An AI scrum master.

It briefs you on the sprint before the standup, flags the decisions that need you and explains why, and runs the ceremonies. Ask it anything about the sprint, an epic, a board or your own work.

Needs your callSprint 18, ends tomorrowCarry 4 unfinished points to Sprint 19Two will missNudge the owner of ENG-512Quiet 3 daysAssign an owner to ENG-540None since startA dashboard you have to readNot this
Progress25 of 29no digging
ReasonsOn every itemnot just a list
BlockersNamednot counted
On track?It says soshows nothing
It briefs, recommends, and runs the ceremonies.
Every morningIt briefs you before the standup, then names what needs deciding

Twenty-five of twenty-nine points done, the goal still reachable, two issues that will not close and a bug with no owner. Each one carries the reason it was raised.

The cockpit

Your briefing, and the decisions that need you.

One screen shows how the sprint is going: velocity, capacity, open blockers and scope added since the start. Beside it, a short queue of decisions that need a person, and the ceremonies it is running. Type in the bar at the bottom to ask it anything.

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Sprint 18 ends tomorrow. 25 of 29 points are done and the sprint goal is within reach.

Two issues will not close in time and one bug still has no owner. I have put both on your list below. I will keep watch and flag anything else that needs your call.

Sprint at a glance
Progress25 / 29 pts
Trailing velocity21 ptsvs 24 committed
Over capacity2 ptsabove plan
Open blockers1ENG-540
Scope added6 ptsafter sprint start
Needs your call
Carry 4 unfinished points to Sprint 19ENG-531 and ENG-540 will not close before tomorrow.
Nudge the owner of ENG-512Quiet for 3 days with no update on the thread.
Assign an owner to ENG-540Bug open since sprint start with no one on it.
CeremoniesThe cadence I run
StandupLoggedToday's standup is loggedDone
PlanningBacklog shaped14 pts queuedPrepare
RetroScheduledOn the calendarOpen
ReviewPendingNot held yetPrepare
Why are we behind?Summarize blockersSprint analysisWhat changed today?Draft the standup
Ask or plan this sprint, for example why are we behind, summarize blockers
Scope with @sprint@epic@board@mine

Every recommendation comes with its reason.

Needs your call

See what needs a decision, and why.

On a good day the queue is empty and it says the sprint is on track.

  • Get a one-sentence briefing on where the sprint stands
  • See velocity, capacity, open blockers and scope added mid-sprint
  • See which issues are unlikely to close, and why it thinks so
  • See who has gone quiet, and for how long
  • Overrule any recommendation, because the reasoning is on screen
Needs your call3 today
Carry 4 unfinished pointsTwo issues will not close before tomorrow.
Nudge the owner of ENG-512Quiet for 3 days with no update.
Assign an owner to ENG-540Open since sprint start with no one on it.
Every item
SaysWhat to do
AndWhy it thinks so
So you canDisagree
Nothing to raise?it says the sprint is on track and shows nothing
Ceremonies

It runs the ceremonies.

The standup, the backlog and the retro are ready before you ask.

  • Get the standup drafted from what actually changed
  • Get the backlog shaped before planning starts
  • Get the retro booked before the sprint ends
  • Ask why you are behind, or for a summary of the blockers
  • Point any question at a sprint, epic or board with @sprint, @epic, @board or @mine
The cadence I runSprint 18
StandupLogged
PlanningBacklog shaped
RetroOn the calendar
ReviewNot held yet
It will also
DraftThe standup
ShapeNext backlog
BookThe retro
Ask it anythingscoped with @sprint, @epic, @board or @mine
The briefing

The briefing is worked out from your sprint, not written by a model.

The points done, the days left and the risks it names are read straight off the sprint and assembled by a fixed rule. Nothing in it is invented, and the same sprint always reads the same way.

In the briefing
PointsDone against committed
TimingEnds in 2 days
RiskNamed, with counts
Every figure in it comes from the sprint you are running
The checks

It runs four checks, and you can read every one of them.

Unfinished points as the sprint closes. Blocked work nobody has touched for more than two days. Bugs still open from before the sprint began. A retro that has not been booked. Each one arrives with the reason it arrived.

What it checks
ClosingUnfinished points to carry
QuietBlocked for over two days
OldBugs open since before the start
Nothing is carried or changed until you press Approve
Standing rules

Give it standing instructions and it runs them for you.

An instruction is a trigger and an action: a bug is raised, so it gets an owner. A sprint ends, so the team is told. Switch any of them on or off, and see how many times each one has run for you.

One standing rule
WhenA bug is raised
ThenGive it an owner
You seeHow often it ran
Switch an instruction off without losing it

Access

Who can do what.

Anybody on the team can ask about their own work. Accepting a recommendation changes the sprint, and deciding what it runs on its own changes everybody's week, so those need a higher role.

See

See the briefing and how the sprint is going.

Do

Ask about your own work and act on a recommendation.

Manage

Accept its recommendations for the sprint.

Admin

Set the rules and choose what it runs on its own.

Admin is the highest role and is not constrained by the permission grid, so it is worth keeping to the smallest group that genuinely needs it.

One morning, start to finish

Three decisions before the standup.

It checked the sprint before anybody was in, summed up where it stood in one sentence, and flagged the three things that needed a person. Then it drafted the standup from what changed and booked the retro, because the sprint ends tomorrow and no retro was on the calendar.

Points done, blockers open, what moved since yesterday.

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