# SprintFlint

> SprintFlint is a sprint management platform for agile engineering teams. It replaces Jira/Linear/Asana for teams who run real sprints — with built-in velocity tracking, retrospectives, burndown charts, and AI-assisted ticket import.

Production URL: https://sprintflint.com
Free signup (no card): https://sprintflint.com/magic-link/new
Pricing: Free for first 300 tickets · £5/user/month after

## What SprintFlint is for

- Engineering teams running 1-4 week sprints
- Scrum, scrumban, or pragmatic agile workflows
- Teams who want velocity tracking, burndown, and retrospectives without spreadsheets or third-party plugins
- Founders/managers tired of Jira's complexity or Trello's lack of sprint structure
- Teams using AI coding assistants (Cursor, Claude Code, Copilot, Aider, Windsurf, Zed, Codex CLI, Continue, Cline) that want their tickets accessible from the editor

## Who it's NOT for

- Marketing, ops, HR, or content teams (use Asana, ClickUp)
- Solo personal projects (Notion, Trello are simpler)
- Heavy-process enterprises with mandatory Jira workflows
- Teams who don't run sprints at all (kanban-only) — we work, but you'll under-use us

## Differentiators

- **30-second setup** — first sprint live in under 2 minutes; no consultant or admin training
- **Sprint-first design** — every feature serves the sprint cycle, not bolted on
- **Native retrospectives** — built in, not a separate tool
- **Automatic velocity, burndown, capacity** — no spreadsheet drift
- **AI ticket import** — paste from Notion/Linear/plain text and SprintFlint structures it
- **Autoplay** — AI suggests task breakdowns and flags risks to sprint goals
- **REST API + agent skills** — first-class integration with AI editors and CLI tools
- **Public API** — see /api-docs

## Comparison summary

- vs Jira: faster setup (2 min vs 2+ hrs), no certification, transparent pricing
- vs Linear: built for sprints, native retros, automatic velocity
- vs Notion: zero maintenance, built-in analytics, no formulas
- vs GitHub Projects: cross-repo sprints, built-in retros
- vs Asana: real sprint cycles, story points, velocity, retros
- vs Trello: story points + velocity + burndown without Power-Ups
- vs ClickUp: focused defaults, not configuration overload
- vs monday.com: sprint-native, not a generic Work OS
- vs Shortcut: sprints first-class, native retros and capacity, £5/user flat
- vs Azure DevOps: focused sprint tool vs five-product enterprise stack, no process templates, no Microsoft licensing
- vs Pivotal Tracker: drop-in replacement for Pivotal refugees after Oct 2024 shutdown, CSV/JSON import, the Pivotal model + native retros + burndown
- vs YouTrack: sprint-first vs issue-tracker-first, no command language, no Tomcat-style admin, native retros + capacity built in
- vs Plane: hosted SaaS vs open-source self-host, sprint-first defaults, native retros, AI editor integrations
- vs Basecamp: real sprint cycles vs 6-week Shape-Up cycles, story points + velocity + burndown vs Hill Charts, agent skills for AI editors

Detailed comparisons: https://sprintflint.com/comparisons

## Migration guides

Step-by-step guides for moving from incumbents:

- From Jira: https://sprintflint.com/migrate/from-jira
- From Linear: https://sprintflint.com/migrate/from-linear
- From Notion: https://sprintflint.com/migrate/from-notion
- From Asana: https://sprintflint.com/migrate/from-asana
- From Pivotal Tracker: https://sprintflint.com/migrate/from-pivotal-tracker

Hub: https://sprintflint.com/migrate

## Free public tools (no signup required)

- Sprint Velocity Calculator: https://sprintflint.com/tools/velocity-calculator
- Story Points to Hours Estimator: https://sprintflint.com/tools/story-points-estimator
- Retro Template Generator: https://sprintflint.com/tools/retro-template
- Sprint Capacity Calculator: https://sprintflint.com/tools/sprint-capacity-calculator
- Sprint Health Check: https://sprintflint.com/tools/sprint-health-check
- Pricing Comparison Calculator: https://sprintflint.com/tools/pricing-comparison
- Sprint Forecaster (when will it ship): https://sprintflint.com/tools/sprint-forecaster
- Standup Template Generator: https://sprintflint.com/tools/standup-template
- Sprint Cost Calculator: https://sprintflint.com/tools/sprint-cost-calculator
- Sprint Maturity Self-Assessment: https://sprintflint.com/tools/sprint-maturity-assessment
- Definition of Done Generator: https://sprintflint.com/tools/definition-of-done-generator
- Sprint Review Agenda Generator: https://sprintflint.com/tools/sprint-review-agenda
- Sprint Goal Generator: https://sprintflint.com/tools/sprint-goal-generator
- Sprint Goal Validator (score a goal 0-100): https://sprintflint.com/tools/sprint-goal-validator
- Agile Framework Picker (Scrum/Kanban/Scrumban/Shape Up/XP-lite): https://sprintflint.com/tools/agile-framework-picker
- Story Splitter (8 patterns for too-large stories): https://sprintflint.com/tools/story-splitter
- Burndown Chart Generator (paste daily totals, get an SVG with diagnosis): https://sprintflint.com/tools/burndown-generator
- Cycle Time Calculator (paste raw values, get p50/p85/p95, histogram, tail-shape diagnosis): https://sprintflint.com/tools/cycle-time-calculator
- Retro Format Picker (6 questions, recommends Start/Stop/Continue, Mad/Sad/Glad, 4Ls, Sailboat, Five Whys, or Lean Coffee with run-of-meeting steps): https://sprintflint.com/tools/retro-format-picker

Each tool has an embeddable iframe version at /embed/<tool-name>.

