# Stories Overview Stories are the standard unit of work in Shortcut where collaboration and documentation begins, with three types - Features, Bugs, and Chores. ## Overview Stories are the standard unit of work in Shortcut, and are where collaboration and documentation begin. Stories can have a set of metadata that makes them unique. You can assign Owners to a Story; add Followers, so they may be notified of the Story's progress; add attachments (from images to executables), Labels, and more. For response-time commitments on high-priority Stories, see [SLA Alerts](). Each Story has a Comments section for open collaboration. Comments in Stories support markdown and file attachments (Comments' attachments are separate from the Story's attachments). ## Story Types There are 3 types of stories in Shortcut: **Features**, **Bugs**, and **Chores**. * **Features** are enhancements to the product * **Bugs** are issues that disrupt the usability of the product * **Chores** are any work that has to be completed but does not quite fall within the aforementioned types You can access the Stories page by selecting **Stories** in the Shortcut sidebar menu. ## Subtasks Subtasks provide a way to break down larger Stories into smaller, more manageable pieces of work. Each Subtask can have its own owner, state, and tracking, while remaining connected to its parent Story. For detailed information about creating and managing Sub-tasks, see [Sub-tasks](/help/stories/sub-tasks). ## Story Functions ### Editing Stories **Bulk Editing** You can start the process of bulk editing Stories in **2** ways: **1.** Go to the Stories Page and hover over the Story card you want to edit and click on the checkbox that appears in the upper right corner. Select as many Stories as you want, individually or select an entire column. An _**Edit # Stories**_ button will appear in the upper left corner (next to the Shortcut icon): ![](/help/assets/2025-11-05%2014.19.12.gif) **OR** **2.** Navigate to a specific entity in Shortcut - an Epic, Label, Iteration, or Project (if applicable) - and select Stories from the Table view. For example, if you wish to bulk edit all of the Stories with a particular Label, you'd navigate to that Label's page, and select multiple (or all) Stories via the check box in the left-hand corner of the table. Regardless of which section you're in, the Stories table view is the same across Shortcut. A maximum of 500 Stories can be bulk edited at a time. Updating a large number of Stories at once may take some time. ### Duplicating Stories If you want to copy the information in an existing Story into a new Story, click on the **Story Actions** menu (found in the ellipsis menu in the upper right of the Story dialogue) and then select **Duplicate Story**. A new Story draft will open with copied fields and Tasks, but not files or comments. You can make edits as needed and then press **Save Story**. ### Converting Story to Epic If you would like to convert the Story to an Epic, click on the **Story Actions** menu (found in the ellipsis menu in the upper right of the Story dialogue) and then select **Convert Story to Epic**. Once confirmed, the Story will be Archived and you will be redirected to the new Epic. * Any Sub-tasks or Checklist items associated with the Story Card will become Stories in the Epic created. * Metadata transfer: * The Workflow and Team on the Story become the Workflow and Team on the Stories converted from Tasks. * The Team on the Story becomes the Team on the Epic. * The Story Owner becomes the Epic Owner. * Story Labels become Epic Labels. * Followers on Story become followers on the Epic. * Comments from Story will not transfer to Epic * The User who converts the Story to an Epic becomes the Epic Requestor. * Epic Requestor also becomes the Requestor for the Stories created ## Story Identification & Lifecycle ### Story IDs and URLs You can send URLs to specific Stories by grabbing the permanent link in the upper right-hand corner of the Story Dialog, or by copying and pasting the URL from the address bar of your browser. In addition to URLs, the Story Dialog also supports linking to individual stories using `sc-XXXXX` or `#XXXXX`. ### Archiving & Deleting Stories We recommend archiving when work can serve as a useful reference, but won't be picked up as if it were in the [Backlog](/help/views/backlog-overview). Archived Stories will be excluded from all Reports and charts, as well as from the Stories page. To archive a Story, click on the ellipsis icon in the upper right-hand corner of the Story card and select Archive Story. You can then delete it if you wish. Archived Stories can still be accessed using their individual permalink or by searching in the Search Stories input field (i.e. `is:archived`).