Each tool does a part. Current holds the project.
Chat, issues, docs and coding agents are each solved somewhere. Here’s how Current sits next to each, and where they work together.
Side by side
| Slack | Linear | Notion | Cursor | Jira | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team chat, organised by project | Yes | Partly Channels, not projects | No Comments on issues | Partly Comments | No | No Comments on tickets |
| Linked PRs, issues and docs, live in the project | Yes GitHub, Linear, Notion | Partly Unfurls and app messages | Partly Issues; PRs via GitHub | Partly Synced databases | Partly Through MCP | Partly Tickets; code via apps |
| Decisions as their own record, with a source | Yes | No | No | Partly By hand | No | No |
| Meeting notes into decisions and issues | Yes | Partly Huddle notes | No | Yes AI meeting notes | No | No |
| Customer signals routed to the right project | Yes Intercom, Gong | Partly Via channels and apps | Partly Customer requests | No | No | Partly Via Product Discovery |
| Coding agents on their own branch | Yes Sandboxed worktrees | Partly Through third-party apps | Partly Delegates to agents | No | Yes | Partly Via Rovo |
| Live previews with comments pinned to elements | Yes | No | No | No | Partly Built-in browser | No |
| One timeline across every tool | Yes | No | Partly Issue history | No | No | Partly Ticket history |
| Bring your own AI: Claude Code, Codex, Gemini, OpenCode | Yes | No | No | No | Partly Its own models and keys | No |