Jira + Steady

Jira integration for development team coordination

Your team’s work already lives in Jira—tickets, sprints, releases, bug reports. But that activity doesn’t automatically translate into team visibility. Developers waste time manually typing ticket numbers into standup messages. Project managers chase down status across Slack threads, stand-up meetings, and the Jira board. Stakeholders can’t tell what’s actually shipping without interrupting the team.

Steady bridges that gap. Connect Jira and your ticket activity automatically flows into context that everyone understands: daily check-ins, sprint summaries, goal updates, and automated reports.

How the Jira integration works

Connect Jira to Steady in 30 seconds and your project management activity automatically flows into every part of your team’s coordination workflow.

Smart Check-ins: Jira issues sync with each team member’s daily check-ins automatically. When Sarah moves a ticket to “In Progress,” it appears in her standup. When Marcus closes a bug, it shows up in today’s team update. No manual linking, no typing ticket numbers into Slack—Jira activity attaches to check-ins so everyone sees concrete progress, fully contextualized by human-written summaries.

Goal Stories: Use AI-enhanced templates to quickly draft updates by automatically summarizing Jira activity however you need it. Instead of manually reviewing the board and copying ticket numbers, prompt the AI: “Summarize completed Jira tickets from last sprint, organized by epic or feature area.” The AI synthesizes your ticket updates into high-level narratives that show strategic progress, not just individual tasks. Turn raw Jira data into stakeholder-ready goal updates in seconds.

Echoes: Set up automated reports that monitor your Jira data on whatever schedule you need. Configure an Echo to summarize completed tickets every Friday or summarize sprint progress weekly before planning meetings. Issue descriptions are available to Echoes for AI summarization, so you get meaningful context, not just ticket titles. Echoes delivers tailored Jira summaries automatically; no more manually generating the same reports week after week.

Insights: Jira activity flows into Steady’s realtime analytics, giving you visibility into work patterns over time. The Activity report tracks total activity from Jira and all your integrated tools, filterable by team, people, or date range. Cross-compare Jira activity with other Insights reports—like Participation, Intentions Met, or Blockers—to understand holistic trends. Are tickets moving rapidly but check-ins showing blockers? Is one team closing lots of tickets but reporting lower morale? Insights connects the dots across your coordination data.

Key benefits

Eliminate status update meetings - When ticket updates flow into daily check-ins automatically, you don’t need meetings where developers recite which tickets they moved yesterday. Everyone can see who’s working on what, what’s blocked, and what closed—all without interrupting anyone’s flow.

Give non-technical stakeholders visibility - Product managers and executives see exactly what’s shipping without learning Jira workflows or constantly checking the board.

Draft stakeholder updates in seconds - Summarize Jira activity in seconds with AI-powered templates. Pick your level of detail—high-level sprint overview or ticket-by-ticket breakdown—and AI transforms issue updates into polished progress reports.

AI-powered sprint reports - Configure Echoes to monitor your Jira data and deliver automated summaries on your schedule. Get sprint progress reports every Friday, release readiness summaries before planning meetings, or custom reports tailored to your workflow. Issue descriptions are included for AI summarization, providing meaningful context beyond ticket titles.

Reduce context switching - Developers stay in their flow. Jira activity appears in Steady automatically—no need to manually update Slack or duplicate status across tools.

Use cases

Async daily standups for distributed teams - Your team spans San Francisco, London, and Singapore. Instead of a 5am meeting for some, everyone submits check-ins when their day starts. Steady automatically attaches yesterday’s ticket updates—no one types “worked on PROJ-1234” because the ticket activity is right there with full context. The whole team sees concrete progress across time zones without synchronous coordination.

Sprint planning prep on autopilot - Planning next sprint and need to know what actually shipped last sprint? Set up an Echo: “Summarize all completed Jira tickets from the last two weeks, organized by epic. Include any tickets still in code review.” Schedule it to deliver 30 minutes before your bi-weekly sprint planning meeting. Walk into planning with a complete picture of what shipped, what’s in flight, and what’s blocked—automatically generated from real Jira data, not manually compiled the night before.

Cross-team visibility for engineering leadership - You manage three engineering teams working on different products. Set up an Echo that delivers a weekly summary: “High-level overview of Jira activity from Team A, Team B, and Team C. Focus on completed features and any blockers.” Every Monday morning you get a digest showing which teams shipped features, which had mostly bug fixes, and where work is stalled—without asking anyone for status.

Weekly engineering updates without manual summaries - Every Friday afternoon you need to summarize what the team shipped. Instead of manually reviewing dozens of closed tickets, set up an Echo: “List all Jira tickets marked Done this week, organized by epic or component.” It delivers automatically every Friday at 3pm. Copy the summary into your stakeholder email and you’re done in two minutes.

Sprint retrospectives with real data - Running a retro and want to review what actually happened during the sprint? Set up an Echo that delivers before your retro meeting: “Summarize Jira tickets from last sprint, highlighting completed work and any tickets that carried over. Include issue descriptions for context.” Walk into the retrospective with concrete data about what shipped, what didn’t, and why—automatically compiled from your team’s actual work.

Installation

To set up the Jira integration, go to Account Settings -> Integrations and connect to Jira. Read the documentation for more information.

About Jira

Jira is a comprehensive project management and issue tracking software developed by Atlassian, designed for agile software development teams to plan, track, and manage work. It provides customizable workflows, sprint planning, backlog management, and reporting tools that help teams organize tasks, track bugs, and deliver projects efficiently using Scrum, Kanban, or hybrid methodologies.

Frequently asked questions

How does the Jira integration work with daily standups?

When you connect Jira to Steady, each team member’s ticket updates automatically appear in their daily check-in. Team members answer standup questions via Slack, web, or mobile, and Steady attaches their Jira activity automatically—no manual copy-pasting of ticket numbers or status updates required.

Can I use Jira with Slack for async standups?

Yes. Steady connects Jira, Slack, and other tools together. Team members get reminders to check in via Slack, and Steady automatically includes their Jira ticket updates in those check-in responses. The entire team sees the updates with Jira activity providing concrete evidence of progress.

What Jira data appears in Steady?

Steady syncs Jira issues and their updates. You control which projects to sync during setup. Jira activity appears in Smart Check-ins automatically, flows into Insights reports for trend analysis, and can be summarized using AI-enhanced templates in Goal Stories or scheduled Echoes reports. Issue descriptions are available to Echoes for AI summarization.

Do team members need to do anything after Jira is connected?

No. Once an admin connects Jira at the organization level, all team members’ ticket activity automatically syncs to their check-ins. Team members don’t need to authenticate individually or change their workflow—just keep updating tickets normally and activity appears in Steady automatically.