Backlog Grooming Loop
This loop helps your team refine and organize your product backlog by ensuring items are clearly defined, properly prioritized, and ready for development. It…
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Kickoff Prompt
Copy this prompt and run it with your agent to start the loop.
Start the "Backlog Grooming Loop" loop.
Goal: Refine backlog
Max iterations: 10
Between iterations run: backlog audit
Exit when: Top items ready
Begin the backlog grooming process. First, run a backlog audit to list all current backlog items. Then identify the top 5 items that need refinement. For each item, improve the description for clarity, add missing acceptance criteria, check for dependencies, validate priority order, and provide effort estimates. Continue iterating through workflow steps until all top items are ready for development. Run the check command after each action to assess progress.
Self-pace this loop. After each iteration, run `backlog audit` and evaluate the output, and only continue if the exit condition is not met (Top items ready). Stop when the exit condition passes or 10 iterations are reached. Give a short status update each pass.