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Daily standup digest
T1 · AUTONOMOUS09:00 IST sharp: pulls every team member's yesterday/today/blockers from Linear + git activity. Posts in Slack. Tags blockers to the right human.
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ROLE · R/03 · BUILD TRIBE
A digital PM that runs your standup — on time, every day.
The unsexy work that keeps shipping moving: backlog grooming, ticket hygiene, status reports, dependency tracking, blocker chasing, sprint planning prep. Done at 09:00 IST sharp, every working day. No meeting cancellations. No "Sorry team, I was in another call."
FROM $499/month
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SCALES TO $1,299 (program lead)
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ONBOARDING 7 days
— 02 / WHAT IT DOES
— CAPABILITIES
Less meetings, more shipping.
PM Cyborg owns the project-tracking layer end-to-end — tools (Linear/Jira/Asana), rituals (standup/planning/retro), artifacts (status report/roadmap/RAID log). Trust levels (T1–T4) listed per capability.
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Backlog grooming
T2 · GUIDEDReads new tickets, normalises titles, fills missing acceptance criteria, asks reporter for clarification, suggests size + epic + sprint. Marks "ready for planning" only when complete.
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Sprint planning prep
T1 · AUTONOMOUSPre-planning: capacity calc per person (PTO + meetings deducted), candidate ticket list ranked by priority + dependency, dependency map for review.
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Status reports (weekly)
T1 · AUTONOMOUSFriday 17:00: shipped this week / in-flight / next week / risks / asks. Posted in Notion + emailed to stakeholders. No fluff. Numbers from real data.
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Blocker chasing
T1 · AUTONOMOUSDetects blocker keywords in standup + Linear comments. Pings owner in Slack at 4h, 24h, 48h. Escalates to lead at 72h with full context.
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Roadmap upkeep
T2 · GUIDEDQuarterly roadmap stays current: ticket completion %, slip risk, scope drift. Drafts roadmap-changed comms for founder review.
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RAID log maintenance
T1 · AUTONOMOUSRisks, Assumptions, Issues, Dependencies tracked in a single Notion doc. Auto-updated weekly. Stale items pinged to owners.
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Retro facilitation
T2 · GUIDEDEnd of sprint: collects anonymous notes, clusters themes, posts summary, drafts action items with owners + due dates. Tracks completion next sprint.
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Stakeholder updates
T2 · GUIDEDCustomer-promised features tracked separately. Drafts stakeholder emails when ETAs slip, with options + asks. Founder approves before send.
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Meeting hygiene
T2 · GUIDEDAudits the team calendar. Flags meetings without agenda / without docs / running over. Suggests cancellations. Joins as note-taker if invited.
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Burndown + velocity
T1 · AUTONOMOUSLive burndown on the team dashboard. Velocity rolling-3-sprint. Forecasts end-of-sprint completion daily; alerts at 70% confidence.
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Documentation gardener
T2 · GUIDEDStale Notion docs detected (>90 days, owner gone, etc). Pings owner. Marks for archive. Keeps the wiki readable, not a graveyard.
TRUST LEVELS ·
T1 Cyborg posts, you can audit later
T2 Cyborg drafts, human reviews before sending
T3 Human approves before action runs
T4 Cyborg never acts alone
— 03 / STACK
— FLUENCY
Tools, frameworks, rituals it works in.
Native API access to all tools. Reads + writes tickets directly. No scraping, no email-relay tricks, no "AI scheduler" overlays.
Project tools — FLUENT
- Linear★★★★★
- Jira + Confluence★★★★★
- Asana★★★★☆
- ClickUp★★★★☆
- Trello★★★★☆
- Notion / Coda databases★★★★★
- GitHub Projects★★★★★
Frameworks — FLUENT
- Scrum (sprints, ceremonies, velocity)★★★★★
- Kanban (WIP limits, cycle time)★★★★★
- Shape Up (cycles + cool-downs)★★★★☆
- SAFe / scaled agile★★★☆☆
- OKR + KR rollup★★★★★
- RICE / WSJF prioritisation★★★★★
Comms — DAILY
- Slack (channels + DMs + threads)★★★★★
- Discord★★★★☆
- Microsoft Teams★★★★☆
- Notion / Confluence wiki★★★★★
- Loom (records short updates)★★★☆☆
- Email + calendar (Google / Outlook)★★★★★
Reporting — READY
- Burndown + velocity charts★★★★★
- Cumulative flow diagrams★★★★☆
- Cycle / lead time histograms★★★★★
- Forecast Monte Carlo★★★★☆
- RAG status reports★★★★★
- Founder weekly digest (1 page)★★★★★
— 04 / DAY IN LIFE
— WEDNESDAY · 09:00 → 18:00 IST
A real Wednesday. 8-person product team.
Anonymised activity log. Every action verifiable in their Linear + Slack history.
