Feature Matrix and Lineage

Feature Matrix groups team tasks by product feature and project layer. Feature Lineage shows code artifacts attributed to one feature's tasks. Both tabs are available on the team Projects page to workspaces with the Pro feature entitlement. See Plans.

Open the views

  1. Expand the team in the sidebar and select Projects.
  2. Select Feature Matrix to review task coverage, or Feature Lineage to inspect extracted artifacts.

Team Projects tabs with Feature Matrix selected

These are team-level tabs. They do not appear inside an individual project's Dashboard, List, Calendar, or Automations tabs. If the feature tabs are absent, check workspace plan availability.

Configure features and layers

  1. In Feature Matrix, click Classify. If the team has no features yet, click Set up features.
  2. Under Project layers, assign each project to the layer that describes its work: frontend, backend, database, integration, or ai-ml. A project without a mapping is Unmapped. This mapping saves when selected.
  3. Under New feature, enter a feature name. Optionally select a parent to create a hierarchy; leave Parent as top level for a root feature. Click Create.
  4. In Unclassified, select tasks and a target feature, then choose Assign. This queue contains tasks with no feature assignment.
  5. To request suggestions for unclassified tasks, click Suggest features. Review resulting proposals on Pending review. Select the suggestions to keep and click Confirm; use reject on a proposal that should return to Unclassified.

The two queues have different meanings: Unclassified has no proposed feature, while Pending review contains suggestions that are not yet confirmed. Work through up to 200 rows at a time; apply the project filter to narrow the queue. Feature assignment changes task classification, and project-layer selections change team reporting. Confirm the target before applying either action.

Creating features, assigning tasks, and changing project-layer mappings require write access to the team. Team members without write access can review the views but cannot apply those changes.

Read the matrix

Click a feature row to open it in Feature Lineage. Use the row chevron to expand/collapse children without opening lineage.

Inspect Feature Lineage

  1. Open Feature Lineage. Select a feature from the Feature picker; the feature with the most assigned tasks is selected automatically when available.
  2. Review the Frontend, API, and Database columns. These artifacts are derived from commits that reference the feature's task keys.
  3. Click an artifact to inspect its source and any other features that reach the same artifact. Press Escape to step back from the trace; use the close control to dismiss the feature detail.
  4. Expand Built from this feature's iKanban tasks — how this is traced for attribution details.

The matrix counts come directly from task assignments and do not require Git extraction. Lineage artifacts do: an empty panel says extraction has not run for the feature's commits, not that nothing was built. Frontend components and database tables are file-level evidence; API endpoint attribution is based on authored code hunks. Connectors appear only when extraction records an edge. Shared-artifact results show reach across features, not ownership. The component list is capped at 40 files, so a long list may be incomplete.

Troubleshooting

SymptomCheck
Feature tabs are missingConfirm the workspace has the Pro Feature Matrix entitlement.
Matrix says no layers are configuredOpen Classify and map the team's projects to layers.
A task appears under UnmappedMap its project to a layer, then review the matrix again.
A feature shows partial coverageCompare the feature's task counts and project-layer mappings; decide whether the layer is expected for this feature.
A task is in Pending reviewConfirm or reject the suggestion; it has not been confirmed by a person.
Lineage shows no artifactsCheck whether extraction has run over commits referencing the feature's task keys.

See Managing Projects for team and project navigation, and Creating Tasks for the required Feature field when creating an issue.