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queue

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Capture a rough future-work idea, interpret it within Engram's current state, split it into one or more scoped tasks in the established `remaining-tasks.md` style, and append them. No commit. Activates when the user types `/queue <thought>`. Does NOT start the work.

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We split this skill into the rules it gives an agent

6 rules. 0 are common, 4 are distinctive, and 2 are very specific to this project.

  • 0

    Common

    Most of the 5 edited versions we read keep these.

  • 4

    Distinctive

    This author's own choices. Worth a look.

  • 2

    Very specific

    Tied to their project's names, files or tools. Probably skip.

  • Common
  • Distinctive
  • Very specific
  1. Distinctive:

    Is it architectural?: If it changes storage/sync strategy, the Claude Code integration model, the embedding backend, or module boundaries, …

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  2. Distinctive:

    Does it conflict with scope?: No speculative abstractions beyond what the task needs.

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  3. Very specific:

    Use AskUserQuestion only if you can't write a concrete acceptance criterion.

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  4. Distinctive:

    If the file only has "No tasks queued", replace that note with a fresh section.

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  5. Very specific:

    Use Edit (or Write if rebuilding from empty) — never overwrite existing tasks.

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  6. Distinctive:

    Start coding or spawn implementer subagents.

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“Common” is measured: kept by at least 6 in 10 of the 5 edited versions of this file we could read. “Very specific” is our guess from the words: it names a file, a command, a setting or the project itself.

Keep what fits and drop the rest. Your version, ready for your agents.
Files
SKILL.md

/queue — capture future work into remaining-tasks.md

The user has an idea and wants it captured for later. This skill turns it into properly-shaped task entries and appends them to remaining-tasks.md. No implementation happens here.

What you must do

1. Read the project state

  • remaining-tasks.md — the queue. Match its existing format.
  • CLAUDE.md — operating rules, the ADR requirement, docs-in-sync rule.
  • Sources/, Engram/ — skim filenames to understand what's already built.
  • git log --oneline -10 — what shipped recently.

2. Interpret the idea

  • What does it touch? EngramCore (store/embeddings/ranking)? the engram CLI? the Xcode app? hooks/skills? docs?
  • Is it one task or several? One task ≤ ~200 lines net new code and ≤ ~4 files. Split if broader.
  • Is it architectural? If it changes storage/sync strategy, the Claude Code integration model, the embedding backend, or module boundaries, it needs an ADR — queue the ADR as the first task in the sequence.
  • Does it conflict with scope? No speculative abstractions beyond what the task needs.

3. Ask clarifying questions ONLY when genuinely ambiguous

Use AskUserQuestion only if you can't write a concrete acceptance criterion. Skip if the idea is precise.

4. Draft the task(s)

- **<Imperative title in one sentence>.** <Two-to-four sentences: what's changing, why, which files to read/modify. Be specific.>
  - Acceptance: <concrete, testable criteria — "make build && make test pass", "engram <cmd> behaves X", "ADR NNNN written and indexed". Avoid "looks good".>

Order tasks by dependency. Put any required ADR first.

5. Append to remaining-tasks.md

  • Match the active section if the theme fits; add ## Phase N — <short theme> if meaningfully different.
  • If the file only has "No tasks queued", replace that note with a fresh section.
  • Use Edit (or Write if rebuilding from empty) — never overwrite existing tasks.

6. Report and stop

Print: tasks queued (titles), section added to, any clarifications, and "work not started."

Do not spawn an implementer. Do not write code. The skill ends here.

What you must NOT do

  • Start coding or spawn implementer subagents.
  • Bundle in unrelated edits.
  • Reorder or rewrite existing tasks unless the user explicitly asks.

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