# Swipe-based backlog triage

Source: https://refyneit.com/prompts/swipe-backlog-triage

A fast, card-based flow for making one clear issue decision at a time—with undo and keyboard parity.

## When to use it

The prompt balances expressive interaction with safety, accessibility, and enough issue context to prevent careless triage.

## Prompt

Design and implement a backlog triage flow for [PROJECT] that presents one issue at a time and supports decisions: assign, needs information, defer, close, or ignore.

Inspect existing patterns first. Build a centered decision card with issue title, metadata, concise body, labels, age, and author; a visible queue/progress indicator; and clearly labeled actions. Use realistic issue data. Show enough context for a responsible decision without turning the card into a full issue page.

Create an energetic but disciplined visual style with tactile depth, readable typography, restrained semantic color, and clear spatial cues. Swipe/drag may enhance the experience, but every action must also work by button and keyboard. Add confirmation for destructive choices, undo for the last action, and clear success, empty-queue, loading, and failure states.

Motion should explain the decision and honor reduced-motion preferences. Make mobile interaction comfortable and desktop keyboard use fast. Avoid copied branding and never encode meaning by color alone.

Test all decision paths, undo, keyboard controls, and responsive layout. Finish with changed files, commands/results, and screenshots of the active card and completed state.

## Adaptation and provenance

Adapted from Backlog Swipe Triage's card-based GitHub issue workflow and committed preview.

Contributor: [@jamesmontemagno](https://github.com/jamesmontemagno)
Repository: https://github.com/github/awesome-copilot
Pinned commit: b95e24caae4f25c5985f8527fd092ccfed039c36
License: [MIT](https://github.com/github/awesome-copilot/blob/b95e24caae4f25c5985f8527fd092ccfed039c36/LICENSE)
- [extension](https://github.com/github/awesome-copilot/blob/b95e24caae4f25c5985f8527fd092ccfed039c36/extensions/backlog-swipe-triage/extension.mjs)
- [preview](https://github.com/github/awesome-copilot/blob/b95e24caae4f25c5985f8527fd092ccfed039c36/extensions/backlog-swipe-triage/assets/preview.png)
Review: output-reviewed, 2026-08-23. Reviewed the commit-pinned implementation and its committed preview image. The preview is representative source output, not a claim that this adapted prompt reproduces it pixel-for-pixel.
Reviewed output: https://refyneit.com/prompt-outputs/backlog-swipe-triage.png
Output source: https://github.com/github/awesome-copilot/blob/b95e24caae4f25c5985f8527fd092ccfed039c36/extensions/backlog-swipe-triage/assets/preview.png
Representative output committed by @jamesmontemagno in github/awesome-copilot, reviewed at b95e24ca.