Draft a Sprint Retro by synthesizing scrum dailies, recaps, the sprint planning note, and the prior retro. Args: [sprint number | dates]. No args = infer the current sprint.
Draft a Sprint Retro by synthesizing scrum dailies, recaps, the sprint planning note, and the prior retro. Args: [sprint number | dates]. No args = infer the current sprint.
license
MIT
compatibility
Requires qmd (CLI or MCP) for vault search. Reads recaps, scrum dailies, and the Tracker.
Sprint Retro
Synthesize a draft Sprint Retro from everything already in the vault — daily standups, weekly recaps, the sprint planning note, and the previous retro — so the live retro starts from a populated document instead of a blank template.
Usage
/sprint-retro — Infer the current/most-recent sprint from the prior retro + cadence.
/sprint-retro <N> — Draft the retro for sprint number N.
/sprint-retro <dates> — Use an explicit sprint window (e.g. 2026-05-19..2026-06-02).
Date Filtering
See date-filter for date-range syntax and parsing.
Output format (mandatory)
Mirror followup-todos — the retro is a bullet document, not a task list:
Never insert Obsidian Tasks / checkbox lines: no , , , — including in the section.
- [ ]
- [x]
- [-]
- [?]
Action items
Never append Tasks date tokens (📅, 🛫, ⏳). Write dates inline in prose / ISO (e.g. "by 2026-06-01").
A single trailing priority emoji (🔺⏫🔼🔽) as plain text is fine when it reads naturally.
Always use plain list items: - Description…. Wikilinks ([[@Name]], [[Recap …]]), [PROJ-123](https://…) links, and bold are encouraged.
File naming convention (mandatory)
Sprint artifacts in Meetings/Engineering/Scrum/ follow a single pattern — keep it consistent:
Retro: Sprint <N> Retro <YYYY-MM-DD>.md (date = sprint end date / retro day).
Never leave an undated Sprint N Retro.md or a <Team> - Sprint Planning … variant. If you encounter one while gathering context, flag it and offer to git mv it into the canonical form (updating any [[wikilinks]] that reference the old name).
Workflow
Step 1: Determine sprint number and window
Verify the current date (see Date Verification in skill-conventions): date +%F.
List Meetings/Engineering/Scrum/Sprint * Retro *.md to find the prior retro (Sprint <N-1> Retro <date>).
Derive this sprint:
Number = prior + 1 (or the explicit <N> arg).
Window = the day after the prior retro's end through this sprint's retro day. Retros land on a biweekly cadence (same weekday, ~14 days apart) — extrapolate, then sanity-check against the planning note's date and the scrum dailies present.
Confirm the resolved sprint number and start..end window with the user if anything is ambiguous (missing prior retro, irregular cadence, mid-sprint run).
Recaps/Recap *.md whose period: overlaps the window
Highlights, decisions, open items, insights, cross-team notes
Sprint planning
Sprint <N> Planning <date>.md
Committed tickets, estimates, decisions — to measure against outcomes
Prior retro
Sprint <N-1> Retro <date>.md
Open Action items to carry forward and check off
Tracker
Tracker.md
Current ticket status (Done / Blocked / Paused / WIP)
Prefer qmd over grep for discovery (see qmd). Resolve names to [[@Name]] via people-resolver.
Step 3: Synthesize
Distill the gathered material into the retro sections, attributing each bullet to its source(s) with wikilinks (e.g. ([[Recap 2026-05-31]], [[Meetings/Engineering/Scrum/2026-05-28]])). Enrich bullets with Jira links ([PROJ-1234](https://your-org.atlassian.net/browse/PROJ-1234)) where a ticket is referenced.
Went Well / Start doing — shipped tickets, milestones, unblocks, demos.
Didn't Go Well / Stop doing — misses, recurring blockers, process friction, deadline pressure. Note cross-sprint patterns.
Keep doing / Shoutouts — one bullet per person, citing their concrete contributions. Only include people with evidence in the sources; don't invent contributions.
Discussion/Proposals — open questions, decisions to make, timelines.
Action items — concrete next steps (plain bullets, see output rules), including carried-over items from the prior retro.
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Notes:
created: YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS±HH:MM
Participants: "[[+Engineering]]"
---# Sprint <N> Retro — <YYYY-MM-DD>**Sprint:**<N> · **<start>** → **<end>**
Planning context: [[Sprint <N> Planning <date>]]
> [!info] Draft synthesized from the vault> Bullets below are distilled from **Scrum dailies** (`<start>`–`<end>`), the recaps covering this window, and the **[[Sprint <N> Planning <date>]]** commitments. Adjust after the live retro or paste a Confluence URL into `Notes:`.### ▶️ Start doing / Went Well- …
### 🛑 Stop doing / Didn't Go Well- …
### 🙌 Keep doing / Shoutouts-**[[@Name]]** — …
## Discussion/Proposals- …
## Action items- … 🔼
- Carry: … ⏫
## Sources (vault index)
| Kind | Notes |
| --- | --- |
| Recaps | [[Recap …]] (range), [[Recap …]] (range) |
| Scrum DS | [[Meetings/Engineering/Scrum/<start>]] … [[Meetings/Engineering/Scrum/<end>]] |
| Grooming / forums | [[Sprint <N> Planning <date>]] |
| Prior retro | [[Sprint <N-1> Retro <date>]] |
Leave Notes: empty for the user to paste the Confluence retro URL. Never set modified: manually (Obsidian manages it).
Step 5: Present and confirm
Show the draft to the user before saving. Let them adjust bullets, attributions, shoutouts, and action items.
Step 6: Save
Save to Meetings/Engineering/Scrum/Sprint <N> Retro <end-date>.md — see the naming convention above. If a retro for the sprint already exists, ask whether to overwrite.
Draft, not gospel — the output is a synthesis to seed the live retro; flag it as such in the [!info] callout and expect the user to revise.
Evidence-only shoutouts — only credit contributions that appear in the sources; omit team members with no traceable activity rather than guessing.
Cadence is a heuristic — biweekly same-weekday is the norm, but planning/retro days drift; always cross-check the derived window against the actual scrum dailies and planning-note date.
Naming consistency — if you touch sibling planning/retro files with non-canonical names, normalize them via git mv and fix referencing wikilinks (see the convention section).
No checkboxes — this is a discussion artifact; keep it bullets-only per the output rules, matching /followup-todos.
