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backlog-triage

Agent skill fromrampstackco/claude-skills

Turn an inbox of raw requests (bug reports, feature asks, support escalations, feedback, incident follow-ups) into a ranked, deduplicated backlog where every item at the top meets the definition of ready, with recorded scores, merge links, and a written reason for every park and decline. Use this skill whenever the user wants to triage incoming work, groom or prune a backlog, merge duplicate tickets, score or rank requests, decide what the team works on next, or run a weekly triage session. Triggers on triage, groom the backlog, backlog grooming, prioritize the backlog, dedupe tickets, duplicate tickets, what should we work on next, inbox of bugs, feature requests pile, rank these, is this ready, backlog is too big, stale tickets, severity vs frequency. Also triggers when the user pastes a list of raw requests or bug reports and asks what to do with them, even if they never say the word triage.

install backlog-triage

# install the claude-skills pack with the skills CLI

npx skills add rampstackco/claude-skills

# or add only this skill to Claude Code: copy the folder

skills/backlog-triage/

# into

~/.claude/skills/backlog-triage/ (all projects)

.claude/skills/backlog-triage/ (one project)

skills/backlog-triage/SKILL.md

MITFull file

1# Backlog Triage
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3Turn a pile of raw requests into a short, ranked queue where everything at the top can be pulled today. Tracker-agnostic: works in Jira, Linear, GitHub Issues, or your tracker of choice.
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7## When to use
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9- A pile of bug reports, feature asks, and escalations has no order
10- The same complaint shows up as five tickets from five people
11- The team asks "what should we work on next?" and nobody can answer from the backlog
12- Running the weekly triage session
13- The backlog has grown past the point anyone reads it
14- Checking whether the top of the queue is actually ready to pull
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16## When NOT to use
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18- Writing the ticket itself, fields and all (use `ticket-authoring`)
19- Sequencing initiatives across quarters (use `roadmap-planning`)
20- Synthesizing a batch of research interviews (use `discovery-research-synthesis`)
21- Aggregating feedback channels into themes (use `user-feedback-aggregation`)
22- Running sprint planning, standups, or retros (use `sprint-operations`)
23- Writing the test plan for one item already in the queue (use `test-case-authoring`)
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27## Required inputs
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29- The raw items: pasted text, an export, or a tracker query
30- The current backlog, if one exists, to dedupe against
31- The scoring model the team uses, or agreement to use the defaults here
32- The backlog ceiling and aging threshold, or agreement to set them now
33- Who can answer questions about each item (reporter or owner)
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How to install backlog-triage

skills/backlog-triage/SKILL.md

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