How to Build a Sprint Overview Issue Panel in Jira Using AI (Video Use Case)

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For many project managers, juggling daily coordination and sprint tracking in Jira means constantly switching between boards, reports, and issues. This back-and-forth can slow down decision-making and make it difficult to maintain a clear picture of team progress.

That’s exactly the challenge we set out to solve with AI Apps Builder — a Jira app that lets you create custom Forge apps, dashboards, gadgets, and issue panels without writing a single line of code.

What Is AI Apps Builder?

If you’re hearing about AI Apps Builder for the first time, imagine having a virtual teammate—one who happens to be an expert Forge developer. You describe what you need in plain English, and this AI-powered assistant writes the Forge code, constructs the app, and helps you deploy it directly to your Jira site.

Here’s how it works:

1. Understands your request. You explain what your app should do and how users will interact with it.

2. Shapes the solution. The system decides what data to use, which Forge modules to include, and which UI elements make the most sense.

3. Builds the app. AI generates complete Forge code — powered by an LLM (via Anthropic Connect) trained on Atlassian’s public Forge documentation.

4. Delivers it into Jira. Once ready, the app is deployed to your Jira Cloud site so you can start using it immediately.

What’s special about AI Apps Builder is its agent-style ReAct loop — plan → act → review → refine — meaning it keeps improving the app until it meets your requirements. This process ensures that your app is usable and functional right from the first prompt, without any manual coding.

How the Agent Flow Works

• Reason: The AI analyzes your prompt to understand the requested functionality, UI, and expected behavior.

• Act: AI generates the Forge app, including the structure, UI components, business logic, and permissions.

• Review: The AI checks the output against your prompt, applies changes, and refines the app until it’s ready to use.

This loop continues seamlessly within a single solution session — giving you a working app in just a few iterations.

💡 Test it yourself - try the live demo.

The Challenge: Efficient Sprint Tracking Without Switching Views

One of the most common tasks for project managers is tracking team progress. They need a faster way to see sprint performance — issues completed, deadlines approaching, and overdue work — all in one place, without leaving the issue view.

Typically, a manager starts by opening their own Jira task to log operational work time. From this workflow, the idea arose: what if we had an issue panel that provides a real-time sprint overview directly inside a Jira issue?

The Solution: Describe It, and Let AI Build It

Using AI Apps Builder, we simply described the functionality in plain language:

“Create an issue panel for Jira that shows an overview of the current sprint, including:

• A timeline view with total issues in the sprint

• Overall sprint progress

• Issues with overdue due dates (highlighted in red)

• Issues due within the next two days (highlighted in orange)”

The AI interpreted the prompt and generated a ready-to-use Forge app — automatically building the layout, logic, and UI components.

The best part? No manual coding, configuration, or reading through Forge documentation required.

The Result: A Custom Sprint Overview Issue Panel in Minutes

After deployment, we added the newly created panel to the Jira issue. Instantly, we could visualize sprint progress, spot missed deadlines, and identify potential blockers — all without leaving the issue screen.

This setup completely transformed how project managers monitor their sprints:

• Saves time by reducing context switching.

• Improves visibility into sprint health and progress.

• Empowers non-developers to create practical Jira apps tailored to their workflow.

🎥 Watch the video guide: Learn step-by-step how to create your own custom issue panel in Jira using AI Apps Builder.

Why It Matters

With AI Apps Builder, anyone — not just developers — can prototype Jira apps using natural language alone. For project managers, this means turning repetitive, manual tasks into smart, automated experiences.

Instead of waiting for development resources or switching between dashboards, you can now build the exact tools your team needs — faster, simpler, and without touching code.

If you have ideas or questions, book a demo - we’re happy to help.