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Overview

Shortcut is a project management platform for software development teams. Persona’s Shortcut integration lets Workflows find, create, retrieve, and update stories and list Shortcut workflows and their states.

Integration features

The Shortcut integration supports five Workflow actions:

  • List stories: Find stories by archive status, epic, iteration, label, story type, or Workflow state.
  • List workflows: Return workflows and their states.
  • Create story: Create a story with a name, description, and optional Workflow state.
  • Retrieve story: Return one story by its public ID.
  • Update story: Change the name or description of an existing story.

Setting up the Shortcut integration

Prerequisites

To connect Shortcut, you need:

  • A Shortcut account and workspace.
  • A Shortcut API token with read and write permissions.
  • Permission to manage integrations in the Persona Dashboard.

Adding a Shortcut credential

  1. In Shortcut, navigate to Settings > My Account > API Tokens.
  2. Create an API token with read and write permissions, then copy it.
  3. In the Persona Dashboard, navigate to Integrations > Marketplace and select Shortcut.
  4. Click Add Credential and enter a nickname for the credential.
  5. Enter the Shortcut API token, then save the credential.

Using Shortcut in a Workflow

  1. Create a Workflow or open an existing one.
  2. Add an Action Step, then select Integrations.
  3. Select Shortcut and choose your saved credential.
  4. Choose an action and map data into its fields.
  5. Save and publish the Workflow.

Shortcut operations

List stories

Return stories matching one or more optional filters.

Optional fields

  • Archived.
  • Epic ID.
  • Iteration ID.
  • Label name.
  • Story type.
  • Workflow state ID.

List workflows

Return the workflows and states in the connected Shortcut workspace. This action has no required fields.

Create story

Create a story in the connected Shortcut workspace.

Required field

  • Name.

Optional fields

  • Description.
  • Workflow state ID.

Retrieve story

Return one Shortcut story.

Required field

  • Story public ID: The numeric ID shown in the story URL or returned by Create story.

Update story

Update an existing Shortcut story.

Required field

  • Story public ID.

Optional fields

  • Name.
  • Description.

Plans Explained

Shortcut Integration by plan

Startup ProgramEssential PlanGrowth PlanEnterprise Plan
Shortcut IntegrationNot AvailableNot AvailableLimitedAvailable

Learn more about pricing and plans.

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