How to use the Research repository index template

Start a board from it
Use this template opens a new Freero board with the Research repository index template on it (sign up free first). On a board you already have, open Templates in the toolbar and search for “Research repository index”.
Follow the instruction on the board
“Add a row the week a study ends. Write the key finding as a sentence a busy colleague can act on.”
Fill in each part
- Table Columns: Study · Question · When · Method · Key finding
Bring your team and your agents
Invite people to the board or share a link, and work on it together live. The timer is in the top bar, private mode and voting in the board menu, and Claude or ChatGPT can join through Freero’s MCP server.

Work on it with an AI agent

Connect an assistant once and it works on the board with you, with your permissions: by default it reads and proposes, and people decide.

You ask: “Fill in the Research repository index board from these notes.”
What happens It reads the board, then proposes sticky notes for it. Nothing changes until someone on the board accepts them.
You ask: “Group what we wrote into themes and list the actions.”
What happens It proposes clusters with a title each and task cards for the actions, labelled with its name and yours.

Survey results readout
Share survey results so people act on them: who answered, the headline, surprises, quotes and what changes.
Insight to action
Take a finding from data and walk it through to a decision: what you saw, why it matters, what it might mean and what you will do.
Insight synthesis
Turn research notes into insights: what you observed, what it means, and what the team should do about it.
Affinity map
Turn a pile of research notes into themes, with one insight written under each.
Voice of the customer programme
Bring what customers say in surveys, calls, tickets and reviews into one place, and decide who hears it and how often.
Research plan
Plan a study before booking anyone: the decision it informs, the questions, method, participants, timeline and how you’ll share it.