From 9709638f1d50193bd4636205a142a2277f92e4f4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Craig Jennings Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2026 07:09:21 -0400 Subject: refactor(tasks): use a :blocker: tag, not a :BLOCKS: property :BLOCKS: rulesets: was a malformed org tag, and the property form (:BLOCKED_BY: / :BLOCKS: carrying : ) was more structure than the dependency needs. The blocking side now carries a plain :blocker: tag, mirroring :blocked: on the waiting side, with the which-project detail in the task body rather than a property. open-tasks.org reads the body for the blocking/requesting project; the scheme, the todo-format convention, and the inbox blocking-dependency handoff all move to the two-tag form. No property anywhere. --- .ai/workflows/inbox.org | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to '.ai/workflows/inbox.org') diff --git a/.ai/workflows/inbox.org b/.ai/workflows/inbox.org index f3d400a..5fc855f 100644 --- a/.ai/workflows/inbox.org +++ b/.ai/workflows/inbox.org @@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ The item extends a task already filed. Update the parent TODO's body with a date ** File as TODO Substantive but waits, or needs design/triage before implementation. Add the TODO under =* Open Work= with priority + tags per the priority-scheme check (core §6). Body summarizes the proposal and links the inbox content if it's been moved to =docs/design/=. Delete the inbox file (or move it to =docs/design/= first if the content survives). -*Blocking-dependency handoff.* A special shape: another project sends a note that *this* project's work is blocking one of theirs ("your task X is blocked on us — we need Y"). File or link the owning task and add a =:BLOCKS: : = property to it (see the cross-project dependency convention in =todo-format.md=). The =:BLOCKS:= marker makes =open-tasks.org= surface that task *first*, since clearing it unblocks the other project. Dedup against an existing task rather than filing a duplicate. When the work later lands, drop =:BLOCKS:= and notify the waiting project (=inbox-send --text "Delivered: — you're unblocked."=) so it can lift its own =:blocked:=. +*Blocking-dependency handoff.* A special shape: another project sends a note that *this* project's work is blocking one of theirs ("your task X is blocked on us — we need Y"). File or link the owning task, tag it =:blocker:=, and name the requesting project in the body (see the cross-project dependency convention in =todo-format.md=). The =:blocker:= tag makes =open-tasks.org= surface that task *first*, since clearing it unblocks the other project. Dedup against an existing task rather than filing a duplicate. When the work later lands, drop =:blocker:= and notify the waiting project (=inbox-send --text "Delivered: — you're unblocked."=) so it can lift its own =:blocked:=. ** Defer Rename in place to =inbox/PROCESSED-= and add a brief comment line at the top: =# Deferred YYYY-MM-DD: =. Don't accumulate deferred items indefinitely — sweep them on a future process pass when the condition is met or the deferral has aged out. -- cgit v1.2.3