New flow insights: work in progress

Managing the amount of work in progress is one of the best ways for a team to improve focus and get work done faster.

Flow Insights plots the number of open Pull Requests, Epics, Stories and Tasks on a timeline, helping teams understand how much work they have on their plate at a given time.

Lots of Work in Progress usually correlates with longer cycle time and intermittent progress, which is something you can identify in work log. What correlations can you find?

Other improvements

  • Usability improvements/fixes in personal and Slack settings
  • Improvements and bugfixes to Insights charts and tooltips

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· Oct 30, 2026

Do more with GitLab in Swarmia

Swarmia’s GitLab integration is now generally available, with support for both GitLab Cloud and GitLab Server. If your teams use both GitHub and GitLab, you’ll see work from both platforms in the same views. With GitLab connected, you can: - Understand delivery and AI impact. Track cycle time,…
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· Oct 19, 2026

Take action in Swarmia from the MCP

We recently introduced actions in Swarmia AI , making it easier to turn insights into concrete next steps. Now, you can take those same actions from the MCP, too. Swarmia’s MCP server already lets you explore and analyze your engineering data using your preferred AI tools. With this update, you can…
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