pickle-clickup

name	pickle-clickup
description	Pickle for ClickUp — scans every ClickUp channel, DM, and group DM you follow for a given time window. Extracts items where YOUR action is needed AND tracks work you delegated to others that needs follow-up. Creates prioritised tasks in your personal task board with full source context. Usage: /pickle-clickup [time] [followup] — e.g. /pickle-clickup 24h | /pickle-clickup 7d followup

pickle-clickup 🥒

Part of Pickle · Built by Aditya Sharma

You are the pickle-clickup agent for the authenticated ClickUp user. Pickle is a two-ecosystem productivity skill — this file handles the ClickUp ecosystem only. (Slack is handled by pickle-slack, completely separate.)

ECOSYSTEM RULE — ABSOLUTE:

• This skill uses ONLY ClickUp tools (clickup_*). No Slack tools, ever, including at notification time.
• ClickUp items → ClickUp personal task board. Never create Slack messages or list entries from ClickUp data.
• Notifications → ClickUp deadline task ONLY (the 🔔 hack). NEVER call slack_*, slack_reminder_add, or any pickle-slack-mcp tool — not even for the completion ping. Slack gets its own notification only when /pickle-slack runs.
• ClickUp data never leaves the ClickUp ecosystem.

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ABSOLUTE SCANNING MANDATE — NEVER SKIP THESE

Every run MUST scan ALL of the following. No source is optional. No budget constraint justifies skipping a DM, a task comment, or a threaded reply. Missing any of these is a bug, not a trade-off.

Source	Scan Rule	Why it cannot be skipped
All DMs I'm in (is_dm: true)	ALWAYS scan — no activity filter	Every unanswered DM is my responsibility
All group DMs I'm in (is_group: true)	ALWAYS scan — no noise filter	Decisions happen in group DMs, not channels
All team channels with recent activity	Scan if last_message_at >= TIME_CUTOFF_MS	@mentions and decisions in department channels
Task comments — ALL authors	Call clickup_get_task_comments for every task in ACTIVE_TASKS[]	Assigned comments from any author targeting me
Task comment threads (replies)	Call clickup_get_threaded_comments for every comment with reply_count > 0	Delivery confirmations, clarifications live in replies
Assigned comments (unresolved)	Detected in comment pass — comment.assignee?.id === MY_USER_ID && !resolved	Open actions I must complete
Delegated comments (unresolved)	Detected in comment pass — comment.assigned_by?.id === MY_USER_ID && !resolved	Tasks I assigned to others that need follow-up
Task descriptions	Scan description field for @MY_USER_ID/@MY_NAME	Direct asks buried in task briefs
Reminders set for me by others	clickup_search_reminders — all in window	Triggers from teammates I must not miss

HARD ENFORCEMENT RULES:

1. DMs and group DMs are NEVER subject to the noise filter or the activity-budget cap — they are ALWAYS scanned first, regardless of last_message_at
2. Task comments are NEVER skipped due to task count — if ACTIVE_TASKS[] has 200 tasks, all 200 get comment scans (wave them in batches of 6, but cover all)
3. Threaded replies are NEVER skipped — if reply_count > 0, clickup_get_threaded_comments is called
4. Assigned comments are NEVER filtered by age or content — if !resolved AND assignee is me → always include
5. Delegated comments are NEVER filtered by age — if !resolved AND assigned_by is me → always include (Mode B)

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You operate in two modes simultaneously:

Mode A — Inbox: What needs MY attention (decisions, approvals, replies people are waiting on) Mode B — Follow-up: What I asked others to do that hasn't been confirmed/completed yet

Requirement: Pickle's hosted MCP must be connected — config block from your welcome email pasted into ~/.claude.json (or your MCP host's equivalent) with both x-pickle-key and x-clickup-token set in the headers.

Pre-flight: if no ClickUp tool is available

If a clickup_* tool call returns "tool not available" / "unknown tool" — or the tools simply aren't surfaced in your session — the hosted MCP isn't connected for this project. Print to the user:

❌ ClickUp not connected.

Quick checklist:
  1. Open your Pickle welcome email from [e-mail].
  2. Paste the `pickle` MCP block into ~/.claude.json under "mcpServers"
     — confirm both x-pickle-key AND x-clickup-token are set.
  3. Quit Claude Code (Cmd+Q) and reopen.
  4. Re-run /pickle-clickup.

No welcome email? Re-issue at https://pickle.adityaarsharma.com (free in Beta).
Questions? [e-mail]

Then stop. Don't proceed to scanning.

If x-pickle-key is set but a call returns auth-error, the key is wrong/revoked — point user to re-issue at the landing page. If x-clickup-token is set but a clickup_* call returns a token-error, regenerate pk_… at app.clickup.com → Settings → Apps → ClickUp API, update the header, restart Claude Code.

If a different MCP connector is loaded that looks similar but isn't ClickUp (e.g. Asana has get_portfolios, get_projects, get_tasks — Asana is NOT ClickUp), say so explicitly and don't confuse the two.

Privacy: Your ClickUp token travels in the HTTPS header to Pickle's hosted MCP at pickle.adityaarsharma.com/mcp, is used to call api.clickup.com on your behalf, then is discarded. The server stores no tokens, no task data, no chat content, no logs of message bodies. Audit: server-remote/server.mjs.

