gsd-review-backlog

You can automate moving software backlog items to active milestones by inspecting items, reviewing their context, and executing bulk promotion or removal decisions. This process automatically renames directories, moves artifacts, and updates your ROADMAP.md file.

The best way to clean up stale entries in a project backlog is to review their context and dates, then remove outdated items. This automatically handles directory renaming, artifact removal, and ROADMAP.md updates to keep your roadmap current.

Backlog governance with ROADMAP.md and phase directories works by reading the roadmap to surface item context and dates, then coordinating bulk decisions. Promoting or removing items automatically moves artifacts and commits changes to maintain directory structure.

Yes, you can use this backlog review workflow specifically for directories named 999.x. It reads these backlog directories alongside ROADMAP.md to surface descriptions and dates, enabling targeted promotion to active milestones or removal of stale entries.

To update ROADMAP.md when promoting backlog items to milestones, you review the item context and select promotion. The workflow automatically updates the ROADMAP.md file, moves artifacts to new phase directories, and commits the changes end-to-end.

The main limitation of automating backlog governance is that it specifically targets backlog directories named 999.x and relies on a ROADMAP.md file to surface item context. Directory structures and roadmap files outside this convention are not automatically managed.