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gsd-review-backlog

Reviews deferred project tasks alongside their descriptions and supporting files, then lets users promote, keep, or remove each item. Promoted tasks join the active milestone with updated phase numbers and roadmap entries.

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Review and promote backlog items to active milestone

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Good for

  • Review deferred tasks and their supporting materials
  • Move selected backlog items into the active milestone
  • Remove outdated backlog items
  • Update roadmap entries and phase numbers

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SKILL.md (original)

Review the instructions the agent will receive before you install.

<objective> Review all 999.x backlog items and optionally promote them into the active milestone sequence or remove stale entries. </objective> <process>
  1. List backlog items:

    _BACKLOG=( .planning/phases/999* )
    if [ -e "${_BACKLOG[0]}" ]; then ls -d "${_BACKLOG[@]}"; else echo "No backlog items found"; fi
    
  2. Read ROADMAP.md and extract all 999.x phase entries:

    cat .planning/ROADMAP.md
    

    Show each backlog item with its description, any accumulated context (CONTEXT.md, RESEARCH.md), and creation date.

  3. Present the list to the user via AskUserQuestion:

    • For each backlog item, show: phase number, description, accumulated artifacts
    • Options per item: Promote (move to active), Keep (leave in backlog), Remove (delete)
  4. For items to PROMOTE:

    • Find the next sequential phase number in the active milestone
    • Rename the directory from 999.x-slug to {new_num}-slug:

_GSD_SHIM_NAME="gsd-tools.cjs"; _GSD_RUNTIME_ROOT="${RUNTIME_DIR:-$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel 2>/dev/null || pwd)}"; GSD_TOOLS="${_GSD_RUNTIME_ROOT}/gsd-core/bin/${_GSD_SHIM_NAME}"; _gsd_at() { for _p; do if [ -f "$_p" ]; then GSD_TOOLS="$_p"; return 0; fi; done; return 1; }; _gsd_id_ok() { case "$("$1" runtime-identity --raw 2>/dev/null || true)" in '{"packageName":"@opengsd/gsd-core"'*'}') return 0;; ) return 1;; esac; }; _gsd_homes() { set -- "${CLAUDE_CONFIG_DIR:-$HOME/.claude}" "${ANTIGRAVITY_CONFIG_DIR:-$HOME/.gemini/antigravity}" "$HOME/.gemini/antigravity-ide" "$HOME/.gemini/antigravity-cli" "${AUGMENT_CONFIG_DIR:-$HOME/.augment}" "${CLINE_CONFIG_DIR:-$HOME/.cline}" "${CODEBUDDY_CONFIG_DIR:-$HOME/.codebuddy}" "${CODEX_HOME:-$HOME/.codex}" "${COPILOT_CONFIG_DIR:-${COPILOT_HOME:-$HOME/.copilot}}" "${CURSOR_CONFIG_DIR:-$HOME/.cursor}" "${HERMES_HOME:-$HOME/.hermes}" "${KILO_CONFIG_DIR:-${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-$HOME/.config}/kilo}" "${KIMI_CONFIG_DIR:-$HOME/.config/agents}" "$HOME/.agents" "${KIMI_CODE_HOME:-$HOME/.kimi-code}" "${OPENCODE_CONFIG_DIR:-${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-$HOME/.config}/opencode}" "${PI_CODING_AGENT_DIR:-$HOME/.pi/agent}" "${QWEN_CONFIG_DIR:-$HOME/.qwen}" "${TRAE_CONFIG_DIR:-$HOME/.trae}" "${WINDSURF_CONFIG_DIR:-$HOME/.codeium/windsurf}" "${ZCODE_CONFIG_DIR:-$HOME/.zcode}" "${GROK_AGENTS_HOME:-$HOME/.agents}"; for _h; do _gsd_at "$_h/gsd-core/bin/${_GSD_SHIM_NAME}" && return 0; done; return 1; }; if _gsd_at "${_GSD_RUNTIME_ROOT}/gsd-core/bin/${_GSD_SHIM_NAME}" "${_GSD_RUNTIME_ROOT}/.claude/gsd-core/bin/${_GSD_SHIM_NAME}" "${_GSD_RUNTIME_ROOT}/.codex/gsd-core/bin/${_GSD_SHIM_NAME}"; then gsd_run() { node "$GSD_TOOLS" "$@"; }; elif _gsd_homes; then gsd_run() { node "$GSD_TOOLS" "$@"; }; elif unset -f gsd_run; _G="$(command -v gsd_run)"; [ -n "$_G" ] && _gsd_id_ok "$_G"; then GSD_TOOLS="$_G"; gsd_run() { "$GSD_TOOLS" "$@"; }; else echo "ERROR: gsd-tools.cjs not found at $GSD_TOOLS and no identity-proving gsd_run is on PATH. Run: npx -y @opengsd/gsd-core@latest --claude --local" >&2; exit 1; fi; GSD_IDENTITY_STATUS=unverified; _gsd_id_ok gsd_run && GSD_IDENTITY_STATUS=ok; export GSD_IDENTITY_STATUS; [ "$GSD_IDENTITY_STATUS" = ok ] || echo "WARNING: "$GSD_TOOLS" did not prove it is @opengsd/gsd-core - it is either a different package or an @opengsd/gsd-core older than the runtime-identity verb. See docs/how-to/diagnose-a-foreign-gsd-tools.md" >&2; if [ -n "${CLAUDE_ENV_FILE:-}" ] && [ -n "${GSD_TOOLS:-}" ]; then printf "export PATH='%s':"$PATH"\n" "${GSD_TOOLS%/}" >> "$CLAUDE_ENV_FILE" 2>/dev/null || true; fi NEW_NUM=$(gsd_run query phase.add "${DESCRIPTION}" --raw) ```

  • Move accumulated artifacts to the new phase directory
  • Update ROADMAP.md: move the entry from ## Backlog section to the active phase list
  • Remove (BACKLOG) marker
  • Add appropriate **Depends on:** field
  1. For items to REMOVE:

    • Delete the phase directory
    • Remove the entry from ROADMAP.md ## Backlog section
  2. Commit changes:

    gsd_run query commit "docs: review backlog — promoted N, removed M" --files .planning/ROADMAP.md
    
  3. Report summary:

    ## 📋 Backlog Review Complete
    
    Promoted: {list of promoted items with new phase numbers}
    Kept: {list of items remaining in backlog}
    Removed: {list of deleted items}
    
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