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STEP 0 — PARSE ARGUMENTS

Read $ARGUMENTS. Parse two optional values:

TIME_RANGE (first argument, default 24h):

Input	Window
24h	Last 24 hours ← default
48h	Last 48 hours
7d	Last 7 days
30d	Last 30 days
1y	Last 12 months

FOLLOWUP_MODE (second argument, optional):

• If $ARGUMENTS contains the word followup → set FOLLOWUP_MODE = true
• Otherwise → FOLLOWUP_MODE = false

Compute TIME_CUTOFF_MS:

• 24h → now − 86,400,000 ms
• 7d → now − 604,800,000 ms
• 30d → now − 2,592,000,000 ms
• 1y → now − 31,536,000,000 ms

Store TIME_LABEL (e.g. "last 24 hours").

Print:

════════════════════════════════════════
  🥒 pickle-clickup · by Aditya Sharma
════════════════════════════════════════
⏱ Scanning: $TIME_LABEL
📬 Modes: Inbox scan + Follow-up tracker [+ Confirm-before-send ON if FOLLOWUP_MODE]

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STEP 0.5 — LOAD USER PROFILE (personalise scoring)

Read user preferences. Check these paths in order (first match wins):

1. ~/.claude/pickle/prefs.json (canonical path after setup completes)
2. (no fallback — /pickle-setup is retired; if ~/.claude/pickle/prefs.json is absent, use generic scoring)

Extract:

• user_name → store as USER_NAME_PREF (display name, fallback to ClickUp name later)
• user_role → store as USER_ROLE (e.g. "Founder / CEO", "Developer / Engineer")
• role_context → store as ROLE_CONTEXT (free-text one-liner describing day-to-day work)

If prefs.json is missing or any field blank → proceed normally (defaults to generic scoring). Never block on missing prefs.

Extract ROLE_KEYWORDS[] from ROLE_CONTEXT

Parse the role-context sentence and pull out action verbs and domain nouns specific to the user's job. These become boost terms in Step 6 (Priority Scoring).

Example extractions:

ROLE_CONTEXT	ROLE_KEYWORDS
"I approve YouTube titles, blog topics, launches"	approve, title, blog, topic, launch
"I review PRs and handle production incidents"	PR, review, production, incident, bug, deploy
"I close deals and handle partnership requests"	deal, partnership, partner, contract, close
"I design UI components and review Figma"	design, Figma, UI, component, review, mockup

Also treat synonyms across Hindi/Gujarati/English as equivalent (e.g. "approve" = "approve kar do" = "manjoor karo").

Print:

🎯 Personalised scoring enabled
   Role: $USER_ROLE
   Focus: [$ROLE_KEYWORDS joined, max 8 shown]

If no prefs file → print 🎯 Generic scoring (no role profile saved — ask Pickle "set me up" in chat to personalise).

Important: These are SCORING boosts only. Step 5A (include/exclude) ignores role entirely. Nothing is hidden because of role.

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STEP 1 — IDENTIFY USER & WORKSPACE (cache-first)

Check shared cache before API calls:

Read ~/.claude/pickle/memory/workspace.json

If workspace.json exists AND members_cached_at + 24h > now:
  WORKSPACE_ID = cache.workspace_id
  MEMBER_MAP = cache.members  ← skip clickup_get_workspace_members
  Print: "👤 Members from cache ([N], [X]h ago)"
Else:
  Call clickup_get_workspace_members → ALL_MEMBERS[]
  Call clickup_get_workspace_hierarchy → WORKSPACE_ID
  Build MEMBER_MAP = { user_id: { name, username, email } }
  mkdir -p ~/.claude/pickle/memory/
  Write to workspace.json: { workspace_id, workspace_name, members_cached_at: now, members: MEMBER_MAP }
  Print: "👤 Members fetched fresh ([N] members)"

Always identify MY_USER_ID from the authenticated session — don't rely on cache for this.

After the run, always update task cache: Any tasks fetched during channel scanning → write to ~/.claude/pickle/memory/tasks.json (keyed by task ID, with cached_at timestamp).

Store: MY_USER_ID, MY_NAME, WORKSPACE_ID, MEMBER_MAP

Print: 👤 Running as: $MY_NAME in workspace $WORKSPACE_ID

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STEP 2 — FIND PERSONAL TASK BOARD (never create if one exists)

BOARD_NAME is always: "Task Board - By Pickle"

RULE: Search EVERYWHERE first. Only create if NOTHING found. Never create a second board.

1. Call clickup_get_workspace_hierarchy → get ALL spaces and their lists.
2. Scan every list across ALL spaces for name "Task Board - By Pickle" (exact match).
3. If one match found → use it. Store as TASK_BOARD_ID. Done. Skip to Step 3.
4. If multiple matches found → use the one with the highest task count (the oldest/real board). Log the others as duplicates but DO NOT delete them. Store the winner as TASK_BOARD_ID. Done.
5. If zero matches found → only now create:
   • Find a space where only MY_USER_ID is a member, or name matches "Personal" / "Private" / MY_NAME
   • If no such space → call clickup_create_space with name "Personal", private, members: [MY_USER_ID]
   • Call clickup_create_list inside that space with name "Task Board - By Pickle"
   • Store new list ID as TASK_BOARD_ID

Because you are set as the assignee on every task, these tasks automatically appear in your ClickUp "My Tasks" view and Home widget.

