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Napkin and Miro

Napkin or Miro?

Miro is a large whiteboard built for running workshops with many teams. Napkin keeps your team's sketches next to the workflows and flows they're about, and turns them into decks, docs and pages people can click.

In Miro

Claims retro board

Miro · Edited 3 weeks ago

Sticky: eligibility check is slow.

Sticky: who approves repairs over $500?

Photo of the whiteboard from the offsite.

In Napkin

Warranty claim · where it breaks

  • Compass · Warranty claim, intake to resolutionCard
  • Workbench · Claim triageCard
  • Frames 1–6Deck
  • Partner from the vendorDrawing by link

Cards open the real workflow and flow

Where the two part ways.

  1. 1

    The sketch sits next to the real work

    Drop a card for a Compass workflow, a Workbench flow or a Caliper dataset onto the sketch, and it opens the real thing. The sketch can also be attached to the Compass page or step it's about.

  2. 2

    Frames become the deck

    Put the frames in order and they're slides, in your brand kit, ready to present or export to PowerPoint or PDF.

  3. 3

    A sketch can grow into a page people click

    When the room still pictures the screen differently, describe it in Napkin and get an interface people can click, wired to a published Workbench flow.

  4. 4

    Zero draws with you

    Ask Zero to sketch the process from a Compass map or a doc, and it draws on the same canvas your team is using.

  5. 5

    Other tools come in through Zero

    A workspace admin can connect any tool with an MCP server, and Zero can read from it and act on it, with approval before it changes anything.

When Napkin is the right choice

  • Your sketches are about workflows and flows your team is building in ZeroWidth.
  • A sketch often needs to become a deck, a doc or a page people can click.
  • You want decks and pages to follow one brand kit.
  • You want partners to draw on a sketch from a link with no account.

Job by job

Drawing together

Miro: An infinite board with sticky notes, shapes, comments and live cursors.

Napkin: A shared canvas with sticky notes, shapes, connectors, ink, comment pins and follow-me.

Linking to real work

Miro: Integrations bring in cards from tools like Jira and Asana.

Napkin: Cards for Compass workflows, Workbench flows and other workspace items open the real thing.

Presenting

Miro: Slides and presentation mode inside the board.

Napkin: Frames become a deck that exports to PowerPoint, PDF or slide images.

Guests

Miro: Invite guests or share a board link.

Napkin: A link lets guests view or draw on a sketch with no account, and you can turn it off anytime.

Agents

Miro: Sidekicks, Flows and a beta MCP server.

Napkin: Zero draws on the canvas, and sketches, decks, docs and sheets are all reachable over MCP.

Workshop in Miro. Keep the result in Napkin.

Teams that already run big sessions in Miro can keep doing so, and bring the outcome into Napkin where it sits next to the work it changes.

  • Export a Miro board as an image, drop it onto a Napkin sketch, and add cards for the workflows it's about.
  • Connect Miro's MCP server, and Zero can read a board while it drafts in Napkin.
  • Turn the agreed process into a deck in your brand for the people who weren't in the room.

Questions

Can people outside the company draw on a sketch?
Yes. A share link lets them view or draw with no account, and you can turn the link off anytime.
Can I export a sketch?
Yes. A sketch exports as a PNG or SVG image, and frames export as a PowerPoint or PDF deck.

Try Napkin with your domain.

Bring the board from your last workshop and the workflow it was about.

No website? Describe what you do

If you'd like help with the first changes, talk to us.