Brief Status

Track where a Brief sits in its lifecycle so your team always knows what stage the work is at.

Overview

Every Brief has a status that reflects its current stage, from initial writing through active Delivery to completion. Status is visible on each Brief card in the list view and in the document header. You can update a Brief's status at any time — the change takes effect immediately for everyone with access to the brief. Statuses are also used to filter and group Briefs in the Briefs list, making it easy to find work in a specific stage.

The Status Stages

Briefs move through the following stages:

Status	What it means
Draft	The Brief is being written. Not yet ready for team review.
Refining	The Brief is being actively improved — typically during collaboration with the AI or after initial feedback. Enters automatically when plan generation starts.
Shipping	Work is actively in progress. Tasks are being executed. Also shown while cloud delivery is running — enters automatically when delivery is enqueued and reverts to the previous status if delivery fails or is cancelled.
Delivered	The work has been completed and delivered. Requires manual status change after delivery review — completion of cloud delivery does not auto-mark Delivered.
Done	The Brief and all associated work is fully closed out.
Archived	The Brief is no longer active and has been moved out of the default view.

Each document status has its own icon. The same icon appears in the header picker and beside briefs in the list.

How It Works

See the current status — The status badge appears in the Brief document header and on each Brief card in the Briefs list.
Change the status — Open the brief. Click the status badge in the document header to open the status picker. Select a new status. The change saves immediately. Auto-transitions occur seamlessly; you only manually change status to override automatic progression.
Filter by status — In the Briefs list, click the stage filter button in the toolbar to show only Briefs in one or more specific stages. You can select multiple stages at once.
Group by status — Use the display settings control in the toolbar and set "Group by" to Status. The list will organize all your Briefs under their respective stage headings.
Archive a Brief — From the table view, click the three-dot menu on any Brief row and select "Archive". Archived Briefs are hidden from the default view but remain accessible when you filter to show the Archived stage.

Key Capabilities

Status on cards: Every Brief card in the grid view shows the status as a neutral pill with a distinct status glyph so you can scan the list quickly without relying on color alone.
Status filtering: Filter the Briefs list by one or multiple stages simultaneously. The filter applies instantly without a page reload.
Table view status: In the table view, each row shows the Brief's current status as a neutral pill with a status glyph alongside the title, creator, and last updated time.
Alignment Connection: Alignment votes from team members are visible in the Activity tab, where they indicate they're ready to proceed. See Activity Timeline for details.

Tips

Move Briefs through statuses as work progresses to give your team an at-a-glance view of where everything stands.
Use the "Draft" status while you're still writing. Only move to "Refining" once the Brief is ready for others to review.
Archive Briefs that are no longer relevant rather than deleting them. Archived Briefs retain all their content, context documents, Tasks, and history.
Group your Briefs list by Status when doing a weekly review to quickly see what's moving and what's stuck.