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📊 Backlog Review Complete · davekilleen | DecimalAI

productivityby davekilleen

📊 Backlog Review Complete

davekilleen/dex-backlog

Source davekilleen/dex ↗License NOASSERTION

Show the AI-ranked backlog of Dex system-improvement ideas.

SkillScore76Maintained

Automatic

Product Management pack

Last verified 9/2/2026

What it changes

Passed 14 of 19 test cases with the skill, and 6 of 19 without it.

Without skill32%

With skill76%

Checks it passed that the model alone missed

Updates System/usage_log.md to record the backlog review execution.
Excludes implementation effort from the backlog scoring dimensions.
Treats file-based caching as feasible under Cursor capability rules.

and 14 more in the full report

13 fixed6 passed either way4 still failing2 broke

Pass-rate lift: +44 pp
Tokens: +241%
Agent turns: 0%
Response time: -44%

Model gemini-3.6-flashMeasured 9/2/2026v219 of 25 cases passed with skill · 19 comparable

Tokens, turns and time describe resource use, not a dollar price.

Use this skill

Save it into your project's skills folder. Claude Code picks it up in its next session.

curl -fsSL --create-dirs -o .claude/skills/davekilleen-dex-backlog/SKILL.md https://app.decimal.ai/s/davekilleen-dex-backlog/SKILL.md

Want it pinned and updatable? pip install "decimalai>=0.15", then decimalai skills add davekilleen-dex-backlog, and start Claude Code with claude --plugin-dir "$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)/.agents"

1 · One-time — install the CLI (docs ↗)

pip install "decimalai>=0.15"

2 · Get the skill — writes .agents/skills/davekilleen-dex-backlog/ and pins it in .decimal/skills.lock

decimalai skills add davekilleen-dex-backlog

No CLI? Get the same file — curl · raw file

curl -fsSL --create-dirs -o .claude/skills/davekilleen-dex-backlog/SKILL.md https://app.decimal.ai/s/davekilleen-dex-backlog/SKILL.md

Raw file: /s/davekilleen-dex-backlog/SKILL.md ↗ · machine-readable summary at /s/davekilleen-dex-backlog.json ↗

Safety checks: 3 of 3 passed

Code scan CleanIntent PassedContent Clean

See it in action

One of 13 test cases the skill fixed. Same model, same prompt, with and without the skill.

1 of 13

Prompt

An idea scored a total weighted value of 58 after evaluating all five dimensions. Which priority section in System/Dex_Backlog.md should this idea be sorted into?

What was checked, without and with the skill
Checked	Without skill	With skill
Places the idea into the Low Priority section because its total score is below 60.	Missed	Passed

case-12 · gemini-3.6-flash · 9/2/2026 · answers are capped and redacted

What's inside

The instructions your model reads when the skill loads.

SKILL.md642 linessingle file

What This Command Does

In plain English: AI-powered ranking of your Dex system improvement backlog based on current system state. Shows you what to build next.

When to use it:

Weekly check-in on system improvements
After capturing several new ideas
When deciding what to work on next
During quarterly planning for system improvements

How to run it:

/dex-backlog              # Full review with re-ranking

Process Overview

Load context - Read system state, usage patterns, learnings
Score ideas - Calculate 5-dimension scores for each idea
Re-rank backlog - Sort by weighted total score
Update file - Write new rankings to System/Dex_Backlog.md
Present top ideas - Show top 5 with "Why now?" justification
Offer next steps - Workshop, implement, or defer

Step 1: Load System Context

Read these files to understand current system state:

Required Files

System/Dex_Backlog.md              # All ideas to score
System/usage_log.md                # Feature adoption patterns
System/user-profile.yaml           # Role, preferences
CLAUDE.md                          # Current capabilities

Track record

Benchmark

14 / 19

test cases passed, vs 6 / 19 without

Adoption

Users: 0
Times used: 0

Safety and source details

SkillSafety

✓ 3 of 3 passed

Code scan15 of 15 checks clean

0 critical · 0 warning · 0 info — scanner v5 — 9/2/2026

View 15 scanner checks

live_secretremote_code_executionreverse_shelldata_exfiltrationssrf_metadataagent_snoopinganti_refusaldestructive_commandsobfuscated_unicodeunicode_homoglyphopaque_blobsuspicious_urltool_overreachtrigger_abuseprompt_injection_phrasing

IntentSafe

LLM judge · does the skill do what it claims

ContentClean

LLM judge · policy & harmful-content review

Source

Imported

davekilleen / dex

.claude/skills/dex-backlog/SKILL.md

View on GitHub ↗

License NOASSERTIONImported 9/2/2026Version v2

More skills from the same source and nearby in the registry, with their headline benchmark lift.