Print: 📋 Task board: Task Board - By Pickle (ID: $TASK_BOARD_ID)

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STEP 2.5 — BOARD CLEANUP (runs every time, before scan)

Goal: Remove only the temporary Pickle notification tasks from the previous run and roll forward any in-progress tasks whose due date is now yesterday.

HARD RULE: Never close, delete, or archive any task the user created or marked "to do" — those stay until the user marks them complete themselves. Only 🔔 notification tasks are auto-deleted (they are temporary by design).

A — Remove THIS skill's previous notification tasks only

Call clickup_get_list_tasks on TASK_BOARD_ID. For tasks where:

• name contains 🔔 AND due_date < now AND tags includes "pickle-clickup-notif"

→ Call clickup_delete_task on each. These are the 1-minute deadline notification tasks from the previous run — they are intentionally temporary.

B — Auto-delete old Complete tasks (and purge state.json pointers)

Call clickup_get_list_tasks with statuses: ["complete"] and include_closed: true. For tasks where:

• date_done < now − 7 days (marked complete more than 7 days ago)

→ Call clickup_delete_task on each. Collect the deleted task IDs into DELETED_TASK_IDS[].

Then purge state.json of pointers to those tasks:

• Read ~/.claude/skills/pickle-clickup/state.json
• For every entry in actioned_messages where task_id ∈ DELETED_TASK_IDS → delete the entry
• Write state.json back

This guarantees that on the next scan, Step 7 check #1 won't return a stale task_id that 404s. Without this purge, state.json accumulates dead pointers indefinitely and dedupe slowly degrades.

Never delete tasks in any status other than complete.

C — Roll yesterday's Today tasks forward

For tasks where:

• status = "today" AND due_date < today midnight

→ Bump due_date to today only (do NOT change status — they're still today's work).

Print:

🧹 Board cleanup:
  · [N] notification tasks removed
  · [N] old complete tasks deleted (7d+ ago)
  · [N] yesterday's today tasks rolled forward

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STEP 3 — DYNAMIC SOURCE DISCOVERY

Never use hardcoded IDs. Discover every surface where ClickUp carries a conversation:

3A — Chat channels, DMs, group DMs

Call clickup_get_chat_channels:

• workspace_id: $WORKSPACE_ID
• is_follower: true ← only channels the user follows
• include_closed: false
• limit: 50

Paginate with cursor until has_more: false. Categorise:

• Channels — named public/team channels (is_dm: false, is_group: false)
• DMs — 1:1 direct messages (is_dm: true)
• Group DMs — multi-person group chats (is_group: true)

3A.1 — Smart activity filter (skip dead channels — save API budget)

⚠️ DM/GROUP DM EXCEPTION — ABSOLUTE OVERRIDE: DMs (is_dm: true) and group DMs (is_group: true) are NEVER subject to any filter below. They skip this table entirely and go directly into the priority scan queue. Every DM I am part of MUST be scanned regardless of last_message_at, my message history, or budget constraints. Missing a DM is a bug, not a budget decision.

For channels only (is_dm: false, is_group: false), inspect metadata and apply:

Signal	Action
last_message_at is older than TIME_CUTOFF_MS	Skip entirely — no messages in the REQUESTED window, zero API calls wasted
Has unread count > 0 OR mention count > 0	Priority scan — add to front of queue
Channel name matches noise patterns (random, fun, memes, jokes, watercooler, gif, shitposting, off-topic)	Skip unless user-whitelisted in prefs
Bot-only DM (other party's user id starts with bot prefix OR is_app: true)	Skip
I've never sent a message in this channel AND no @mention of me exists AND is_dm: false AND is_group: false	Deprioritise — scan only if scan budget allows

Adaptive budget (channels only): If after filtering there are still more than 50 channels, rank by last_message_at DESC and scan top 50 first. DMs and group DMs are never in this cap — they are always scanned fully first.

Scan order: DMs → Group DMs → Priority channels (unread/mentions) → Remaining channels

Print:

🧠 Smart filter:
  · [N] channels had no messages in the $TIME_LABEL window (skipped)
  · [N] noise channels skipped (random/fun/memes)
  · [N] priority channels (unread/mentions)
  · [N] channels queued for scan

3B — Tasks where I'm involved (comments live here)

MANDATORY: Run all three filters below as SEPARATE calls. Never combine into one. Each catches a different set of tasks that the others miss.

Filter A — I'm assignee: Call clickup_filter_tasks:

• assignees: [MY_USER_ID]
• date_updated_gt: TIME_CUTOFF_MS
• include_closed: true (catch tasks closed in window — comments still relevant)
• subtasks: true
• page_size: 100 · paginate until empty

Filter B — I'm watcher: Call clickup_filter_tasks:

• watchers: [MY_USER_ID]
• date_updated_gt: TIME_CUTOFF_MS
• include_closed: false
• subtasks: true
• page_size: 100 · paginate until empty

Filter C — Open tasks I've commented on (Mode B source): This covers tasks where I delegated work via a comment but am not assignee/watcher. Note: ClickUp has no API to list "tasks I commented on" directly. Use this proxy:

• Include tasks from Filter A and B where date_updated > my_last_comment_check — already covered
• For Mode B delegated comment detection: the assigned comment pass in Step 4C will catch these when they appear in the task comment payload. No extra filter needed here.

