Skill: Bean Status

Description

Reads the beans backlog and produces a formatted summary of all beans grouped by status. Optionally includes task-level detail for active beans. This is the Team Lead's dashboard command for understanding what work is new, in progress, or complete.

Trigger

• •Invoked by the /bean-status slash command.
• •Called by the Team Lead during planning, standups, or retrospectives.
• •Can be invoked by any persona who wants to see the current backlog state.

Inputs

Process

1. •

   Read backlog index -- Parse ai/beans/_index.md to extract the Backlog table. For each row, capture: Bean ID, Title, Priority, Status, Owner.

2. •

   Enrich with task data (if --verbose) -- For each bean that is Picked or In Progress:

   • •Read the bean's bean.md
   • •Parse the Tasks table to count: total tasks, pending, in progress, done
   • •Note any blocked tasks
3. •

   Apply filter -- If a status filter is provided, include only beans matching that status.

4. •

   Group by status -- Organize beans into groups:

   • •In Progress (most important — active work)
   • •Picked (next up)
   • •New (backlog)
   • •Deferred (parked)
   • •Done (completed)
5. •

   Format output -- Produce a readable summary:

   code

   ## Bean Backlog Summary
   
   **Totals:** 3 Done | 1 In Progress | 2 New
   
   ### In Progress
   | Bean ID | Title | Priority | Owner | Tasks |
   |---------|-------|----------|-------|-------|
   | BEAN-003 | Bean Commands | Medium | team-lead | 1/2 done |
   
   ### New
   | Bean ID | Title | Priority |
   |---------|-------|----------|
   | BEAN-001 | Backlog Seeding | Medium |
   

6. •

   Highlight actionable items -- At the bottom, add a "Next Actions" section:

   • •Beans with status New that are ready to pick
   • •Beans In Progress with all tasks Done that are ready to close
   • •Beans In Progress with blocked tasks

Outputs

Quality Criteria

• •All beans in _index.md are represented in the output.
• •Status counts are accurate.
• •Task counts (in verbose mode) match the actual task files.
• •The output is scannable — a Team Lead can understand the backlog state in 10 seconds.
• •Actionable items are highlighted so the Team Lead knows what to do next.

Error Conditions

Dependencies

• •Backlog index at ai/beans/_index.md
• •Individual bean files at ai/beans/BEAN-{NNN}-{slug}/bean.md (for verbose mode)