Meeting Template
Standups that take five minutes and actually help
A structured daily standup template — what you shipped, what's next, what's blocked. Built into Thunder Kitty's agenda panel.
A daily standup is supposed to take ten minutes. When it takes thirty, something has gone wrong — usually because there's no structure enforcing the format, and problem-solving starts happening in a meeting designed for status. The standup isn't where you fix the blocker. It's where you surface it so the right people know it exists. A tight template keeps it honest.
Why standups drift
Without a consistent agenda, standups drift toward whoever talks most and away from whoever needs help most. Blockers don't surface because there's no explicit prompt to surface them. Team dependencies get missed because no one asked. The meeting ends and two people on the call still don't know that their work is about to collide. A structured template — asked the same way, in the same order, every day — creates a reliable surface for the information the team actually needs to function.
What a standup looks like with Thunder Kitty
Before the standup
Load the standup template. Five items: what you completed since last time, what you're working on today, blockers, team dependencies, upcoming deadlines. The agenda is ready. Everyone knows what's coming.
During the standup
Hit record. Thunder Kitty transcribes in real time on your Mac. The agenda panel tracks which items have been covered. If blockers haven't come up and you're two minutes from the end, you'll see it. The meeting stays on track because the structure is visible.
After the standup
Each agenda item gets its own AI summary on your Mac. Over time you have a searchable record of every blocker raised, every dependency flagged, every deadline mentioned across every standup. Pattern-match what keeps surfacing. See which team members consistently flag dependencies that aren't getting resolved.
A running record of every blocker your team has ever raised
Most standups produce no artifact. The blocker gets mentioned, someone nods, and by the next day everyone has forgotten whether it was resolved or just dropped. Thunder Kitty's per-item summaries mean every standup produces a structured record: what each person completed, what they're working on, what's in their way. Searchable across your entire standup history. The blocker that keeps coming up week after week becomes visible in a way it never was when standup notes lived in someone's memory.
Common questions
Can I customize these templates in Thunder Kitty?
Yes. Every template is a starting point, not a locked format. Add agenda items, remove ones that don’t fit, reorder them, rename them. The agenda is yours.
Can I create my own meeting templates from scratch?
Yes. Open a new note and write whatever agenda structure works for your meeting type. Save it as a template and reuse it. You’re not limited to the built-in frameworks.
Does the AI summary follow the template structure?
Yes — that’s the point. After the meeting, Thunder Kitty generates a summary for each agenda item individually: what was discussed, what was decided, what’s still open. You get a structured record of the meeting, not a single paragraph summary of the whole thing.
Do templates require internet to load or use?
No. Templates are built into the app. Loading a template, tracking agenda items during a call, and generating the post-meeting summary all happen locally on your Mac.
What’s in the standup template?
The default structure covers: what was completed yesterday, what’s planned for today, and any blockers or dependencies. There’s also a parking lot section for items that come up but aren’t the main thread — useful for not derailing the standup with tangents.
Can Thunder Kitty handle async standups?
No. Thunder Kitty records live, synchronous meetings. For async standups — where people record or write updates separately — you’d need a different tool. Thunder Kitty is built for conversations, not asynchronous workflows.
Is the standup template useful even if I’m the only one on my team using Thunder Kitty?
Yes. You have an accurate record of what your team discussed, searchable across every standup you’ve attended. Nothing on your teammates’ end changes — they don’t need to use Thunder Kitty or even know you’re using it.
What if someone misses the standup? Can I share the transcript?
Yes. Your transcript is a plain Markdown file. Share it to Slack, email it, paste it into Notion — however your team handles async communication. No export step, no dashboard. It’s already a file.
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Load the standup template before your next sync. Check off items as they're covered. Done in five minutes.
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