Where you can talk to Windy
You always talk to the same Windy, independent of where you start the conversation. Windy has the same product knowledge, the same access to your connected systems, and the same ability to take actions on your behalf in every surface. Your permissions and your company’s enabled features control this access. Today, you can chat with Windy in:- Slack — DM Windy directly
- The Windmill homepage — Use the Ask Windy a question box at the top of your homepage
- Ask Windy — Start a new chat or open your chat history from the left navigation
- Employee profiles — Chat with Windy in context about a specific teammate
- Pulse pages — Ask Windy about pulse results and trends
@Windy in that direct message. Add the Windmill Slack app to public or private channels only when you want Windmill to read channel context. Windy does not respond to mentions or questions in those channels.
What you can ask Windy
In any chat surface, you can ask Windy to:- Answer Windmill product questions (“How do peer reviews work?”)
- Look up information about your people and team (recent feedback, 1:1 history, performance review status)
- Pull from your connected systems and Windmill context (meetings, conversations, documents, tasks, calendar, code)
- Take actions on your behalf, such as giving or collecting feedback, adding 1:1 agenda items, or working through performance review tasks
Always reply in threads in Slack
When Windy sends you a message in Slack, reply in that message thread. This keeps your response with the correct request or task.1
Open the message actions
Move the pointer over Windy’s message.
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Open the thread
Select the Reply in thread icon.
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Write your response
Enter your response in the thread.
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Send your response
Send the message from the thread.
What to expect from Windy
Depending on which features your team has activated, Windy will reach out for different things:Feedback requests
Windy asks you for feedback on teammates you worked with recently. These requests can reference specific meetings, projects, or activities that you completed together. Windy prompted feedback usually runs once or twice per week. The amount of outreach can vary.Pulse surveys
Windy asks about your work, team, and company. A Pulse can contain one or more questions. Windmill recommends two to five questions for a focused Pulse. Frequency: The Pulse schedule can be manual, one-time, recurring, or based on an employee start date. Recurring schedules can use daily, weekly, monthly, or yearly intervals.Agenda requests
Windy can contact you before 1:1s to ask for agenda items. Windy can also give you a summary of items from previous 1:1s. If you enabled last-minute reminders, Windy can send a short reminder approximately 10 minutes before the meeting. This reminder identifies recent agenda changes.Performance reviews
Windy can assist with performance reviews — particularly self reviews, upward reviews, and peer reviews. You can also ask Windy about your tasks for an active review cycle. For example:What do I need to do for my current review cycle?
Language support
Windmill’s interface is only available in English. However, Windy is powered by leading LLMs and works well in most languages. When Windy reaches out, questions will be in English—but you can respond in any language you want.How often Windy reaches out
The number of messages depends on the features and schedules that your company enables. Feedback requests, Pulse surveys, 1:1 notifications, and performance reviews can each cause separate messages. An Admin or HR Admin can enable or disable Windy prompted feedback and select the employees who receive prompts in Settings > Feedback. You can manage your personal 1:1 notification settings in Windy features.Starting conversations with Windy
You do not have to wait for Windy to contact you. You can start a conversation in a direct message with Windy or from a Windmill Dashboard chat. The examples below show Slack phrasing, but the same requests work in the Windmill Dashboard.Give unsolicited feedback
Open a direct message with Windy and send this type of request:@Windy, I want to give feedback to [person’s name].
Request feedback
You can ask Windy to collect feedback about you. If you are a manager, you can request feedback about anyone in your reporting line, including skip-level reports. You can also limit the request to a specific topic.@Windy, request feedback about me from [person’s name].
@Windy, request feedback about [report’s name] from [person’s name].
@Windy, request feedback about [report’s name] from [person’s name] about [topic].
- Research across meetings
- Conversations
- Documents
- Tasks
- Calendar
- Code
- Connected data
Add agenda items for 1:1s
You can ask Windy to add an item to an upcoming 1:1. You can also ask about previous 1:1s, notes, or action items.@Windy, add [topic] to my next 1:1 with [person’s name].
Use skills
Skills give Windy reusable instructions for common workflows. You can create a skill in the Windmill Dashboard and ask Windy to use it in a chat. See Skills for setup instructions and examples.Reference people, Pulses, and documents
In the Windmill Dashboard, type@ in the chat box to reference a specific person, Pulse, or Company Knowledge document instead of describing it in words. Pick a result from the list to insert it as a chip in your message.
Mentioning a Company Knowledge document tells Windy to read that document in full before responding. Windy already knows every document’s title and “When to use” note without a mention, so only mention one when you want to guarantee it gets read in full rather than leaving that choice to Windy. See Sharing and access for how a document’s folder controls who can mention it.
This is separate from / for Skills, which trigger a saved set of instructions instead of referencing a specific person, Pulse, or document.