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Cadence Agent

The Cadence Agent sends each active team member a daily check-in via Slack DM, shows them their assigned Jira tasks, and collects status updates — without any meeting.

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How it works

At 09:00 in your project timezone, the Cadence Agent sends a direct message to every active team member. The message lists their assigned tasks from Jira. Members can update task status and leave a comment directly from Slack. ProMarshal syncs the update back to Jira automatically. The agent runs every day including weekends unless a member has no assigned tasks, in which case no message is sent.

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Message format

Free tier — plain text 
Hello Sarah,

You have 3 pending work items:

1. PROJ-42: Fix login timeout
   Status: In Progress
   Link: https://company.atlassian.net/browse/PROJ-42

2. PROJ-38: Update API docs
   Status: To Do
   Link: https://company.atlassian.net/browse/PROJ-38

Have a productive day!
Paid tier — interactive with buttons The paid tier message is formatted with task details (type, priority, status, Jira link) and an Update Work Item button on each task. Clicking the button opens a modal where the member selects a new status and optionally adds a comment. ProMarshal writes the update to Jira immediately.
Screenshots — see your dashboard after first check-in

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What members can do

ActionFree tierPaid tier
View assigned tasksYesYes
Update task statusNoYes — via modal
Add a comment to JiraNoYes — via modal
View task priority and typeNoYes

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Timing

  • Fires at 09:00 project timezone, every day
  • First message goes out the day after Slack is connected
  • If your project timezone is not set, it defaults to UTC

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Requirements

  • Slack connected to the project
  • At least one team member with active status
  • Jira connected (required to fetch tasks)
If Jira is not connected, no tasks can be fetched and the agent will not send messages even if Slack is connected.

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Session behavior

Each check-in session is active for 2 hours. If a member does not interact within that window, the session closes. They can still update Jira directly from the Jira link in the message.