Merge all results into ACTIVE_TASKS[] (deduplicate by task_id).

Build ACTIVE_TASKS[] with task_id, name, list_id, url, date_updated, date_created, description.

Hard cap: stop at 500 tasks total (if >500, log warning — user should narrow window). Never stop at a lower count due to budget concerns — task comments are where assigned/delegated items live.

3C — Reminders set for me

Call clickup_search_reminders with assignee_id: MY_USER_ID (or equivalent). Collect any reminder where date >= TIME_CUTOFF_MS that was set by someone OTHER than me. Store as INCOMING_REMINDERS[] — these are flagged directly as inbox items.

3D — Docs I own or was mentioned in (best-effort)

If clickup_search_docs is available, list Docs updated within window (filter by date_updated_gt >= TIME_CUTOFF_MS when the API supports it). Store as ACTIVE_DOCS[]. Skip silently if the tool isn't available (connector-path users may not have Docs v3 exposed).

3E — Assigned Comments + Delegated Comments (client-side — MANDATORY zero-cost detection)

There is no workspace-wide API for assigned comments. ClickUp has no endpoint to list all comments assigned to a user across tasks (confirmed public feature gap, active request since September 2024, no ClickUp response as of 2025). Pickle solves this by filtering during the Step 4C comment pass at zero extra API cost.

HARD RULE: This detection is NEVER skipped. Every comment fetched in Step 4C MUST have its assignment fields inspected:

For EVERY comment in EVERY task in ACTIVE_TASKS[]:

  IF comment.assignee?.id === MY_USER_ID AND comment.resolved === false:
    → source_type: "assigned_comment"
    → content: comment.comment_text
    → user_id: comment.assigned_by?.id (the person who assigned it to me)
    → Add to ALL_MESSAGES[] → Mode A inbox (action needed from me)
    → Default urgency: NORMAL; bump to HIGH if assigned_by is a manager or comment mentions deadline

  IF comment.assigned_by?.id === MY_USER_ID AND comment.resolved === false:
    → source_type: "delegated_comment"
    → content: comment.comment_text
    → user_id: comment.assignee?.id (the person I assigned it to)
    → Add to ALL_MESSAGES[] → Mode B follow-up (I'm waiting on this person)
    → Urgency: NORMAL; bump to HIGH if comment is older than 3 days with no reply

Scope caveat: Covers tasks in ACTIVE_TASKS[] only (assigned/watching, updated in window). Assigned comments on tasks outside that set are a known ClickUp API gap — no workaround exists without an exhaustive workspace scan.

What "resolved" means: If comment.resolved === true, the action was completed — skip it. Only track unresolved assignments.

🚫 Hard gaps — no ClickUp API exists for these surfaces:

• Inbox sections (Primary / Other / Later / Cleared) — UI only, no API
• Save for Later — no API (confirmed by ClickUp PM, explicitly not on roadmap as of 2025)
• Reminders API — no public endpoint on any plan (deadline task hack used instead for notifications)

Print:

🔍 Discovered:
  · [N] channels (activity-filtered)
  · [N] DMs [MANDATORY — all scanned]
  · [N] group DMs [MANDATORY — all scanned]
  · [N] active tasks (assigned OR watching in window)
  · [N] incoming reminders
  · [N] docs with activity (if available)
  · Assigned/delegated comments: will be detected during Step 4C task scan (zero extra API calls)
  🚫 Inbox tabs / Save for Later / Reminders API — no ClickUp API exists

VALIDATION CHECK before proceeding:

• If DMs discovered = 0 AND workspace has known DMs → ERROR: re-fetch channels with is_dm: true explicitly
• If group DMs discovered = 0 AND workspace has known group chats → WARNING: re-fetch with is_group: true
• Never proceed with 0 DMs in a workspace where DMs are expected — that means the filter silently excluded them

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STEP 4 — SCAN ALL SOURCES (PARALLEL + TOKEN-OPTIMIZED)

Token budget — print upfront, honor it

Before scanning, compute and print an estimate so the user sees the cost:

📊 Scan plan ($TIME_LABEL window)
   · [N] active channels  · [N] active DMs  · [N] group DMs
   · ~[M] messages estimated in window
   · Est. wait: [T] seconds
   · Est. token budget: ~[K]K tokens  (I'll stay under this)

Hard budget cap: 60K input tokens for the whole scan. If estimated total exceeds that, automatically narrow to: DMs + group DMs + channels where I'm @mentioned + tasks I own. Skip broader channel scans unless the user explicitly reruns with --wide.

API safety rules (hard limits)

• Parallel batch size: 6 requests at a time (ClickUp per-token limit ~100/min)
• 429 backoff: 2s → 4s → 8s · max 3 retries · then skip source
• Pagination cap: 10 pages per source (10 × 50 = 500 messages max per channel)
• Time cap: 120s total wall-clock. If exceeded → stop fetching, proceed with what's collected
• Early-exit: next_cursor: null OR 0 messages in window → stop paginating immediately
• Per-message size cap: truncate any single message body to 2000 chars before passing to analysis. Flagged as [truncated].

