fix: add --limit 200 and targeted --query filters to all gh project item-list calls#77
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…tem-list calls Default limit of 30 silently truncated projects with >30 items, causing execute-backlog-item to miss ranked candidates and fall through to wrong tiers (discovered when #40 at position 34 was never returned). All 9 affected command files audited and fixed. All calls now include either --limit 200/500 or are single-item #<n> queries (which return at most one result and need no limit). Targeted --query filters applied throughout: - is:issue to exclude PRs and draft items from all project item queries - status:Todo for rank-analysis calls (add-backlog-item, refine-backlog-item) - no:milestone for unassigned-candidate queries (plan-release, execute-backlog-item Tier 2) - milestone:<v> for milestone-scoped status lookups (release-status, plan-release re-planning) - Label and type filters pushed server-side where possible (plan-release mode A/B, refine-backlog) - -status:Done for validate-backlog to reduce audit dataset size (raised limit to 500) - #<n> targeted queries for single-item lookups (execute-backlog-item item ID, resolve-external-blocker) --query confirmed to preserve Project rank order: filtered output sequence matches rank-ordered --limit 200 output for the same items (reproducible test: compare item order from `--query "status:Todo"` vs `--limit 200` then jq filter to Todo — sequences are identical). Refs #76 Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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The broad `gh issue list` call was superseded by the targeted `gh project item-list` Tier 1/Tier 2 queries introduced in #77. Co-authored-by: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Summary
gh project item-list, which caused/execute-backlog-itemto miss candidates ranked ≥31 and fall through to wrong tierscommands/*.mdfiles audited and updated--queryfilters pushed server-side throughout to reduce response size and improve correctnessRank-preservation investigation
Test method: compare item order from
gh project item-list 2 --owner gringolito --format json --query "status:Todo"againstgh project item-list 2 --owner gringolito --format json --limit 200 | jq '[.items[] | select(.status == "Todo")]'Result: sequences are identical —
--querypreserves Project rank order. Same test confirmed formilestone:v0.3.0 status:Todo.Conclusion:
--queryDOES preserve Project rank.Changes per file
execute-backlog-item.md--query "is:issue status:Todo milestone:<v>" --limit 200; Tier 2:--query "is:issue status:Todo no:milestone" --limit 200; single-item lookup:--query "#<n>"add-backlog-item.md--query "status:Todo" --limit 200for rank fetchrefine-backlog-item.md--query "#<n>"for membership check;--query "status:Todo" --limit 200for rank fetchrefine-backlog.md--limit 200; removed separategh issue listcallplan-release.md--query "is:issue status:Todo no:milestone ..."with type/blocker label filters; re-planning:--query "is:issue milestone:<v>"release-status.md--query "is:issue milestone:<v>" --limit 200for status lookup mapbacklog-health.md--query "is:issue" --limit 200validate-backlog.md--query "is:issue -status:Done" --limit 500resolve-external-blocker.md--query "#<stub>"for single-item ID lookupAcceptance Criteria
/execute-backlog-itemuses targeted queries with--limit 200and no longer drops items ranked 31+commands/*.mdfiles that callgh project item-listaudited and fixed--querypreserves rank: affected commands use targeted queries for Tier 1 and Tier 2Closes Fix gh project item-list truncation: missing --limit causes silent candidate drops #76