Ticket scoping

Scope the idea
before you build it

Ticket Scoping turns a fuzzy piece of user feedback into a framed, validated request before a single line of code is written. One click spawns a Product Manager AI agent that reads your codebase, understands your real product, and builds a mockup that shows the change in context.

The mockup looks like the user's own product, not a generic wireframe. It comes back to you first for review, and a two-way conversation on the same ticket lets you clarify the need until it is crystal clear.

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Idea scoping

Scoping

Feedback

“Add a button somewhere on the profile screen”

Scope this idea

PM agent

Your product, mocked

New button

PM: Does this match what you had in mind?

1Read the codebase

2Build the mockup

3Publish for review

Fuzzy feedback goes in, a product-faithful mockup and a clarifying question come out. Scoping frames the ticket before an agent ever builds it.

User feedback is rarely crisp. "Add a button somewhere", "make this simpler", "there is something missing on the profile screen". You can build fast and ship the wrong thing, or start a slow email thread to clarify. Both are expensive, and both happen away from the ticket you are actually tracking.

Ticket Scoping adds a framing step on top of every feedback ticket. Click "Scope this idea" and AgentsRoom spawns a temporary Product Manager agent. It explores your project's codebase to understand the real product the request touches, then produces a self-contained HTML mockup that faithfully reproduces that product with the requested change applied in context. It is a proof of concept the reporter instantly recognizes as their own app or website.

Scoping is a validation step, not a commitment to build. It never moves the ticket to in progress, never fires a work-started notification, never writes files and never commits. You get the mockup link back for review, you decide whether to send it to the person who reported the idea, and you keep clarifying through a two-way conversation on the same ticket.

What ticket scoping gives you

Frame before you build. A Product Manager agent turns a vague feature request into a concrete, validated need, so an execution agent starts from clarity instead of guesswork.

A mockup faithful to your product. The agent reads your codebase and reproduces your real UI, colors, typography and layout, with the requested change in context. Not a generic template, your actual product.

A two-way conversation on the ticket. Comment on the backlog and the reporter answers from their in-app chat. One thread, one source of truth, no forgotten email.

No premature signal. Scoping never starts the task and never notifies the reporter that work began. You validate the idea first, then decide.

Your product, not a generic wireframe

The difference between a stock mockup and one that reads like the user's own app. Scoping builds the second one.

What you skip

A generic wireframe with grey boxes tells the reporter nothing. It does not look like their product, so they cannot confirm the change is what they meant.

What scoping builds

The agent reproduces the real product, on the correct surface, with the requested element added in context. The reporter recognizes their own app or website and validates in one glance.

Because the mockup comes from your real codebase, it looks like your real product. That is what makes validation instant.

How ticket scoping works

From a fuzzy suggestion to a framed, validated ticket your team can build with confidence.

A feedback ticket lands

A user, teammate or client drops a suggestion in the backlog, typically through your public remote backlog. It arrives as a feedback ticket, often fuzzy.

Click Scope this idea

Open the ticket and click the Scope this idea button. It only appears on feedback tickets and carries the Product Manager avatar, so you know exactly which agent it spawns.

The PM agent reads your codebase

A temporary Product Manager agent explores the project to understand the real product it targets: the surface, the visual identity and the exact screen the suggestion touches.

It builds a faithful mockup

The agent produces a single self-contained HTML mockup, CSS and JS inlined, that reproduces your product with the requested change applied in context. A static visual proof of concept, not a working feature.

You review the mockup link

The mockup is published and a preview link comes back to you first. By default it is not sent to the reporter. You open it, confirm it is right, or refine it.

Validate and clarify on the ticket

Share the mockup with the reporter when you are ready, and keep clarifying through the ticket comments. Once the idea is validated, the same clean ticket is ready for an execution agent.

A two-way conversation on one ticket

Clarify the need where the person already is, not in a forgotten inbox. The ticket thread is the single source of truth.

