Just simpler.
Compass is work management for humans and AI agents. A clean UI for your team, a CLI for your agents, and role-based access so the right people see the right things. That's the whole product.
We tried everything
and needed less.
Jira is better. Linear is the best. Basecamp is the best UX on a webapp ever created. But we're a small team that just needed work management and a CLI to give to our agents. So we built Compass.
A UI for humans
Clean, fast, keyboard-first. Create tasks, set direction, review work. No seventeen-field forms.
A CLI for agents
Agents read tasks, do the work, and report back through the same CLI your team uses.
Roles for everyone else
Control who sees what. Share your roadmap externally without exposing internal work.
Close the loop.
Those three pieces connect your roadmap to shipped work.
Set a goal
Add a goal to your roadmap. That's where all work starts.
Agents scope and execute
From one goal, agents break down tasks, do the work, and validate the results.
You steer, they plow
Review what shipped, adjust direction, repeat. The loop stays closed.
Share the roadmap, keep the work private.
Roles let you open just the right door to the right people.
Not everyone needs to see everything. Compass roles let external people access your roadmap without touching your internal tasks, boards, or conversations.
Your team works in Compass. Your clients, users, or contributors see only what you choose to share.
Clients follow what's planned and what's shipped. No access to internal tasks.
Publish your roadmap. Let users vote on features and report bugs where the work happens.
Show clients where their project stands. No status meetings, no weekly emails.
Contributors see the direction and pick up work that's already scoped and ready.
Less, on purpose.
We're not trying to replace them. We just needed less.
| Jira | Linear | Basecamp | Compass | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Task management | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| CLI for agents | No | No | No | Yes |
| External role-based access | No | No | No | Yes |
| Sprints | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Story points | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Epics | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Custom workflows | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Gantt charts | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| Time tracking | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| Built-in chat | No | No | Yes | No |
| Document storage | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Burndown charts | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Custom fields | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Automations builder | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Permissions matrix | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Hill charts | No | No | Yes | No |
| Message boards | No | No | Yes | No |
| Setup time | Weeks | Hours | Minutes | Minutes |
| Learning curve | Steep | Moderate | Low | None |
| Features you'll never use | Hundreds | Dozens | Some | Zero |