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diff --git a/.ai/workflows/open-tasks.org b/.ai/workflows/open-tasks.org index fe782d6..7f1bf1a 100644 --- a/.ai/workflows/open-tasks.org +++ b/.ai/workflows/open-tasks.org @@ -176,6 +176,8 @@ Next Mode answers two questions in one output: "what matters most right now?" (t Apply the prioritization cascade in order. Stop at the first matching step. This is the importance/urgency answer. +*Exclude blocked tasks.* A task tagged =:blocked:= has an unmet cross-project dependency (its =:BLOCKED_BY:= property names the project and the work owed, per =todo-format.md=). It can't be worked until that other project delivers, so it is *never* the cascade recommendation — skip it at every cascade step below. Blocked tasks are surfaced on their own in Step 3 so the stalled dependency stays visible instead of silently dropping out of view. + **** 1. In-Progress Tasks - Look for tasks marked =DOING= or partially complete. - *If found:* Recommend that task (always finish what's started). @@ -228,9 +230,17 @@ Within each row, pick a single task per the same-level tie-breakers above (block The friction filter is the override path. When the cascade winner is partially blocked, hardware-dependent, or simply too large for the user's current state, one of the friction rows is what they pick instead. +*** Step 3 — Blocked-on-other-projects surface + +Independently of the cascade and the friction filter, collect every open task tagged =:blocked:=. These are tasks this project can't advance until another project delivers; surfacing them keeps a cross-project dependency from rotting at low priority on the other side — the exact failure the tag exists to prevent (a blocked task whose blocker is a =[#D]= in another project sits forever otherwise). + +For each blocked task, read its =:BLOCKED_BY:= property (=<project>: <what>=) and present one line: the task, the blocking project, and what that project owes. Then offer — per blocked task — to nudge the blocker: an =inbox-send <project> --text= note naming what's needed and why it's blocking, so the dependency gets attention in the project that owns it. Don't send without the user's go. + +If no =:blocked:= tasks exist, omit this surface entirely (the common case). + *** Output Format -Pair the cascade recommendation with the friction block beneath it. Recommendation-at-item-1 convention applies to the friction rows — quick+solo first, since it's the strongest low-friction pick. +Pair the cascade recommendation with the friction block beneath it, and the blocked-on-other-projects surface (Step 3) beneath that when any blocked task exists. Recommendation-at-item-1 convention applies to the friction rows — quick+solo first, since it's the strongest low-friction pick. #+begin_example Cascade recommendation (importance/urgency): @@ -240,6 +250,9 @@ If you want lower friction instead: 1. Quick + solo: Bump linter config — [#C] :quick:solo:, ~15 min 2. Quick: Confirm new dirvish setup — [#B] :quick:, needs your eye 3. Solo: Refactor config-utilities — [#B] :solo:, bounded but multi-hour + +Blocked on other projects (can't advance until the blocker delivers): +- Wrap-teardown feature — blocked by emacsd: ai-term companion functions — nudge? #+end_example Include for each row: @@ -247,6 +260,7 @@ Include for each row: - Priority + tag cluster. - One-line reasoning. For the cascade row, name which cascade step matched. For friction rows, an effort hint when one is obvious. - Progress indicator (for V2MOM-structured todos) on the cascade row only. +- For a blocked row: the blocking project and what it owes (from =:BLOCKED_BY:=), plus the nudge offer. **** Edge cases |