Open Thread

Open a local workflow thread: create the thread folder, write the one seed (the thread's frozen genesis narrative), and write the ledger.md lifecycle ledger with its initial tier: line. Two input modes flow through this one skill — a brand-new idea or an existing tracker ticket — and either way the result is a real thread on disk, never an inbox item. When the thread links a ticket, post the one permalink backlink comment on that ticket.

This skill restates the rules it relies on inline; it does not depend on any document outside its own folder.

What a Thread Is

A thread is the single durable root that holds every artifact for one feature, bug, investigation, or decision. It lives at:

docs/threads/<YYMMDDHHMMSSZ-slug>/

• YYMMDDHHMMSSZ is the 12-character UTC stamp captured at the moment the thread is opened — two-digit year, month, day, hour (24h), minute, second, then a literal trailing Z. No separators. Example: 260518200115Z parses to 2026-05-18 20:01:15 UTC. Capture it once at open time and reuse it; never re-derive it.
• <slug> is a short kebab-case description of the subject (auth-cutover, rate-limit-fix).

Opening a thread writes exactly two things, both on demand (empty placeholder folders are never pre-created):