Asking Andy about usage

Andy can answer questions about MeetAndy itself: how many tasks the team has shipped this week, which Spaces are most active, what people have been asking for. Ask in plain English from any Slack channel where Andy is a member and Andy replies in the thread.

Most answers come back as a sentence with the number. When a chart makes the answer clearer (a trend over time, a ranking), Andy also posts a chart image in the same thread.

What you can ask

Andy currently knows about tasks, the work items your team has handed off via Slack or the web app. Examples of questions it can answer:

@MeetAndy how many tasks did we ship last week?

@MeetAndy show me a chart of tasks per day for the last 30 days

@MeetAndy which Spaces have created the most tasks this month?

@MeetAndy list the tasks created in this Space yesterday, group them by topic

You don't have to phrase things a special way. Andy figures out whether you want a single number, a list of rows, or a trend, and picks the right query under the hood.

Scope: whose data Andy looks at

Andy picks a scope based on what you ask and who you are:

• This Space: the default. Andy answers using tasks from the Space the current channel belongs to. (For example, asking "how many tasks this week?" in a channel attached to Acme Product only counts that Space's tasks.)
• My Spaces: when you ask about "my Spaces" or "everywhere I work," Andy combines all Spaces you're a member of.
• The whole company: only company admins can pull company-wide numbers. If you're not an admin and ask for "the whole company," Andy will fall back to the Spaces you can see.

If Andy can't tell which scope you wanted, it asks.

Reading the chart

When Andy posts a chart, the PNG appears as an attached image under the answer. It uses MeetAndy's brand colors so it's easy to spot in a busy thread. The chart axes are labeled in the same language Andy is replying in, including Traditional Chinese for zh-TW workspaces.

The same chart also renders inline on the task details page in the web app, in case you want to share a link instead of the image.

What Andy doesn't know yet

The catalog grows over time. Today Andy answers questions about tasks (counts and individual rows). Asking about PRs merged, lines of code changed, Slack thread activity, or Jira ticket throughput will get a "I can't answer that yet" response. Those numbers live in GitHub / Jira and Andy will look there in a future release.

Tips

• Be specific about the period. "Last week" works, but "Apr 28 to May 4" is unambiguous.
• Ask for a chart explicitly if you want one. "Plot," "chart," "trend," "by day" all reliably get you a chart.
• Group by what you care about. Andy can group tasks by Space, by user, by day, or by week. "Top users by task count this month" is a normal thing to ask.