Shortcut is presented as a fast and enjoyable project management platform specifically designed for software teams to plan and build products. It provides core functionalities such as issue tracking, sprint management, and roadmaps, serving as a central hub for development work. The platform allows teams to track their work from early stages through planning, execution, and release, offering customizable workflows, view and filter options for various spaces, and tools to keep work progressing smoothly. Beyond daily task management, Shortcut supports comprehensive product planning by enabling users to quickly view daily progress, map out projects across teams, communicate health statuses, and share target dates. It also facilitates connecting individual projects to broader company objectives, allowing teams to create goals and align their efforts with overarching organizational aims. The platform emphasizes just enough customization to maintain simplicity while remaining flexible enough to adapt to diverse team working styles. With quick load times and keyboard shortcuts, Shortcut aims to enhance speed and efficiency in the development process. It also boasts seamless integrations with popular version control systems and other tools, ensuring automatic updates as work progresses. Furthermore, Shortcut is built for scale and security, offering best-in-class features, privacy, and compliance with standards like GDPR and SOC2, and includes various SSO options, making it suitable for teams ranging from one person to over a thousand.

Features & Benefits

• Product Development & Tracking
  • Enables software teams to easily create and track development work from early stage to planning, execution, and release. Users can customize workflows, view and filter spaces, and keep work moving efficiently.
• Product Planning & Roadmapping
  • Provides tools to quickly view daily progress, map out projects across teams, communicate health status, and share target dates for effective product planning.
• Goal Alignment
  • Helps teams connect individual projects to broader company objectives by allowing users to create goals and align teams.
• Customization
  • Offers just enough customization to maintain simplicity while providing flexibility to adapt to diverse team workflows.
• Sprints (Iterations)
  • Facilitates quick prioritization and tracking of weekly team focus areas.
• Work In Progress Limits
  • Allows setting story limits in each workflow state to prevent work from piling up and ensure smooth progress.
• Custom Fields
  • Enables the establishment of more structured processes for teams.
• Speed & Efficiency
  • Ensures rapid load times combined with keyboard shortcuts for faster work execution.
• VCS Automations
  • Provides seamless integrations with version control systems like GitHub, GitLab, and Bitbucket, ensuring Shortcut updates automatically as work progresses.
• Artificial Intelligence (Korey)
  • Introduces Korey, a product management agent that assists in running projects, tracking status, and monitoring progress. Includes "Shortcut for Agents" for AI-assisted task scoping and PR writing, and "Shortcut MCP Server" for connecting to AI tools like Cursor and Claude Code.
• Integrations
  • Connects with a wide range of popular tools such as GitHub, Slack, and Sentry to streamline entire workflows.
• Security & Compliance
  • Built for scale and security, offering best-in-class features, privacy, and compliance with standards like GDPR and SOC2. Includes Google SSO, SSO/SCIM, and is HIPAA & BAA Ready.