What is the Backlog Champion skill?

It is a Claude Code extension that acts as a 'Product Champion' to advocate for tasks that maximize development speed and business impact during backlog grooming.

Does this skill help with technical debt?

While it prioritizes velocity, it includes technical health as a Tier 4 priority, focusing on complexity hotspots and coverage gaps when they impact long-term progress.

What kind of tasks does it prioritize highest?

It focuses on Tier 1 blockers such as failing builds or issues preventing other developers from working, followed by high-clarity 'Quick Wins' that take less than 30 minutes.

How does the three-agent debate system work?

The Backlog Champion argues for speed and impact, a Critic agent challenges those rankings with engineering concerns, and a Moderator synthesizes both views into a final list.

Is Backlog Champion compatible with existing project management tools?

It is designed to work within the Claude Code environment using tools like Read, Glob, and Grep to analyze the current state of your repository and provide ranking JSON.

Backlog Champion

Name: Backlog Champion
Author: pcortes

bypcortes

Productivity & Workflow

Advocates for high-impact, high-velocity tasks to maximize project momentum and delivery speed.

About

Backlog Champion is a specialized Claude Code skill designed to act as a product-focused advocate within your development workflow. It analyzes project opportunities—such as bug reports, test failures, and feature requests—and prioritizes them based on their ability to maximize team velocity and business value. Operating within a structured three-agent debate system, this skill ensures that development decisions favor quick wins and critical blockers while actively avoiding analysis paralysis. It is ideal for teams following agile or startup philosophies where shipping fast and maintaining momentum are the primary objectives.

Key Features

Integration-ready for multi-agent workflows involving critics and moderators.
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Data-driven prioritization based on actionability, effort, and business impact.
Quantitative argumentation using specific metrics like actionability scores and estimated time.
Strategic advocacy for 'Quick Wins' and high-ROI tasks under 30 minutes.
Tiered ranking system that prioritizes CI/CD blockers and developer unblocking.

Use Cases

Rapidly triaging failing test suites to restore CI/CD pipeline health.
Resolving prioritization debates by focusing on project velocity and developer flow.
Identifying the most impactful tasks during sprint planning or daily standups.

About

Key Features

Integration-ready for multi-agent workflows involving critics and moderators.
0 GitHub stars
Data-driven prioritization based on actionability, effort, and business impact.
Quantitative argumentation using specific metrics like actionability scores and estimated time.
Strategic advocacy for 'Quick Wins' and high-ROI tasks under 30 minutes.
Tiered ranking system that prioritizes CI/CD blockers and developer unblocking.

Use Cases

Rapidly triaging failing test suites to restore CI/CD pipeline health.
Resolving prioritization debates by focusing on project velocity and developer flow.
Identifying the most impactful tasks during sprint planning or daily standups.