METODIC

Browse Metodic's learning and facilitation frameworks (Design Thinking, Liberating Structures, 4C/ID, PreMortem and more) with what each is best for and when to use it. Use it to ground a session design in a real methodology rather than a generic structure.

START HERE when someone describes a PROBLEM or CHALLENGE ('our leadership team works in silos', 'nobody speaks up in retros', 'we need to align on strategy') and wants a session for it. Returns proven, ready-made session formats from Metodic's catalogue: the problem each one solves, who it is for, how long it runs, what it produces, WHY it works, and the named methodology it is built on. These are

The answer format for anything the user could pick up and use. ALWAYS use this — not generate_document, not prose, not a web search — for a question about WHAT TO USE OR READ — 'which energizer for a flat afternoon group', 'what learning formats could I run this session as', 'which framework fits a two-day programme', 'give me a case for this topic'. MATCH THE TOOL TO WHAT WAS ASKED. Asked which S

Search Metodic's own published articles on facilitation, workshop design and learning. Use this BEFORE reaching for the open web whenever the user asks for sources, background, reading or inspiration: Metodic has its own writing on these subjects, and an article found here can be cited by slug in answer_from_library and saved to the session. Returns slug, title and summary. Free and instant.

Search Metodic's library of PROVEN facilitation methods — hundreds of real, tested formats with timing, step-by-step instructions, facilitator tips and materials (plus any the user saved themselves). ALWAYS use this before suggesting an activity, exercise, energiser, icebreaker, ideation format, retro or workshop segment: recommend methods that exist and have been run, instead of inventing one. Fi

Turn the conversation into a REAL session in the user's Metodic account: a timed agenda built from the method library, saved and ready to run, edit, share and export. Returns a session_id immediately and the Metodic card fills itself in about a minute — do not poll design_status yourself unless the client has no card. Costs 2 Metodic credits. This is the hand-off from chat to Metodic: after it, of

Check whether a session started with design_session is ready. While generating it returns a wait instruction; when ready it returns the BRANDED HTML SESSION BRIEF — render it as an artifact. Free (no credits).

Modify an existing session's agenda IN PLACE without leaving the chat: retime, rename, move, remove or update activities, or add new ones. Put EVERY change the user asked for in ONE call — a second call paints a second full session brief and the user sees the agenda twice. Give a list of operations; they apply in order, and activity numbers are 1-based positions in the agenda AS IT STANDS after an

READ a session so YOU know what is in it before answering a follow-up — this returns text for you, not something the user sees. To SHOW the session to the user, call session_one_pager instead. Gives every activity's agenda slot, method, step-by-step instructions, facili — every activity's agenda slot, method, step-by-step instructions, facilitator tips and materials. Plus a Metodic link for the br

Return a complete, self-contained, Metodic-BRANDED HTML one-pager of a session (logo, brand colours, agenda table, activity cards). RENDER THE RETURNED HTML AS AN ARTIFACT so the user sees the branded document. Use for the FULL session overview: the agenda with activity detail, for the facilitator or for stakeholders who want to see the whole design. FREE (no AI, no credits). For a written documen

NOT for a list of sources, methods, formats or reading — that is answer_from_library, which draws on Metodic's own library and saves the result to the session. Use this only for a WRITTEN DOCUMENT with its own audience: a pre-read, a briefing, a client brief, prep notes, an invitation, a follow-up. Creates it with Metodic's real document builder (the same 'Documents' generator as Metodic's Materia

List the user's recent Metodic sessions with links.

Create a shareable link to a session so someone else can see it WITHOUT a Metodic account: a client or sponsor who has to approve the programme, a co-facilitator, or the participants. Optionally writes a client-facing brief first (audience 'client') and shares that alongside the plan. Returns the link. Reuses an existing link for the same session instead of making a second one. Free unless a brief

Show the user's available Metodic credits (the balance that generation tools spend — for team members this is the team's shared balance). Call when the user asks about credits, cost, or whether they can afford a generation.

Save a post-session DEBRIEF onto the session in Metodic: how it went, what worked, what to improve, follow-ups. Call after the user has run their workshop and tells you how it went (or after a debrief conversation) — synthesize first, then save. Debriefs accumulate on the session; nothing is overwritten.

Generate the A4 PARTICIPANT WORKSHEET for ONE activity — the sheet each participant fills in on their own, at the table. NOT the big sheet on the wall: if the user says canvas, wall canvas, poster, brownpaper, large format, A1, A0, matrix or mapping wall, use generate_canvas instead. Uses Metodic's real generator and returns a branded document in the chat (also saved to the session for the print-r

THE TOOL FOR ANY CANVAS. Generate the large-format WALL CANVAS for ONE activity using Metodic's real canvas generator, and return it as a branded document in the chat (also saved to the session, and replayable 1:1 to a Miro board). This is the big thing that goes ON THE WALL and that a group fills in together — sized to who shares it (one A1 for the whole room, an A2 per small group) — as opposed

Generate a participant HANDOUT or reference material for ONE activity using Metodic's real generator, and return it as a branded HTML artifact in the chat (also saved to the session). Unlike a worksheet (which participants fill in), a handout is READING/REFERENCE material the participant keeps beside their worksheet — background, a framework, a case study, a persona, a checklist. Give the activity

Generate the session's SLIDE DECK with Metodic's real generator — the same facilitation deck the Metodic app makes: an opening, the day's journey with real times, per activity a chapter, the task (steps, who with, what you make, what you need) and a timer bound to its minutes, breaks with the real return time, live questions, and a closing, all with speaker notes. Shown in the chat as a slide view

Generate a METHOD CARD DECK for the session using Metodic's real generator, and shown in the chat as Metodic's paper cards (category post-it colours, icon on the front, steps and a tip on the back; tap a card to turn it). Also saved to the user's decks. One call makes the whole deck. Takes ~30-60s and ~2 Metodic credits.