feat(agents): add symmetric cross-system handoff to GitHub Backlog Manager#952
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…nager - add 🚀 Continue with Backlog handoff to memory.agent.md - create github-suggest.prompt.md as return prompt for backlog resume - add session persistence sections to rpi and github-backlog docs - update agents README utility row; update github and hve-core-all collections
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🤖 I have created a release *beep* *boop* --- ## [3.2.0](hve-core-v3.1.46...hve-core-v3.2.0) (2026-03-20) ### ✨ Features * add -OutputPath parameter to Validate-MarkdownFrontmatter.ps1 ([#1134](#1134)) ([fdf1bcf](fdf1bcf)), closes [#1006](#1006) * add action version consistency scan workflow ([#1127](#1127)) ([4229df1](4229df1)) * **agent:** MVE Experiment Designer ([#976](#976)) ([70f86ca](70f86ca)) * **agents:** add ADO Backlog Manager orchestrator agent ([#800](#800)) ([fae3987](fae3987)) * **agents:** add meeting analyst agent for transcript analysis using work-iq ([#502](#502)) ([5345b5b](5345b5b)) * **agents:** add quick-reference line to RPI Phase 5 suggestions ([#897](#897)) ([9a90f39](9a90f39)) * **agents:** add RAI Planner, enhance SSSC Planner, and redesign Security Planner ([#979](#979)) ([06f826c](06f826c)) * **agents:** add symmetric cross-system handoff to GitHub Backlog Manager ([#952](#952)) ([ba34a35](ba34a35)) * **agents:** Functional Code Review Agent — pre-PR functional correctness reviewer ([#733](#733)) ([9cf63b7](9cf63b7)) * **build:** add Python extensions and uv 0.10.8 to devcontainer ([#920](#920)) ([9ca0579](9ca0579)) * **build:** add uv ecosystem to Dependabot configuration ([#913](#913)) ([2a4bd39](2a4bd39)) * **build:** enable npm pinning enforcement in dependency scan ([#838](#838)) ([4e9e31f](4e9e31f)) * **build:** migrate attestation actions to v4.1.0 and add SBOM verification docs ([#841](#841)) ([ca1e65b](ca1e65b)) * **collections:** add four new validator checks (orphan, duplicate, companion, coverage) ([#869](#869)) ([1a96b73](1a96b73)) * **devcontainer,security:** add enterprise artifact hub configuration ([#1032](#1032)) ([1d56d25](1d56d25)) * **docs:** add Rust coding standards and guidelines ([#809](#809)) ([d4c4899](d4c4899)) * **extension:** add Microsoft logo icon to VS Code Marketplace listings ([#906](#906)) ([82aca41](82aca41)) * **github:** add declarative label management ([#953](#953)) ([a1a6845](a1a6845)) * **instructions:** add ADO backlog shared infrastructure ([#786](#786)) ([1914078](1914078)) * **instructions:** add ADO backlog sprint planning and capacity tracking ([#788](#788)) ([d6fb77d](d6fb77d)) * **instructions:** add ADO triage workflow and prompt ([#787](#787)) ([cde0190](cde0190)) * **instructions:** add shared story quality conventions and sprint planning ([#803](#803)) ([a2f18e3](a2f18e3)) * **prompts:** add ADO discovery and work item prompts with agent routing ([#790](#790)) ([7e74523](7e74523)) * **prompts:** add security review prompts ([#1118](#1118)) ([ad30967](ad30967)) * **scripts:** add dynamic Python skill discovery for lint/test ([#957](#957)) ([0a90f57](0a90f57)) * **scripts:** add Get-StandardTimestamp utility to CIHelpers module ([#1126](#1126)) ([b273a4b](b273a4b)) * **scripts:** add Python copyright header validation ([#905](#905)) ([67df902](67df902)) * **scripts:** add Python skill support to Validate-SkillStructure ([#903](#903)) ([68479d9](68479d9)) * **scripts:** add workflow npm command scanning to dependency pinning ([#837](#837)) ([6b5ae06](6b5ae06)) * **security:** add basic security reviewer agent with owasp skills ([#1008](#1008)) ([cb1fd05](cb1fd05)) * **security:** add sigstore attestation bundles and fix component-detection action ([#1148](#1148)) ([f79c272](f79c272)) * **skills:** add Atheris fuzz harness with CI workflow integration ([#1102](#1102)) ([d337e1d](d337e1d)) * **skills:** add PowerPoint automation skill with YAML-driven deck generation ([#868](#868)) ([00465cd](00465cd)) * **skills:** convert hve-core-installer agent to self-contained skill ([#846](#846)) ([1d821fb](1d821fb)) * **skills:** enhance pr-reference skill with flexible filtering and base branch detection ([#1095](#1095)) ([26a32ea](26a32ea)) * **workflows:** add devcontainer infrastructure change log workflow ([#899](#899)) ([8aca446](8aca446)) * **workflows:** add milestone auto-close on stable and pre-release publishes ([#834](#834)) ([79362b1](79362b1)) * **workflows:** add ms.date documentation freshness checking ([#969](#969)) ([3ed441c](3ed441c)) * **workflows:** add Python linting CI workflow with