How is Vantage different from ChatGPT or Claude?

ChatGPT and Claude are great for one-off generation. Vantage is a full workspace. It connects your tools, tracks dependencies across projects, catches conflicts between products, and surfaces what needs your attention every morning. It also remembers every past decision, so a new PM can query across all projects and get cited answers in seconds.

Do I have to switch away from Notion or Linear?

No. You keep all your tools. Vantage connects to them and builds intelligence on top. When you're ready, you can push tickets to Linear or Jira. But the value starts before you create anything — just by connecting your tools and seeing what the intelligence layer surfaces.

What happens on day one?

You connect your tools — GitHub, Linear, Slack — 2 minutes each. Vantage indexes your existing data overnight. By the next morning, you see your first decision queue: what's stale, what conflicts, what changed. No manual setup. No templates to fill out.

What if I only manage one project?

Vantage works for single projects, but it shines when you manage 3–5 or more. Conflict detection, cross-project memory, and the decision queue are most valuable when you have multiple projects that need to stay in sync. If you manage one project, start with the free tier and see if the cited query engine alone saves you time.

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How does Vantage keep documents and tickets up to date?

When context shifts, you add the new information and Vantage rebuilds every connected deliverable. Documents, prototypes, and tickets all update. You review the changes, accept or reject each one, and approve. Nothing updates silently, and every change is traceable.

How do I get started?

Sign up free at app.vantageos.tech. Connect your tools, and generate your first grounded document within minutes. No credit card required. Upgrade when you need more projects or features.

Is GitHub Projects as good as Jira or Linear?

GitHub Projects is best for engineering-heavy teams where all work lives in GitHub. It lacks the product-specific features of Jira (roadmaps, strategic hierarchy) and Linear (cycle management, triage). For PMs who need rich product workflows, GitHub Projects complements a product tool rather than replacing it.

Can non-GitHub users view a GitHub Project?

Yes. Public GitHub Projects are viewable without a GitHub account. Private projects require a GitHub account with repository access. Set a project to public in Project Settings > Danger Zone.

Is Vantage free to try?

Yes. Vantage offers a free tier with 1 project and 5 AI queries per month.

How-To2026-08-239 min read

How to Set Up an Agile Board in GitHub Projects

GitHub Projects v2 is a powerful project management tool built directly into GitHub. For teams where engineering work already lives in GitHub Issues and Pull Requests, using GitHub Projects as the agile board eliminates the gap between PM planning and daily engineering work.

This guide covers configuring GitHub Projects as a fully functional agile board with sprint planning, prioritization, and workflow automation.

Step-by-step guide

Create a new project from your organization

Navigate to your GitHub organization page and click the Projects tab. Click New Project and select the Table template. Name the project after your team or product area. The table view becomes your backlog; you will add a Board view for the sprint separately.

Add custom fields for agile workflow

In the project settings, click the + button next to the default fields to add: Priority (single select: P0, P1, P2, P3), Sprint (iteration field — set 2-week cycles), Estimate (number), and Type (single select: Feature, Bug, Tech Debt, Chore). The Iteration field automatically generates sprint cycles with start and end dates.

Add a Board view grouped by Status

Click the + next to your existing views and select Board. Group by Status. Rename columns to match your workflow: Backlog, Sprint Ready, In Progress, In Review, Done. Drag and drop items between columns to update status without opening individual issues.

Create a Sprint view using iteration filter

Create another Table view called Sprint Current. Add a filter: Sprint = current iteration. This view shows only the current sprint issues. Share this URL with the team as the daily standup reference. Update the filter each sprint start.

Enable workflow automations

In Project Settings > Workflows, enable the built-in automations: Auto-add items when an issue is created in linked repos, Auto-move items to Done when a pull request is merged, and Auto-archive Done items after 7 days. These keep the board current without manual updates.

Add repositories to the project scope

In Project Settings > Linked Repositories, add every repo whose issues should appear in this project. Issues and PRs from linked repos are searchable and addable to the project. This lets you aggregate work from a frontend repo, backend repo, and shared libraries into one board.

Set up Insights for velocity tracking

Click the bar chart icon (Insights) in the top right. Configure a Historical chart tracking items completed per sprint. Set the group-by to Sprint and the measure to Count of items. This gives you a velocity chart showing sprint-over-sprint throughput for capacity planning.

Common mistakes

Confusing Draft Issues with real Issues

Draft Issues can be added to a project without being linked to a repository. These cannot be assigned, labeled, or tracked in code. Avoid Draft Issues unless you intentionally want planning items disconnected from code work.

Not using Iteration fields for sprints

Teams often add a Sprint field as text or single select. Use the Iteration type instead: it creates time-boxed periods with start/end dates, enables velocity charts in Insights, and lets you filter by current/past/upcoming iterations natively.

Missing the PR-to-issue link

Pull requests do not automatically link to project items unless engineers use the Closes #issue syntax in the PR body. Add this to your PR template as a required field so the board reflects actual development progress.

Tips

Use the GitHub Projects keyboard shortcut T to quickly add new items from the board view

Set the project to public visibility so external stakeholders can view progress without GitHub accounts

Use the Roadmap view in GitHub Projects to show epics on a timeline alongside sprint work

Pin your GitHub Project in the repository sidebar for quick access by the engineering team

How Vantage helps

Vantage connects to GitHub to query your codebase and open issues as context for PRD generation. When a requirement references an existing GitHub Issue or PR, Vantage surfaces that context automatically. This closes the loop between product specs in Vantage and engineering work tracked in GitHub Projects.