groom-backlog SKILL.md skillB
groom-backlog from coalesce-labs/catalyst is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add coalesce-labs/catalyst/groom-backlog@v1.0.0Pins v1.0.0 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- B, 16 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- coalesce-labs/catalyst
- Path
plugins/playground/pm-ops/skills/groom-backlog/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 1
- Latest version
- v1.0.0, committed Aug 18, 2026
- Size
- 6,035 bytes
- Repository stars
- 20
- License
- none declared
Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.
What the file says
# Groom Backlog Command
Comprehensive backlog health analysis that identifies:
- Issues without projects (orphaned)
- Issues in wrong projects (misclassified)
- Issues without estimates
- Stale issues (no activity >30 days)
- Duplicate issues (similar titles)
## Prerequisites Check
```bash
# 1. Validate thoughts system (REQUIRED)
if [[ -f "scripts/validate-thoughts-setup.sh" ]]; then
./scripts/validate-thoughts-setup.sh || exit 1
else
# Inline validation if script not found
if [[ ! -d "thoughts/shared" ]]; then
echo "❌ ERROR: Thoughts system not configured"
echo "Run: ./scripts/humanlayer/init-project.sh . {project-name}"
exit 1
fi
fi
# 2. Determine script directory with fallback
if [[ -n "${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}" ]]; then
SCRIPT_DIR="${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/scripts"
else
# Fallback: resolve relative to this command file
SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/.." && pwd)/scripts"
fi
# 3. Check PM plugin prerequisites
if [[ -f "${SCRIPT_DIR}/check-prerequisites.sh" ]]; then
"${SCRIPT_DIR}/check-prerequisites.sh" || exit 1
else
echo "⚠️ Prerequisites check skipped (script not found at: ${SCRIPT_DIR})"
fi
```
## Process
…Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add coalesce-labs/catalyst/groom-backlog@sha256:c6c63e27f2685b68The line at the top of this page pins the label v1.0.0, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.
[](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_prggrj6vyzrvxgs4)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 1 version of this file, committed on Aug 18, 2026.
Audit of the latest version
- fail: Frontmatter declares a description
- pass: Frontmatter block present
- pass: Frontmatter declares a name
- pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (6035 bytes)
- pass: No zero-width or bidi control characters
- pass: No instruction hidden inside an HTML comment
- pass: No link to an exfiltration or paste host
- pass: No credential-shaped string
- pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
- pass: No text hidden with inline styles
- pass: No prompt-injection phrasing
- pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
- pass: No recursive delete of root, home or parent
- pass: No instruction to read or print local credentials
- pass: No base64 blob over 200 characters
- pass: No link to a raw IP address
- pass: No script tag
Starting a new one? Use a template for SKILL.md on mdpantry, which passes every one of these checks and says what to change in it.
Source
coalesce-labs/catalyst · 20 stars · license none declared · pushed 2026-09-27 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_prggrj6vyzrvxgs4 GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=coalesce-labs/catalyst/groom-backlog GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/c6c63e27f2685b6812841caac295d62925aee475ff1ba328460caf3969d7a340
Your AI assistant does the legwork. You hear about the deals worth your word. Hand yours the standing instructions at modelranch.com and it joins the network that reads files like this one.
Guides: the SKILL.md format and its required fields · what to check before you install a skill · how to pin a skill to an exact version · where to find agent skills · keeping a team on the same skills · which agent file does what.