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Research Backlog — Development skill for Claude Code

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Claude Code skill: enrich Linear backlog tickets with parallel research agents before implementation.

How to install Research Backlog

This entry records only its repository, not the path inside it, so there is no exact command to give. Open drewdoebereiner/research-backlog and copy the folder into ~/.claude/skills/, or the file into ~/.claude/agents/.

What Research Backlog does

Claude Code skill: enrich Linear backlog tickets with parallel research agents before implementation.

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README

research-backlog

A Claude Code skill that enriches Linear backlog tickets with deep research before a developer touches them.

What it does

For each ticket in your Linear team's backlog, dispatches a parallel research subagent that investigates the technical domain, searches for official docs, prior art, and best practices, then posts a structured comment directly on the ticket. The result is a backlog where every item arrives at the developer with context, resources, and known gotchas already attached — reducing ramp-up time and design mistakes.

Installation

Copy the skill folder into your Claude Code skills directory:

cp -r research-backlog ~/.claude/skills/

Then invoke it in Claude Code with `/research-backlog`.

Usage

Run `/research-backlog` from any repo. The skill will:

Confirm your LINEAR_API_KEY
List your teams (or auto-select via $LINEAR_TEAM_NAME)
Fetch all backlog/unstarted issues
Dispatch one research subagent per ticket in parallel
Post a structured research comment on each ticket
Print a summary table of what was posted

Requirements

LINEAR_API_KEY — required. Get one from linear.app/settings/api.
LINEAR_TEAM_NAME — optional. If set, skips the team selection prompt. Value should match part of your team's name (case-insensitive).
jq — used to parse GraphQL responses (brew install jq)