Backlog tasks

Show the current task backlog — pending, active, blocked, and overdue tasks. Use when the user asks about tasks, status, what needs to be done, or what's in progress.

install

source · Clone the upstream repo

git clone https://github.com/backloghq/backlog

Claude Code · Install into ~/.claude/skills/

T=$(mktemp -d) && git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/backloghq/backlog "$T" && mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && cp -r "$T/skills/tasks" ~/.claude/skills/backloghq-backlog-tasks && rm -rf "$T"

manifest: skills/tasks/SKILL.md

source content

Task Status Overview

Show the current state of the task backlog. Use the backlog MCP tools to query and present the following:

Active tasks — call
```
task_list
```
with filter
```
+ACTIVE
```
to show tasks currently being worked on
Overdue tasks — call
```
task_list
```
with filter
```
+OVERDUE
```
to show tasks past their due date
Blocked tasks — call
```
task_count
```
with filter
```
+BLOCKED status:pending
```
to count blocked tasks
Pending tasks by priority — call
```
task_list
```
with filter
```
status:pending
```
and group results by priority (H, M, L, none)
Tasks with docs — call
```
task_count
```
with filter
```
+doc status:pending
```
to count tasks with attached specs/docs
Recently completed — call
```
task_list
```
with filter
```
status:completed end.after:now-7d
```
to show work done in the last 7 days

Present the results in a concise, scannable format. Skip sections that have zero results. If the backlog is completely empty, say so and suggest using

/backlog:plan

to create tasks.