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Benefits of Connecting Roam to Windmill

Connecting Roam to Windmill gives your 1:1s, recaps, and performance reviews richer context about both the work people do in meetings and how your team collaborates day-to-day. Windmill syncs:
  • Meeting recordings and transcripts — so what was discussed in a Roam meeting can show up on the matching 1:1, feed Catch Me Up, and be searched by Windy
  • Chats — text from Roam rooms and channels, used as context for Windy and reviews
  • Collaboration signals — presence, room sessions, ritual attendance, and similar — so reviews reflect how work happened, not just outputs
This means reviews don’t just reflect outputs — they reflect how work happened.

Connected Data

Windmill syncs the following from Roam:
DataDescription
Meeting recordings & transcriptsText transcripts of Roam meetings, attached to matching 1:1s and available to Windy
ChatsText content of Roam rooms and channels, used as context for Windy and reviews
Presence ActivityWhen teammates are present in the virtual office
Meeting ParticipationWho joins shared rooms, huddles, or team spaces
Shared Room SessionsCollaboration signals (who worked alongside whom)
Office / Team Ritual AttendanceStandups, all-hands, onboarding sessions, etc.
Social / Lounge EngagementLight signals of connection and team culture participation
What is not synced:
  • Audio or video — Windmill stores transcripts only; raw recordings stay in Roam.
  • Private one-to-one DMs — only room/channel chats Windmill has access to via the integration are synced.

Permissions

To enable the integration, the connecting user must be:
  • A Roam Workspace Admin, and
  • Have access to the Organization Admin Dashboard
The integration is read-only and uses a secure OAuth token. Windmill never accesses or stores call audio or video — only the transcript text.

How This Improves Performance Reviews

Windmill uses Roam signals to:
  • Help managers remember how people contributed across the year
  • Recognize collaboration and support that isn’t documented
  • Provide context in 1:1s and review drafts
  • Highlight teammates who help others, mentor, or elevate the team
This ensures performance reviews reflect both impact and presence, not just deliverables.

Managing Org Changes

If you need to update:
  • Teams / Spaces
  • Room ownership
  • Workspace membership
Make those changes in Roam.
Windmill treats Roam as the source of truth for workspace presence and collaboration signals.
Edits made directly in Windmill will be overwritten on the next sync.

FAQs

Hourly. New meeting recordings, chats, and collaboration signals typically appear in Windmill within an hour. You can also trigger a manual sync.
No audio or video is ever synced. Private 1-to-1 DMs are not synced. Room and channel chats Windmill has access to via the integration are synced as text and used as context for Windy and reviews.
Yes. You can choose which spaces sync.
Only if they appear as active members in your Roam workspace.