Ruff ([#951](#951)) ([f89f0eb](f89f0eb)) * **workflows:** add Python testing CI workflow with pytest and Codecov ([#934](#934)) ([5e8306f](5e8306f)) * **workflows:** add uv and Python package sync to copilot-setup-steps ([#921](#921)) ([45d517d](45d517d)) ### 🐛 Bug Fixes * **build:** override Linguist vendored flag for Python skill files ([#1155](#1155)) ([0eee5b6](0eee5b6)) * **build:** override serialize-javascript to >=7.0.3 for RCE fix ([#876](#876)) ([e49039a](e49039a)) * **build:** resolve Pinned-Dependencies alerts for vsce npm commands in extension workflows ([#782](#782)) ([89dad9d](89dad9d)) * **build:** update undici and yauzl overrides for security audit ([#1030](#1030)) ([2c2f92f](2c2f92f)) * **docs:** add CLI Plugins to install.md navigation surfaces ([#902](#902)) ([79d6595](79d6595)) * **docs:** add sidebar ordering for Design Thinking documentation ([#832](#832)) ([551fddc](551fddc)), closes [#830](#830) * **docs:** graduate design-thinking to preview and correct stale collection references ([#831](#831)) ([5110e35](5110e35)) * **docs:** include project-planning in UX Designer install guidance ([#908](#908)) ([e7aa9bc](e7aa9bc)) * **docs:** remediate writing-style convention violations ([#865](#865)) ([68b04bc](68b04bc)) * **docs:** remove draft content announcement banner ([#825](#825)) ([b45de80](b45de80)) * **docs:** remove unbounded path-to-regexp override breaking SSG ([#1153](#1153)) ([d810018](d810018)) * **docs:** use actual clone paths instead of folder display names in multi-root workspace settings ([#984](#984)) ([5dbab82](5dbab82)) * **instructions:** replace black with ruff in uv-projects ([#898](#898)) ([b0c06d9](b0c06d9)) * **scripts:** cover .github/ skill files in copyright header validation ([#1055](#1055)) ([#1098](#1098)) ([27fbd33](27fbd33)) * **scripts:** eliminate phantom git changes from plugin generation ([#1035](#1035)) ([e49a1b5](e49a1b5)) * **scripts:** enable JSON log output for lint:version-consistency ([#1033](#1033)) ([52b0885](52b0885)) * **security:** calculate compliance score from total scanned dependencies ([#930](#930)) ([c112c3d](c112c3d)) * **skills:** add AST validation and namespace restriction for content-extra.py ([#1027](#1027)) ([c50c7a3](c50c7a3)) * **skills:** add depth limits to recursive PowerPoint processing functions ([#1028](#1028)) ([bf08994](bf08994)) * **skills:** harden XML parsing and blob writes in powerpoint extract ([#1053](#1053)) ([89d24b1](89d24b1)) * **skills:** resolve ruff lint and format violations in powerpoint skill ([#1048](#1048)) ([17bbe7a](17bbe7a)) * **workflows:** add uv.lock dependencies submission have fork-skip condition ([#1109](#1109)) ([dec56ac](dec56ac)) * **workflows:** automate weekly SHA staleness check with issue creation ([#975](#975)) ([1ea4caa](1ea4caa)) * **workflows:** close Codecov integration gaps for Pester and pytest flags ([#1106](#1106)) ([cca29b7](cca29b7)) * **workflows:** propagate uv sync errors in copilot-setup-steps ([#961](#961)) ([df88d7c](df88d7c)) * **workflows:** resolve release-please skip cascade and Python project discovery ([#1043](#1043)) ([79993e2](79993e2)) * **workflows:** scan only commit subjects for breaking change detection ([#1157](#1157)) ([a38a657](a38a657)) ### 📚 Documentation * clarify HVE Core Extension vs Installer messaging across documentation ([#965](#965)) ([0fceb8f](0fceb8f)) * **docs:** add ADO integration user documentation ([#935](#935)) ([ec89302](ec89302)) * **docs:** add Project Planning agent documentation ([#936](#936)) ([3a3a0fd](3a3a0fd)) * **onboarding:** overhaul marketplace onboarding and documentation site ([#982](#982)) ([4309e10](4309e10)) ### ♻️ Refactoring * **build:** merge code-review collection into coding-standards ([#863](#863)) ([8027e7b](8027e7b)) * **workflows:** rename release pipeline workflows and add marketplace automation triggers ([#829](#829)) ([b6397f4](b6397f4)) ### 🔧 Maintenance * **build:** add clean:logs npm script ([#1122](#1122)) ([f85fe02](f85fe02)), closes [#988](#988) * **build:** add JSON reporter for cspell ([#1123](#1123)) ([6d59f67](6d59f67)) * **ci:** add multi-arch support to copilot-setup-steps binary downloads ([#955](#955)) ([8d0c706](8d0c706)) * **deps-dev:** bump cspell from 9.6.4 to 9.7.0 in the npm-dependencies group ([#839](#839)) ([3fa16ff](3fa16ff)) * **deps:** bump actions/dependency-review-action from 4.8.3 to 4.9.0 in the github-actions group across 1 directory ([#942](#942)) ([1a9b858](1a9b858)) * **deps:** bump cairosvg from 2.8.2 to 2.9.0 in /.github/skills/experimental/powerpoint ([#1025](#1025)) ([f4deda7](f4deda7)) * **deps:** bump