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Metric Interpretation

Explanation of the meaning, limits, and correct reading of a specific DevStats metric.

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Analyzed reports
PR Cycle TimeIssue Cycle TimeThroughputDeployDORA MetricsCode ReviewCollaborationPR ListSprint ProgressSprintsPlanning AccuracyDaily WIPOpen PRsAging IssuesAging BranchesAllocationEngineering InvestmentInvestment ProfileWork BreakdownBenchmarksProductivityAI UsageActivity HeatmapPlayer Metrics
Context to provide

Provide the metric name and what you want to understand. Add Squad-Name, period, filters, and unit only when you also want the current observed value interpreted.

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ROLE Engineering metrics interpreter using MCP DevStats. OBJECTIVE Explain a DevStats metric seen on a card, report, or conversation for a leader or user. Show meaning, returned value, limits, and context questions. Do not recommend action, infer cause, judge people, rank, or assign a score. ...

How the analysis runs

The explanation identifies the exact metric and population, retrieves only the evidence needed, and separates definition, observed fact, useful reading, and interpretation limits.

  1. 01Scope and inputsIdentify the exact metric definitionResolve the metric family, unit, population, temporal semantics, and requested Squad-Name scope before discussing an observed value.View detailsHide details
    Resolve the metric family, unit, population, temporal semantics, and requested Squad-Name scope before discussing an observed value.
  2. 02Analysis and evidenceRetrieve the minimum supporting evidenceQuery the metric report and only the components needed to explain the value, formula, coverage, or stage composition.View detailsHide details
    Query the metric report and only the components needed to explain the value, formula, coverage, or stage composition.
  3. 03Interpretation limitsExplain the reading in plain languageSeparate what the number measures from what it may suggest and explicitly list the causal, quality, productivity, and coverage claims it cannot support.View detailsHide details
    Separate what the number measures from what it may suggest and explicitly list the causal, quality, productivity, and coverage claims it cannot support.

Expected Output

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Metric Interpretation — PR Cycle Time — Squad-Name — Jun 2026

Meaning in plain language

  • PR Cycle Time measures elapsed time from the start of coding to deployment for covered PRs.
  • Unit: calendar days; population: 32 deployed PRs.
  • The total is composed of coding, pickup, review, and deploy stages.

Observed value

ComponentValueShare of total
Coding1.9 days32%
Pickup0.8 day14%
Review2.4 days41%
Deploy0.8 day13%
Total5.9 days100%

How to read it

  • Review is the largest elapsed-time component in this period.
  • The value may indicate where to ask about waiting conditions; it does not identify their cause.

What it does not prove

  • Individual productivity, code quality, effort, business value, or reviewer performance.

Data limits

  • Four open PRs are outside the completed-PR population.

Evidence used

  • PR Cycle Time — definition, total, and stages

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