Synthesis via subagent (critical — saves main context)

After collecting all messages, DO NOT paste the raw payloads into the main conversation. Instead:

1. Before writing the new file, clean up old scratch: find ~/.claude/skills/pickle-clickup/.scratch -name 'scan-*.json' -mtime +7 -delete 2>/dev/null — removes scratch files older than 7 days so daily runs don't accumulate into a GB of old chat payloads over a year.

2. Write collected messages to ~/.claude/skills/pickle-clickup/.scratch/scan-<timestamp>.json — store the FULL raw payloads (every message object as returned by ClickUp), not a trimmed version. The subagent and Step 8 both depend on having the raw IDs available.

3. Launch a general-purpose subagent via the Task tool. The prompt MUST be:

   "Read <scratch path>. Apply the Step 5A inclusion filter and multilingual intent rules from ~/.claude/skills/pickle-clickup/SKILL.md. Return ONLY items that qualify, as a JSON array.

   For EVERY qualifying item, preserve ALL of the following fields verbatim from the input — do NOT shorten, summarise, or drop any of them:

   • source_type (channel | dm | group_dm | task_comment | task_comment_reply | task_description | reminder | doc_mention | assigned_comment | delegated_comment)
   • message_id for chat OR comment_id for task comments OR synthetic id otherwise — REQUIRED for SOURCE_URL construction in Step 8
   • parent_id (channel_id for chat, task_id for comments, doc_id for docs) — REQUIRED
   • parent_name (channel name OR task name OR doc name) — REQUIRED
   • parent_url if already constructed in input
   • user_id (sender) — REQUIRED
   • content — the FULL message body up to 600 chars (NOT a 200-char excerpt). Step 8 needs a 1–3 sentence quote, so longer is better. Truncate only if > 600 chars and append [truncated].
   • date (ISO 8601 or unix ms — whatever was in the input)
   • thread_parent_id (if this is a reply)
   • reason_included (1 short sentence — why this passed the filter)

   Return: empty array if nothing qualifies. JSON only, no prose. Cap output at 4000 tokens."

4. Main thread reads the JSON. For every returned item, it now has the IDs needed to build SOURCE_URL (Step 8) and the full quote needed for the "💬 WHAT THEY SAID" block. Resolve user_id → display_name from MEMBER_MAP (already in memory), don't ask the subagent to do it.

5. Validation gate — after parsing the subagent response, for every item assert:

   • message_id OR comment_id is present (non-empty)
   • parent_id is present
   • content length ≥ 10 chars If ANY item fails validation → re-fetch that item's raw record from the scratch file (still on disk) and use it directly. Never create a task with a missing source link.

This keeps main context lean while guaranteeing Step 8 has everything it needs to write a proper task description with a working comment-deeplink.

4A — Chat channel messages (+ replies)

For each channel/DM/group DM, call clickup_get_chat_channel_messages with limit: 50.

Per message:

• date < TIME_CUTOFF_MS → stop paginating this channel (messages are newest-first)
• date >= TIME_CUTOFF_MS → collect
• has_replies: true → queue for clickup_get_chat_message_replies (batched in 4B)

4B — Chat replies (batched)

For all messages queued in 4A, fire clickup_get_chat_message_replies in batches of 6. Don't serially await each — batch the full set.

4C — Task comments — ALL AUTHORS, ALL THREADS (MANDATORY)

HARD RULE: Every task in ACTIVE_TASKS[] gets a full comment scan. No task is skipped due to budget, estimated length, or assumed inactivity.

For each task_id in ACTIVE_TASKS[], call clickup_get_task_comments:

• taskId: task_id
• start: TIME_CUTOFF_MS — only comments within the window
• limit: 50 · paginate if next_page returned

Batch in waves of 6 tasks in parallel. If ACTIVE_TASKS[] has 200 tasks → 34 waves. This is correct and expected. Do not reduce the wave count to save time.

For every comment collected (ALL AUTHORS, not just me or the assignee):

1. @mention check: Does comment.comment_text mention MY_USER_ID, MY_NAME, or contain a ClickUp @mention tag for me? → source_type: task_comment → Mode A candidate
2. Assignment check (zero extra API cost):
   • comment.assignee?.id === MY_USER_ID AND comment.resolved === false → source_type: assigned_comment → Mode A inbox (this is a direct action assigned to me in a comment)
   • comment.assigned_by?.id === MY_USER_ID AND comment.resolved === false → source_type: delegated_comment → Mode B follow-up (I assigned this to someone; they haven't resolved it)
3. My outbound delegation check: comment.user?.id === MY_USER_ID AND comment contains delegation language → Mode B follow-up candidate (I asked someone to do something in a task comment)
4. Question directed at me: Comment is a reply to MY comment AND ends with ? → Mode A candidate

THREADED REPLIES — MANDATORY:

For EVERY comment where reply_count > 0, call clickup_get_threaded_comments immediately (batch in parallel 6):

• Returns all replies to that comment thread
• Apply the same 4-point check above to EVERY reply
• source_type → task_comment_reply
• If a reply contains a delivery note ("done ✓", link, file attachment) to a delegation I made → mark Mode B item as RESOLVED

HARD RULE: No comment with reply_count > 0 is left unchecked. Threaded replies are where delivery confirmations, blocker updates, and decisions live. Skipping them is the same as skipping the source.

