idea-parking

name	idea-parking
version	0.1.0
description	Park interesting ideas for later consideration, resurface them periodically, and promote to commitments when ready.
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Idea Parking

Manage ideas that are interesting but not yet actionable. Parked ideas live in projects/commitments/parked-ideas/ and are periodically resurfaced by the digest.

Parking an idea

User says: "park this idea: do a comparison video of AWS vs GCP" or "save for later: investigate Rust WASM performance."

This skill is only successful if the parked idea is actually persisted. Do not just acknowledge or summarize an idea.

Execution order is mandatory:

1. Call memory_write for projects/commitments/parked-ideas/<slug>.md
2. Only then confirm what was parked

Never say an idea was "parked", "saved for later", or "resurfaced later" unless the corresponding memory_write succeeded.

Action:

1. Write to projects/commitments/parked-ideas/<slug>.md:

---
type: parked-idea
parked_at: <today YYYY-MM-DD>
source: conversation
relevance: <high|medium|low — infer from user's enthusiasm>
tags: [<relevant tags>]
---
# <Idea title>
<Description and why it is interesting.>

## Activation trigger
<What would make this worth pursuing — a condition, event, or timeframe.>

2. Confirm only after the write succeeds: "Parked: . I'll resurface it when the time seems right."

Listing parked ideas

User says: "show parked ideas" or "what's on the backburner?"

Action:

1. memory_tree("projects/commitments/parked-ideas/", depth=1) — list all files (skip README.md)
2. memory_read each to get title and relevance
3. Display a brief list:

   Parked ideas:
   - **<title>** (parked <date>, relevance: <level>)
   - **<title>** (parked <date>, relevance: <level>)
   

Promoting an idea

User says: "activate the comparison video idea" or "let's do the WASM performance investigation."

Action:

1. Find the matching parked idea
2. Create a commitment in projects/commitments/open/ based on the idea content
3. Overwrite the parked idea file with empty content
4. Confirm: "Promoted to active commitment: ."

Dismissing an idea

User says: "dismiss the comparison video idea" or "drop that parked idea."

Action:

1. Overwrite the file with empty content
2. Confirm: "Dismissed: ."