- 09:00
Standup digest posted
Pulled overnight git activity + Linear comments + open PRs for all 8 engineers. Posted in
#standup-product. 2 blockers auto-tagged to leads. - 09:18
Blocker pickup — FIN-389
Karthik blocked on missing API spec from data team. Cyborg pings
@amanin#data-eng: "FIN-389 needs/v1/payouts/by-merchantspec; Karthik blocked since Mon. ETA?" - 10:30
Backlog groom — 9 new tickets
9 new tickets created since yesterday. Cyborg fills missing AC for 6, requests info on 3 from reporter, sizes 4, marks 2 as duplicates with link.
- 11:45
Sprint forecast alert
Burndown projection drops below 70% confidence. Cyborg posts in
#product-leads: "S24-W19 likely to slip 2 tickets. Recommend descope FIN-401 (low priority) or pull in extra dev day." - 13:00
Lunch
Pauses scheduled posts.
- 14:00
Stakeholder update draft
Customer Acme Corp asked Friday for ETA on their requested feature (CHK-22). Cyborg drafts a 5-line email: current status, ETA, what's needed from them. Routes to founder for approval.
- 15:10
Retro reminder
Sprint ends Friday. Cyborg opens this sprint's retro Notion page, pings team to start dropping notes. Last sprint's action items get a status check (3/4 done, 1 carried over).
- 16:00
RAID log update
Weekly RAID refresh. Adds 1 new risk (3rd-party API rate-limit change), closes 2 issues, updates 3 dependency dates.
- 17:00
Doc cleanup
Detects 4 Notion docs untouched 90+ days. Pings owners. 2 owners say archive, 1 says update, 1 unresponsive (re-ping in 7 days).
- 18:00
EOD digest
Posts in
#product-leads: standup ✓, 9 tickets groomed, 2 blockers chased (1 unblocked), sprint forecast posted, stakeholder draft awaiting approval, retro opened.
— 05 / SAMPLE DELIVERY
— REAL DAILY DIGEST · ANONYMISED
A real standup digest from a real Wednesday.
Used with permission, names changed. This is what hits Slack at 09:00 IST every morning — pulled from Linear, GitHub, and yesterday's standup thread.
SLACK · #standup-product
Standup — Wed 6 May 2026
SPRINT S24-W19 · DAY 3 OF 10
2 BLOCKERS
62% complete · on track
▸ YESTERDAY (shipped)
- karthik — merged PR #1247 (CSV export for invoices) · closes FIN-389 ✓
- meera — reviewed 4 PRs, hotfixed Sentry alert SEN-1142 · 23 min
- arjun — wrapped PR #1249 (locale strings v2) · awaiting design review from kavya
- priya — spec for FIN-401 finalized; ready for dev pickup
▸ TODAY (in flight)
- karthik — FIN-393 (payout reconciliation) · est 1 day
- meera — on-call rotation + code review backlog (12 PRs)
- arjun — FIN-401 (refactor batch processor) pickup · est 2 days
- priya — FIN-410 spec writing
- vikram, neha, rohan, sara — continuing assigned tickets
▸ BLOCKERS · 2
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B1
karthik blocked on FIN-389-followup — needs API spec for
/v1/payouts/by-merchantfrom data team. Owner: @aman · Open since Mon · 48h · Cyborg already pinged in#data-eng -
B2
arjun awaiting design review on PR #1249 from kavya.
Owner: @kavya · Open since yesterday · 18h · Cyborg pinged in
#design-reviews
▸ FORECAST
Sprint completion at 89% confidence. Likely descope: FIN-407 (low priority, no dependencies). 2 high-priority tickets at risk if blockers persist past Thursday EOD — auto-escalation will trigger.
▸ NOTES
- Retro opens Friday 16:00. Drop notes in retro/s24-w19 as you go.
- Roadmap review with founder Mon 13:00. Cyborg will prep slides Sun EOD.
- 2 PTOs next sprint: meera (3 days), priya (1 day). Capacity already adjusted in S24-W20 plan.
aman (data team)
09:14 IST
Thanks for the ping — spec was 80% done, I'll wrap and post in #data-eng by 11. Karthik should be unblocked before lunch.
cyborg-cpm-003 09:14 IST
Noted, thanks @aman. I'll close B1 once spec lands and karthik confirms unblock. Logged in RAID as resolved-pending-confirmation.
meera-tl
09:21 IST
Quick correction — I reviewed 5 PRs yesterday, not 4. Forgot to mark PR #1244. Otherwise looks right. 👍
cyborg-cpm-003 09:22 IST
Updated, thanks. Looking at PR #1244 git history — you reviewed at 23:47 yesterday, my window cut off at 23:00. I'll extend my "yesterday" window to start of previous calendar day going forward.
— 06 / TOOLS IT TOUCHES
— INTEGRATIONS
All scoped, all logged, all revocable.
PM Cyborg has read on most things, write on tickets/comments/docs. No production access. No deploy keys. No customer data.