You, on the backlog

Should the button open the editor, or go straight to settings?

Reporter, in-app chat

Straight to settings, that is where people look for it.

You comment on the backlog ticket and the message lands in the reporter's in-app feedback chat. They answer from their side and it comes back as a comment on the same ticket. Read and written from both sides, no duplication.

Build blind, or scope first

The two ways to handle a fuzzy feature request. The second one ships the right thing.

Without scoping

: You read a vague suggestion and build what you think it means.
: The feature ships, and it is not quite what the person wanted.
: You open an email thread to clarify, slow and disconnected from the ticket.
: Rework piles up after delivery, when it is most expensive to fix.

With ticket scoping

: A Product Manager agent frames the request and builds a mockup of your product.
: The reporter validates it in one glance, because it looks like their app.
: You clarify in a two-way conversation on the same ticket, in context.
: The execution agent starts from a clear, validated need. Less rework.

Scope before you build, and the whole team ships the right thing the first time.

How scoping behaves

Never starts the task

Scoping is a validation step. It does not move the ticket to in progress, does not send a work-started notification, does not write files and does not commit. You are framing the idea, not committing to build it.

Provider-agnostic

The Product Manager scoping agent runs on the provider you choose. It works the same with Claude, Codex and Antigravity, on your own machine, against your own codebase.

One ticket, end to end

The feedback, the mockup and the conversation all live on the same ticket, and it is the same ticket an agent executes later. Scoping bridges a vague suggestion and exactly the right build.

FAQ

What is ticket scoping in AgentsRoom?

Ticket scoping is a framing step on feedback tickets. One click spawns a Product Manager AI agent that reads your codebase and builds a mockup faithful to your real product, so you can validate a fuzzy feature request before any code is written. It runs alongside a two-way conversation on the same ticket.

How do I scope a ticket?

Open a feedback ticket and click the Scope this idea button. It appears only on feedback tickets and shows the Product Manager avatar. AgentsRoom then spawns a temporary PM agent, injects a scoping prompt, and opens its terminal so you can watch it work.

What kind of mockup does the scoping agent build?

A single self-contained HTML mockup with all CSS and JS inlined and no external resources. The agent explores your codebase first, so the mockup reproduces your real product on the correct surface, mobile app, website, desktop app or dashboard, with the requested change applied in context. It is a static visual proof of concept, not a working feature.

Does scoping start the task or notify the person who reported the idea?

No. Scoping is deliberately a validation step. It never moves the ticket to in progress and never sends a work-started notification. The mockup link comes back to you first. It is only delivered to the reporter's in-app chat if you explicitly choose to share it.

Is the mockup sent to the client automatically?

No. By default the mockup preview link is returned to you, the backlog owner, for review. You open it, decide whether it is right, and only then choose to share it with the reporter. Nothing goes out without your review.

How does the two-way conversation work?

The ticket comment thread is a shared channel. You comment on the backlog ticket and the message arrives in the reporter's in-app feedback chat. Their reply comes back as a comment on the same ticket. One thread, read and written from both sides, no forgotten email.

Why scope a ticket instead of just building it?

Because fuzzy feedback leads to features that miss the mark and expensive rework after delivery. Scoping frames the request and validates it with a mockup up front, so the execution agent starts from a clear, validated need instead of an ambiguous sentence.

Which agent role does scoping use?

A Product Manager agent. The button carries the PM avatar so you always know which agent it instantiates. The agent is temporary and scoped to that ticket, and it is not linked as the ticket's execution agent.

Does ticket scoping work with the public remote backlog?

Yes, that is its natural home. Feedback arrives through the public backlog, scoping lives on the same ticket, and the same ticket is later executed by an agent. Scoping is the bridge between feedback-driven collection and the build.

Does scoping work with Claude, Codex and Antigravity?

Yes. The scoping agent is provider-agnostic and behaves the same across Claude, Codex, Antigravity and other agent CLIs. It runs locally against your own project.