backlog（backlog 搜索）

Backlog Workflow

A structured workflow for taking features from backlog to implementation using specialized agents.

Workflow Overview

Backlog → Triage → PRD → Plan → Refine → PRD (refined) → Implement → Code

Manual mode: Each step is human-triggered. Agents do not auto-chain.

Conductor mode: Run the conductor workflow to orchestrate all phases automatically until complete or blocked.

Workflow Actions

Slash commands are optional convenience wrappers. The workflow is designed to work with plain prompts and subagent invocation across tools.

Agents

Agents are minimal — they define role, boundaries, and tools. Methodology lives in skills.

Naming Convention

The workflow uses descriptive slugs instead of numeric IDs:

Slugs: lowercase kebab-case, max 30 characters.

Status Flow

PRD Statuses

blank → refined → needs_review → approved

Only a human sets approved. The refiner sets refined or needs_review.

Plan Statuses

draft → needs_review → approved → implemented | partially_implemented

Only a human sets approved. The planner sets draft or needs_review.

Human Checkpoints

• After Triage: Review selected task, adjust if needed
• After Plan: Review plan, mark as approved if ready
• After Refine: Review PRD, mark as approved if ready
• After Implement: Review code, create PR manually

Project Setup

Each project using this workflow needs a .backlog/ directory:

your-project/
└── .backlog/
    ├── backlog.md
    ├── prds/
    └── plans/

Example Usage

Manual Mode (step-by-step)

# Triage the highest priority task
"Use the triager agent to pick the highest-priority pending task and create a PRD."

# Create implementation plan
"Use the planner agent to create the implementation plan for user-auth."

# Refine a specific PRD
"Use the refiner agent to refine PRD-user-auth."

# Execute the plan
"Use the implementer agent to implement the approved plan for user-auth."

Conductor Mode (automated)

# Run full pipeline until complete or blocked
"Use the conductor agent to run the backlog pipeline until complete or blocked."

# Run only triage and plan phases
"Use the conductor agent and run only phases: triage,plan."

# Process specific feature only
"Use the conductor agent and process only slug: user-auth."

# Named conductor for parallel operation
"Use conductor name frontend and run phases triage,plan."

Parallel Conductors

Multiple conductors can run in parallel when handling different phases:

# Terminal 1: Create PRDs and plans
"Use conductor name frontend and run phases triage,plan."

# Terminal 2: Review plans
"Use conductor name reviewer and run phase refine."

# Terminal 3: Implement approved plans
"Use conductor name builder and run phase implement."