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Understanding What Got Done

The difference between activity and verified output, and what the task list actually tells you about team productivity.

Report guide Teams plan 2 min read

Activity is not the same as output

Most team productivity tools track activity: commits, PRs, tasks closed. The What Got Done report tracks something more specific: completed AI coding tasks that exited with verified receipts. That distinction matters.

A commit with 31 files touched and a commit with 2 files touched can look identical in a standard activity feed. What Got Done shows the task, the scope, and whether the exit was verified. The two signals together are more informative than either alone.

Reading the task list

Each row is one Avorelo run that completed. The columns show: what the task was (the instruction description), how many files were changed, which team member ran it, when it ran, and the exit status.

Verified means the run exited cleanly: tests passed, scope was confirmed, and a receipt was captured. Review needed means the run did not exit cleanly and the output should be checked before the work is treated as done.

The task list is not a performance review tool. It is a shared record of what happened, so the team can understand the current state of the codebase without reconstructing it from commit messages.

The files changed column

This is the actual write count, not the read count. If a task touched 2 files, those are 2 files that were written. Files that were read for context but not changed do not appear here.

A task with 1 file changed and a review needed status is a small, clean task that needs a spot check. A task with 8 files changed and a review needed status is a different situation that warrants more attention.

Approvals avoided

The summary stat at the top shows how many runs completed without requiring an approval escalation. This is a proxy for scope discipline: when scope stays within the declared boundary and tests pass, there is nothing that requires a cross-team review before the work proceeds.

When approvals increase, it usually means scope is drifting beyond what the task declared, or the changes are landing in files that others need to review before they can proceed with their own work.

Filters and export

The task list can be filtered by member, date range, and exit status. Filter to review needed to find the runs that need attention first. Export to CSV for standup notes or sprint reviews.

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