This week in Toolsday, we are highlighting a tool that brings clarity, consistency, and flow to one of the most familiar Agile rituals. Whether your team is colocated, hybrid, or fully distributed, keeping everyone aligned without adding more meetings can be a challenge. Agile Polly helps bridge that gap.
Meet Agile Polly, an automation assistant that runs your standups, retrospectives, and check ins directly inside Microsoft Teams. It keeps communication running smoothly while giving your team more time to focus on meaningful work.
What It Does
Agile Polly automates recurring Agile ceremonies inside Microsoft Teams. You can schedule asynchronous standups, retros, mood checks, or custom team rituals. Agile Polly prompts team members with questions, collects their responses, and summarizes the results in a clear, organized format. It supports reminders, custom question sets, and historical tracking so teams can review patterns and stay aligned without extra meetings.
Why Agile Pros Care
Agile teams thrive when communication is clear and lightweight. Agile Polly reduces status meetings, eliminates scheduling conflicts, and helps teams share updates without disrupting focus time. It is especially valuable for distributed teams that want consistent visibility but do not want to rely on video calls to stay aligned. Because it lives inside Microsoft Teams, Agile Polly fits naturally into existing workflows and reduces tool switching.
Try It This Week
Give this simple setup a try and see how it impacts your teamâs flow:
Create an asynchronous standup with three questions: What did you complete? What are you working on next? Do you have any blockers? Review the summary at the end of the day and determine how it changes team clarity and coordination.
You may find that your team gets the benefits of a standup without stopping work to attend a meeting.
