Shared backlog conventions for Azure DevOps, GitHub, and Jira. Use for platform resolution, autonomy tiers, sanitization guards, and story quality, and for Azure DevOps pull request creation and build status or log retrieval.
Install
npx skills add microsoft/hve-core --skill backlog-managementnpx skills add microsoft/hve-core --skill backlog-management -a claude-code -gnpx skills add microsoft/hve-core --skill backlog-management -a codex -ggemini skills install https://github.com/microsoft/hve-core.git --path .github/skills/project-planning/backlog-managementgh skill install microsoft/hve-core backlog-managementgit clone --depth 1 https://github.com/microsoft/hve-core /tmp/microsoft__hve-core
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills ~/.agents/skills
cp -R /tmp/microsoft__hve-core/.github/skills/project-planning/backlog-management ~/.claude/skills/backlog-management # Claude Code
cp -R /tmp/microsoft__hve-core/.github/skills/project-planning/backlog-management ~/.agents/skills/backlog-management # Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, Copilot, OpenCode