to action items in four steps
A retro mostly runs itself once it starts. Here is the whole arc, from the first note to the summary in your channel.
- Start a session
- Create a retro from your dashboard or with a Slack or Teams command. Choose a template and share the access code. No login required for participants.
- Brainstorm together
- Team members add notes to each column and see updates instantly. The timer keeps things moving, and notes stay anonymous until you're ready to discuss.
- Vote and prioritize
- Each team member gets a set number of votes to highlight the most important topics. AI can suggest groupings for similar notes to streamline discussion.
- Create action items
- Turn discussions into commitments. Assign owners, set due dates, and export action items. A summary is posted automatically to your team channel.
/hilma retro start
🎯 Started a new retro session!
Template: Mad/Sad/Glad
Access code: ABC123
Join the retro
Why teams love Hilma retros
Participants join with nothing but an access code, so nobody stalls at a login screen. Real-time sync keeps remote teammates on the same board at the same moment, and AI does the heavy lifting of grouping similar notes and drafting action suggestions.
Because a retro starts from a Slack or Teams command and posts its summary back to your channel, it lives where your team already works. Action items keep their owners and due dates, so commitments stay visible until they are done.
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