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Cadence's AI agents group the feedback, draft the action items, and chase them down — with recurring retros and nudges, so the same problems stop coming back.

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AAcme/Sprint 24 Retro
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What went well

Pairing unblocked the payments work fast

5

The new on-call rotation felt calmer

3

To improve

Scope kept changing mid-sprint

6

Staging was flaky again

4

Actions

Add staging smoke tests · due Fri

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Works with your stack

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How a Cadence retro works

From feedback to follow-through in one session.

01

Brainstorm

Everyone drops cards on a live board — anonymously if that gets you the honest stuff.

02

Group

AI clusters the noise into clear themes in seconds. You accept or tweak.

03

Vote

Dot-voting with live tallies surfaces what actually matters most.

04

Discuss

Talk the top themes through, with a summary writing itself as you go.

05

Action

Owned items that carry over, recur, and get nudged until they're done.

Real-time board

Everyone in the room — even when they're not.

Cards, groups, and votes sync live with presence. Run it together on a call or async across timezones — anonymous when honesty needs a little cover.

  • Live cards, groups & dot-voting
  • Presence + facilitator controls
  • Guest join by link — no account needed
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EMARJL
Pairing unblocked payments5
On-call rotation felt calmer3
Scope kept changing6
Grouping 7 cards…
Flaky staging
Staging was flaky
CI broke twice
Env drift again
Scope creep
Scope changed mid-sprint
Late requirements
Wins
Pairing helped a lot
Calmer on-call

AI that does the busywork

A team of agents, on every retro.

Smart grouping clusters the noise, a summary writes itself as you talk, and the discussion becomes drafted action items. You stay in control; the AI just removes the grunt work.

  • Grouping, summaries & sentiment
  • Action items drafted for you
  • AI is opt-in — suggestions you approve

Close the loop

Decisions become action — and stay tracked.

Action items get owners, due dates, and automatic nudges. They carry over until done, recur on a cadence, and push to Jira or Linear — so improvement compounds sprint over sprint.

  • Owned, tracked & nudged automatically
  • Carries over + recurs every sprint
  • Completion trends across teams
Add staging smoke tests due Fri
Lock sprint scope by day 2 due Fri
Rotate on-call weekly due Fri
Recurs every sprint · pushes to Jira & Linear

AI agents

The busywork of retros, handled.

Powered by Claude, server-side — your retro data is never used to train models.

Smart grouping

Drops dozens of sticky notes into clear themes in seconds — you just accept or tweak.

Summary & sentiment

A shareable recap writes itself as you talk, with a read on how the team really feels.

Action drafting

Turns the discussion into specific, assignable action items — owners and due dates included.

Recurring-theme radar

Flags the issue that's come up in 3 of your last 4 retros, so patterns can't hide.

Everything a great retro needs.

Templates, voting, anonymity, scheduling, integrations — included, not upsold.

6 ready templates

Start/Stop/Continue, 4Ls, Sailboat, Mad/Sad/Glad, Lean Coffee — or roll your own.

Anonymous & guest join

Hide authorship for honesty; let teammates join by link, no account needed.

Recurring & scheduled

Set a cadence once; Cadence spins up each retro and reminds the team.

Jira · Linear · Slack

Push action items to your tracker and post recaps where the team works.

Vote budgets

Dot-voting with live tallies makes prioritizing fast and fair.

Insights & trends

Completion rates and recurring themes across sprints — for the whole org.

Pricing

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  • Recurring retros, insights & digests
  • Guest join + Slack / Jira / Linear
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