Polls & Surveys

Polls are a single-question quick vote. Surveys are multi-question forms with optional templates (eNPS, pulse check, retro). Both are built on the same primitives as standups — same delivery channels, same question types, same analytics.

Polls

A poll is one question, zero ceremony. Create one in five seconds:

Polls → New poll.

• Question text
• Type (multiple choice, checkboxes, scale, yes/no)
• Options
• Audience (entire workspace, a team, a custom list)
• Delivery channel
• Anonymous? (yes/no)

Polls close automatically after 48 hours (configurable). Results are visible to the creator; optionally visible to respondents after they answer.

Useful for:

• Lunch choices
• Meeting time agreement
• Quick gut-check on a design
• "Does anyone else see this bug?"

Surveys

A survey is a multi-question form. Similar to standups, but:

• Not recurring (unless you set a schedule).
• Not divided into "per person every morning" — one survey, many respondents.
• Supports a progress bar and section headers.

Use cases:

• Pulse surveys (quarterly team health)
• eNPS
• Retrospectives
• Post-mortems
• Onboarding feedback

Survey templates

Pulse ships templates so you're not designing from scratch:

Templates are starting points — customize questions, schedule, and delivery as needed.

Anonymous vs attributed

Per-survey toggle (also available per-question for surveys that mix sensitive and non-sensitive questions).

Anonymous:

• Responses are stored without user_id.
• Creator sees aggregated results only — no individual rows with identity.
• Participation tracking still works (counts, rate), but no "who answered" list.

Attributed:

• Responses store user_id.
• Creator sees who said what.

Branching

Surveys support the same conditional follow-ups as standups. Useful for eNPS: only show the "what went well?" question if score ≥ 9, only show "what would you improve?" if score ≤ 6.

Delivery and reminders

Surveys are delivered through the same channels as standups. By default a survey pings:

1. On launch.
2. Once at the 48-hour mark if not answered.
3. Once on the closing day if not answered.

Reminder cadence is per-survey configurable under Reminders.

Closing and results

Creator can close manually or leave it to auto-close.

Results views:

• Summary — charts per question, response rate, NPS score if applicable.
• Individual responses — attributed only.
• Trend — for recurring surveys, week-over-week or month-over-month.
• CSV export — raw data for anything richer.

Sharing results

• Digest — auto-posted to a channel or DM when the survey closes.
• Public link — optional, read-only link outside the workspace (admin toggle).
• Embed in Ink — live survey results block, updates in real time.

Anonymity guarantees

Pulse takes anonymity seriously. For anonymous surveys:

• user_id is never persisted on the response row.
• IP address is never logged.
• Admins cannot view individual rows — there are none.
• Export formats drop any identity columns.

See the schema in Database Reference for the exact shape of responses.