Getting started with Forkpoint

Forkpoint helps delivery teams build accurate project estimations, send them for review, and export the approved scope to Jira or GitHub. You work through a guided decision tree, agree on pricing and milestones with your reviewers, and hand off a clean task list to engineering.

Your first estimation in 5 minutes

1. Sign up

Go to forkpoint.app and sign in with Google, or create an account with email and password. No credit card required to try it.

2. Create a new estimation

From the dashboard, click New estimation. Give it a name (the project or client name works well) and a short description. The description is shown to reviewers and on shared links.

3. Add scope items

Walk the decision tree to describe what you will build. Each node is a scope item with an estimate attached to it. Add children to break work down, and add siblings for parallel tracks. You can reorder, duplicate, or remove items at any point.

4. Set pricing

Open the Pricing panel. Pick a currency (USD, EUR, and others are supported), then either:

• A fixed price for the whole project, or
• An hourly rate that multiplies across your estimates.

Forkpoint calculates totals as you type.

5. Add milestones (optional)

If the project has phased delivery, add milestones with dates and a payment schedule. Each milestone is a subset of your scope items plus the percentage (or fixed amount) due on delivery.

6. Send for review

Click Send for review and add reviewer emails. Reviewers receive a link to comment, request changes, or approve. You keep editing until all reviewers approve.

7. Generate tasks

After approval, click Generate tasks. Forkpoint turns each leaf of the decision tree into a task with title, description, and time estimate.

8. Export to Jira, GitHub, or JSON

Open the Export menu and pick a destination:

• Jira: creates issues under a project key you choose. Requires a Jira integration.
• GitHub: creates issues in a repository. Requires a GitHub integration.
• Download JSON: a portable file you can pipe into any other system.

You can also subscribe a Slack channel to key events — review requested, approved, tasks exported — via the Slack integration.

Where to go next

Integrations:

• Connect Jira — export tasks as Jira issues.
• Connect GitHub — export tasks as GitHub issues.
• Connect Slack — get notified when reviewers act.

For developers:

• Authentication — JWT and API key usage for the REST API.
• Webhook events — full catalog of events Forkpoint delivers to your endpoints.

Manage all connections under Profile → Integrations at /profile/integrations.