oalders

Triage Backlog — Git skill for Claude Code

Git community

Grooms open GitHub issues - finds completed work, updates task lists, improves labels.

How to install Triage Backlog

Installs to ~/.claude/skills/oalders-kitchen-sink-triage-backlog/SKILL.md

Terminal

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/oalders-kitchen-sink-triage-backlog && curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/oalders/kitchen-sink/HEAD/commands/triage-backlog.md -o ~/.claude/skills/oalders-kitchen-sink-triage-backlog/SKILL.md

Restart Claude Code, or start a new session, for it to be picked up.

What Triage Backlog does

description: Grooms open GitHub issues - finds completed work, updates task lists, improves labels

Triage Backlog

Incrementally groom the GitHub issue backlog for the current repo. Walks through untriaged issues one at a time, checking if work has been completed, updating task lists, and suggesting labels.

Arguments

depth: quick, standard (default), or deep - controls how thoroughly to check if issues are completed
batch size: defaults to 10 issues per session

Alternatives in Git

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