Problem#

We are building a tool for small software teams.

The main problem is simple:

People do work before the work becomes visible.

A developer may spend hours researching, planning, testing ideas, talking with an AI agent, or changing local files. The rest of the team often sees none of this until the developer pushes code, opens a pull request, or explains it in a meeting.

This creates blind spots.

The Pain#

There are three developers.

Each developer works on their own computer.

Each developer may use AI coding agents like Codex, Claude Code, Cursor, Gemini, or other tools.

During the day, each person may be:

• researching a problem
• planning a feature
• trying an idea
• fixing a bug
• talking with an AI agent
• changing files locally
• preparing commits
• getting blocked
• finishing small tasks

But the team lead cannot easily see this work.

The company also cannot easily understand what the engineering team did this week, what they are doing now, and what they plan to do next week.

Why This Hurts#

When work is hidden until a commit or pull request:

• two people may work on the same thing by accident
• blockers are found too late
• plans live inside private chats or local notes
• important research is lost
• weekly updates take too much time to write
• managers have to ask people for status again and again
• developers have to stop working to explain what they are doing

The problem is not that developers are lazy or hiding work.

The problem is that the tools do not make early work easy to share.

Users#

Developer#

The developer writes code and uses AI tools.

They need low-friction logging, duplicate-work warnings, visibility into teammate work, and control over what gets shared.

They do not want surveillance or another status chore.

Team Lead#

The team lead needs to know what is happening before code is pushed.

They need to see:

• who is working on what
• what is planned
• what is active
• what is blocked
• what was finished
• what changed this week

They do not want to spy on people.

They want a clear team picture.

Company#

The company does not need every detail.

The company needs a simple story:

• what engineering did
• why it mattered
• what is coming next
• what risks or blockers exist

What We Want#

We want a shared work log for developers and AI agents.

The log should show work as it happens, not only after commits.

The log should be easy to read, inspect, correct, and export.

The source of truth should be structured data, not loose Markdown files.

Markdown can still be useful for human-readable reports, weekly summaries, and documentation.

What The Tool Could Track#

• current task
• planned tasks
• completed tasks
• blockers
• decisions
• research notes
• AI agent session summaries
• local branch name
• commits
• pull requests
• weekly summaries
• session duration
• usage events
• duplicate-work warnings

What This Is Not#

This is not employee surveillance.

This is not a tool to count keystrokes.

This is not a tool to shame people.

This is not just another Jira board.

This is not only a GitHub commit report.

Simple Product Sentence#

Co-Vibe helps small engineering teams see what developers and AI agents are working on before the work becomes a commit.