Turn Tuesday at 6:30 into a run-ready agenda
Den meeting planner
Build the agenda from the requirements your Scouts still need, with block times, materials and a coverage meter that tells a full meeting from a busy one.
What DenBuddy does
Every part of DenBuddy, and the job it does for your den
DenBuddy has six parts: gap analysis that shows what each Scout still needs, a planner that turns those gaps into Tuesday's agenda, a Scoutbook Plus import that reads always and writes only when you press Send, parent check-in by link or QR code, an optional AI assistant called Akela, and a library of den meeting plans other leaders have shared.
Free for one den, forever. Nothing goes back to Scoutbook until a pack admin turns it on and you press Send.
The six parts
Each one exists because a den leader kept doing it by hand on a Sunday night.
See exactly what each Scout still needs
Advancement gap analysis
A per-Scout, per-requirement view of the whole den, with Bobcat first and a clear answer to the only question that matters in April: who is ready for rank.
Your roster and advancement, without retyping any of it
Scoutbook Plus import
The DenBuddy Sync extension reads your den from Scoutbook Plus in your own browser session and brings it into DenBuddy. Reads always; writes only when you press Send.
A link and a QR code, no accounts at the door
Parent check-in and attendance
Publish the meeting and DenBuddy hands you a check-in link and QR code. Parents mark their Scout present. Nobody signs in, and no Scout has an account.
A first draft of the agenda, grounded in your den's gaps
Akela, the AI meeting assistant
Describe the night you have and Akela proposes blocks built from your den's open requirements, with materials and a leader script. It is optional.
Borrow a den meeting that already worked
Community plan library
Browse plans other leaders have published, fork one into your own meeting, and share yours back with every Scout name, den and date scrubbed out.
How the parts fit together
One loop, and the last step feeds the first
Nothing here is a separate app to keep up to date. What the Scouts still need decides the meeting, and what happens at the meeting decides what they still need.
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Connect Scoutbook Plus
The DenBuddy Sync extension reads your den from the Scoutbook Plus session you are already signed in to. No retyping, and no write-back.
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See the gaps
Every Scout against every requirement, with Bobcat first, so you know what the year actually has to cover.
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Plan the meeting
Drop the adventures most of the den still needs onto the timeline and watch the coverage meter. Ask Akela for a draft if the blank page is the hard part.
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Run it
Publish, put the QR code on the door, and work down the agenda from your phone while parents check their Scouts in.
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Record it
Everyone who attended starts pre-checked. Uncheck what did not happen, then export a CSV in Scoutbook's column order and upload it.
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Share it
Publish the plan that worked, scrubbed of names, dens and dates, and fork one from another leader when your week gets away from you.
Reads always. Writes only when you press Send.
Data comes in through the browser extension, and goes back only after you have read the exact rows and pressed Send — or as a CSV you upload yourself. Scouts have no accounts, nobody can message a Scout, and a den leader sees their own den.
DenBuddy is an independent tool and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Scouting America. Cub Scouts, Scoutbook and adventure names are trademarks of their respective owners.
Depending on which job you got handed
For den leaders
You said yes in August and the first meeting is Tuesday.
For Cubmasters
Six dens, and two of them are quietly not advancing anybody.
For parents
Check in with one tap, follow your own Scout, no youth accounts.
Start with your own den
Import your den from Scoutbook Plus, see what each Scout still needs, and plan a meeting around it. One den is free forever.
Free for one den. No credit card. Works with Scoutbook Plus.