Backlog items

Future work captured before committing to it.

Scope

A backlog item belongs to:

• A product (required)
• A focus area (optional) - nil means "unfocused / product-level"

This lets a "Marketing" focus area have its own backlog separate from "Developer tools", while still allowing cross-cutting product-level items.

Fields

• title - short summary
• description - longer context
• priority - low / medium / high
• source - "session" (added during session), "ui" (added manually)
• promotedToFeatureId - set when promoted; nil = still pending

Promotion

When promotedToFeatureId is set:

• The item is considered "not pending"
• It doesn't appear in pending lists
• But the record is kept (origin trail)

If the feature is deleted, promotedToFeatureId resets to nil and the item returns to pending.

Managing

In the UI:

• Type into the field at the top of a product's Backlog in the panel
• Right-click → Move to (move between focus areas)
• Right-click → Delete, or click the X button

Via natural language:

• "Add to backlog: [idea]" - adds to current focus area
• "Move [item] to Unfocused" - changes scope
• "Delete [item] from backlog"
• "What's in the backlog?" - grouped by focus area