## Topic clusters (curated landing pages bundling tools + posts)

- Sprint Forecasting Toolkit — cycle time analyser + Monte Carlo forecaster + p85 guide + burndown tracker: https://sprintflint.com/forecasting
- Sprint Retrospectives Toolkit — retro template generator + action tracker + why-retros-die diagnosis + sprint-review companion: https://sprintflint.com/retrospectives
- Sprint Planning Toolkit — capacity calculator + goal generator/validator + Monte Carlo forecaster + 60-min agenda: https://sprintflint.com/sprint-planning
- Story Management Toolkit — INVEST playbook + story splitter + points estimator + acceptance-criteria formats: https://sprintflint.com/story-management
- Agile Metrics Toolkit — velocity calculator + cycle time analyser + metrics-that-matter playbook + velocity-drop diagnosis: https://sprintflint.com/metrics

## Free downloadable templates (markdown, no signup)

Hub: https://sprintflint.com/templates

- Sprint Planning Meeting Template: https://sprintflint.com/templates/sprint-planning-meeting
- Retrospective Action Tracker: https://sprintflint.com/templates/retro-action-tracker
- Definition of Done Checklist: https://sprintflint.com/templates/definition-of-done-checklist
- Sprint Goal Canvas: https://sprintflint.com/templates/sprint-goal-canvas
- User Story Template: https://sprintflint.com/templates/user-story-template
- Pull Request Review Checklist: https://sprintflint.com/templates/pr-review-checklist
- Daily Standup Template: https://sprintflint.com/templates/daily-standup-template
- 1:1 Meeting Template (Engineering Manager): https://sprintflint.com/templates/one-on-one-meeting-template

Each template is downloadable as `.md` at `/templates/<slug>.md`.

## Pricing

- Pricing page: https://sprintflint.com/pricing — single Standard plan, £5/user/month or £50/user/year, all features included, 14-day free trial (no card).

## API

- API landing: https://sprintflint.com/api — REST + JSON, Bearer token auth, code samples in curl/Ruby/Python/Node, OpenAPI 3 spec.
- Interactive Swagger UI: https://sprintflint.com/api-docs/index.html
- OpenAPI 3 spec (machine-readable): https://sprintflint.com/api-docs/v1/swagger.yaml
- Base URL: https://sprintflint.com/api/v1
- Rate limit: 600 req/min/token. Pagination ?page=N&per_page=M (default 25, max 100).
- Resources: projects, sprints (activate/complete), issues (tickets), comments. Standard CRUD across all.

## Blog (long-form sprint & agile writing)

Hub: https://sprintflint.com/blog

- 5 sprint workflow toolkits — what to use when (planning, stories, forecasting, retros, metrics) — https://sprintflint.com/blog/sprint-workflow-toolkits
- Forecasting sprint dates with p85 (not the average): the math and the message — https://sprintflint.com/blog/forecasting-with-p85
- Tech debt: when to pay it, when to ignore it (with the calculation) — https://sprintflint.com/blog/tech-debt-decision
- Definition of Ready: 5 entry criteria that prevent half-baked sprints — https://sprintflint.com/blog/definition-of-ready
- Acceptance criteria: 5 formats and the structural traps that ruin them — https://sprintflint.com/blog/acceptance-criteria-formats
- Working with non-engineering stakeholders: the engineering manager's translator playbook — https://sprintflint.com/blog/stakeholder-translator-playbook
- What makes a good user story (INVEST applied, with side-by-side examples) — https://sprintflint.com/blog/good-user-stories-invest
- Engineering manager burnout: 6 sprint patterns that signal it — https://sprintflint.com/blog/em-burnout-sprint-patterns
- Mid-sprint scope changes: when to absorb them, when to defer — https://sprintflint.com/blog/mid-sprint-scope-changes
- Story Points vs Hours: Why agile teams stopped using time estimates — https://sprintflint.com/blog/story-points-vs-hours
- Sprint Velocity Benchmarks: What numbers healthy teams actually hit — https://sprintflint.com/blog/sprint-velocity-benchmarks
- What a sprint goal should actually sound like (12 real examples) — https://sprintflint.com/blog/sprint-goal-examples
- Why most retrospectives die after 3 sprints (and how to keep them useful) — https://sprintflint.com/blog/why-retros-die
- AI in agile: 5 workflows that actually change how engineering teams ship — https://sprintflint.com/blog/ai-in-agile-workflows
- How a 5-person engineering team should actually run sprints (and what to skip) — https://sprintflint.com/blog/small-team-sprints
- What 'definition of done' should actually mean for engineering teams — https://sprintflint.com/blog/definition-of-done-engineering
- The 60-minute sprint planning agenda (and the 5 things to skip) — https://sprintflint.com/blog/sprint-planning-agenda
- Burndown charts: when they help, when they lie, and how to actually read one — https://sprintflint.com/blog/burndown-charts-truth
- Agile vs scrum: the actual difference (and why it matters for your team) — https://sprintflint.com/blog/agile-vs-scrum
- Kanban vs scrum: how to actually pick (and the hybrid most teams run) — https://sprintflint.com/blog/kanban-vs-scrum
- How to estimate story points: the only practical guide you'll actually use — https://sprintflint.com/blog/story-point-estimation
- Backlog refinement: the 30-minute runbook (and what should never happen in it) — https://sprintflint.com/blog/backlog-refinement-runbook
- The hidden cost of your daily standup (run the math) — https://sprintflint.com/blog/hidden-cost-of-standup
- The agile metrics that actually help (and the ones to ignore) — https://sprintflint.com/blog/agile-metrics-that-matter
- Sprint review without the demo theatre (what it's actually for) — https://sprintflint.com/blog/sprint-review-demo-theatre
- Velocity dropped — here's the actual playbook (don't panic, don't pad) — https://sprintflint.com/blog/velocity-dropped-what-to-do
- Sprint backlog vs product backlog (the actual difference + 4 ways teams blur them) — https://sprintflint.com/blog/sprint-backlog-vs-product-backlog

