PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Real-Time Scope-Creep Alert When Issues Land in an Active Sprint
Fires whenever an issue is added to the active Linear cycle mid-sprint, decides whether it counts as unplanned scope creep.
How it runs
The automated pipeline, trigger to output.
- TriggerLinear issue added to active cycleLinear
- LogicCheck if addition was planned or injected
- ActionTally cycle's running added-points totalLinear
- ActionDraft scope-creep alert with LLMOpenAI
- OutputAlert sprint lead in SlackSlack
What it does
Catches scope creep the moment it happens instead of at sprint review. When an issue is moved into the active cycle after sprint start, it checks whether the addition was planned and, if not, alerts the sprint lead with how much unplanned scope has piled on so far.
When to use it
When mid-sprint additions silently blow up your commitments and the team only notices when the sprint misses. Best for sprint leads who want to push back on injected work in real time rather than after the fact.
How it works
- 1A Linear webhook fires when an issue is added to the active cycle.
- 2Check whether the issue was present at sprint start or carries a planned label.
- 3If unplanned, look up the cycle's total added points so far and add this issue's estimate.
- 4An LLM drafts a short alert framing the addition and the running scope-creep total.
- 5Post the alert to the sprint lead in Slack with a link to the new issue.
Set it up
What you configure once, before turning it on.
- 1Connect LinearIssues, projects, cycles, triage.
- 2Connect OpenAIModels, embeddings, files.
- 3Connect SlackChannels, DMs, threads, mentions.
- 4Set each agent's modelWe leave models unset so you pick the tier — fast + cheap, or top-quality.
- 5Tune it to your dataEdit the prompts, filters, and field mappings so it matches how your team works.
- 6Test, then turn it onRun once against a sample, confirm the output, then enable the trigger.
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