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.
Your roster and advancement, without retyping any of it
Scoutbook Plus import
DenBuddy imports your den from Scoutbook Plus through a Chrome extension that reads the pages you are already signed in to. Your roster and advancement history land in DenBuddy in a couple of minutes, your Scouting password is never involved, and nothing is ever written back to Scoutbook.
Free for one den, forever. Reads always; writes only when you press Send.
How the import works
Four steps, all of them in your own browser. Nothing runs on a schedule in the background, and nothing happens while you are signed out.
- Install DenBuddy Sync, the Chrome extension, and sign in to DenBuddy in a tab.
- The extension notices the DenBuddy tab and adopts that session, so it acts as you.
- Open Scoutbook Plus in another tab and browse your den as you normally would.
- Choose your den and import. The extension reads the roster and advancement and posts them to DenBuddy.
What comes across
Enough to make the gap analysis true, and nothing that DenBuddy has no use for.
- The Scouts in the dens you lead: first name, last name, rank and den.
- Adventure and requirement completion history, with the dates and approvals already recorded.
- The link between each Scoutbook record and its DenBuddy Scout, so a second import updates instead of duplicating.
What never happens without you
Reading is automatic. Writing never is: it takes a press of Send, on a screen that shows you the exact rows first. The trust posture is the product, not a policy page.
- DenBuddy never receives or stores your scouting.org username or password.
- The Scoutbook session token stays in the extension's memory. It is not written to disk and not sent to DenBuddy.
- Nothing reaches Scoutbook until you press Send, and then only the completions you approved — through Scoutbook's own Import Advancement path, with the receipt kept.
- DenBuddy never unapproves, edits or deletes an existing Scoutbook record, and never changes your roster, dens or parent contacts.
- Automatic sync only ever reads. A write is never on a timer.
- No import runs unless you are signed in to both and ask for it.
Getting the results back to Scoutbook
After a meeting, DenBuddy stages a CSV of approved completions in Scoutbook's own column order: BSA Member ID, First Name, Last Name, Advancement Type, Advancement, Version, Date Completed, Approved, Awarded. You download it and upload it to Scoutbook yourself. Rows that cannot be exported are listed with the reason, usually a missing BSA member ID.
The rules this feature works inside
- DenBuddy reads Scoutbook Plus always, and writes back only when you press Send.
- Scouts have no accounts, and nobody can message a Scout.
- A den leader sees their own den. A parent sees their own Scout.
Questions leaders ask about this
Do you store my Scouting credentials?
No. You sign in to Scoutbook Plus in your own browser, exactly as you always do. The only credential DenBuddy holds is your DenBuddy login.
Is this a sync?
Not in both directions, and we try not to use the word. Data comes in from Scoutbook Plus when you ask for it. Data goes out only as a CSV that a human uploads.
What happens if Scoutbook Plus changes?
The import can break, and we would rather say that plainly than pretend otherwise. The extension is updated when the site changes, and your DenBuddy data keeps working in the meantime because it is already in DenBuddy.
Can I import a den I do not lead?
No. The extension can only read what your own Scoutbook account can see, and DenBuddy scopes what you import to the dens you lead.
Related features
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.
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.
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.
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.
Plan your next den meeting with DenBuddy
Import your den from Scoutbook Plus in about two minutes.
Free for one den. No credit card. Works with Scoutbook Plus.