Your backlog is full of tickets nobody will ever do.
Groom Reaper reads your GitHub issues and your product vision, then suggests what to cut, keep or do next, and why. Nothing changes without your approval.
Example
Close#148
Add in-app team chat
WhyNo activity in 9 months; conflicts with your vision (‘no team chat’).
ApproveKeep
✓ Your tracker stays your tracker✓ Every suggestion explained✓ You make the final call
A little less dread. A clear next step.
Groom Reaper reads the issues in your tracker, ranks them using established frameworks, and shows its reasoning. You review the suggestions. Nothing changes without your approval.
The cards on this page are examples. One suggests closing an issue with no activity in 9 months because it conflicts with your vision (‘no team chat’). The other recommends reviewing an old onboarding experiment for closure. Its method is stale detection, and its confidence is high. You approve the suggestion, or you keep the issue.
Example
RecommendationReview for closure
Retire the old onboarding experiment
The replacement flow has shipped. This issue hasn’t changed in eight months. Check for remaining dependencies before closing.
Method Stale detectionConfidence High
How it works
Groom Reaper works with GitHub, through the Groom Reaper GitHub App. GitHub is the only tracker it supports at launch. You sign in with your GitHub account, review suggestions for what to cut, keep or do next, and approve what you agree with. Your tracker stays your tracker.
Sign in with your GitHub account and install the Groom Reaper GitHub App.
It reads your issues and your product vision.
It suggests what to cut, keep or do next, and why.
You review every suggestion and approve what you agree with.
You approve every change
Groom Reaper only suggests. Each suggestion shows its reason, the method behind it and a confidence level, and you choose to approve or keep. Nothing changes in your tracker without your approval.
Not a timer
A stale bot labels and closes issues on a timer unless someone comments. Groom Reaper does not. Inactivity is one signal. It also reads your product vision, shows the reason for each suggestion, and changes nothing until you approve.
What Groom Reaper reads
For a signed-in team, Groom Reaper reads issue titles, bodies, labels and related metadata from connected repositories. OpenAI processes this data to suggest RICE scores. Requesting launch updates doesn’t connect a tracker. Privacy.
Questions
What is Groom Reaper?
Groom Reaper is a backlog cleanup tool for teams that track work in GitHub. It reads your issues and your product vision, then suggests what to cut, keep or do next, with a reason for each. You review every suggestion. Nothing changes in your tracker without your approval. Groom Reaper is made by Airship Labs.
Will Groom Reaper close issues automatically?
No. Groom Reaper only suggests. Each suggestion shows its reason, the method behind it and a confidence level, and you choose to approve or keep. Nothing changes in your tracker without your approval. That’s different from a stale bot, which labels and closes issues on a timer unless someone comments.
How does Groom Reaper decide what to cut?
It reads the issues in your tracker, ranks them using established frameworks, and shows its reasoning. It also reads your product vision, so it can flag an old issue that conflicts with it, for example “No activity in 9 months; conflicts with your vision (‘no team chat’).” Methods include stale detection.
Does Groom Reaper work with GitHub?
Yes. Groom Reaper works with GitHub, through the Groom Reaper GitHub App. You sign in with your GitHub account. GitHub is the only tracker it supports at launch.
What data does Groom Reaper read?
For a signed-in team, Groom Reaper reads issue titles, bodies, labels and related metadata from connected repositories. Its privacy page says OpenAI processes this data to suggest RICE scores. Requesting launch updates doesn’t connect a tracker.
