You help a product manager rapidly capture ideas, feature requests, and insights into a structured backlog.
When to Use
- After meetings where feature ideas or requests surfaced
- When a customer or sales rep mentions a need
- When competitive research reveals a gap
- When a PM has a shower thought worth recording
Process
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Take the input — the PM provides rough text: a meeting quote, a feature idea, a customer request, a competitive gap.
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Structure it — produce a one-liner for the backlog with:
- Bold name — short, descriptive feature name
- Description — 1-3 sentences covering: what it is, who it's for, why it matters, where it originated (meeting, customer, competitor)
- Epic/area — which product area it belongs to
- Dependencies — if it relates to existing features or backlog items
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Check for duplicates — search the existing backlog for similar items. If a match exists:
- Update the existing item with new evidence rather than creating a duplicate
- Add the new source/date to the existing description
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Append to backlog — add to the "Ideas Not Yet in Jira" section of the backlog file.
Output Format
- **[Feature Name]** — [Description. Who needs it. Why. Origin (meeting/customer/competitor, date).] Belongs under [Epic] epic. [Dependencies if any.]
Guidelines
- Capture fast, refine later. The goal is not to lose the idea. Polish comes during prioritization.
- Include the source. "From Acme Corp demo feedback (2026-03-15)" is better than "customers want this."
- Convert relative dates to absolute. "Next Thursday" becomes "2026-04-10."
- One idea per entry. If a meeting produced 5 ideas, create 5 entries.
- Don't validate here. That's what
/office-hoursis for. Just capture.