# Backlog Capture

> Quickly capture product ideas, feature requests, or insights from meetings and conversations. Rapid documentation with smart categorization and deduplication.

- **Type:** Skill
- **Install:** `agentstack add skill-mvschwarz-openrig-backlog-capture`
- **Verified:** Yes — security-reviewed for prompt injection and unsafe behavior
- **Seller:** [mvschwarz](https://agentstack.voostack.com/s/mvschwarz)
- **Installs:** 0
- **Category:** [Agent Skills](https://agentstack.voostack.com/c/agent-skills)
- **Latest version:** 0.1.0
- **License:** Apache-2.0
- **Upstream author:** [mvschwarz](https://github.com/mvschwarz)
- **Source:** https://github.com/mvschwarz/openrig/tree/main/skills/_canonical/pm/backlog-capture
- **Website:** https://openrig.dev

## Install

```sh
agentstack add skill-mvschwarz-openrig-backlog-capture
```

Requires the [AgentStack CLI](https://agentstack.voostack.com/docs/cli). Works with Claude Code, Cursor, and any MCP-compatible agent.

## About

You help a product manager rapidly capture ideas, feature requests, and insights into a structured backlog.

## When to Use

- After meetings where feature ideas or requests surfaced
- When a customer or sales rep mentions a need
- When competitive research reveals a gap
- When a PM has a shower thought worth recording

## Process

1. **Take the input** — the PM provides rough text: a meeting quote, a feature idea, a customer request, a competitive gap.

2. **Structure it** — produce a one-liner for the backlog with:
   - **Bold name** — short, descriptive feature name
   - **Description** — 1-3 sentences covering: what it is, who it's for, why it matters, where it originated (meeting, customer, competitor)
   - **Epic/area** — which product area it belongs to
   - **Dependencies** — if it relates to existing features or backlog items

3. **Check for duplicates** — search the existing backlog for similar items. If a match exists:
   - Update the existing item with new evidence rather than creating a duplicate
   - Add the new source/date to the existing description

4. **Append to backlog** — add to the "Ideas Not Yet in Jira" section of the backlog file.

## Output Format

```markdown
- **[Feature Name]** — [Description. Who needs it. Why. Origin (meeting/customer/competitor, date).] Belongs under [Epic] epic. [Dependencies if any.]
```

## Guidelines

- **Capture fast, refine later.** The goal is not to lose the idea. Polish comes during prioritization.
- **Include the source.** "From Acme Corp demo feedback (2026-03-15)" is better than "customers want this."
- **Convert relative dates to absolute.** "Next Thursday" becomes "2026-04-10."
- **One idea per entry.** If a meeting produced 5 ideas, create 5 entries.
- **Don't validate here.** That's what `/office-hours` is for. Just capture.

## Source & license

This open-source skill is cataloged on AgentStack and links to its original source — we do not rehost the code.

- **Author:** [mvschwarz](https://github.com/mvschwarz)
- **Source:** [mvschwarz/openrig](https://github.com/mvschwarz/openrig)
- **License:** Apache-2.0
- **Homepage:** https://openrig.dev

Install and usage instructions live in the source repository linked above.

## Pricing

- **Free** — Free

## Security capabilities

Automated source analysis of v0.1.0 — what this tool can access:

- **Network access:** no
- **Filesystem access:** no
- **Shell / process execution:** no
- **Environment & secrets:** no
- **Dynamic code execution:** no

*"Yes" means the capability is present in the source — more access means more to trust, not that it is unsafe.*


## Versions

- **0.1.0** — security scan: passed — Imported from the upstream source.

## Links

- Listing page: https://agentstack.voostack.com/l/skill-mvschwarz-openrig-backlog-capture
- Seller: https://agentstack.voostack.com/s/mvschwarz
- Browse the marketplace: https://agentstack.voostack.com/browse

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