Brainstorming template
Round robin ideas template
Each person starts an idea, then passes it on so the next person builds on it, until every idea has had several hands.
Free · Editable · Works with Claude and ChatGPT · Also in Meetings
How to use the Round robin ideas template
Start a board from it
Use this template opens a new Freero board with the Round robin ideas template on it (sign up free first). On a board you already have, open Templates in the toolbar and search for “Round robin ideas”.
Follow the instruction on the board
“Everyone writes one idea in their row. Every three minutes, move one row down and add to the idea you find. Stop after three rounds.”
Fill in each part
- Table Columns: Started by · First idea · Round 2: build on it · Round 3: make it work · Round 4: biggest risk
- Rules for each round Build, don’t judge: the last round is the only place for doubts.
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 Round robin ideas 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.
Set it up for Claude, ChatGPT or any MCP client.
Used for
- Brainstorming: Ideas on sticky notes, written privately against a timer, clustered and dot-voted down to the few worth trying.
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