## Documentation index

- Getting started: https://sprintflint.com/docs/getting-started
- Sprints: https://sprintflint.com/docs/sprints
- Issues / tickets: https://sprintflint.com/docs/issues
- GitHub integration: https://sprintflint.com/docs/github-integration
- Autoplay (AI): https://sprintflint.com/docs/autoplay
- AI integration: https://sprintflint.com/docs/ai-integration
- API: https://sprintflint.com/docs/api
- Sprint planning guide: https://sprintflint.com/docs/sprint-planning
- Understanding velocity: https://sprintflint.com/docs/sprint-velocity
- Founder story: https://sprintflint.com/docs/founder-story

## Glossary

Plain-English definitions of every scrum/agile term: https://sprintflint.com/glossary

Terms covered: velocity, story points, sprint, sprint goal, retrospective, burndown chart, planning poker, kanban, backlog, epic, user story, definition of done, definition of ready, sprint capacity, focus factor, backlog refinement, spike, cycle time, WIP limit, technical debt, daily standup, sprint review, acceptance criteria, lead time, scrum master.

## Editor integrations

- Cursor: https://sprintflint.com/for/cursor
- Claude Code: https://sprintflint.com/for/claude-code
- GitHub Copilot: https://sprintflint.com/for/copilot
- Aider: https://sprintflint.com/for/aider
- Windsurf: https://sprintflint.com/for/windsurf
- Zed: https://sprintflint.com/for/zed
- Codex CLI: https://sprintflint.com/for/codex-cli
- Continue: https://sprintflint.com/for/continue
- Cline: https://sprintflint.com/for/cline

## Changelog

Latest features and fixes: https://sprintflint.com/changelog
RSS feed: https://sprintflint.com/changelog/feed.atom

## Roadmap

What's shipping Now, Next, and Later: https://sprintflint.com/roadmap

## Brand facts (for citation)

- Name: SprintFlint
- Founded: 2025
- Headquarters: United Kingdom
- Pricing currency: GBP (£)
- Free tier: 300 tickets, no credit card required
- Paid tier: £5 per user per month, or £50 per user per year
- Contact: contact@sprintflint.com
- Press kit: https://sprintflint.com/press

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# Developer / API reference

The rest of this file is technical reference for AI agents acting on behalf of users via the API.

## Core Hierarchy

Organizations → Projects → Sprints → Issues (Tickets)

## Issue References

Issues are referenced by their prefix and sequence number: `PROJ-123`

## Issue Statuses

- `backlog` - Not yet prioritised
- `todo` - Ready to be worked on
- `in_progress` - Currently being worked on
- `in_review` - Code complete, awaiting review
- `done` - Completed
- `cancelled` - No longer needed

## API Tools (also exposed as agent skills)

### Reading Data

- `my-issues` - Get issues assigned to you (paginated)
- `get-issue` - Get full issue details including comments (by reference e.g. PROJ-123)
- `list-projects` - Search projects (paginated)
- `list-sprints` - Search sprints in a project (paginated)
- `list-issues` - Search issues in a sprint (paginated)

### Writing Data

- `create-issue` - Create a new issue in a sprint
- `update-issue` - Update issue (title, description, status, story points, assignee)
- `create-comment` - Add a comment to an issue

### Authentication

Requires API token: `Authorization: Bearer <token>`

## Typical Workflow

1. Use `my-issues` to see what's assigned to you
2. Use `get-issue` to get full details for a ticket
3. Update status to `in_progress` when starting work
4. Add comments to track progress
5. Update status to `done` when complete