gsd:review-backlog

Productivity

Review and promote backlog items to active milestone

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Source SKILL.md: https://github.com/davepoon/buildwithclaude/blob/HEAD/plugins/gsd/skills/review-backlog/SKILL.md

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List backlog items:

ls -d .planning/phases/999* 2>/dev/null || echo "No backlog items found"

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.
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)
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:
```
NEW_NUM=$(gsd-sdk query phase.add "${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
For items to REMOVE:
- Delete the phase directory
- Remove the entry from ROADMAP.md ## Backlog section

Commit changes:

gsd-sdk query commit "docs: review backlog — promoted N, removed M" .planning/ROADMAP.md

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}