
DIBS ON STUFF
Take turns with stuff
in Slack and Discord














































































Take turns with anything
Queue for servers to test code
"Are you done with staging yet?"Deal out sales leads or support calls
"Pretty sure this call's for you ❤️"Share the load with office chores
"Whose turn is it to empty the dishwasher?"Call dibs on the office car parks
"Can I grab parking space 5 tomorrow?"Bring dogs to work one at a time 🐕🐕🐕
"Gonna bring Patsie in tomorrow if that's ok?"
Free, Extra or Pro
Make Dibs work perfectly for you.Feature | Free | Extra | Pro | |
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Whether you're managing three servers or three hundred, Dibs won't restrict the number of queues you have running.
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Unlimited queues | |||
Let your whole organization use Dibs without worrying about surprise billing.
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Unlimited team members | |||
Ten queues in one Slack channel, or a hundred queues in a hundred channels, it's all good.
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Unlimited channel usage | |||
For those times when someone has gone on holiday or is unavailable, bump someone from the queue and let the next person have their go.
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Bump the queue to the next person in line | |||
If you know you'll only need to hold onto something for a set amount of time, Dibs automatic timers allows you to specify the amount of time
that you're claiming the thing for, eg:
/dibs on server1 for 45 min
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Automatic /dibs off after a specified duration |
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No more spelling errors, eg: this will work:
/dibs on staging but this won't work: /dibs on stageing
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Allow only approved queue names | |||
Help other team members understand more, by stating a short description.
Useful also for attaching bug/issue numbers to things. |
Add extra info for calling dibs on things | |||
If typing out commands into Slack is getting a bit boring, this enhancement adds in-app Slack buttons with a dropdown menu to allow you to quickly
use Dibs.
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Slack buttons for less typing | |||
This makes certain queues have a bit more noise, so that as new members are added to a queue, notifications are sent to the queue leader.
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Queue nudging for gentle reminders | |||
Better than drawing names from a hat, use a random queue to decide who's next. Useful for sharing the load with office chores.
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Random queues for fairer allocations | |||
Originally written to allow semi-anonymous queues, this feature allows you to keep the guest list a secret.
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Secret queues with hidden names | |||
Run commands faster by avoiding typing out the whole queue name, eg:
/dibs on sta (if the conch/queue name was "staging") |
Queue name abbreviations | |||
Fire off interesting web requests when the queue moves.
This feature allows you to register web requests that should occur when new people are added to the queue or when the queue changes leaders. There's even a special Webhook Builder to help you get going. |
Webhooks for queues new! | |||
Allow multiple people to hold the conch at the same time.
This can be useful for allowing groups of people to claim a resource simultaneously, whilst others are queued in line. Eg help your customer support team coordinate lunch break groups without leaving the phones un-manned /dibs on lunch
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Multi-leader queues new! | |||
Use Dibs directly in your automation and CI/CD pipelines by setting up per-queue API authentication tokens.
This lets you manipulate conches/queues directly via API calls. |
API access | |||
Keep separate collections of queues in separate Slack/Discord channels.
Eg: one channel for deploys, one channel for testing/QA. |
Restrict queues to particular channels | |||
Great for roster duty or taking turns with after hours support or any other turn taking event that repeats day after day.
People will get automatically placed onto the end of the queue over and over. |
Automatic re-queuing for job rosters | |||
Make it mandatory to use timers on particular queues.
This prevents people forgetting to release the queue and forces people to consider how long they'll want to claim the thing. |
Enforce timers on queues | |||
Jump to the head of the queue. It's here if you need it, just in case.
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Queue jumping (just in case) | |||
Rename a queue without losing all the queue members that are waiting their turn.
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Queue renaming | |||
For silencing the queue messages that Dibs sends to the Slack or Discord channel.
Can be applied to individual queues or all queues. |
Quiet queues | |||
Dedicated (real human) support to instantly assist. Plus access to all the newest features and additions.
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Dedicated support & new features |
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What is this conch you speak of?
In the 1954 William Golding novel Lord of the Flies the kids
would take turns speaking - only one could speak at a time, provided they held
the conch (a seashell) they could cooperate by passing it around between them.
Can I try out the extra features?
Every account may try out the Pro features by entering
/dibs extras
into Slack or Discord.
This will enable the Pro features for free for a month - no credit card required.
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