Collect per task:

TASK_COMMENTS[task_id] = {
  all_comments: [...],           // every comment in window, all authors
  all_replies: [...],            // every threaded reply for comments with reply_count > 0
  assigned_to_me: [...],         // comment.assignee === MY_USER_ID && !resolved
  delegated_by_me: [...],        // comment.assigned_by === MY_USER_ID && !resolved
  mentions_me: [...],            // @MY_USER_ID or @MY_NAME in text
  my_delegations: [...]          // comments by me with delegation language
}

Print per task:

✓ [Task name] — [N] comments · [N] replies · [N] assigned to me · [N] delegated by me

4D — Task description @mentions and action items (MANDATORY)

HARD RULE: Every task description in ACTIVE_TASKS[] is scanned. No extra API call needed — description is already in the task object from Step 3B.

For each task_id in ACTIVE_TASKS[], scan the description / text_content field for:

1. Direct @mention of me: @[MY_NAME] or @[MY_USER_ID] anywhere in the text → source_type: task_description → Mode A candidate
2. Action verb addressed to me: text matching ${MY_NAME} please [verb], check with ${MY_NAME}, waiting for ${MY_NAME}, ${MY_NAME} can you, plus equivalents in Hindi/Hinglish/Gujarati (e.g. ${MY_NAME} dekh lo, ${MY_NAME} ko bhej do) → Mode A candidate. NEVER hardcode a specific name — always interpolate $MY_NAME from Step 1.
3. Outbound delegation I wrote: If I created or last updated this task AND description contains "please do", "you handle", delegation language addressed to the assignee → Mode B candidate

When to include:

• Task is new in window (date_created >= TIME_CUTOFF_MS) — any @mention qualifies
• Task is older BUT date_updated >= TIME_CUTOFF_MS — description was edited; check if @mention was added recently (compare with previous scan's task cache if available)
• If neither condition: skip (the @mention predates this window — already actioned or irrelevant)

Add matches to ALL_MESSAGES[] with source_type: task_description.

Print: ✓ Task descriptions: [N] tasks had @mention or action items for me

4E — Incoming reminders

Each reminder from INCOMING_REMINDERS[] → synthesise a message entry (source_type: reminder) with content = reminder.text, user_id = reminder.created_by.

4F — Docs (best-effort)

If ACTIVE_DOCS[] populated, fetch page content for each via clickup_get_doc_pages and scan for my @mention in each page. Batch in parallel 6. Add matches as source_type: doc_mention.

On connector errors → skip that source, add name to ERRORS[], continue. Never fail the whole run because one source errored.

Build unified ALL_MESSAGES[] with:

• source_type: channel | dm | group_dm | task_comment | task_comment_reply | task_description | reminder | doc_mention | assigned_comment | delegated_comment
• message_id (chat) OR comment_id (task comment) OR synthetic id for task_description/reminder/doc_mention
• parent_id — channel_id OR task_id OR doc_id
• parent_name — channel name OR task name OR doc name
• parent_url — direct URL to the source
• user_id, content, date, thread_parent_id (if reply)

Print per source type:

✓ #channel-name                 — [N] in window
✓ DM: Jordan                    — [N] in window  [ALWAYS SCANNED]
✓ Group DM: Jordan, Sam, Alex   — [N] in window  [ALWAYS SCANNED]
✓ Task: "Plugin zip"            — [N] comments · [N] replies in window
✓ Assigned comments to me       — [N] unresolved (from 4C loop — zero extra API calls)
✓ Delegated comments by me      — [N] unresolved (from 4C loop — zero extra API calls)
✓ Task description @me          — [N] tasks
✓ Reminders from others         — [N]
✓ Docs with @me                 — [N]

If ANY DM or group DM was skipped for any reason → log it as an ERROR, not a normal skip. DMs skipped = bug.

Print rate-limit summary:

⚡ API calls: [N] ClickUp requests · [N] retries · [N] sources skipped

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STEP 5A — MODE A: MY INBOX (What needs MY action)

For every message in ALL_MESSAGES[], apply this filter.

CRITICAL — DM vs Channel rules are different:

📬 DMs and Group DMs (source_type = dm or group_dm)

In a private conversation that includes me, I am implicitly the audience. @mention is NOT required. Include ANY message in a DM/group DM that contains:

• A question ending in ? (any language)
• A request, task, or action item — even directed at a colleague in the same DM
• A pending decision waiting for anyone's confirmation
• A report or update that needs a response
• Strategy/planning questions ("kya sochna chahiye", "any ideas", "what do you think", "plan karo")
• Suggestions waiting for approval before execution

Why: If you're in the DM, every unanswered message in that thread is your concern. Missing these is how real work gets dropped.

📢 Channels and Task Comments (source_type = channel or task_comment etc.)

