Jira Automation flips the status. GroundTruth proves it's true.
A free automation rule can move a ticket to Done the moment a PR merges. That is the easy 10%, and it is exactly how the board ends up lying: it closes tickets whose work is not actually finished, with no gate, no proof, and no way to undo a wrong write. GroundTruth is the enforcement and proof layer around that flip.
| Capability | Jira Automation / GitHub Actions | GroundTruth |
|---|---|---|
| Move the ticket when a PR merges | ✓ | ✓ |
| Hold "done" to acceptance criteria (AC gate) | — | ✓ |
| Rewrite untestable acceptance criteria | — | ✓ |
| Send ambiguous cases to a human, not a blind flip | — | ✓ |
| Prove every change in a tamper-evident audit chain | — | ✓ |
| Revert a wrong write safely | — | ✓ |
| Enforce done in the PR (Definition-of-Done check) | — | ✓ |
| One engine across Jira, Linear, Azure DevOps, Asana | — | ✓ |
| Executive roll-up with true numbers | — | ✓ |
| Async standup + blocker radar from ground truth | — | ✓ |
Native automation is genuinely useful, and free. Use it. GroundTruth starts where it stops: enforcing that a status change is correct, and proving it.
Automation is blind
A merge rule closes the ticket whether or not the acceptance criteria are met. GroundTruth reads the criteria against the code and routes the not-yet-done to review instead.
Automation can't prove it
When a status is wrong, a rule leaves no trail. GroundTruth signs every automated change into an audit chain you can inspect, prove to an auditor, and revert.
Automation is per-tool glue
Each rule is a bespoke script per project. GroundTruth is one engine across your source control and trackers, with reports, standups, and a blocker radar on top.