Gsd review backlog

Skill coco-research/coco/systems/gsd/skills/gsd-review-backlog

Review and promote backlog items to active milestoneFrom its SKILL.md

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

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=$(node "$HOME/.claude/get-shit-done/bin/gsd-tools.cjs" 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:

node "$HOME/.claude/get-shit-done/bin/gsd-tools.cjs" commit "docs: review backlog — promoted N, removed M" --files .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}

</process>

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Ask questions one at a timein 81 of 1048, across 64 files
Provide a recommended answer for each questionin 73 of 1048, across 50 files
Explore the codebase instead of asking answerable questionsin 66 of 1048, across 42 files
Resolve dependencies between decisions one-by-onein 42 of 1048, across 17 files
Interview the user relentlessly about the planin 38 of 1048, across 13 files
Order findings by severityin 31 of 1048
Resolve each branch of the decision treein 27 of 1048, across 5 files
Run a grilling sessionin 26 of 1048, across 5 files
Update CONTEXT.md immediately when a term is resolvedin 26 of 1048, across 11 files
Propose precise canonical terms for vague languagein 25 of 1048, across 7 files
Create documentation files lazilyin 24 of 1048, across 5 files
Assign severity to every findingin 24 of 1048

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read the roadmap file
present the item list to the user
promote chosen items to the active milestone
rename promoted item directories sequentially
remove deleted items from the roadmap

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