Theme tags give every note a short label that summarises what it is about. They make patterns easy to spot at a glance and connect retros to the wider Key Themes view.
How Tagging Works
When a participant adds a note, a small AI job runs in the background. It generates a one-to-three-word Title Case label (for example, "Code Reviews", "On-Call Load", or "Sprint Planning") and assigns it to the note. The tag appears on the note shortly after it is added; you do not need to refresh the page.
The tagger reuses existing tags in the same retro where it can. If three participants raise overlapping concerns in different columns, they end up with the same theme tag so the connection is obvious.
Where Tags Appear
Theme tags appear as a small pill at the bottom of each note. They are visible to every participant on the public retro page and to the facilitator on the manage retro page.
Auto-Linking to Key Themes
When you switch the retro to Completed, any AI theme tags that match an existing Key Theme are auto-linked. The retro shows up under that Key Theme's activity, and Key Themes patterns across multiple retros become a lot easier to spot. See Key Themes for how the wider Key Themes feature works.
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