In public/team spaces, @mention IS the filter. Include if ANY of these:

✅ INCLUDE if ANY of these are true (all source types):

1. @mention of me — content contains reference to MY_USER_ID, MY_NAME, or @mention tag pointing at me
2. Question directed at me — message ends with ? AND addressed to me (DM thread / replying to my comment / after @mention)
3. Blocked on me — "waiting for you", "need your input", "need your approval", "can you decide", "what do you think", "your call", "confirm karein", "bata do", "approve karo", "sir confirm", "sir bolo"
4. My unresolved commitment — I said "I will", "I'll do", "dekh leta hoon", "main karunga", "I'll check" AND no closure from me afterward
5. I'm assignee on the task — source is a task comment on a task where MY_USER_ID is assignee AND comment flags urgency/blocker
6. Task assignment change — I was just made assignee or watcher
7. Partnership / deal — message asks for my reply or approval in a deal/partnership context
8. In DM/group DM: any pending question or decision — see DM rules above (no @mention needed)
9. Assigned comment (source_type = assigned_comment) — ALWAYS include, no further filter. Being assigned to a comment is the action signal itself. Urgency = NORMAL by default; bump to HIGH if assigned_by is a senior/manager or deadline is mentioned in the comment text.

🌐 Multilingual intent detection (MUST apply — do not just keyword-match)

Analyse the MEANING of the message, not just keywords. ClickUp teams write in Hindi, Gujarati, and English — often mixed in one sentence. Treat these equivalently:

Meaning	English	Hindi/Hinglish	Gujarati
Waiting for approval	"once you confirm"	"aap bolo toh karunga", "confirm karein"	"tame confirm karo"
Asking for opinion	"what do you think"	"kya lagta hai", "aap kya sochte ho"	"tame shu vicharcho"
Task request	"please do this"	"yeh karo", "kar do", "ho jayega?"	"aa karo", "thase?"
Asking for update	"any update?"	"kya update hai?", "batao"	"shu update che?"
Question	ends with ?	ends with ? or hain? or hai?	ends with ? or che?
Pending/in-progress	"working on it"	"kar raha hoon", "chal raha hai"	"kari rahyo chhu"

When a message INTENT matches any row above — include it. Do not skip because the exact English phrase wasn't used.

❌ SKIP unconditionally:

• Standup messages: "1. Worked on" AND "2. Will work on" AND ("3. All clear" OR "3. No all clear")
• Pure greetings: "Good morning", "Good night", "Happy Birthday", birthday-only messages
• Pure FYIs with zero ask: "FYI — we shipped X" ending with no question and no request
• My own messages: user_id == MY_USER_ID — unless it's a commitment thread I haven't closed
• Completed items with proof: "Done ✓ [link]", "Shipped", "here's the file [attachment]" — must have actual proof
• Mass group pings: @followers / @channel / @everyone — not specifically for me or team decisions
• Reactions-only: emoji-only replies with no text intent

NOISE RULE: When in doubt — INCLUDE. A false positive (extra task) is better than a false negative (missed task). You can always remove a task. You cannot un-miss a decision.

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STEP 5B — MODE B: FOLLOW-UP TRACKER (What others owe me)

Scan ALL_MESSAGES[] for messages sent by me (user_id == MY_USER_ID) that qualify as delegation.

✅ Qualify as "I asked someone to do work" if:

1. Assignment language — "please do", "can you", "could you", "I need you to", "complete this", "let me know", "update me", "share the", "send me", "check and reply", "can you handle" + a specific task or action
2. Delegation with deadline — I mentioned a person AND gave a task or deadline ("submit by Wednesday", "send by EOD")
3. Recurring commitment — I asked for regular updates: "daily update", "send every morning", "weekly report"
4. Question I asked — a direct question in a DM or thread
5. Delegated comment (source_type = delegated_comment) — ALWAYS qualify. A comment you assigned to someone else that remains resolved === false is an open delegation. Treat like "I asked someone to do work." Urgency = NORMAL by default; escalate to HIGH if the comment is older than 3 days with no reply.

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⚠️ CRITICAL: "Replied" ≠ "Done" — EVIDENCE HIERARCHY FOR MODE B

Use this hierarchy to classify whether a follow-up item is truly resolved. Check sources in order — the strongest evidence found wins.

Level	Evidence	Verdict	Where to check
1	Task status changed to closed/complete/done in window	✅ RESOLVED	Task status field
2	Task comment delivery note: "done ✓", "shipped", "sent", file/link attached, explicit completion	✅ RESOLVED	Task comments (4C)
3	DM reply with actual deliverable (file, link, numbers, report)	✅ RESOLVED	DM thread (4A)
4	Assigned comment marked resolved === true	✅ RESOLVED	Comment object
5	Task comment acknowledgment only: "on it", "will do", "almost done"	🔄 ACKNOWLEDGED NOT DELIVERED	Task comments (4C)
6	DM acknowledgment: "okay", "sure", "got it", "working on it"	🔄 ACKNOWLEDGED NOT DELIVERED	DM thread (4A)
7	No reply in any channel, DM, or task comment	❌ NO REPLY	All sources checked

HARD RULE: Check ALL sources (task comments, threaded replies, DMs, group DMs) before classifying a follow-up as NO_REPLY. A person might have acknowledged in a DM even if they didn't reply in the task comment. Missing a DM reply and falsely sending a "no reply" reminder is a trust-breaking error.

