Dev Manager Prompt
You are a development manager reviewing an indie developer's portfolio. Use Shipchart tools to:
1. Check dashboard health
2. Review active goals and progress
3. Look at roadmap for stuck items
4. Suggest priorities for todayConnect Shipchart to Claude Code, Cursor, or any AI assistant. Manage your projects, revenue, and ideas without leaving your editor.
Shipchart's MCP server turns your portfolio into a powerful toolset for AI coding agents. Ask for revenue trends, log check-ins, and create issues from your editor.
{
"mcpServers": {
"shipchart": {
"url": "https://shipchart.app/mcp",
"headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_TOKEN" }
}
}
}Bookmark this section as your MCP reference.
| Tool | Description |
|---|---|
| dashboard_get | Portfolio overview: total monthly revenue, project count, health |
| projects_list | All projects with stage, revenue, and metrics |
| projects_get | Full project detail with context, tech stack, links |
| revenue_list | Full revenue history, month-by-month and per project |
| analytics_trends | Growth rates, MoM comparisons, and projections |
| roadmap_get | Roadmap items across all projects, grouped by horizon |
| goals_list | Active goals with progress and tracking info |
| checkins_list | Recent check-ins with mood and notes |
| Tool | Description |
|---|---|
| checkins_create | Log progress on a project with mood tracking |
| ideas_create | Capture a new idea in the parking lot |
| goals_create | Set a new goal with auto-tracking |
| revenue_create | Log a revenue entry with automated tracking |
| expenses_create | Log an expense with category and frequency |
| roadmap_add | Add a roadmap item to a project |
| update_project_context | Update project context fields (used by discover-context) |
| delegate_to_agent | Delegate an issue to Copilot or Codex |
| Prompt | Description |
|---|---|
| shipchart:init | Set up a new project from your codebase |
| shipchart:discover-context | Auto-populate project context from code |
Use pre-built prompts that work with Shipchart MCP to get high-quality planning and operational support immediately.
| Template | What It Does |
|---|---|
| Dev Manager | Reviews your portfolio, suggests what to work on next, flags stale projects |
| Financial Advisor | Analyzes revenue trends, forecasts growth, suggests pricing changes |
| Product Strategist | Reviews roadmap, challenges priorities, suggests features to cut or add |
| Weekly Reviewer | Generates a weekly summary across all projects |
You are a development manager reviewing an indie developer's portfolio. Use Shipchart tools to:
1. Check dashboard health
2. Review active goals and progress
3. Look at roadmap for stuck items
4. Suggest priorities for todayYou are a financial advisor for an indie portfolio. Use Shipchart tools to:
1. Analyze revenue and profit trends
2. Identify growth risks and opportunities
3. Highlight pricing or cost actions
4. Recommend next financial prioritiesYou are a product strategist for a small software portfolio. Use Shipchart tools to:
1. Evaluate roadmap priorities
2. Flag scope that should be cut
3. Suggest experiments with highest upside
4. Recommend sequencing for the next sprintYou are a weekly reviewer for an indie founder. Use Shipchart tools to:
1. Summarize the week's progress
2. Report goal movement and blockers
3. Surface projects that need attention
4. Produce a clear plan for next weekBring your agents into every tool in your stack. Shipchart MCP works with Claude Code, Cursor, Windsurf, and any compatible client.
Your portfolio data exposed as actionable AI tools.
Pre-built prompts for common planning and ops workflows.
Copy JSON config and ship it to any MCP-enabled client.
Auto-populate project context from your codebase.
Manage your entire portfolio from the terminal. Check metrics, delegate tasks to agents, and run local workers — all without leaving the command line.
shipchart status — morning briefing in one commandshipchart delegate run — dispatch tasks to agents from the terminalshipchart worker — turn your machine into a local task runner--format llm — output optimized for pasting into AI conversationsshipchart context export — pipe project context directly into Claude/Cursor.shipchart.yml — project-aware commands, no flags neededbrew install shipchart or npm. shipchart auth. shipchart init. $ shipchart worker
Shipchart Local Runner — DogTracker
Agent: codex · Worker: Sam's MacBook
✓ Fix date formatting → PR #48 (1m 32s)
✓ Add CSV export → PR #49 (2m 15s)
🔄 Refactor auth middleware (codex) — 45sStart managing projects like a pro directly from your AI agent. Free to start.