/tidy

Automated backlog cleanup. Non-interactive.

What This Does

• Lint all open issues

• Enrich issues scoring < 70

• Deduplicate similar issues

• Close stale issues (>90 days untouched, not blocked)

• Migrate legacy labels

• Report what changed

Process

1. Lint All Issues

Run /issue lint --all to score every open issue.

2. Enrich Failures

For each issue scoring < 70:

• Run /issue enrich to fill gaps

• Re-lint to confirm improvement

• Skip issues scoring < 30 (need human input, not enrichment)

3. Deduplicate

Compare issue titles and bodies for semantic similarity:

• Same domain label + similar problem statement = potential duplicate

• Present duplicates for confirmation before closing

• Close the less-detailed duplicate with "Duplicate of #N"

4. Close Stale

Issues untouched for 90+ days without blocked label

gh issue list --state open --json number,title,updatedAt,labels |
jq '[.[] | select( ((.updatedAt | fromdateiso8601) < (now - 7776000)) and (.labels | map(.name) | index("blocked") | not) )]'

For each stale issue:

gh issue close N --comment "Closing as stale (>90 days without update). Reopen if still relevant."

5. Migrate Legacy Labels

Find issues with legacy labels

gh issue list --state open --label "priority/p0" --json number gh issue list --state open --label "P0" --json number gh issue list --state open --label "type/bug" --json number

Migrate each:

gh issue edit N --remove-label "priority/p0" --add-label "p0"

6. Report

TIDY REPORT

Issues linted: 20 Issues enriched: 3 (#35: 45→82, #38: 55→78, #41: 62→75) Duplicates closed: 1 (#39 → duplicate of #42) Stale closed: 2 (#12, #15) Labels migrated: 1 (#18: priority/p0 → p0)

Backlog health: 60% → 78% ready for execution

Related

• /issue lint — Per-issue scoring

• /issue enrich — Gap-filling with research

• /backlog — Read-only health dashboard

• /groom — Full interactive grooming (tidy is the quick non-interactive version)