Prioritize

Produce a prioritized view of the backlog. This skill is READ-ONLY — do not edit,
comment on, assign, or close anything.

ADVISORY ONLY — NOT a claim or dispatch source (Path A, #1886). This skill ranks from gh issue list
labels/milestones, which is a lagging view: the GitHub Project Status field is the sole dispatch
authority, and status:* labels are only its ≤30-min-lagging board-derived mirror (#2855). Nothing
here authorizes picking up work. The "START NEXT" line is a recommendation for the owner, not a
dispatch instruction: actually starting an item goes through flow-board/flow-activate — a fresh board
read confirming Status=Ready plus acquiring the claim ref
(bash scripts/flow/claim.sh claim <N>). Selecting work from a label ranking is the exact wrong-grab
pattern Path A exists to prevent.

1. Gather

Use gh to list open work. If $ARGUMENTS names a label, milestone, or epic, scope to
it; otherwise cover all open issues.

• gh issue list --state open --limit 200 --json number,title,labels,assignees,milestone,createdAt,updatedAt
• For epics, also read child issues so blocked-by relationships are visible.

2. Score each item

Rate every issue on this rubric and show the factors, not just a number:

• Impact: user/business value or how much it unblocks.
• Effort: rough size (S/M/L) inferred from the description.
• Dependencies: is it blocked by, or blocking, other issues?
• Deadline: any milestone or date pressure.
• Staleness: time since last activity (use updatedAt).
  Rank highest-leverage first: high impact, unblocks others, deadline-driven, low effort.
  Flag anything blocked (and by what) and anything stale that's silently stuck.

3. Recommend

Output a ranked, skimmable table (rank, #, title, impact/effort, why) and a short
"START NEXT" line — the single epic or issue you'd pick up now and why. Assume I may be
reading this on my phone.

Label the "START NEXT" line advisory and note that it must be confirmed against the board
(Status=Ready) and claimed via bash scripts/flow/claim.sh claim <N> before any work begins — this
ranking is not the queue.