The present disclosure relates to improving the monitoring of software development activities by implementing a centralized software development tool that connects to one or more other development tools. In general, the centralized software development tool may receive activity data and/or historical data from the one or more software development tools that may be indicative of the occurrence of certain activities, such as commits, builds, stories, and like. In some embodiments, the centralized software development tool may provide event notifications based on the received data to facilitate and improve the efficiency of software development.