metta-backlog

name	metta:backlog
description	Manage backlog
allowed-tools	["Bash","AskUserQuestion"]

Drive the metta backlog CLI. The CLI owns the spec/backlog/ directory; this skill only routes the user to the right subcommand.

Steps

1. Use AskUserQuestion to pick one of: list, show, add, promote, done.

2. Dispatch per choice:

   • list → run metta backlog list and report the output.
   • show → ask for slug via AskUserQuestion, then run metta backlog show <slug>.
   • add → ask for title (free-form), priority (high | medium | low), and description (free-form). Run METTA_SKILL=1 metta backlog add "<title>" --priority <level> --description "<description>". Omit --priority if the user declined to pick one. Omit --description if the user left it blank (description then defaults to the title).
   • promote → run metta backlog list --json, parse .backlog[].slug from the output, present the slugs via AskUserQuestion, then run METTA_SKILL=1 metta backlog promote <chosen-slug>. The CLI prints the metta propose "<title>" command to run next; echo that back to the user.
   • done → run metta backlog list --json, parse .backlog[].slug from the output to build the list of available slugs. Present the slugs via AskUserQuestion. Then ask, via AskUserQuestion, for an optional change name to record as --change <name> (free-form; if the user skips or leaves blank, omit the flag). Run METTA_SKILL=1 metta backlog done <slug> or METTA_SKILL=1 metta backlog done <slug> --change <changeName> as appropriate. Echo the archived path printed by the CLI back to the user.

3. Echo the slug / path / next command printed by the CLI.

Rules

• Never invent slugs; always use the ones emitted by the CLI.
• For add, valid --priority values are high, medium, low. Omit the flag if the user declines to pick one.
• Do not call metta propose from this skill; promote only surfaces the suggested command.
• done archives the item to spec/backlog/done/<slug>.md and, when --change <name> is supplied, stamps a **Shipped-in**: <name> line at the end of the archived file.