HammerR&D silently scores every JIRA ticket for R&D tax credit eligibility. Zero workflow disruption. Your developers won't even know it's there.
Available on the Atlassian Marketplace · Works with JIRA Cloud
How It Works
HammerR&D runs in the background on your JIRA instance. No configuration, no training, no workflow changes.
A developer creates or updates a JIRA ticket — story, bug, task, anything. They work exactly as they always have.
HammerR&D analyzes the ticket's summary, description, and metadata. AI evaluates it against the three pillars of R&D eligibility and assigns a 0–100% score.
View scores on any issue panel or check the project-level R&D Signal Report for a full portfolio view. Export when you're ready.
The R&D Signal Score
HammerR&D evaluates every ticket against the criteria that CRA (SR&ED) and IRS (Section 41) auditors look for:
Was there a technical challenge where the outcome was unknown? Not just "will it work" but "can it be done this way?"
Was there a methodical process of hypothesis, testing, and iteration to resolve the uncertainty?
Did the work push beyond standard practice or known solutions in the field?
Each ticket is classified into a category based on the nature of the technical work:
Novel Algorithm
System Architecture
Performance Optimization
Integration Challenge
Data Processing
Security & Crypto
Testing Methodology
UI/UX Innovation
Features
View the R&D score, category, reasoning, and qualification indicators directly on any JIRA issue. Re-score with one click.
Project-level dashboard showing all scored tickets, qualification percentages, R&D intensity metrics, and a sortable table.
Tickets are scored automatically on create and update. No manual steps — your backlog builds its R&D evidence as you work.
Score your entire existing backlog with one click from the R&D Signal Report. Catch all the R&D you've already done.
Every score comes with a plain-English explanation of why the work qualifies (or doesn't). Share directly with your tax consultant.
Qualifying signals flow into HammerLedger for full evidence-chain management and cryptographically sealed reports.
Data & Privacy
We read the minimum data needed to score each ticket. Nothing more.
FAQ
No. Scoring happens asynchronously via Atlassian Forge. Your team won't notice any difference in JIRA performance.
Yes. HammerR&D is free with no usage limits. It's the first step in the HammerAI ecosystem — when you're ready to build audit-defensible claims, scored tickets flow into HammerLedger.
All issue types — stories, tasks, bugs, epics, and custom types. Every ticket gets a score from 0 to 100%. Even routine work gets a low score with reasoning, so nothing is missed.
Tickets are automatically re-scored on update. You can also manually re-score any ticket from the issue panel with one click.
Use the "Score All Unscored Issues" button on the R&D Signal Report to batch-score your entire existing backlog. Catch all the R&D you've already done.
No. HammerR&D identifies which work likely qualifies for R&D credits. Your tax consultant still makes the final determination. Think of it as giving them a head start — when they ask "what did your team work on?", the answer is already there.
HammerR&D evaluates against both SR&ED (Canada — CRA) and R&D Tax Credit (US — IRS Section 41) criteria. The three-pillar framework applies broadly to most R&D tax incentive programs worldwide.
Qualifying tickets identified by HammerR&D can be exported into HammerLedger, where they become part of a cryptographically sealed evidence chain for your R&D tax credit claim. One ecosystem, full traceability.
Get Started
One click to install. Scores start appearing on your next ticket. No configuration, no credit card, no catch.
Currently under review on the Atlassian Marketplace. Install directly via the link above.
Part of the HammerAI Ecosystem