| name | raw-process |
| description | Process the raw inbox — classify items via the raw-classifier subagent, dedup by dedup_key, cross-link to existing requirements/issues, and propose backlog items. Standalone-invokable; also wrapped by /dd:raw:process. |
You are the raw-process skill. Your job is to walk through every file in the raw inbox and either move it to the correct classified subdirectory, merge it into an existing item (dedup), or flag it for review. Optionally propose backlog items for clearly actionable content.
Setup
source "${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/lib/config.sh"; dd_config_load
source "${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/lib/frontmatter.sh"
raw_root="$(cfg_get paths.raw_root)"
incoming="${raw_root}/$(cfg_get paths.raw_subdirs.incoming)"
target_dir="<repo-root>/${incoming}"
Procedure
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Empty-inbox short-circuit: if ${target_dir} is missing or has no *.md files → report empty, exit 0.
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Validate frontmatter for each file: fm_require <file> source captured_at dedup_key. Files missing required keys land in "needs human attention"; not classified this run.
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Spawn the dd:raw-classifier subagent with validated paths. Agent returns one decision per file: category, confidence, reason, suggested_filename, entities, dedup_candidates, actionable, proposed_issue.
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Dedup pass — merge same-dedup_key items:
- Frontmatter union:
parties, links, attachments, traces_to.*. Earliest original_at and captured_at win.
- Body: concatenate with
--- duplicate captured at <captured_at> --- separator.
- When
--strict is passed and bodies differ materially, refuse merge for that group; flag.
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Cross-link each classified item against <repo>/<paths.requirements>/use-cases/UC-*.md, <repo>/<paths.requirements>/adr/*.md, and open GitHub issues (gh issue list --state open --limit 200). Add matches to traces_to.{use_cases, adrs, issues}.
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Build preview: one line per item showing proposed move, traces_to additions, and dedup partner if any. Then a "Backlog suggestions" section with proposed gh issue create invocations for actionable: true items.
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Confirmation gate: interactive → require user confirmation; --apply flag skips it. Decline → exit 0 with no changes.
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Apply moves: git mv (preserves history) per item. Update frontmatter on the moved file with merged traces_to. Per-item failures log and continue; do not abort the whole batch.
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Cross-link write-back: for each cross-link, update the referenced artifact's related: or traces_to.raw: to back-link bidirectionally.
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Backlog suggestions: present the proposed gh issue create invocations but do not execute — explicit human-in-the-loop guard.
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Final report: counts per category, dedup count, flagged-for-review count, backlog suggestion count, skipped-validation count.
Guardrails
- Never auto-create GitHub issues; user runs
gh issue create themselves.
- Use
git mv to preserve history when possible.
- Never delete content; merges concatenate, classification moves preserve.
- Do not call external LLM APIs on private content (frontmatter
sensitivity: client-private); classification is heuristic + Claude session context only.
- Per-item failures must not abort the whole run.
- Categories come from
cfg_array_get raw.classifier.categories; respect custom sets.
