MoodBoard: Team Sentiment Tracker for Jira

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  This is the interface that the user sees when they come first over here.

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  From here, user can select their mood from the dropdown and submit it.

Inspiration

In the daily grind of Agile sprints and Jira tickets, teams often forget to check in on how they’re feeling. While task tracking is well-established, emotional health tracking is not. We were inspired to bridge this gap by building a tool that encourages emotional transparency and helps identify team burnout patterns — all within the Jira ecosystem.

What it does

MoodBoard allows team members to quickly log their daily mood (Happy, Okay, Meh, Sad, or Stressed) using a simple emoji selector. These moods are stored per project and visualized on a line graph showing emotional trends over time. Project managers and team leads can view mood analytics to gauge overall team well-being and spot burnout early — without leaving Jira.

How we built it

• Platform: Atlassian Forge
• Frontend: React + Forge UI
• Backend: Forge Functions (@forge/api)
• Data Storage: Forge Storage API (project-scoped)
• Charting: Chart.js for mood trend visualization

We used Forge’s full-page Jira module to create a seamless in-app experience.

Challenges we ran into

• Rendering dynamic charts inside Forge’s restricted iframe layout
• Handling chart lifecycle and state resets between mood submissions
• Managing and aggregating mood data across dates in a key-value store
• Debugging visibility issues when deploying on specific Jira sites

Accomplishments that we're proud of

• Seamlessly integrated a mood-tracking app into Jira
• Built a clean, interactive UI using Forge’s limited component set
• Successfully visualized mood data over time to highlight team sentiment
• Kept the experience lightweight, intuitive, and secure

What we learned

• Building with Atlassian Forge, including permissions, storage, and deployment
• Managing UI reactivity in restricted environments like Forge iframes
• Designing for empathy and inclusion in team-based tools
• The importance of emotional check-ins in improving team morale

What's next for MoodBoard: Team Sentiment Tracker for Jira

• Role-based mood visibility (e.g., anonymous for team leads)
• Weekly or sprint-level sentiment summaries
• Integration with Jira issues for mood-based tagging or alerts
• Export to CSV for HR or management teams
• Notifications or reminders for daily check-ins

MoodBoard is just the start — we believe team health should be as trackable as team velocity.

Built With

• atlassian
• chart.js
• forge
• forgeapi
• forgeui