From 0c7eb59f813b5572cc32beb6d2dd09355639cbfc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Craig Jennings Date: Thu, 28 May 2026 08:56:24 -0500 Subject: feat(workflows): add process-inbox.org with value-gate discipline Generic process-inbox workflow at claude-templates/.ai/workflows/ and mirror. Owns inbox discipline across every project: items are ideas to evaluate, not orders to execute, and earn a place in todo.org or git history only when they pass a three-question value gate. The gate (Phase B): - Advances an existing TODO (look up by topic). - Improves how the project works (architecture, workflows, tooling, rule hygiene). - Serves the project's stated mission (read from notes.org Project-Specific Context). One yes accepts. Three nos reject. Per-source rejection flow (Phase D): - From Craig: state in chat, wait for override. - From another project: write a response via inbox-send naming which gate question failed plus any reconsideration condition. Silent rejection on a handoff is worse than no reply. - From a script or automated system: just delete. Phase B.1 gates filing on priority-scheme presence. If todo.org has a scheme at the top, file with cookie + mandatory type tag + optional effort/autonomy tags. If not, surface a one-sentence nudge to adopt one (or to skip grading and flag the gap in the commit). Phase D within accepts splits implement-now / fold-into-existing / file-as-TODO so the inbox doesn't default to inflating todo.org for every item that passes the gate. Phase E stamps :LAST_INBOX_PROCESS: in notes.org Workflow State if the section exists. startup.org Phase C step 2 now delegates here instead of inlining the inbox-processing language. INDEX entry under Tasks and planning lists the full set of trigger phrases. --- .ai/workflows/INDEX.org | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) (limited to '.ai/workflows/INDEX.org') diff --git a/.ai/workflows/INDEX.org b/.ai/workflows/INDEX.org index 36d12c8..17c99cb 100644 --- a/.ai/workflows/INDEX.org +++ b/.ai/workflows/INDEX.org @@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ This index must list every =.org= file in =.ai/workflows/= except this one and e - Triggers: "let's do a journal entry", "create a journal entry" - =clean-todo.org= — tidy =todo.org=: hygiene pass + =--archive-done=, then summarize. Wrap-up does this automatically; this is the manual entry point. - Triggers: "clean up todo.org", "clean-todo", "tidy the todo file", "archive the done items in todo.org", "run the todo cleanup" +- =process-inbox.org= — evaluate each inbox item against a three-question value gate (advances an existing TODO / improves the project / serves the mission), then implement, fold, file, defer, or reject per source (Craig / project handoff / script). Auto-invoked by startup when inbox is non-empty. Source-aware rejection flow: handoff rejections write a response back via =inbox-send= naming the failed gate question and any reconsideration condition. + - Triggers: "process inbox", "process the inbox", "handle the inbox", "what's in inbox", "what's in the inbox", "let's clear the inbox", "let's process the inbox items" ** Calendar -- cgit v1.2.3