| name | quick-capture |
| description | Capture text into the note garden pipeline. Paste a transcript or idea and it flows through the zettelkasten pipeline. |
| user_invocable | true |
Quick Capture Skill
This skill captures text into the busytown-notes pipeline for processing into
atomic Zettelkasten notes.
Usage
When invoked with /quick-capture <text>, this skill will:
- Take all text after the command
- Push a
capture.request event to the busytown event queue
- Confirm submission to the user
The text may be a voice memo transcript, an idea, a thought, or any content.
Instructions
When the user invokes this skill:
- Extract all text after the
/quick-capture command
- Properly escape the content for JSON (escape quotes, newlines, backslashes,
etc.)
- Push the event using:
busytown events push --worker user --type capture.request --payload '{"content":"<escaped text>"}'
- Confirm to the user that the capture was submitted
- Mention they can watch progress with
busytown events list --tail 10
Example
User input:
/quick-capture I was thinking about how spaced repetition and the Zettelkasten method share a common principle.
Action:
busytown events push --worker user --type capture.request --payload '{"content":"I was thinking about how spaced repetition and the Zettelkasten method share a common principle."}'
Response:
Capture submitted! Your text has been pushed to the note garden pipeline.
Watch progress with: busytown events list --tail 10
