The Readiness Checker Agent - The Teammate You Didn’t Know You Needed 💡

[Blerine Muliqi]

I recently tried the Readiness Checker Agent, and honestly I was impressed.

In a world where we’re juggling epics, sprint goals, dependencies, and five different Slack threads, having something that actually checks if we’re truly ready before moving forward feels almost revolutionary and very Atlassian.

Why This Matters

As someone working closely with backlog grooming, sprint planning, and roadmap alignment, I’ve seen how much time gets lost because something wasn’t fully ready.

Not unclear.
Not wrong.
Just not ready.

This agent helps reduce:

• Scope confusion
• Mid-sprint surprises
• Hidden blockers
• Endless clarification loops

And that directly translates into healthier sprints and happier teams.

Let’s Be Honest About Multi-Project Configuration

Now, configuring the readiness checker automation across multiple projects?

Not the easiest thing in the world. Setting it up required thought, alignment, and a bit of iteration.
But here’s the fun part: things in product development are never perfectly clean. If they were, we wouldn’t need retrospectives. Or backlog grooming. Or coffee.😬

It wasn’t effortless but it was absolutely doable. And once configured properly, the visibility and consistency it brings are worth it.

Very agile. Very Atlassian.

The Bigger Picture

Atlassian’s direction is about AI teammates that enhance human collaboration and this feels like a strong step forward.

Curious to hear from others:

• Have you tried the Readiness Checker Agent yet?
• Did it change how you prepare issues or plan sprints?

The Atlassian ecosystem keeps evolving and honestly, it’s exciting to see tools that focus not just on speed but on smart readiness.🤩

[Denis Paul]

I'd love to use an agent like this but my experience is that AI tends to asks too many questions and tickets are never "ready enough" (to phrase it a bit exagerrated). I saw this last at RovoCon Berlin last week when we tried to build such an agent.

Is the Readiness Checker Agent only pointing out neccessary things or is it nitpicking?

Before I try it out once again, I'd love to hear your opinion @Blerine Muliqi 

[Blerine Muliqi]

That’s a very fair concern, I’ve seen that happen too. AI can sometimes feel like that over-enthusiastic teammate with a checklist where suddenly nothing is ever “ready enough.” 😅

From my experience, the Readiness Checker Agent isn’t inherently nitpicky, it reflects how you configure it. The key is keeping readiness focused on reducing real risk, not eliminating all uncertainty. If we try to remove every unknown, no ticket will ever move forward.