gsd-review-backlog · diff
git:20260426.d53cc6c to git:20260914.e75f220
14 added, 5 removed. Audit A to A.
---
name: gsd-review-backlog
- description: "Review and promote backlog items to active milestone"
+ description: "Use when 999.x backlog items need triage, or the user asks to review, promote, or prune the backlog. Shows each item with its accumulated context, promotes chosen ones into the active milestone, and removes stale ones."
allowed-tools:
- Read
- Write
- Bash
- AskUserQuestion
---
<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:**
```bash
ls -d .planning/phases/999* 2>/dev/null || echo "No backlog items found"
```
2. **Read ROADMAP.md** and extract all 999.x phase entries:
```bash
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`:
+ - Create the phase in the active milestone and capture its number (this creates the
+ `.planning/phases/{NEW_NUM}-slug` directory):
```bash
NEW_NUM=$(node "$HOME/.claude/get-shit-done/bin/gsd-tools.cjs" phase add "${DESCRIPTION}" --raw)
```
- - Move accumulated artifacts to the new phase directory
+ - Move the accumulated artifacts from `999.x-slug` into the new directory, then drop the
+ now-empty backlog directory:
+ ```bash
+ mv ".planning/phases/999.x-slug/"* ".planning/phases/${NEW_NUM}-slug/" 2>/dev/null
+ rmdir ".planning/phases/999.x-slug" 2>/dev/null
+ ```
- Update ROADMAP.md: move the entry from `## Backlog` section to the active phase list
- Remove `(BACKLOG)` marker
- Add appropriate `**Depends on:**` field
5. **For items to REMOVE:**
- - Delete the phase directory
+ - Confirm a second time before deleting, stating that this removes the phase directory
+ and its accumulated artifacts recursively:
+ ```bash
+ rm -rf ".planning/phases/999.x-slug"
+ ```
- Remove the entry from ROADMAP.md `## Backlog` section
6. **Commit changes:**
```bash
node "$HOME/.claude/get-shit-done/bin/gsd-tools.cjs" commit "docs: review backlog — promoted N, removed M" --files .planning/ROADMAP.md
```
7. **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}
```
</process>