ghs-backlog-board

Shows a read-only dashboard of all backlog items across audited repositories with scores, progress, and next-action recommendations.

Skill Info

Version: 5.0.0 Arguments: [--sort score|progress|name]Trigger phrases: "show me the backlog board", "show my repos", "what's the status?", "backlog status", "dashboard", "show all repos", "how are my repos doing", "progress report"

What It Does

ghs-backlog-board reads all project item data from GitHub Projects (via gh project item-list) and renders a dashboard in the terminal. It does not modify any items — it is purely a read-only display skill.

The dashboard comes in two views:

• Multi-repo overview — when multiple repos have been scanned, shows a summary table with scores, progress bars, issue counts, and last scan dates
• Single-repo detail — when one repo is selected, shows remaining and completed health items, score breakdown by tier, and open issues

After displaying the dashboard, it recommends the highest-impact next action using the same priority algorithm as ghs-backlog-next.

Stale Scan Detection

If a scan is more than 30 days old, the dashboard flags it with a re-scan suggestion.

Example

Multi-Repo View

## Backlog Dashboard

| Repository          | Health        | Progress | Issues | Open | PRs | Last Scan  |
|---------------------|---------------|----------|--------|------|-----|------------|
| phmatray/NewSLN     | 10/31 (32%)   | ██░░░░░░ | 18     | 15   | 3   | 2026-02-26 |
| phmatray/OtherRepo  | 24/28 (86%)   | ██████░░ | 5      | 2    | 1   | 2026-02-20 |

Total: 2 repos | Health items: 25 (14 pass) | Issues: 23 (17 open)

Single-Repo View

## Backlog: phmatray/NewSLN

> Health Score: 10/31 (32%) | Open Issues: 15 | Last scan: 2026-02-26

### Health — Remaining Items (by priority)

| # | Item              | Tier | Points | Status | PR |
|---|-------------------|------|--------|--------|----|
| 1 | README            | 1    | 4      | FAIL   | -- |
| 2 | Branch Protection | 1    | 4      | FAIL   | -- |
...

### Health Score Breakdown

  Tier 1:  8/16  ████░░░░ (50%)  — 2 remaining
  Tier 2:  2/12  █░░░░░░░ (17%)  — 5 remaining
  Tier 3:  0/3   ░░░░░░░░ (0%)   — 3 remaining

### Recommended Next

The highest-impact item is **README** (Health — Tier 1, 4 points).
To apply it:
  /ghs-backlog-fix phmatray/NewSLN --item readme

Routes To

After viewing the dashboard, GHS suggests:

• ghs-backlog-fix — to fix the recommended item
• ghs-repo-scan — to re-scan if data is stale
• ghs-backlog-next — for a quick single-item recommendation

Technical Details

Property	Value
Allowed tools	Bash(gh:*), Read
Spawns sub-agents	No — read-only dashboard renderer
Phases	5 (Discover Projects, Collect Status, Display Dashboard, Recommend Next, Quick-Apply Prompt)
Requires	gh CLI (authenticated), GitHub Project data from a prior ghs-repo-scan run
Re-run safe	Yes — read-only, no side effects