Most backlogs can't define done. That's the real problem.
Automatic status is only as honest as the definition of done behind it. If a ticket says "works correctly," no tool can verify it, so drift creeps back in. GroundTruth grades your acceptance criteria, rewrites the untestable ones, and drafts a checklist it can actually gate on, for greenfield tickets and the backlog you already have.
From "works correctly" to verifiable
Acceptance criteria: - The checkout works correctly - Should be fast and user-friendly
Untestable language ("works correctly", "user-friendly"), nothing GroundTruth, or a reviewer, can check.
Acceptance criteria: - [ ] Returns 200 + order id for a valid cart - [ ] Rejects an empty cart with a 400 error - [ ] Sends confirmation email within 5 seconds - [ ] Automated tests cover the flow, pass in CI
Observable outcomes with a checklist the reconcile gate holds the ticket to before it can close.
Score every ticket
A backlog scan grades each ticket's acceptance criteria and ranks the weakest first, so you fix the risk that matters, not busywork.
Flag untestable language
"Works", "properly", "user-friendly", and friends get called out with a rewrite toward an observable, checkable outcome.
Draft the checklist
From a PRD paragraph or a thin ticket, GroundTruth drafts a testable checklist plus the standard definition-of-done spine to edit and accept.
Get "done" right from day one.
Author acceptance criteria up front, tied to the PRD and ERD, so every ticket ships with an unambiguous, testable definition of done.
Fix the backlog you already have.
Scan and remediate vague or missing criteria across existing tickets, so GroundTruth can verify each against the code and auto-close only what is genuinely met.