PROJECT MANAGEMENT

Weekly Scope-Drift Digest Across Active Epics

On a weekly schedule, scans every active Linear epic, compares current acceptance criteria against stored baselines, and emails a single ranked digest of which epics grew.

CategoryProject Management
Enginesim
Difficultyintermediate
Triggerschedule
Steps5
Setup~15 min

How it runs

The automated pipeline, trigger to output.

  • TriggerWeekly schedule
  • ActionList active epics from LinearLinearLinear
  • ActionBatch-load baselines from PostgresPostgreSQLPostgres
  • LogicDiff each epic and rank by growth
  • OutputEmail ranked drift digestGmailGmail

What it does

Instead of per-edit pings, this workflow gives leads a calm weekly readout of where scope has crept across the whole portfolio. Every active epic is compared against its kickoff baseline, the additions are quantified, and the results are ranked so the biggest silent expansions surface at the top. The output is one digest email a program manager can act on in their Monday review.

When to use it

Use it when per-change alerts are too noisy and you want a manageable cadence. It suits PMs and EMs running several squads who need a portfolio-level view of requirement growth rather than ticket-by-ticket notifications.

How it works

  1. 1A weekly schedule triggers the run.
  2. 2All epics in active states are pulled from Linear.
  3. 3Their stored baselines are loaded from Postgres in one batch.
  4. 4Each epic's current criteria are diffed against its baseline and an added-lines delta is computed.
  5. 5A branch keeps only epics that grew beyond a configured threshold and ranks them.
  6. 6A formatted digest is emailed to the leads distribution list.

Set it up

What you configure once, before turning it on.

  1. 1
    Connect LinearIssues, projects, cycles, triage.
  2. 2
    Connect PostgresAny Postgres URL — query, write, migrate.
  3. 3
    Connect GmailRead, draft, send, label.
  4. 4
    Set each agent's modelWe leave models unset so you pick the tier — fast + cheap, or top-quality.
  5. 5
    Tune it to your dataEdit the prompts, filters, and field mappings so it matches how your team works.
  6. 6
    Test, then turn it onRun once against a sample, confirm the output, then enable the trigger.

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