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Troopr Check-ins

Troopr Check-ins runs standups, retrospectives, and planning poker in Slack with live Jira context and AI-assisted summaries. It is aimed at engineering teams that want to keep agile ceremonies and follow-up work inside Slack.

Troopr Check-ins

Overview

Troopr Check-ins is a Slack-based tool for running asynchronous and live agile ceremonies such as standups, retrospectives, planning poker, and team mood check-ins. It is designed to reduce manual coordination by drafting responses from real Jira, GitHub, and Slack activity, collecting team updates, and turning the result into reports and Jira updates.

For standups, Troopr can send each person a DM draft, post responses automatically if someone does not reply in time, and summarize the team update back to the channel. The product also supports live meetings by joining, listening, and producing a report grounded in what was discussed and what exists in Jira and GitHub.

Core capabilities

Activity-based standup drafting

Troopr can draft standup responses from a person’s recent Jira, GitHub, and Slack activity, then send the draft in DM for review or edit before posting.

Auto-posted responses

If someone does not answer in time, Troopr can post the draft on their behalf so the standup continues without waiting on one person.

Live meeting capture and reporting

For live meetings, Troopr can join, listen, and take notes, then compile a report that separates summary, per-person detail, blockers, and action items.

Jira-aware check-ins

Check-ins are tied to live Jira context, with issue references expanded in reports and Jira updates proposed from the discussion and edits.

Template-based agile workflows

The product includes six built-in templates, including standup, retrospective, planning poker, team mood, and Jira issues check-in workflows.

Dashboards and exportable history

Reports and check-in history can be viewed in dashboards, filtered, exported, and saved as PDF from the web app.

Practical use cases

  • Async daily standups

    Use Troopr to gather daily standup updates in Slack without a meeting. Each person can review a draft based on recent work, and the team gets a single channel report with blockers and action items.

  • Live standup note-taking

    Use the live mode when the team is already on a call. Troopr listens, takes notes, and turns the discussion into a report and Jira follow-up instead of requiring someone to transcribe the meeting.

  • Sprint retrospectives

    Run retrospectives in Slack after a sprint and collect actionable items for tracking. The source says Troopr extracts actionable feedback from everyone’s responses rather than leaving comments as a loose discussion.

  • Planning poker and estimation

    Estimate work in thread-based or instant planning poker workflows. Troopr aggregates votes into a report in the channel and supports anonymous participation for these estimation sessions.

  • Jira issue status updates

    Track assigned Jira work directly from Slack with the Jira Issues Check-in template. Team members can update issues from the check-in response, keeping Jira current without leaving the conversation.

Pros and Cons

Pros

  • Runs directly in Slack, which keeps check-ins in the team’s existing workspace.
  • Supports both async and live standups, so teams can use one workflow across distributed and meeting-heavy habits.
  • Uses live Jira context and activity from Jira, GitHub, and Slack to ground responses in current work.
  • Can compile reports and propose Jira updates, reducing manual note-taking and follow-up.
  • Includes dashboards and export options for browsing historical check-in data.

Cons

  • Most of the deeper workflow details are presented for standups; the source is less specific about retrospective and planning poker output structure.
  • Some capabilities, such as enterprise deployment options and Slack Grid support, are described on pricing rather than the check-ins page, so the page itself is not a complete setup guide.

FAQ

What kinds of check-ins does Troopr support?

Troopr Check-ins runs inside Slack and can run standups, retrospectives, planning poker, and team mood check-ins. The source also describes a Jira Issues Check-in where people update assigned Jira issues from Slack.

Can it be used for both async and live meetings?

The page describes both async and live modes. For standups, Troopr can draft updates from Jira, GitHub, and Slack activity, send them in DM for confirmation, and also sit in a live meeting to take notes and compile the report afterward.

Which tools does it connect to?

The product is positioned around Slack with live Jira context. The source also says Troopr reads GitHub activity for context and can reference Jira issues in reports and updates.

Is there a free plan?

Pricing information on the site says the Free plan includes up to 3 seats and the product is free forever for a first squad. The Standard plan is $6 per seat per month when billed annually, with monthly billing also mentioned on the pricing page.

What outputs or reporting views are available?

The source says reports can be browsed, filtered, exported, and saved as PDFs from the web app. It also mentions dashboards for reports, insights, history, and home.

Quick Facts

Category
Slack-based check-ins and agile ceremonies
Platform
Slack
Primary use
Async standups, retrospectives, planning poker, and team mood check-ins
Integrations mentioned
Jira, GitHub, Slack
Pricing
Free for 3 seats; paid plan starts at $6 per seat per month billed annually
Source domain
troopr.ai

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