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Storygenie Learning Guide: Tips & Tricks

Tips and best practices for generating Epics and User Stories with Storygenie.

Welcome to Storygenie, your new ally in converting project ideas into structured agile components. Here, we've gathered useful tips and tricks to help you navigate this application efficiently.

Generation Panel

This is where you provide the inputs and set the parameters for the AI.

Generate Dropdown Options

  • Epics and User StoriesFor a full project breakdown.
  • Multiple EpicsWhen you want to generate more than one high-level feature or functionality.
  • Single EpicIf you want to elaborate on a single high-level feature or functionality.
  • Multiple User StoriesTo break down a particular epic into various actionable tasks.
  • Single User StoryWhen you want to generate one user story from a detailed requirement.

Prompt History Section

Keeps a record of all your previous prompts, which you can copy and refine for additional prompts as needed.

Prompt Input Section

Be as specific as possible for more precise results.

Example: "Develop an asset management system for a physical infrastructure provider for telecommunication services."

Prompt Enhancer

Uses ChatGPT to further elaborate your initial prompt when generating multiple epics and/or user stories.

Prompt Generate Button

Click to create the epics and/or user stories.

Results Pane

This is where you'll see the epics and user stories generated by Storygenie.

IMPORTANT: Enable the Story Issue Type

  1. Project Settings → Issue Types
  2. Ensure Story is listed
  3. If missing, Add Issue Type → Story

Editing & Publishing

  1. Assign or reassign stories to epics
  2. Delete epics and user stories
  3. Inline edit the summary field
  4. Edit descriptions in a modal
  5. Use Storygenie Unleashed to generate more stories under an epic
  6. Publish directly to Jira
  7. Clear all to reset the workspace

IMPORTANT: Updates to our App

If you experience any issues with the app, verify you’re on the latest version:

  1. Apps → Manage Apps in Jira
  2. Locate Storygenie
  3. Confirm version is 7.0.0
  4. Click Update if needed

Pro Tips

Keep these quick wins in mind while you plan.

Pro Tip #1: Data Privacy First

Never input personal or customer data into Storygenie; use fictional personas instead.

Pro Tip #2: Optimal Epic & Story Generation

Generate a single epic with Prompt Enhancer, then reuse that epic description to generate multiple stories and assign them back.

Pro Tip #3: Overcoming Prompter's Block

Use Multiple User Stories with a broad prompt plus Enhance Prompt for brainstorming variations.

Pro Tip #4: Agile Adjustments

Update the epic and run Storygenie Unleashed to refresh stories.

Pro Tip #5: Optimize Your Workspace

Collapse the Jira project menu for a wider results pane.