inbox

name	inbox
description	Quick capture to Inbox. USE WHEN user says /inbox followed by text. Extracts
user_invocable	true
argument	text to capture (free text with optional

Inbox Capture Skill

Trigger

/inbox <free text with optional #tags>

Behavior

1. Parse the argument text:

   • Extract all #tag patterns from the text (e.g., #urgent, #tech, #client/xxx)
   • Remove extracted tags from the body text
   • The remaining cleaned text is the capture content

2. Generate a short summary title (3-6 words max) from the capture content. This becomes the title field in frontmatter.

3. Create a new file at: Inbox/YYYY-MM-DD-HHmmss.md

   • Use current date/time for the filename
   • Timestamp format: date +%Y-%m-%d-%H%M%S

4. File content format:

---
type: note
status: inbox
tags: [inbox, <extracted_tags>]
created: YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm
source: claude-code
title: "<generated summary>"
---

## Content

<cleaned capture text with [[wikilinks]] preserved>

5. Confirm capture to user with: filename, title, and tags extracted.

Rules

• Always include inbox in the tags array alongside any extracted tags
• Preserve any [[wikilinks]] in the content as-is
• If no #tags are found, tags array is just [inbox]
• Strip the # prefix when putting tags in frontmatter YAML array
• Content language follows user input
• Do NOT open or read the file after creation — just confirm

Examples

Input: /inbox #urgent Follow up with [[Alice Martin]] about the freelance contract → File: Inbox/2026-03-23-143022.md → Title: "Follow up Alice contract" → Tags: [inbox, urgent] → Body: Follow up with [[Alice Martin]] about the freelance contract

Input: /inbox Idea: use Dataview to track fact_count per project #tech #knowledge-management → File: Inbox/2026-03-23-150100.md → Title: "Dataview tracking fact_count" → Tags: [inbox, tech, knowledge-management] → Body: Idea: use Dataview to track fact_count per project