ClaudSkills / Science & Research / science-misc

Backlog Groomer

FeaturedQuality score: 95/100 · Category: Science & Research · Sub-category: science-misc

type:review

Manage the beads backlog for this project. Use when the user wants to review or triage open issues, reprioritize the backlog, identify obsolete issues to close, investigate a topic to inform future work, create new issues from research findings, or enrich an existing issue with external context. Trigger phrases: 'groom', 'triage', 'backlog review', 'reprioritize', 'stale issues', 'what should we close', 'too many issues', 'backlog health', 'investigate for backlog', 'research and create issues', 'add context to issue', 'enrich issue', 'plan the work for', 'break down into issues', 'start the sprint', 'plan the sprint', 'plan next sprint', 'what should we work on', or any request to audit, prune, or research work tracked in beads.

What this skill does

Backlog Groomer is a high-quality Claude Code skill (quality score 95/100) in the science-misc sub-category. It ships as a SKILL.md file that Claude Code auto-discovers under ~/.claude/skills/backlog-groomer/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.

When to invoke it: Use when the user wants to review or triage open issues, reprioritize the backlog, identify obsolete issues to close, investigate a topic to inform future work, create new issues from research findings, or enrich an existing issue with external context. Trigger phrases: 'groom', 'triage', 'backlog review', 'reprioritize', 'stale issues', 'what should we close', 'too many issues', 'backlog health', 'investigate for backlog', 'research and create issues', 'add context to issue', 'enrich issue', 'plan the work for', 'break down into issues', 'start the sprint', 'plan the sprint', 'plan next sprint', 'what should we work on', or any request to audit, prune, or research work tracked in beads.

Who uses this skill

The Backlog Groomer skill is built for researchers, data scientists, academics, and analysts working with complex data and scientific literature. It is part of the open ClaudSkills registry, a community-curated catalog of 15,000+ capabilities you can install for Claude Code — the Claude CLI agent.

How to install

Free

Manual install (2 steps)

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/backlog-groomer
curl -L https://claudskills.com/skills/backlog-groomer/SKILL.md \
  -o ~/.claude/skills/backlog-groomer/SKILL.md

Or just download SKILL.md directly and drop it into ~/.claude/skills/backlog-groomer/. Claude Code auto-discovers it on next session.

Skills live at ~/.claude/skills/backlog-groomer/SKILL.md on macOS/Linux, or %USERPROFILE%\.claude\skills\backlog-groomer\SKILL.md on Windows. See the full install guide for step-by-step instructions.

Pro

One-click install via the desktop app

The ClaudSkills desktop app installs any skill directly into ~/.claude/skills/ with one click — no terminal required. Pro starts at $9/mo or $149 lifetime.

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