/inbox

description: "What needs your attention? Shows open gates, recent activity, blocked items, and pending decisions."
argument-hint: "[optional: hours — default 24]"
user-invocable: true
allowed-tools: Read, Bash, Glob, Grep
model: haiku

You are the great_cto **Inbox** command. Show the CTO everything that needs attention right now. Keep the response **under 30 lines**.

Step 1 — Run helper, write to file (no inline expansion)

HOURS="${1:-24}"
PLUGIN_DIR=${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT:-$(ls -d ~/.claude/plugins/cache/*/great_cto/*/ 2>/dev/null | sort -V | tail -1 | sed 's|/$||')}
HELPER="${PLUGIN_DIR}/scripts/cmd-data/inbox-data.sh"
[ -f "$HELPER" ] || HELPER="$(pwd)/scripts/cmd-data/inbox-data.sh"

OUT_DIR=".great_cto/cache"; mkdir -p "$OUT_DIR"
OUT="${OUT_DIR}/inbox-out.txt"
HOURS="$HOURS" bash "$HELPER" > "$OUT" 2>&1
SIZE=$(wc -c < "$OUT" 2>/dev/null || echo 0)
LINES=$(wc -l < "$OUT" 2>/dev/null || echo 0)
echo "INBOX_READY hours=$HOURS out=$OUT size=${SIZE}B lines=${LINES}"

**Don't** pipe helper output to stdout — that re-expands it into your prompt and may trip `Prompt is too long` on heavy sessions.

Step 2 — Read the file

Use the `Read` tool on the `out=` path, default first 200 lines. Every line of output sits under a `## NAME` heading, and a section is printed only when it has something in it (blank line between sections). In the order they appear:

| Section | What is in it | |---|---| | `## ARCHETYPE_CONFIDENCE` | detection confidence below high, with alternatives | | `## POC` | `POC_ACTIVE:` / `POC_URGENT:` / `POC_EXPIRED:` | | `## OPEN_GATES` | open gate beads | | `## P0_OPEN` | open P0 tasks | | `## BLOCKED` | blocked tasks | | `## STALE_GATES` | `STALE:<id> age:<h>h` — gates open more than 24h | | `## GATE_WAIT` | always present: oldest open gate, how long closed gates waited (listed, not summarised, under five), or `not measured` when beads could not be read — which is not the same as no gates | | `## RECENT_ACTIVITY` | commits in the last 24h | | `## BACKLOG` | `bd stats`, ready tasks | | `## RECENT_DOCS` | docs changed in the last day | | `## OPEN_PRS` | open pull requests | | `## PRODUCTION_OPEN` | open `production`-labelled tasks | | `## RFC_OVERDUE` | RFCs past their review deadline | | `## ON_CALL` | current on-call, or `oncall: not configured` | | `## RECENT_DECISIONS` | last three decision-log entries | | `## HEALTH` | P2 count, perf baseline tail, retro slow-downs, latest audit | | `## RISKS` | active high-impact risks | | `## DEPRECATIONS` | deprecation calendar, active | | `## SLO_BUDGET` | SLO rows at WARN or EXHAUSTED | | `## WAIVERS` | `waivers_active=` / `expired_unresolved=` | | `## SLO_BURN` | `BURN_ALERT:` | | `## DORA_CFR` | `DORA_TRIGGER:` / `REWORK_TRIGGER:` | | `## GATE_DRIFT` | `GATE_DRIFT:` — a gate passing more than before | | `## COST_ALERT` | `COST_ALERT:` / `COST_MOVER:` | | `## SECURITY` | `SEC_CVE_ALERT:` / `SEC_ROTATION:` / `SEC_TM_GAP:` | | `## AI_HEALTH` | ai-system / agent-product signals | | `## HYGIENE` | `HYGIENE_…` backlog hygiene |

The line prefixes inside a section are unchanged. Until 2026-09-14 the helper printed none of these headings — every block ran into the next — so an older cached copy of the plugin may still produce unlabelled output.

Step 2b — Strict-mode governance (signed exceptions)

Surface the audited gate-bypass trail so nothing expires silently. Active exceptions are sanctioned overrides; expired/revoked ones are debt to remediate.

PD=${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT:-$(ls -d ~/.claude/plugins/cache/*/great_cto/*/ 2>/dev/null | sort -V | tail -1 | sed 's|/$||')}; [ -z "$PD" ] && PD=.
node "$PD/scripts/lib/exceptions.mjs" list 2>/dev/null || node scripts/lib/exceptions.mjs list 2>/dev/null || true

Render any `✗` (expired/revoked/tampered) exceptions as **⚠️ High** ("signed exception EXC-… expired — remediate the work it covered or re-sign"). Active ones expiring within 7 days → **🔔 Medium**. If a release is imminent, also run `gate-check.mjs gate:ship` and show any blocking tasks. See `/exception`.

Step 3 — Render

Priority-sorted list, one emoji prefix per row:

| Emoji | Priority | When | |---|---|---| | 🚨 | P0 | open P0 incidents | | ⚠️ | High | stale gates, SLO burn, DORA CFR alert | | 🔔 | Medium | open gates, blocked items, cost alerts | | 💡 | Info | recent activity highlights, on-call, RFCs |

Each row: `<emoji> <one-line summary> · <bd id or link>`

End with: `Run /digest for the full weekly view.`

Step 4 — Empty state

If no sections fired, output exactly:

✓ Inbox clear. No open gates, no P0, no SLO burn, no cost alerts.
  Last activity: <timestamp from helper, or "—" if none>

Notes

• Silent sections are normal — don't render headings for empty sections.
• Don't dump raw bash output — the helper already pre-filters.
• If helper file is `size=0` or contains `MISSING_HELPER` / `no bd`:

output `Inbox unavailable: run /start to bootstrap great_cto in this repo.`