Backlog Item Detail

Each backlog item has a dedicated detail page that shows all structured fields plus collaborative features.

Navigating to an Item

Click any item row in the backlog list, or any card in the kanban board.

Main Content (Left Panel)

The left panel contains the core item definition:

• Title — editable in-place; click to edit
• Description — rich text prose describing the context and background
• Acceptance Criteria — testable conditions that must be true for the item to be “done”; one per line
• Edge Cases — error paths, boundary conditions, and unusual scenarios
• Validation Steps — manual QA checklist that an engineer follows to verify the feature
• Deployment Notes — infrastructure changes, new env vars, or post-deploy tasks required

Metadata (Right Sidebar)

The right sidebar shows quick-access metadata:

• Status — current lifecycle status; click to change inline
• Type — feature, bug, chore, or spike
• Priority — high, medium, or low
• Story points — estimated effort (1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21)
• Labels — free-form tags; type to create new labels
• Theme — the epic/theme this item belongs to
• Quality score — calculated completeness percentage (80+ = ready)
• Remediation count — number of times this item re-entered development after review (visible only when > 0)

Diary Entries

Below the main content, the Diary section shows a chronological log of notes attached to this item. Add entries to record progress updates, decisions made, or blockers encountered.

Entry types:

• Note — general observation
• Blocker — an impediment preventing progress
• Decision — a choice made that affects this item
• Defect — a bug found during execution (increments the remediation count)

Work Log

The Work Log section in the sidebar shows time entries for this item:

• Each entry records duration (in hours and minutes) and an optional note
• The total time spent is shown in the section header
• Click Add time to log a new entry; use the edit/delete controls on existing entries

Attachments

The Attachments section lets you upload supporting files (screenshots, specs, PDFs). Supported types: images, PDFs, text files, and common document formats (max 10 MB per file).

Auto-Elaboration Draft Panel

When the background AI has enriched an item, an Elaboration Draft Panel appears at the top of the main content area (above the Description). This happens when the item has a pending AI draft awaiting your review.

The panel shows:

• A header indicating the context source (“Drafted from codebase” or “Drafted from backlog context only”)
• Each enriched field with a side-by-side comparison of your current content vs the AI suggestion
• A “Use this” button per field to apply that suggestion only
• An “Apply all” button to accept all suggestions at once
• A “Dismiss” button to discard the draft without changing any content

After applying or dismissing, the panel disappears and the quality score updates. See Auto-Elaboration for more detail.

Item Splitting

The Split button in the item header lets you decompose a large item into atomic child tasks using AI.

1. Click Split (visible when status is not done, abandoned, or split).
2. The AI analyses the item and proposes 3–7 child tasks in a Split Review Panel.
3. Review, edit, or remove each proposal.
4. Click Commit split to create the child tasks and mark this item as Split.
5. Click Cancel to discard without changes.

After committing, the parent item’s status becomes Split (retained as an epic reference) and the child items appear as new draft items in the backlog. See Item Splitting for more detail.

Links

The Links section shows relationships to other backlog items — blocks, is blocked by, relates to, duplicates, and depends on. Click Add link to create a new relationship.