coco-research/gsd-review-backlog

<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"

1. 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.

1. 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)

1. For items to PROMOTE:

• 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 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

1. For items to REMOVE:

• 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

1. 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

1. 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>