backlog-workflow

What problem does it solve?

Managing project tasks, epics, and dependencies in a markdown-native system requires expert guidance to ensure efficiency and clarity. This skill provides comprehensive knowledge for working with Backlog.md, enabling seamless task management and progress tracking.

Core Features & Use Cases

• Core Task & Epic Management: Learn to create, edit, and manage tasks, including status, priority, labels, and assignees, and organize work into epics with parent-child relationships.
• Dependency & Acceptance Criteria Handling: Effectively establish task dependencies to prevent blockers and manage acceptance criteria, ensuring clear definitions of done.
• Workflow Patterns & MCP Integration: Follow proven workflow patterns for starting, during, and completing work, and leverage direct MCP tool calls for advanced automation.

Quick Start

To create a new task with a title, description, and two acceptance criteria, ask the skill to "Show me the Backlog.md CLI command to create a task 'Implement user authentication' with description 'Add login/logout' and ACs 'Login works' and 'Logout works'."