reconcile-backlog-sweep-plan

To reconcile a backlog plan with GitHub PR status, query the current state of each in-flight initiative's PR, compute whether it should transition to merged or deferred, and generate a dry-run diff to review before applying updates to your plan.

A backlog-sweep plan reconciliation is the process of aligning state.json and plan.md files with actual GitHub PR outcomes, ensuring that already-merged work is not re-shipped and deferred items are tracked properly.

You update state.json and plan.md by querying GitHub PR states for each candidate initiative, computing the appropriate transitions, and applying the edits through a controlled commit plan on a short-lived branch.

Yes, this workflow relies on the gh CLI to query GitHub PR state and git to guide branch creation, apply edits, and record a commit plan for subsequent PR-based shipping of the reconciled backlog updates.

Yes, you can preview changes because the reconciliation computes transitions and mirrors them into a dry-run diff without applying them, allowing you to review the proposed updates to state.json and plan.md before committing.

Your backlog plan shows open PRs that are already merged because state.json and plan.md have not been reconciled with actual GitHub PR outcomes, a mismatch this Skill resolves by querying PR states and preparing the correct transitions.