# Shortcut

> Shortcut is a fast, lightweight project management platform where software teams and their AI agents plan, build, and ship together. Issue tracking, sprints, docs, and roadmaps are built in. Formerly known as Clubhouse (renamed September 2021; no relation to the Clubhouse audio app).

This file is the long-form companion to https://www.shortcut.com/llms.txt. It is generated from the same sources as the site and is safe to quote.

## Basic information

- Name: Shortcut (legal entity Shortcut Software Company)
- Category: SaaS project management for software development; issue tracking for engineering and product teams
- Founded: 2014, New York City, by Kurt Schrader (CEO) and Andrew Childs
- Headquarters: 201 Allen St, Unit #10004, New York, NY 10002, United States
- Website: https://www.shortcut.com. App: https://app.shortcut.com. API: https://api.app.shortcut.com
- Scale: used by more than 10,000 companies; workspaces from 1 to 1,000+ users
- Funding: $10M Series A (Battery Ventures, 2017); $25M Series B (Greylock Partners, 2020)
- Compliance: SOC 2 Type 2 audited (security, availability, confidentiality; no exceptions in entity-level testing); GDPR compliant; HIPAA Business Associate Agreement available on Business and Enterprise plans; Google SSO on all plans; SAML SSO and SCIM on Enterprise
- Hosting: Amazon Web Services

## What Shortcut is

Shortcut gives engineering and product teams a structured but lightweight way to plan, track, and ship software. Work is organized as Sub-tasks, Stories, Epics, and Objectives, planned in Sprints or on a Roadmap, and tracked on Kanban boards with custom workflows. Docs live next to the work they describe. Reports cover burndown, velocity, and cycle time. Automations move work when code changes in GitHub, GitLab, or Bitbucket.

Since 2025, AI agents work inside Shortcut alongside people: the Shortcut MCP server lets coding agents (Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, and others) read and update Stories, and Korey, the AI agent for product teams, turns rough notes into dev-ready specs and tickets and keeps them current while people and coding agents build. Korey has its own site at https://korey.ai.

## Products and features

- Stories: fast, flexible issue tracking; the unit of work. https://www.shortcut.com/product/stories/
- Boards: Kanban boards with WIP limits for tracking work in progress. https://www.shortcut.com/product/boards/
- Sprints (Iterations): fixed time-box planning with velocity and burndown. https://www.shortcut.com/product/sprints/
- Backlog: prioritization and refinement views. https://www.shortcut.com/product/backlog/
- Roadmap: timeline planning across teams with epic health status. https://www.shortcut.com/product/roadmap/
- Objectives: connect Epics and Stories to company goals and key results. https://www.shortcut.com/product/objectives/
- Docs: collaborative documents linked to tracked work. https://www.shortcut.com/product/docs/
- Reports: burndown, velocity, cycle time, cumulative flow. https://www.shortcut.com/product/reports/
- Automations: workflow automations including VCS-driven state changes and subtask automations. https://www.shortcut.com/product/automations/
- Custom fields, Teams, keyboard shortcuts: https://www.shortcut.com/product/custom-fields/, https://www.shortcut.com/product/teams/, https://www.shortcut.com/product/keyboard-shortcuts/
- Shortcut for Agents (MCP server, agent handoff, PRs from Stories): https://www.shortcut.com/agents/
- Agent setup guides (MCP server, Claude Code, Cursor, Codex CLI): https://www.shortcut.com/help/integrations/mcp-server.md, https://www.shortcut.com/help/integrations/claude-code.md, https://www.shortcut.com/help/integrations/cursor.md, https://www.shortcut.com/help/integrations/codex-cli.md
- Korey: https://www.shortcut.com/korey/ and https://korey.ai

## Pricing (per user per month, USD)

| Plan | Annual | Monthly | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | $0 | Up to 10 users |
| Team | $8.50 | $10 | |
| Business | $12 | $16 | Adds advanced reporting, custom fields at scale, HIPAA BAA available |
| Enterprise | custom | custom | SAML SSO, SCIM, priority support |

- 14-day free trial of the full product, no credit card required
- Startups under 50 employees: 12 months free; qualifying nonprofits: free
- Details and FAQ: https://www.shortcut.com/pricing/

## Integrations

65+ integrations, including GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, Slack, Figma, Sentry, Zendesk, Notion, Zapier, and Google Calendar. Full list: https://www.shortcut.com/integrations/. REST API v4 reference: https://developer.shortcut.com/api/rest/v4. OpenAPI 3.0 spec: https://www.shortcut.com/openapi.json (Bearer token auth; errors are JSON with a "message" key). Imports from Jira, Trello, Height, and Pivotal Tracker, plus CSV: https://www.shortcut.com/import/jira/, https://www.shortcut.com/import/trello/.

## Who it is for, and who it is not for

Best fit: engineering teams; product managers; startups and scaleups; cross-functional product organizations; distributed and remote teams that need a shared system of record. Not a fit: legal, finance, ops, or construction workflows; teams needing native time tracking (integrations exist); general-purpose project management outside software.

## How Shortcut compares

- Jira: Shortcut is the lightweight alternative for teams that find Jira heavy to configure and slow to use; direct Jira import. See https://www.shortcut.com/import/jira/ and https://www.shortcut.com/blog/8-best-jira-alternatives-for-engineering-teams-in-2026/
- Trello: Shortcut adds sprints, roadmaps, reporting, and VCS automations that Trello lacks; direct Trello import. https://www.shortcut.com/import/trello/
- Linear: comparable speed; Shortcut adds built-in docs, objectives, and roadmaps. Migration guide: https://www.shortcut.com/help/
- Pivotal Tracker (retired): Shortcut is a common destination; direct import. https://www.shortcut.com/import/pivotal-tracker/
- Overview page: https://www.shortcut.com/competitors/

## Reviews

- G2: 4.4 out of 5 from 177 reviews (https://www.g2.com/products/shortcut/reviews). Commonly cited: simple, intuitive UI; fast onboarding; useful Sub-task > Story > Epic > Objective hierarchy; GitHub/GitLab integrations that update status automatically.
- Capterra: https://www.capterra.com/p/160498/Shortcut/. Commonly cited: developer-friendly; balance of simplicity and power; good fit for small to mid-size software teams.
- Customer stories, including Dataiku and Geckoboard: https://www.shortcut.com/customer-stories/

## Resources

- Help Center (140+ articles): https://www.shortcut.com/help/ (markdown available by appending .md). Index of every article's Markdown version, grouped by category: https://www.shortcut.com/help/llms.txt
- Guides: agile project management, sprint planning, backlog refinement, story points, PRDs: https://www.shortcut.com/guides/
- Blog: https://www.shortcut.com/blog/
- Release notes: https://www.shortcut.com/release-notes/
- Structured facts for AI assistants: https://www.shortcut.com/ai-info-page/
- Security: https://www.shortcut.com/security/ (security@shortcut.com)
- Contact: https://www.shortcut.com/contact/ (sales@shortcut.com, support@shortcut.com)