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Build a workshop board with AI: retro, 2×2, empathy map and more

Let Ask AI lay out a Sprint Retro, a 2×2 prioritization matrix, an Empathy Map, How Might We questions or a flow and hierarchy chart as notes on your canvas.

published by Daniel Schulz

Goal

Turn notes, a frame or a short prompt into a ready-made workshop board in Figma or FigJam.

Before you start

  • Notely with an AI provider set up (see Set up AI in Notely).
  • Optional: the notes or the frame the board should be based on, selected on the canvas.

Steps

  1. Select what the board is about Select notes or a frame on the canvas, or select nothing and describe the topic in the prompt. The workshop prompts work with any selection.
  2. Open Ask AI Click the Ask AI button (the sparkle) in the footer, next to Create Note.
  3. Pick a workshop prompt 🔄 Sprint Retro builds Rose (what works), Thorn (challenges), Bud (opportunities) and Action Items. 📊 2×2 Prioritize sorts ideas into Quick Wins, Major Projects, Fill-ins and Deprioritize by impact and effort. 👥 Empathy Map fills Says, Thinks, Does and Feels, plus Pains and Gains. 🤔 How Might We writes six challenge questions. 🌳 Flow & Hierarchy draws a top-down tree and flowchart with step notes and an overview note beside it.
    Ask AI with Sprint Retro picked and Retro for the checkout redesign sprint typed in the box.
    Sprint Retro picked, with the topic typed in (steps 3 and 4).
  4. Add context if you like You can send the picked prompt as it is, or type the topic or more details in the box. To show the AI a screen, attach a screenshot: paste it, drop it on the box or click Attach image.
  5. Click Ask AI Notely builds the board on the canvas as notes in its own layout. Flowcharts label the lines between steps.

Tips

  • Save a Document Context in AI Settings so the board knows what the project is about.
  • For an open-ended mind map instead of a fixed layout, use 🧠 Brainstorm map.

Result

A workshop board made of Notely notes on your canvas, ready to discuss, move and edit.

Common questions

Which workshop boards can Notely build?

Sprint Retro (Rose, Thorn, Bud and Action Items), 2×2 Prioritize (impact against effort), Empathy Map (Says, Thinks, Does, Feels, plus Pains and Gains), How Might We questions, and Flow & Hierarchy (a tree and flowchart with step notes).

Do I need to select something first?

No. The workshop prompts work with selected notes, a selected frame or the prompt alone.

Does it work in FigJam?

Yes. Notely runs in Figma, FigJam and Figma Slides, and the board is made of regular Notely notes.