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Shortcut

Shortcut

Founded by Kurt Schrader in 2014

Plan sprints, track development issues, and coordinate tasks with engineering teams

Pricing model

Free Tier, Paid

Rating

★ People love it

Time to value

Quick Setup (< 1 hour to onboard, then team adoption)

You can use Shortcut to organize product development workflows, track bugs, and manage sprints with your engineering team. The tool organizes tasks into stories, epics, and roadmaps so everyone understands upcoming milestones. You can visualize ongoing work on customizable kanban boards, establish work-in-progress limits, and monitor release schedules. Shortcut connects directly with code repositories to update ticket statuses as pull requests merge. It also supports automated task handoffs to artificial intelligence agents that assist with scoping, writing pull requests, and updating project documentation.

What Shortcut does

Create stories and assign them to team members or AI agentsSet up custom kanban boards and workflow stagesTrack sprint iterations and burndown progressLink pull requests from GitHub or GitLab to individual ticketsWrite and organize technical specifications in built-in docsEstablish work-in-progress limits on active board columnsFilter backlogs to prioritize upcoming engineering releasesKanban boards for tracking software issues and task progressIteration and sprint planning tools for engineering cyclesRoadmaps to map project timelines and high-level milestonesGit integration that automatically updates tickets when pull requests mergeBuilt-in documentation linked directly to stories and epicsAgent coordination to assign programming and scoping tasks to AI assistantsWork-in-progress limits to prevent bottlenecks in development columns

Pricing breakdown

Pricing model: Free tier, Paid

PlanList price
Free Plan (per user)Free
Team Plan (per user) (annual billing)$8.50 / mo, billed annually
Business Plan (per user) (annual billing)$12 / mo, billed annually

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Shortcut, project management, issue tracking, sprint planning, kanban boards, epics, product roadmaps, agile development, software teams, bug tracker, GitHub integration, developer workflow, AI agents, backlog management, milestone tracking