Inventory backlog operations we may be overlooking #245

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opened 2026-08-03 14:43:06 +00:00 by jared · 1 comment

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Map: #239

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Beyond capture/refine/check-out/work/close, what backlog operations do mature practices and the locally installed Matt Pocock skills (wayfinder, grilling, grill-with-docs if present) support that os-backlog lacks — e.g. triage sweeps, stale-issue grooming, prioritization passes, dependency audits? Produce a candidate list with one-line rationale each.

Map: #239 ## Question Beyond capture/refine/check-out/work/close, what backlog operations do mature practices and the locally installed Matt Pocock skills (wayfinder, grilling, grill-with-docs if present) support that os-backlog lacks — e.g. triage sweeps, stale-issue grooming, prioritization passes, dependency audits? Produce a candidate list with one-line rationale each.

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Assemble the os-backlog lifecycle design #247

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Researched on branch research/backlog-operations-inventory, file docs/research/backlog-operations-inventory.md (commit c7c051b).

Candidate operations os-backlog currently lacks:

Triage sweep — unlabeled/needs-triage/needs-info bucket scan (local /triage skill models this, unwired to os-backlog's taxonomy)
Stale-issue grooming — no age/last-activity checks anywhere
Duplicate detection — no cross-issue similarity pass (only code-vs-request check exists, in /triage)
Dependency/blocking audit — blocking only exists inside wayfinder maps, not the flat os-backlog list
Backlog size/health metrics — no aggregate counts by label/age/ratio
Label hygiene audit — route ensures labels exist once; nothing checks correct usage over time
Re-estimation / priority re-pass — priority set once at capture, never revisited
Map-level rollup reporting — wayfinder's "Decisions so far" is per-effort, not backlog-wide
External-PR-as-backlog-item intake — /triage treats PRs as issues-with-code; os-backlog's model is issues-only

Full rationale + citations to plugins/os-backlog, wayfinder, triage, and the os-sdlc spec-and-ticket-layer reference in the file above. Closing this issue.

Researched on branch `research/backlog-operations-inventory`, file `docs/research/backlog-operations-inventory.md` (commit c7c051b). Candidate operations os-backlog currently lacks: - **Triage sweep** — unlabeled/needs-triage/needs-info bucket scan (local `/triage` skill models this, unwired to os-backlog's taxonomy) - **Stale-issue grooming** — no age/last-activity checks anywhere - **Duplicate detection** — no cross-issue similarity pass (only code-vs-request check exists, in `/triage`) - **Dependency/blocking audit** — blocking only exists inside wayfinder maps, not the flat os-backlog list - **Backlog size/health metrics** — no aggregate counts by label/age/ratio - **Label hygiene audit** — `route` ensures labels *exist* once; nothing checks correct usage over time - **Re-estimation / priority re-pass** — priority set once at capture, never revisited - **Map-level rollup reporting** — wayfinder's "Decisions so far" is per-effort, not backlog-wide - **External-PR-as-backlog-item intake** — `/triage` treats PRs as issues-with-code; os-backlog's model is issues-only Full rationale + citations to plugins/os-backlog, wayfinder, triage, and the os-sdlc spec-and-ticket-layer reference in the file above. Closing this issue.

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Wayfinder map: os-backlog issue lifecycle & templates #239

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Wayfinder map: os-backlog issue lifecycle & templates #239

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Spec: os-backlog issue lifecycle implementation (from map #239) #250