capture
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Add things to the user's to-do list (their GTD Brain Inbox). Use when the user says "add … to my list", "put … on my to-do list", "remind me to…", "I need to…", "I have to…", "don't let me forget…", "capture", or lists several things on their mind. Not for TODO comments in code.
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- jzhao234/big-braintheir own version, first seen Nov 8, 2026
- jskswamy/skillstheir own version, first seen Nov 8, 2026
- kazemcodes/skill-treetheir own version, first seen Nov 8, 2026
- jwm-axoni/claude-workbenchtheir own version, first seen Nov 8, 2026
- ArcticFox2029/chamnantheir own version, first seen Nov 5, 2026
- andreaskelm/pm-braintheir own version, first seen Nov 1, 2026
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- alz-ahm/gtdbrain-claude-plugin★ 0100% same
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- garrytan/gbrain★ 32ksame name
- andreaskelm/pm-brain★ 235same name
- manusco/resonance★ 38same name
- nimbalyst/nimbalyst-wiki★ 27same name
- Hassaan146/claude-skills★ 18same name
- ArcticFox2029/chamnan★ 10same name
- JaimeGBA/Ion★ 9same name
- sunitghub/canon-skills★ 9same name
- philippe-desplats/second-brain★ 6same name
- GavinGreenwood/agentic-workflow-template★ 5same name
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We split this skill into the rules it gives an agent
4 rules. 0 are common, 0 are distinctive, and 4 are very specific to this project.
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Common
Most of the 54 edited versions we read keep these.
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Distinctive
This author's own choices. Worth a look.
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Very specific
Tied to their project's names, files or tools. Probably skip.
- Common
- Distinctive
- Very specific
- Very specific: line 8
If no GTD Brain tool is available, follow /gtdbrain:setup instead of guessing.
- Very specific: line 10
If the text holds several distinct items (separate lines, "and", commas between unrelated things), call capture once per item, each with a …
- Very specific: line 13
If $ARGUMENTS is empty, ask what to capture — invite the user to empty their head and list everything, then capture each item.
- Very specific: line 15
Do not clarify, prioritise, or assign contexts now.
“Common” is measured: kept by at least 6 in 10 of the 54 edited versions of this file we could read. “Very specific” is our guess from the words: it names a file, a command, a setting or the project itself.
Files
Capture "$ARGUMENTS" to the user's GTD Brain Inbox.
If no GTD Brain tool is available, follow /gtdbrain:setup instead of guessing.
- If the text holds several distinct items (separate lines, "and", commas between unrelated
things), call
captureonce per item, each with a short, specific title. Keep any detail that does not belong in the title innotes. - If
$ARGUMENTSis empty, ask what to capture — invite the user to empty their head and list everything, then capture each item. - Do not clarify, prioritise, or assign contexts now; capture goes to the Inbox raw.
Clarifying happens in
/gtdbrain:inbox-zero. - Confirm with the created titles in one line, and if any item obviously needs several steps, offer to turn it into a project with a first next action.
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