VDF Cloud — End‑User Guide

Welcome to VDF Cloud. This guide helps you get up and running quickly, without technical jargon. For more about the product, visit VDF Cloud.

Who this is for

• Teams and individuals who want practical help planning work, drafting stories, analyzing docs, and getting insights from connected tools.
• You don’t need any technical setup knowledge to use this guide.

Quick start

1. Create an account and choose a plan (Free, Professional, or Enterprise).
2. Complete onboarding: basic company info → connect Jira (optional) → connect docs (optional) → launch.
3. Open the Agile Team Agent and start in Agent mode, or pick a specific tool from the Tools menu.
4. Connect integrations later from Integrations if you skipped them during onboarding.

Core areas

• Quick Start
• Registration and Onboarding
• Sign‑In
• Chat Interface
• Manual Tools
• Voice Dictation
• Integrations
• Profile Update
• Company Profile
• Company Cockpit (Dashboard)
• Visualizations & Diagrams

What you can do (at a glance)

• Ask VDF AI for help in natural language (Agent mode) or choose a focused tool (Manual mode)
• Generate user stories and send to Jira when connected
• Analyze documents and produce summaries, checklists, or briefs
• Get productivity insights (velocity, cycle time, flow efficiency) when Jira is connected
• Chat from Slack using /vdf and app mentions, and use the VDF app inside Zoom with typed prompts

Integrations overview

Connect tools to bring your work context into VDF Cloud.

• Jira
• Confluence
• GitBook
• GitHub
• Slack
• Zoom

Common tasks

• “Draft a user story for [idea] and refine acceptance criteria.”
• “Summarize this document and turn it into a checklist.”
• “Suggest a sprint goal and top 10 priorities for next sprint.”
• “Analyze our flow efficiency for the last 30 days.”
• “From our docs, create a 1‑page quick start for new customers.”

Tips for best results

• Start with a clear goal (what outcome do you want?)
• Attach relevant files or paste key context when asking
• Connect Jira and documentation tools for richer, company‑aware answers
• Use Manual Tools for repeatable workflows (e.g., Story Generation, Backlog Refinement)

Help & feedback

• Use the in‑app Help/FAQ to find answers to common questions
• If something looks off, try re‑asking with a short description of what you expect
• You can always revisit Integrations and Profile to update your setup

Where to go table

Documentation map

flowchart LR
  A[INDEX] --> B[Onboarding]
  A --> C[Chat Interface]
  C --> D[Manual Tools]
  C --> E[Voice Dictation]
  A --> F[Integrations]
  F --> F1[Jira]
  F --> F2[Confluence]
  F --> F3[GitBook]
  F --> F4[GitHub]
  F --> F5[Slack]
  F --> F6[Zoom]
  A --> G[Profile]
  A --> H[Company Profile]
  A --> I[Company Cockpit]