backlog

backlog is a command for coding agents from openshift-eng/ai-helpers. It costs 16 tokens per session (5,146 once invoked), scanned A, original, Apache-2.0.

A Jira command that reviews available backlog tickets and recommends which ones to pick up. It considers priority, descriptions, comments, and recent activity.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to choose work when you have capacity, find neglected tickets, and compare candidates across Critical, High, Normal, and Low priority levels.
Why use it?
It helps you find useful work without manually scanning the backlog. It excludes tickets already assigned to people and includes unassigned or bot-assigned tickets.

Command

Part of the jira plugin — 13 skills, 17 commands 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/openshift-eng/ai-helpers/backlog
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/openshift-eng/ai-helpers

Or install jira, the plugin that ships this one along with the rest of its 13 skills, 17 commands.

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
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Your own site
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Per session 16 Only the description is in the session, so the agent can decide to use it. The body loads when it is invoked.
When invoked 5,146 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 1 finding. 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 $0.00016 $0.05146
Opus 5 $0.00008 $0.02573
Sonnet 5 $0.00003 $0.01029
Haiku 4.5 $0.00002 $0.00515

Measured 2d ago against content hash dbb55de8a23b, 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 1 finding 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 2d 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.

Makes network callslowCapability

Not a fault in itself. Listed so you know the mod talks to something, and to what.

This command uses direct REST API calls (via `curl`) instead of MCP tools because MCP has performance issues when fetching large datasets — tool result size limits cause 413 errors, and processing hundreds of tickets thr
Origin

Copies of this mod

1 near-identical copy found in the catalogue:

  • backlog — 89% identical, 169 lines differ
plugins/jira/commands/backlog.md · 492 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 492 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Name

jira:backlog

Synopsis

/jira:backlog [project-key] [--assignee username] [--days-inactive N]

Description

The jira:backlog command helps identify suitable tickets from the JIRA backlog to work on by intelligently analyzing unassigned tickets and bot-assigned tickets. Unlike simple filtering, this command reads ticket descriptions, comments, and activity patterns to recommend the best candidates for work.

Key Feature: The command selects 2 tickets from each priority level (Critical, High, Normal, Low) that are actually available to pick up (unassigned or assigned to bots only), giving you a balanced view across all priorities so you can choose based on your expertise and preference.

Important: This command only recommends tickets that are unassigned or assigned to bots (like "OCP DocsBot"). Tickets assigned to real people are excluded, even if they have no recent activity, because they may already be claimed by someone.

This command is particularly useful for:

  • Finding tickets to work on when you have available capacity
  • Identifying unassigned or abandoned tickets that need attention
  • Getting a mix of priorities to choose from (not just critical)
  • Understanding ticket context before starting work

How it works:

  • Searches for unassigned tickets or tickets with no activity for 28+ days (configurable)
  • Filters for availability - keeps only unassigned or bot-assigned tickets
  • Analyzes ticket content - reads descriptions, comments, and activity patterns
  • Evaluates suitability - identifies tickets that are ready vs. need verification vs. may be abandoned
  • Selects intelligently - chooses the most suitable 2 tickets from each priority level
  • Provides comprehensive summaries with recommendations for each ticket

Prerequisites

This command uses direct REST API calls (via curl) instead of MCP tools because MCP has performance issues when fetching large datasets — tool result size limits cause 413 errors, and processing hundreds of tickets through MCP commands creates excessive context usage.

Read the full file on GitHub · 492 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. 2d ago First seen · 492 lines · 16 tokens per session scan A dbb55de8a23b

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backlog is a command published in the GitHub repository openshift-eng/ai-helpers (116 stars, last pushed today), licensed Apache-2.0. It adds 16 tokens to every session and 5,146 once invoked, about $0.0001 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 1 finding (makes network calls). No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-09-03.