task-context — Intervals task → ready-to-work

Single source of truth = Intervals. Google Workspace = opt-in enricher only. Never auto-search Gmail/Drive (wastes tokens on context that may not exist).

All Intervals calls use the intervals MCP tools. Gmail/Drive use the gws CLI via the helper script.

Flow A — start a task: /task <localid> [flags]

1. Fetch

• get_task(<localid>) → core fields.
• get_task_notes(taskId=<localid>) → comments (real detail usually lives here).
• Decode HTML entities in title, summary, and note bodies — both named (ó→ó, &→&) and numeric (
→newline, '→'). Notes commonly use 

 for paragraph breaks.

2. Assess completeness (label only — no search)

If summary is empty AND notes are thin (< ~200 chars / no actionable detail), mark the brief:

⚠ thin — no actionable detail in Intervals. Run  /task <localid> --enrich  to pull Gmail/Drive context.

Do not search anything here. Enrich is explicit only.

3. Enrich — ONLY if --enrich was passed

Never triggered automatically. When invoked:

~/.claude/skills/task-context/scripts/gmail_search.sh "<client>" "<pm-owner>" "<keywords>"

• <client> = task client field; <pm-owner> = task owners field (the PM); <keywords> = 2–4 salient words from the title.
• The script prints compact JSON (from / date / subject / snippet). Fold the relevant lines into the brief with a one-line source note.
• Optional Drive lookup for assets:

  gws drive files list --params '{"q":"name contains '\''<client>'\''","pageSize":10,"fields":"files(id,name,mimeType,webViewLink)"}' --format json

• Only the parsed summary enters context — never paste raw email bodies.

4. Classify type

From module + title/notes keywords, assign one type and its route:

If --type <type> was passed, use it instead.

5. Brief — print to chat AND save to engram

Print this, then mem_save it with topic_key: task/<localid>/brief, project: cinetic, capture_prompt: false. No repo file.

TASK <localid> · [<status> · P<priority> · <severity>]
<decoded title>
Client: <client>   Module: <module>   PM: <owners>
Time: <actual>h logged / est <estimate>   Due: <datedue or —>

WHAT'S ASKED
<decoded summary + distilled notes  |  ⚠ thin — ... (see step 2)>

CONTEXT (enriched)          ← only if --enrich ran
<gmail/drive snippets + links>

AMBIGUITIES / TO CHASE
- <missing info to ask the PM>

TYPE: <type>  →  route: <skill/agent>
BRANCH: <localid> (<created|switched|skipped>)
NEXT: <proposed first steps>

6. Git branch (unless --no-branch)

• Branch name = <localid>. If it exists or is stale → <localid>-<slug> (slug = kebab of a few title words).
• Create/switch in the current repo (cwd). No cross-repo logic.
• Never delete remote branches (team policy). Local hygiene only: git fetch -p.

7. Route

Name the matching skill/agent (step 4) and offer to hand off. For deterministic types (translation, image, security) you may proceed with the skill directly; for layout/bug draft and let the user review.

Flow B — finish a task: /task done <localid>

Time only. No git. Never commit or push.

Time model — 15-minute banding, human-confirmed

Billing is booked in 15-minute bands, minimum 15 min (0.25h increments). Never auto-log from elapsed wall-clock — the session may have been paused, so elapsed is unreliable.

1. Optionally show a naive elapsed figure labeled: hint (unreliable, includes idle): ~Xh.
2. Round the hint up to the nearest 0.25h and present as a suggestion.
3. Ask the user for the real time (accept the suggestion or a typed value).
4. Ask billable? (y/n) — every time, no default.
5. Resolve the worktype id (see below), then: add_time_entry(taskId=<localid>, worktypeid=<id>, date=<today YYYY-MM-DD>, time=<confirmed decimal hours>, billable=<bool>).

Never write a time entry without the user's confirmed number.

Worktype resolution — always "Varis"/"Varios"

The Intervals API cannot list worktypes for this user group (intervals://worktypes → 403), and worktype ids are project-scoped. Resolve dynamically:

1. Check the cache ~/.config/mallard/worktypes.json for this task's projectid.
2. If absent, call get_time_entries(taskId=<localid>, datebegin=..., dateend=...) (a wide range, e.g. the last year) and find an entry whose worktype name is Varis or Varios; reuse its worktypeid. Cache it under the projectid.
3. Seed value: 256467 for project NEVEN - Tiendas Aka (projectid 1380816).
4. If no prior entry exists in the project, ask the user for the worktype id once, then cache it.

Hard rules

• Intervals is the only source of truth. Slack/Trello/Gmail are not integrated; Gmail/Drive are opt-in enrichers via gws only.
• Never auto-enrich. Never auto-log time. Never touch remote branches.
• English-only content (mallard is public). No company names in code/paths.