How Vindex works
Vindex reads the stories your team already writes, scores how ready each one is, and sends that score back into your project management tool — without changing how anyone works. Here is the whole thing, in plain language.
Vindex Knowledge Center · 3 min read · July 2026
One simple pipeline
Teams lose sprint time to stories that look ready but aren't — vague scope, missing acceptance criteria, work too big to estimate. Vindex catches those before planning locks them in.
It works in four steps, and none of them ask your team to change how they work. Here is the whole thing at a glance.
From your backlog to a story-health score
Your project management tool
Jira · Azure DevOps · Asana
Where your stories already live.
Vindex Context Engine
Learns your product, standards, and existing stories.
Vindex Scoring Engine
Scores how ready each story is, using AI.
Vindex Publishing Engine
Sends the score back to your board, securely.
Closed loop: the score lands right next to the work in your tool — so your team reads it where they already plan.
The four parts
Each part has one job. Together they form a loop — your stories go out, and a clear read on how ready they are comes back.
Where your work lives
Your project management tool
Jira, Azure DevOps, Asana — the tools your team already plans in. Vindex meets your work where it is, so there is nothing new to open and nothing new to learn.
Vindex Safe Harbor
Removes sensitve data from your stories
Vindex removes sensitive data from your stories before scoring, so your team can keep working without worrying about privacy.
Vindex Context Engine
Learns how your team works
Reads your product, your standards, and the stories already in your backlog — so every score reflects how your team actually works, not a generic template.
Vindex Scoring Engine
Scores how ready each story is
Combines that context with AI to give every story a clear, explainable story-health score — so whether work is ready becomes something you can see, not something you argue about.
Vindex Publishing Engine
Sends the score back to your board
Delivers each score securely into your project management tool, right next to the work — so the team reads it where they already plan.
Fits your workflow, keeps your data in place
Because Vindex plugs into the tools your team already uses, there is nothing new to adopt. Scores show up right where the work lives, and your stories never have to leave the systems you already trust.
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Product update
Vindex is now on the Atlassian Marketplace
See how the same pipeline shows up inside Jira, scoring issues without pulling your team off the board.
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Score a sample backlog
Upload a CSV of stories and watch Vindex flag vague scope, missing criteria, and oversized work.
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Bring your own stories and watch Vindex turn them into a clear read on what is ready — no account required.
Score a sample backlog