Capture

A reliable front door for every commitment, idea, and open loop — and a processing pass that empties it. Capture is cheap and fails silently: you never notice the thought you didn't record, only the dropped commitment weeks later. This skill covers the capture conventions, the triage decision rules that convert fragments into executable next actions, and the weekly pass that keeps the inbox at zero.

When to use this skill

• Commitments keep slipping and you are discovering them from other people's follow-ups
• Your notes app, task inbox, and paper notebook have all become backlogs nobody drains
• The same items get reviewed week after week and never get done
• You are rebuilding a productivity system that collapsed and want the load-bearing part first
• Captured items are phrased as topics (pricing, taxes) rather than actions
• You want to measure whether the capture habit is actually working, not assume it

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