▭Linear / Jiraissue:rw · comment:rw · sprint:rw
#Slackchannel:rw · dm:rw · schedule:rw
▤Notion / Confluencepage:rw · database:rw
⎇GitHub (read PRs)pr:r · issue:r · projects:rw
📅Google / Outlook Calendarevent:r · agenda:r
⌥Asana / ClickUptask:rw
⊜Figma (read for status)file:r · comment:r
▦Loomrecording:rw
— 07 / PRICING
— FLAT MONTHLY · NO USAGE METER
3 tiers. Pick your scope.
Same PM model. Tier defines team size, autonomy budget, and stakeholder authority.
$499/month
Single team support. Standup digests, ticket grooming, status updates. T1 capabilities only.
- 1 team (up to 5 people)
- 1 active sprint at a time
- Linear/Jira + Slack only
- Standups + status reports
- Email response (24h)
$899/month
Full PM ownership for one product team. Sprints, retros, blockers, stakeholders. Most teams start here.
- 1 team (up to 12 people)
- Multi-sprint + roadmap upkeep
- All integrations
- RAID log + retros
- Stakeholder drafts (T2)
- Burndown + velocity dashboards
- Slack response (4h)
$1,299/month
Multi-team coordination. Cross-team dependencies. Quarterly planning. Reports directly to founder/CTO.
- Up to 4 teams (40 people)
- Cross-team dependency graph
- Quarterly OKR rollup
- Founder weekly digest (1 page)
- External stakeholder comms (T2)
- Slack response (1h)
- Dedicated A'nil sync (monthly)
14-DAY EVALUATION · 30-DAY MONEY-BACK · MONTH-TO-MONTH · CANCEL ANYTIME · See full pricing →
— 08 / ONBOARDING
— DAY 1 → DAY 7
Brief to first standup in 7 days.
PM ramp is fastest because the artefacts (tickets, status reports, digests) are template-shaped. Real work starts Day 4.
- DAY 0
You sign
Contract + DPA. Cyborg's Linear + Slack accounts created.
- DAY 1
Kickoff (60 min)
Founder + your engineering lead. Walk through team, sprint cadence, ritual schedule, stakeholders, "what good looks like."
- DAY 2
Tool calibration
Connect Linear/Jira/Slack/Notion. Cyborg ingests last 90 days of tickets, learns your labels/epics/conventions.
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Shadow standup
Cyborg drafts standup digest in private channel for 2 days. Lead reviews, edits, gives feedback. No public posts yet.
- DAY 4-5
First public digest
Goes live in
#standup-team. Cyborg starts grooming + status drafts in parallel. Lead approves before send. - DAY 6-7
Trust calibration → autonomous
By Day 7, standup + grooming + status are autonomous. Stakeholder comms remain T2 for first 30 days.
— 09 / FAQ
— PM-LEAD QUESTIONS
Sawaal jo har eng lead poochta hai.
Doesn't a digital PM make us cold and process-heavy?
Opposite, actually. The cold part of PM (digest at 09:00, blocker at 4h, status at 17:00) gets handled mechanically. Your humans go upstream into the warm work: 1:1s with engineers, hard prioritisation conversations, customer interviews, team morale. Most teams find their human PM finally has time to do PM well, instead of typing standup notes.
What if Cyborg posts something wrong publicly?
Same as a human's mistake: someone replies, Cyborg corrects (you saw it do this in the sample digest). Every public post is logged with the source data it pulled from, so the cause is traceable. Stakeholder comms (the highest-blast-radius posts) stay T2 forever — founder approves before send.
Will it manipulate metrics to look good?
It is not measured on team velocity (the easy gameable metric). It's measured on standups-run, blocker-time-to-first-ping, and ticket-completeness — all of which it can only improve by actually doing the job. We do not tie its evaluation to your sprint burndown.
Can it replace my PM?
It absorbs the 70% of PM work that's coordination + reporting. The 30% that's judgement — saying no, deciding what not to build, customer escalations, hiring, team health — stays human. Most teams use Cyborg-PM so their human PM has time for that 30%, instead of replacing.
How does it handle conflicting priorities between teams?
It surfaces the conflict, names the tradeoff, ranks options using your declared framework (RICE/WSJF/founder-call), and routes to the human deciders. It does not autonomously pick winners between teams. That's a deliberately T3 boundary.
Can it write JIRAs that engineers actually read?
That's literally the daily test. The standard is: an engineer should be able to start work from a Cyborg-groomed ticket without DM-ing the PM for clarification. We measure clarification-DMs per ticket as a quality metric. Trend on a healthy team is <0.3 DMs / ticket.
What about psychological safety for the team?
Cyborg never quotes engineers' DMs in public. Never names underperformers. Never "ranks" people. Standup digests stay neutral and factual. Sensitive flags (someone seems stuck for days, retros showing burnout) go to the human lead privately, never broadcast.