joi-lab/ouroboroshub/backlog-manager

Backlog Manager

Backlog Manager is a reviewed extension widget for triaging Ouroboros's Improvement Backlog.

It reads memory/knowledge/improvement-backlog.md as the source backlog and stores user-facing management state in this skill's own state directory (overlay.json). The overlay contains status overrides, notes, and locally-created items. This keeps the core backlog pipeline untouched: execution reflections can continue appending to the source file while the widget provides an interactive working view.

The UI is rendered as a host-owned kind: declarative widget (schema v1). Components are Kanban-first: a polling refresher seeds the backlog state, then a compact kanban board (Open / In progress / Deferred / Done / Wont fix) supports drag-and-drop between columns through /api/extensions/backlog_manager/move. Stats appear as a small key/value strip beneath the board, followed by short forms for adding items and updating status / appending notes. No arbitrary JavaScript is loaded.

Boundaries

• Does not mutate the self-modifying repo.
• Does not overwrite memory/knowledge/improvement-backlog.md.
• Writes only to the skill state directory.
• New widget-created items live in the overlay until a future core backlog API exists.
• Non-trivial implementation work still requires plan_task before code changes, as the backlog item itself may request.