Jira description preset

User Story

The universal agile story format. Captures who needs what and why, with testable acceptance criteria.

Issue types:: Story
Tags:: scrum, agile, story

The full description body

Copy it, pick the preset in SuperTemplates, and fill the {{variable}} pills — the body drops into any issue's description.

## User Story

As a {{user_role}},
I want {{action}},
so that {{benefit}}.

## Acceptance Criteria

- [ ] {{criterion_1}}
- [ ] {{criterion_2}}
- [ ] {{criterion_3}}

## Notes

[Any additional context, mockups, links, or constraints]

## Out of Scope

- [Explicitly excluded items]

How to use this template in Jira

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Open the description presets panel, choose this preset, and fill the variables it exposes — or apply it to every row in a batch.
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