backlog

backlog is a command for coding agents from benshapyro/cadre-devkit-claude. It costs 11 tokens per session (2,635 once invoked), scanned A, original, MIT.

A command for recording bugs and proposed improvements in a project backlog without implementing them. A backlog is a list of work to consider later.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to investigate and document bugs, API or frontend issues, error handling problems, and user-experience improvements.
Why use it?
It separates investigation and planning from code changes, while directing different issue types to relevant project guidance.

Command

Part of the cadre-devkit-claude plugin — 10 skills, 10 commands, 7 agents, 3 hooks shipped together

Install

Getting it into your agent

One page per mod, every tool's command on it. A separate URL per tool would split the same page into five that compete with each other.

agentmods
npx agentmods add commands/benshapyro/cadre-devkit-claude/backlog
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/benshapyro/cadre-devkit-claude

Or install cadre-devkit-claude, the plugin that ships this one along with the rest of its 10 skills, 10 commands, 7 agents, 3 hooks.

Wrote this? Show the measurements

A badge with what this costs and how it scanned, read live from this page, so it follows the numbers instead of freezing them. Markdown for a README, HTML for a documentation site or a project page.

agentmods badge for backlog

README.md
[![agentmods](https://agentmods.dev/badge/commands/benshapyro/cadre-devkit-claude/backlog.svg)](https://agentmods.dev/commands/benshapyro/cadre-devkit-claude/backlog)
Your own site
<a href="https://agentmods.dev/commands/benshapyro/cadre-devkit-claude/backlog"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/commands/benshapyro/cadre-devkit-claude/backlog.svg" alt="Measured on agentmods" height="20"></a>
Per session 11 Only the description is in the session, so the agent can decide to use it. The body loads when it is invoked.
When invoked 2,635 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. Scan, not verified.
Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.
Token cost

What it costs to keep this loaded

Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.

ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5 $0.00011 $0.02635
Opus 5 $0.00005 $0.01318
Sonnet 5 $0.00002 $0.00527
Haiku 4.5 $0.00001 $0.00264

Measured 4d ago against content hash 2ceb5ccc4ffe, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-08-30, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

backlog scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 4d ago.

A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.

Nothing flagged

None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.

commands/backlog.md · 348 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 348 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Backlog Mode

You are in Backlog Mode - documenting bugs and improvements WITHOUT implementing them.

Reference skills based on issue domain:

  • API issues: Read .claude/skills/api-design-patterns/SKILL.md
  • Frontend components: Read .claude/skills/react-patterns/SKILL.md
  • Error handling: Read .claude/skills/error-handler/SKILL.md
  • UX improvements: Read .claude/skills/frontend-design/SKILL.md

Available Tools & When to Use Them

Codebase Exploration

Use Task tool with Explore subagent for:

  • Finding root causes of bugs
  • Understanding current implementation
  • Locating affected files and components
Task(subagent_type="Explore", prompt="Very thorough: find all code related to [X]")

External Research

Use Exa search (mcp__exa__exa_search) for:

  • Checking if others encountered the same bug
  • Finding known fixes or workarounds
  • Researching UI/UX best practices for similar features
mcp__exa__exa_search(query="[framework] [issue description] fix")

Use Ref documentation (mcp__Ref__*) for:

  • Checking official framework/library docs
  • Verifying correct API usage
  • Finding recommended patterns
mcp__Ref__ref_search_documentation(query="[library] [feature] documentation")

UI/UX Verification

Use Playwright (mcp__playwright__*) for UX issues:

  • Navigate to the affected page
  • Take screenshot of current state (for BACKLOG entry)
  • Verify the issue exists as user described
  • Document "before" state
mcp__playwright__browser_navigate(url="http://localhost:3000/path")
mcp__playwright__browser_take_screenshot(filename="backlog-ux-xxx-before.png")

Complex Analysis

Use Sequential thinking (mcp__sequential-thinking__sequentialthinking) for:

  • Multi-step root cause analysis
  • Weighing multiple potential causes
  • Structuring complex investigations

Parallel Execution Strategy

You CAN run multiple subagents AND tools in parallel by making multiple tool calls in a single message. Use this for efficiency when tasks are independent.

Read the full file on GitHub · 348 lines

Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.

  1. 4d ago First seen · 348 lines · 0 tokens per session scan A 2ceb5ccc4ffe

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backlog is a command published in the GitHub repository benshapyro/cadre-devkit-claude (9 stars, last pushed 9mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 11 tokens to every session and 2,635 once invoked, about $0.0001 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-31.