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Preparing sprint retrospectives

Embedding live GitHub data in your sprint retrospective pages means your team can review what actually happened during the sprint - PRs, issues, security alerts, commits, and more - without leaving Confluence.

Pull Request information

Paste a link to any pull request to show its state, title, author, labels, and created date:

https://github.com/{owner}/{repo}/pull/{number}
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Pull Requests list

Paste the pulls URL to show all PRs with a Load more button for pagination. Use URL Parameters in the macro config to narrow the list - for example, to show only closed PRs from the sprint period:

state=closed&sort=updated&direction=desc
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Issues list

Paste the issues URL to show all open issues with pagination:

https://github.com/{owner}/{repo}/issues
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Use the URL Parameters field to filter. Supported parameters:

Parameter

Description

milestone

Filter by milestone number, * (any), or none (unassigned)

assignee

Filter by username; none for unassigned, * for any

labels

Comma-separated label names

sort

created (default), updated, or comments

direction

desc (default) or asc

since

Only show items updated after this ISO 8601 timestamp

Milestone information

Show sprint milestone progress - percentage complete and open/closed issue counts:

https://github.com/{owner}/{repo}/milestone/{number}
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Commits - what was shipped 

https://github.com/{owner}/{repo}/commits/{branch}
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Compare - sprint summary diff

Show exactly what changed between the sprint start and end, with files changed and +/- stats:

https://github.com/{owner}/{repo}/compare/{start-tag}...{end-tag}
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This is particularly effective when your team tags commits at the start and end of each sprint.

Discussions

If your team uses GitHub Discussions for async retro input, embed a discussion list or specific discussion:

https://github.com/{owner}/{repo}/discussions
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Discussions require the Discussions (read) GitHub App permission. See Working with Discussions for setup.

Security alerts

Reference open security vulnerabilities alongside delivery data to give the team a complete picture of sprint health. See Working with Security alerts for details and permission requirements.

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Live reporting macros

For a data-driven retrospective, add the reporting macros directly to your retro page:

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