/gsd-capture
Capture ideas, tasks, notes, and seeds to their destination
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/gsd-capture
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Capture ideas, tasks, notes, and seeds to their destination
SKILL.md
gsd-capture.SKILL.mdname: gsd-capture
description: "Capture ideas, tasks, notes, and seeds to their destination"
argument-hint: "[--note | --backlog | --seed | --list | --list-seeds] [text]"
allowed-tools:
- Read
- Write
- Edit
- Bash
- Glob
- Grep
- AskUserQuestion
<objective> Capture ideas, tasks, notes, and seeds to their appropriate destination in the GSD system.
Mode routing:
- **default** (no flag): Capture as a structured todo for later work → add-todo workflow
- **--note**: Zero-friction idea capture (append/list/promote) → note workflow
- **--backlog**: Add an idea to the backlog parking lot (999.x numbering) → add-backlog workflow
- **--seed**: Capture a forward-looking idea with trigger conditions → plant-seed workflow
- **--list**: List pending todos and select one to work on → check-todos workflow
- **--list-seeds**: List/audit captured seeds (optional status filter) → list-seeds workflow
</objective>
<routing>
| Flag | Destination | Workflow | |------|-------------|----------| | (none) | Structured todo in .planning/todos/ | add-todo | | --note | Timestamped note file, list, or promote | note | | --backlog | ROADMAP.md backlog section (999.x) | add-backlog | | --seed | .planning/seeds/SEED-NNN-slug.md | plant-seed | | --list | Interactive todo browser + action router | check-todos | | --list-seeds | Read-only seed list/audit (optional status filter) | list-seeds |
</routing>
<execution_context> @~/.claude/gsd-core/workflows/add-todo.md @~/.claude/gsd-core/workflows/note.md @~/.claude/gsd-core/workflows/add-backlog.md @~/.claude/gsd-core/workflows/plant-seed.md @~/.claude/gsd-core/workflows/check-todos.md @~/.claude/gsd-core/workflows/list-seeds.md @~/.claude/gsd-core/references/ui-brand.md </execution_context>
<context> Arguments: $ARGUMENTS
Parse the first token of $ARGUMENTS:
- If it is `--note`: strip the flag, pass remainder to note workflow
- If it is `--backlog`: strip the flag, pass remainder to add-backlog workflow
- If it is `--seed`: strip the flag, pass remainder to plant-seed workflow
- If it is `--list-seeds`: strip the flag, pass remainder (optional status filter) to list-seeds workflow
- If it is `--list`: pass remainder (optional area filter) to check-todos workflow
- Otherwise: pass all of $ARGUMENTS to add-todo workflow
</context>
<process> 1. Parse the leading flag (if any) from $ARGUMENTS. 2. Load and execute the appropriate workflow end-to-end based on the routing table above. 3. Preserve all workflow gates from the target workflow (directory structure, duplicate detection, commits, etc.). </process>
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name: gsd-capture description: "Capture ideas, tasks, notes, and seeds to their destination" argument-hint: "[--note | --backlog | --seed | --list | --list-seeds] [text]" allowed-tools: - Read - Write - Edit - Bash - Glob - Grep - AskUserQuestion
<objective> Capture ideas, tasks, notes, and seeds to their appropriate destination in the GSD system.
Mode routing:
- **default** (no flag): Capture as a structured todo for later work → add-todo workflow
- **--note**: Zero-friction idea capture (append/list/promote) → note workflow
- **--backlog**: Add an idea to the backlog parking lot (999.x numbering) → add-backlog workflow
- **--seed**: Capture a forward-looking idea with trigger conditions → plant-seed workflow
- **--list**: List pending todos and select one to work on → check-todos workflow
- **--list-seeds**: List/audit captured seeds (optional status filter) → list-seeds workflow
</objective>
<routing>
| Flag | Destination | Workflow | |------|-------------|----------| | (none) | Structured todo in .planning/todos/ | add-todo | | --note | Timestamped note file, list, or promote | note | | --backlog | ROADMAP.md backlog section (999.x) | add-backlog | | --seed | .planning/seeds/SEED-NNN-slug.md | plant-seed | | --list | Interactive todo browser + action router | check-todos | | --list-seeds | Read-only seed list/audit (optional status filter) | list-seeds |
</routing>
<execution_context> @~/.claude/gsd-core/workflows/add-todo.md @~/.claude/gsd-core/workflows/note.md @~/.claude/gsd-core/workflows/add-backlog.md @~/.claude/gsd-core/workflows/plant-seed.md @~/.claude/gsd-core/workflows/check-todos.md @~/.claude/gsd-core/workflows/list-seeds.md @~/.claude/gsd-core/references/ui-brand.md </execution_context>
<context> Arguments: $ARGUMENTS
Parse the first token of $ARGUMENTS:
- If it is `--note`: strip the flag, pass remainder to note workflow
- If it is `--backlog`: strip the flag, pass remainder to add-backlog workflow
- If it is `--seed`: strip the flag, pass remainder to plant-seed workflow
- If it is `--list-seeds`: strip the flag, pass remainder (optional status filter) to list-seeds workflow
- If it is `--list`: pass remainder (optional area filter) to check-todos workflow
- Otherwise: pass all of $ARGUMENTS to add-todo workflow
</context>
<process> 1. Parse the leading flag (if any) from $ARGUMENTS. 2. Load and execute the appropriate workflow end-to-end based on the routing table above. 3. Preserve all workflow gates from the target workflow (directory structure, duplicate detection, commits, etc.). </process>
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Repo: open-gsd/gsd-core
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