Home and Needs you

Home is where you start each day. It shows the decisions only you can make, the work moving on its own, and what Iron Octopus caught before it reached your code. If Needs you is empty, nothing is waiting on you.

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What should we build or fix next?

The box at the top is where new work starts. Describe a feature or a problem, then click Draft a feature or Report a defect. See start with an idea.

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Needs you

Each card is one feature waiting for a decision. The most urgent come first: anything stuck, then reviews, then questions, then features ready to move on. Use the filter at the top of the list to see one kind at a time.

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In progress

Features in Building or Acceptance, each with a progress bar and a short status, such as “3 of 7 work items done · 1 running” or “11 of 12 acceptance criteria met”. View all work in progress opens the detailed list. See work in progress.

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Caught in review

What review found in Iron Octopus’s own work and sent back for rework in the last 14 days, with all-time totals underneath. See review and rework.

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Recently released

Features released in the last 14 days, each with the date and how many acceptance criteria were met.

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Defect reports

Open defect reports across your projects, each with its severity. See defect reports.

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Engineering detail

Technical readers can switch on Engineering detail to see more, such as review attempt numbers. It’s off by default.