Overview
Each Recap summarizes an employee’s key activities in 3-5 bullets. These bullets are shared directly with each employee in Slack, where they can edit or adjust the summary. Once approved, the Recap is shared with their manager. This creates a continuous record of contributions without requiring manual status updates or weekly reports.Benefits for your team
Keeps focus on priorities Recaps help team members stay aligned on the right work and prevent getting sidetracked by less important tasks. Eliminates manual reporting You don’t need to create brag sheets or list out your work each week—Windmill does that for you. Just edit where necessary and approve. Builds a performance record When it’s time to reflect on performance, you’ll have a running list of achievements backed by actual data from your tech stack.Improving Recap quality
If your Friday Recaps feel incomplete or don’t capture your full week, here’s how to improve them: Connect more integrations The more data Windmill has, the better it works. Add integrations that capture your team’s work. View the full list of available integrations. Edit directly with Windy Windy isn’t perfect. If Windy forgets something, reply to Windy on Friday with your edits directly in Slack—Windy will incorporate your changes into the final list.You can also request Recaps on demand by asking Windy in Slack, not just wait for the Friday delivery.
Viewing team Recaps
In the Windmill platform Log into gowindmill.com to review all Recaps for your team. Weekly reports Like all Routines, Recaps generate a weekly report that includes everyone’s summaries from the previous week.FAQs
What happens if a Recap is inaccurate or misses contributions?
What happens if a Recap is inaccurate or misses contributions?
Every Recap is transparent and editable. Before compiling a Recap report, Windy reaches out to employees to confirm their list. If something’s off, employees can make corrections directly with Windy in Slack, so you’re never locked into an inaccurate assessment.
Can Windy reference call notes from our existing call recorder?
Can Windy reference call notes from our existing call recorder?
Yes, Windy can reference call notes from your existing call recorder (like Gong) in Recaps—as long as it’s integrated with Windmill or call notes are accessible to Windy. If your call recorder exports transcripts, summaries, or notes to a platform Windy can access (like a connected Google Doc or CRM), Windy can pull from that content when generating Recaps.
How can we use Windmill to track what our engineers are doing?
How can we use Windmill to track what our engineers are doing?
Windmill integrates with key systems like GitHub, HubSpot, Linear, Slack, Google, Figma, and HR tools to track and summarize team member work. By connecting these systems, managers can use the Recaps routine to get weekly summaries of each person’s work based on activity in those systems.
Should we set up Recaps before integrating more systems?
Should we set up Recaps before integrating more systems?
It’s best to wait until more systems (like Google and Figma) are connected, as they provide richer data for Recaps. Also, communicate the rollout to your team so everyone understands its purpose and use.
Which routines use integrations versus Slack-only data?
Which routines use integrations versus Slack-only data?
The two routines that utilize data from integrations are Recaps and Continuous Feedback. The rest of the routines rely on information in Slack.