Inspiration
The idea for Out of Office for Jira Cloud came from a common problem I observed in many teams: when someone is on leave, issues continue to be assigned to them, causing delays and confusion. Manual handovers are easy to forget, especially for short or recurring absences. I wanted to build a simple, automated way to ensure work keeps moving while clearly communicating availability to the team.
What it does
I built this app using Atlassian Forge, leveraging Custom UI for a flexible and user-friendly configuration experience. Forge Storage is used to persist Out-of-Office rules, periods, and configuration data securely within Atlassian’s infrastructure.
The app supports:
- One-time rules for specific leave periods
- Recurring rules for repeated schedules
- Automatic issue reassignment to a coverer
- Automatic Out-of-Office comments added to issues
What we learned
Building this project helped me gain hands-on experience with:
- Structuring data effectively with Forge Storage
- Building intuitive configuration screens with Custom UI
- Handling edge cases such as overlapping rules
Built With
- forge
- forgesql
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