fig. 01—for teams
Run projects people can actually follow.
Milestones over micro-tasks. A triage inbox for everything incoming. A dashboard that answers "where are we?" without a meeting.
fig. 02—milestones
Milestones people rally around
Each milestone bundles its tasks, discussions, and documents — and carries a health status the whole team can read at a glance.
- Health status: on track, at risk, off track
- Status updates with full history
- Discussions and documents attached
Public launch
14 tasks · due Jul 18 · owned by AS
Latest status update
"Payments flow shipped and tested. Landing page copy is the last blocker — review scheduled Thursday."
AS Alex · 2 days ago
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→ Task
Checkout fails on Safari 18
bug · reported by client
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discuss
Client asks for CSV export
request · 3 comments
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later
Idea: weekly digest email
idea · parked in backlog
fig. 03—triage
An inbox between the world and your board
Bugs, ideas, and client requests land in triage first. Prioritize, discuss, then promote to a task — or park it in the backlog without guilt.
- One place for everything incoming
- Priorities, tags, and discussion threads
- One-click conversion to task
fig. 04—tasks
Tasks that stay out of the way
Assign, prioritize, and track work inside milestones. "My Tasks" gives everyone a personal view of what matters to them today.
- Status, priority, and release dates
- Personal "My Tasks" view
- Comments and threads on every task
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Finalize pricing table
BB-T198 -
Review launch checklist
high BB-T203 -
Write launch announcement
BB-T207
fig. 05—views
Grid, calendar, kanban — same truth
Everyone reads the board the way they think. Filters, grouping, and saved views keep it personal without forking reality.
fig. 06—custom fields
Fields that match your reality
Add custom properties to milestones and tasks — nine types deep, from numbers and dates to user pickers and relations between items. Then filter and group the board by any of them.
- Nine types: text, number, select, date, URL, checkbox, user, relation…
- Filter and group by any field
- Defined once per project, consistent everywhere
- Client user
- MLMarie L.
- Budget number
- 12 400 €
- Environment select
- production
- Staging URL url
- staging.atlas.dev
- Depends on relation
- BB-M12 · Billing revamp
- Design reviewed checkbox
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Completed
Cycle 11
Jun 9 — Jun 20 · 5 milestones shipped
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Active
Cycle 12
Jun 23 — Jul 4 · 4 milestones
64% -
Upcoming
Cycle 13
Jul 7 — Jul 18 · planning open
fig. 07—cycles
Plan in cycles, ship in rhythm
Time-box your milestones into cycles. Status flows from the calendar — upcoming, active, completed — so planning stays honest without ceremony.
- Automatic status, no manual flipping
- Group the board by cycle
- Archive a cycle, keep its history
fig. 08—fewer meetings
This meeting could have been a dashboard.
Who's doing what? Where do we stand? When will it be ready? The board answers the whole agenda in one glance — so you can delete the meeting for good, not just skip a week.
Weekly project meeting
⟳ Repeats every Monday · 10:00 — 11:00
- Who's on what? → workload & assignees
- Where do we stand? → health: on track / at risk
- When will it ship? → release dates & calendar
Delete this meeting?
- Just this Monday
- Delete every Monday, forever ↳ that's the one
fig. 09—also included
And everything around it
Command Palette
Ctrl+K to reach any milestone, task, or action. Ctrl+P to jump between projects.
Real-time everywhere
Presence, live updates, and in-app notifications over WebSocket — no refresh needed.
Teams and roles
Four role levels, teams with dedicated leads, and guests for clients.
Mentions and messaging
@mention anyone across the app, or take it to a private 1-1 conversation.
PWA on any device
Install Briefboard on your phone or desktop — no app store required.
Short URLs
Share direct links like /go/BB-T204 that land exactly where the work is.
fig. 10—how it compares
Side by side with the usual suspects
Where Briefboard stands next to the tools teams usually come from. Not a feature war — a different centre of gravity.
| Briefboard | Linear | Jira | Trello | Notion | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milestones with health status | built-in | built-in | ~ | — | — |
| Triage inbox for incoming requests | built-in | built-in | ~ | — | — |
| Ready in minutes, no workflow setup | built-in | ~ | — | built-in | ~ |
| Readable by non-technical teammates | built-in | ~ | — | built-in | built-in |
| Specs versioned next to the work | built-in | — | ~ | — | ~ |
| Built for AI coding agents (MCP) | built-in | ~ | ~ | — | ~ |
| Per-project pricing | built-in | — | — | — | — |
Based on publicly available information — capabilities of other tools evolve; check their sites for the latest.
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