create-backlog-item

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SKILL.md

$0 <item_title>$1</item_title>

Create Backlog Item

Capture a new backlog item and create a per-item file in ~/.dh/projects/{slug}/backlog/.

PROHIBITED: Backlog Items Describe Problems, Not Solutions

NEVER include any of the following in a backlog item description:

  • "Required changes" sections
  • "Potential approaches" or "Suggested fixes"
  • Implementation instructions ("replace X with Y", "add function Z")
  • Scope expansion beyond what the user described ("also update CLAUDE.md", "also fix the tests")
  • File-level prescriptions ("modify file X at line Y")

WHY: Prescriptive fixes in backlog items bypass grooming, RT-ICA, and architecture review. They encode untested assumptions as requirements. This has caused hours of wasted work — a backlog item prescribed modifying project-level files that were out of scope, and agents followed those instructions.

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