Quick answer
Automated backlog grooming handles the mechanical parts — staleness flags, duplicate detection, missing-field checks — so refinement time goes to real decisions.
The automations
Weekly sweep: flag items >90 days untouched, missing estimates/acceptance criteria, duplicates, and zombie ‘someday’ items.
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AI-assisted cleanup
‘Find duplicates and near-duplicates in this backlog’ and ‘flag stories missing AC’ are good recurring AI tasks.
Auto-archiving
Items untouched for 2 quarters get archived to a ‘maybe later’ list — reviewable but out of sight.
What stays human
Priority calls, splitting decisions, and the ‘should we build this at all’ question.
Bottom line
Automated backlog grooming handles the mechanical parts — staleness flags, duplicate detection, missing-field checks — so refinement time goes to real decisions.
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