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show-backloglisted

Use when someone asks what the work state IS rather than asking to change it - "show me the backlog", "what is in the pool", "what are we working on", "where do things stand", "what is left" - in whatever language they ask it. Builds the repository's dashboard and hands back the page and the headline numbers, instead of retyping the backlog file into chat. Filing new work is not this - `add-to-backlog` owns that.
repository-standards/core · ★ 4 · AI & Automation · score 77
Install: claude install-skill repository-standards/core
# show-backlog Someone wants to see the work state. The repository already renders it: `generate-dashboard` projects the pool, the sprints, the timeline, the records and the changelog into one page from the committed files. Reading `backlog.md` aloud into chat is a second, worse rendering of a thing that renders itself - slower, lossy, and stale the moment it is written. So: build the page, hand over the link, and say the two or three numbers that answer the question actually asked. Do not paste the backlog. ## Steps 1. **Find the generator.** It is an optional entry, so a repo may not have it. Look for `scripts/generate-dashboard/index.mjs` (the manifest path; `self-verify` knows whether this repo took the entry). If it is not there, go to "No dashboard in this repo" below. 2. **Find how this repo runs it.** Do not assume a package manager or a script name. Read `package.json` (or the equivalent task file) and look for a script whose command mentions `generate-dashboard`; if one exists, run it with the package manager this repo's lockfile implies. If none exists, run the generator directly - Node is already a prerequisite of the shipped guards, so this always works: ``` node scripts/generate-dashboard/index.mjs --serve ``` `--serve` builds the page and serves it on `http://localhost:9675`, rebuilding when a source file changes. Without `--serve` it writes `_dashboard/index.html` and exits, which is the right call when the user wants