dompurify from 3.3.1 to 3.3.2 in /docs/docusaurus ([#924](#924)) ([d2060d6](d2060d6)) * **deps:** bump svgo from 3.3.2 to 3.3.3 in /docs/docusaurus ([#880](#880)) ([6dc2406](6dc2406)) * **deps:** bump the github-actions group across 1 directory with 4 updates ([#1100](#1100)) ([2290dc0](2290dc0)) * **deps:** bump the github-actions group with 6 updates ([#840](#840)) ([f57bc01](f57bc01)) * **docs:** correct New-MsDateReport table rendering and refresh stale docs ([#1114](#1114)) ([c2b806f](c2b806f)) * **settings:** remove orphaned Checkov config and stale gitignore entries ([#870](#870)) ([98fcd74](98fcd74)) --- This PR was generated with [Release Please](https://github.com/googleapis/release-please). See [documentation](https://github.com/googleapis/release-please#release-please). --------- Co-authored-by: hve-core-release-please[bot] <254602402+hve-core-release-please[bot]@users.noreply.github.com> Co-authored-by: Bill Berry <wberry@microsoft.com>
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Description
Added a symmetric
🚀 Continue with Backloghandoff to the memory agent targetingGitHub Backlog Manager, completing the round-trip between session persistence and backlog management workflows. Previously, the memory agent only surfaced an RPI continuation path; users restoring a backlog session had no direct return route. This PR closes that gap by adding the handoff entry, creating the matching github-suggest return prompt, updating both documentation guides with a Session Persistence section, and regenerating the affected plugin outputs.Agent and Prompt
🚀 Continue with Backloghandoff to.github/agents/hve-core/memory.agent.mdfrontmatter withagent: GitHub Backlog Manager,prompt: "/github-suggest", andsend: true, making the handoff symmetric with the existing RPI continuation path..github/prompts/github/github-suggest.prompt.md— a new return prompt that inspects restored session context, identifies the last completed backlog pipeline stage, summarizes completed work, and proposes the next workflow step with a ready-to-use prompt.Collections and Plugins
Added the
github-suggestprompt entry tocollections/github.collection.yml(13 items) andcollections/hve-core-all.collection.yml.Regenerated
plugins/github/andplugins/hve-core-all/outputs; both now includegithub-suggest.Documentation
## Session Persistencesection intodocs/rpi/using-together.md(before## RPI Agent: When Simplicity Fits) documenting the💾 Save→/checkpoint continue→🚀 Continue with RPIround-trip.## Session Persistencesection intodocs/agents/github-backlog/using-together.md(before## End-to-End Walkthrough) documenting theSave→/checkpoint continue→🚀 Continue with Backloground-trip.docs/agents/README.md: replacedPlannedin the Utility row with[Memory Agent](github-backlog/using-together.md#session-persistence)and updated the## Utilitysection body to accurately describe the Memory agent's purpose.Related Issue(s)
Closes #506
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Code & Documentation:
Infrastructure & Configuration:
AI Artifacts:
prompt-builderagent and addressed all feedback.github/instructions/*.instructions.md).github/prompts/*.prompt.md).github/agents/*.agent.md).github/skills/*/SKILL.md)Other:
.ps1,.sh,.py)Sample Prompts (for AI Artifact Contributions)
User Request:
Execution Flow:
💾 Savein the Github Backlog Manager Agent chat which hands it off to the Memory agent — a memory file is written to.copilot-tracking/memory/YYYY-MM-DD/<description>-memory.md.🚀 Continue with Backlog— thegithub-suggestprompt activates GitHub Backlog Manager.Output Artifacts:
.copilot-tracking/memory/YYYY-MM-DD/<description>-memory.md(from Memory Agent save).Success Indicators:
Testing
🚀 Continue with Backlogbutton is present in the Memory Agent toolbar..copilot-tracking/memory/, which can steer it toward the.copilot-tracking/github-issues/folder created by the GitHub Backlog Manager instead of the correct memory file.🚀 Continue with Backlog— the Memory Agent handed the task back to the GitHub Backlog Manager to continue./github-suggestwithout a prior discovery session file present — the agent correctly recommended starting with Discovery and provided a sample prompt.Note
The session-file resolution gap noted above is a known limitation for a follow-up; it does not block the core handoff flow.
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/prompt-analyzeto review contributionprompt-builderreviewRequired Automated Checks
npm run lint:mdnpm run spell-checknpm run lint:frontmatternpm run validate:skillsnpm run lint:md-linksnpm run lint:psSecurity Considerations