Using Gitsprout

Report modes

Gitsprout has two modes: appraisal evidence and CV. Both use the same commit data, but produce different outputs for different purposes. All reports are written by Claude, Anthropic's AI model.

Appraisal mode

Generates structured performance review evidence across six categories, ready to paste into a self-assessment or used by a manager writing a review.

What you get

A goals alignment summary if you paste in review objectives, showing which goals are well evidenced and which need supplementary context

An overview paragraph summarising the period

Six scored performance categories: Technical Excellence, Project Impact, Code Quality, Collaboration, Innovation, and Reliability, each with evidence bullet points and commit references

A technologies list inferred from your commit history

Recommendations for gaps that commits alone can't capture (e.g. mentoring, design work)

Self-review mode

Written in first person: "I delivered…", "I improved…". Use this when filling in your own appraisal form.

Manager review mode

Written in third person: "They delivered…", "They improved…". Switch to this when writing a review for someone on your team.

CV mode

Generates punchy, quantified achievement bullets in first person, designed to go straight onto a CV or LinkedIn profile.

What you get

A professional summary paragraph (2–3 sentences, suitable for a CV header)

6–10 achievement bullets, concrete and quantified where the data supports it ("Reduced build time by ~35%", "Shipped to 50k+ users with zero incidents")

Each bullet has a short impact callout and the commit references that support it

A technologies list inferred from your commit history

Recommendations for things to add to your CV that the commit data implies but doesn't fully capture

Job title field: Optionally enter a target role (e.g. "Senior Backend Engineer"). This steers the language and emphasis of the bullets toward what matters for that level.

Which should I use?

It's annual review time and I need to write my self-assessment

Appraisal (self-review)

I'm a manager writing a review for someone on my team

Appraisal (manager review)

I'm updating my CV or LinkedIn profile

I'm preparing for a salary negotiation or promotion conversation

Both: appraisal for evidence, CV for the summary

I'm applying for a new job and need to write a cover letter

CV: use the summary and top bullets