Overview
Plecto is a business performance dashboard platform that displays real-time KPIs and metrics on screens throughout your office or in remote dashboards. The Shortcut integration brings development metrics into your performance visualization strategy.
Key Features
- Real-Time Dashboards: Display Shortcut metrics on screens
- Team Leaderboards: Show Story completion by team member
- Sprint Progress: Visualize Iteration burndown
- Custom Widgets: Build Shortcut-powered dashboard components
- Gamification: Add achievements for development milestones
Setting Up the Integration
- In Plecto, go to Data Sources > Add New
- Select Shortcut from available integrations
- Enter your Shortcut API token
- Configure which metrics to import
- Set refresh intervals for data sync
Using the Integration
Available Metrics
Pull these data points from Shortcut into Plecto:
- Stories completed (by day, week, sprint)
- Story points delivered
- Cycle time averages
- Stories by workflow state
- Team velocity trends
- Bug counts and resolution rates
Building Dashboards
- Create a new dashboard in Plecto
- Add widgets for Shortcut data
- Configure visualizations (charts, numbers, gauges)
- Set up automatic refresh schedules
- Display on office screens or share remotely
Example Dashboard Widgets
| Widget Type | Shortcut Metric |
|---|---|
| Number | Stories completed today |
| Line chart | Weekly velocity trend |
| Progress bar | Sprint completion % |
| Leaderboard | Stories by team member |
| Gauge | Current WIP count |
Best Practices
- Focus on trends: Show velocity over time, not just totals
- Celebrate wins: Highlight completed milestones
- Keep it visible: Place dashboards where teams gather
- Balance metrics: Include quality metrics alongside velocity