| name | quick-note |
| description | Quick mid-conversation capture to inbox. Usage: /learning-loop:quick-note (infers from context), /learning-loop:quick-note "insight title", or /learning-loop:quick-note "title" "body". Writes to 0-inbox/ without breaking flow. |
Quick Note: Zero-Friction Capture
Overview
Captures a single insight to 0-inbox/ mid-conversation. No preview, no approval, no multi-agent pipeline. One subagent, one note, one confirmation line.
When to Use
/learning-loop:quick-note: infer the insight from conversation context/learning-loop:quick-note "insight as title": user provides the title/learning-loop:quick-note "title" "body": user provides everything
Process
Step 1: Extract the Insight
If no args: Read the recent conversation. Identify the most capture-worthy insight: a decision made, pattern discovered, or connection drawn. If nothing stands out, tell the user and stop.
If title only: Use it as the insight title. Derive body from conversation context.
If title + body: Use both as provided.
Step 2: Delegate to Note Writer
Spawn a single note-writer subagent (subagent_type: learning-loop:note-writer) with this prompt (resolve ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT} to a literal path before dispatch — see agents-shared/vault-io.md → Placeholders):
Write a quick inbox note for the Obsidian vault.
Insight: <title>
Context: <body or conversation context summary, 2-3 sentences max>
Source project: <current project name or "conversation">
Date: <today YYYY-MM-DD>
Destination: 0-inbox/
Before writing, run this command to find related vault notes:
node ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/scripts/vault-search.mjs search "<key terms from insight>" --rerank
Use the top 1-3 relevant results as wiki-links in the note.
Write the note to its destination using the Write tool, then report the exact written path.
Return the filename, title, and the written path when done.
This is a capture, not a promotion: leave destination_locked unset so a genuinely gate-worthy note can still be promoted out of 0-inbox/ by the gate. The note may therefore land in 1-fleeting/ or 3-permanent/ rather than 0-inbox/ — so do NOT assume the folder; read the path the agent reports.
Step 2.5: Replay Post-Write Hooks
The note-writer is a subagent. Its Write call bypassed PostToolUse, so backlinks and edge inference didn't run. Replay them on the exact path the agent reported (the gate may have routed the note to a folder other than 0-inbox/; a reconstructed 0-inbox/<filename> path would point at a nonexistent file and the replay would silently fail):
printf '%s\n' "$NOTE_PATH" \
| node "${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/scripts/sweep-hook-replay.mjs" --stdin
Where $NOTE_PATH is the absolute path built from the Written: line in the agent's response — never reconstructed from the requested destination. See skills-shared/hook-replay.md for context.
Step 3: Report
Show one line, using the actual folder the agent wrote to (read it from the agent's reported path):
Captured: "Note Title" → <actual-folder>/filename.md
Nothing else. No summary. No follow-up suggestions. Back to what we were doing.
Key Principles
- Speed over polish. This is inbox.
/deepen exists for a reason.
- One subagent. The note-writer handles vault search + write in one shot.
- No confirmation. Write and report. Inbox is low-stakes.
- No context pollution. Delegate to keep the main conversation clean.
- Conversation context is the source. When no args given, the LLM's view of the conversation is the raw material.