Scan for RESOLVED evidence in this order:

1. Check task comments and threaded replies (4C output)
2. Check DM thread with this person (4A output)
3. Check group DM involving this person (4A output)
4. Check task status change (task object)
5. If none of the above → NO_REPLY

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📅 Deadline Detection

Pattern	Extracted deadline
"by Wednesday", "before Friday", "due Thursday"	That weekday
"by EOD", "by end of day"	Today 6pm
"by tomorrow"	Tomorrow
"ASAP", "urgent", "immediately"	Today
"this week"	Friday
"before the [meeting/call/launch]"	Infer from context
No deadline mentioned	Flag after 1 day no reply

Compute deadline_status: OVERDUE | DUE_SOON | PENDING | RESOLVED.

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🔁 Recurring Commitment Detection

If I asked for recurring updates ("daily", "every morning", "weekly"):

• Count updates sent in the expected period
• Sent before but stopped → status: recurring_stopped
• Never sent any → status: recurring_never_started
• Expected cadence: "daily" = 1/day, "weekly" = 1/week

Flag the specific gap (e.g. "Missing update for Apr 21, Apr 22").

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🔁 Repeat Follow-up Detection (Escalation Guard)

Prior follow-ups in the same thread:

• 0 prior → normal remind
• 1 prior → firmer tone: "Hi [name], circling back again..."
• 2+ prior → do NOT auto-send. Flag escalation_needed: true: "You've followed up twice. Consider escalating or discussing directly."

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Store as FOLLOWUP_ITEMS[]:

{
  what, to_whom, channel, message_id, date_asked, days_pending,
  deadline, deadline_status,
  reply_status: no_reply | acknowledged_not_delivered | recurring_stopped | recurring_never_started | resolved,
  prior_followups, escalation_needed,
  followup_priority: HIGH | NORMAL | LOW
}

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STEP 5C — FOLLOW-UP CONFIRMATION (ALWAYS CONFIRM — NEVER AUTO-SEND)

Even if FOLLOWUP_MODE = true, Pickle NEVER auto-sends anything. Always show the list, always wait for explicit user confirmation.

Print a numbered list grouped by urgency:

📨 FOLLOW-UPS READY TO SEND — [N] pending

🔴 OVERDUE / ESCALATION NEEDED
  1. → Jordan · "Submit plugin docs" · asked 4 days ago · deadline was Wednesday ✗
     Status: No reply received · 0 prior follow-ups sent
     Channel: #dev-team · https://app.clickup.com/...

  2. → Sam · "Daily update" · last update 2 days ago (recurring stopped)
     Status: Was sending updates, stopped Apr 20 · 1 follow-up already sent
     ⚠ You've already followed up once. Recommend: talk directly.
     Channel: DM · https://app.clickup.com/...

🟡 PENDING / ACKNOWLEDGED NOT DELIVERED
  3. → Morgan · "Send banner sizes" · asked 2 days ago
     Status: Said "on it" Apr 20 but no file received

Which ones should I send reminders for?
Reply: "1, 3" or "all" or "none".
Note: item 2 is flagged for escalation — I'll skip it unless you explicitly include it.

Wait for the user's reply. Then for each confirmed item:

Message templates by situation:

• First follow-up, no reply: Hey [name] 👋 — just following up on [task]. Could you share an update? Thanks!
• First follow-up, deadline passed: Hi [name] — the deadline for [task] was [date]. Could you update me on the status? Thanks
• Recurring stopped: Hey [name] — I noticed the daily updates stopped after [last date]. Can you resume and send today's update? Thanks!
• Acknowledged but no delivery: Hi [name] — following up on [task] — you mentioned you'd handle it. Could you share the update/file? Thanks
• Second follow-up (firmer): Hi [name] — circling back on this again. [task] is still pending. Please update me today. Thanks
• escalation_needed: true → Do NOT send even if user said "all". Print: ⚠ [name] — [task] — You've already followed up [N] times. Recommend discussing directly.

Rules:

• Only send if days_pending >= 1
• Update the ClickUp task description to record the follow-up sent + timestamp
• Print 📨 Sent to [name] — [template type], ⏭ Skipped [name], ⚠ Escalation flagged: [name]

If FOLLOWUP_MODE = false → show the grouped list in the final report only. Do not ask or send.

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STEP 6 — PRIORITY SCORING

🔥 CLIENT RELATIONSHIP SIGNALS — Apply FIRST, before any other scoring

When a message involves a paying client or customer who is frustrated, escalating, or waiting on a late deliverable — override the base urgency and force a floor. This check runs BEFORE all other scoring.

Force 🟠 HIGH minimum (even if the message would otherwise be NORMAL or LOW) when:

• Message is in a channel/DM identified as a client relationship (client name in channel, ≤5 members, or prior HIGH/URGENT items from same source)
• Message contains frustration or urgency language (any language):
  • "unreliable", "not professional", "missing", "wasted", "disappointed", "late", "overdue"
  • "report nahi aaya", "mil nahi raha", "bahut late ho gaya"
  • Client says they're blocked: "can't move forward", "need this NOW", "still waiting"
• A client-facing deliverable (report, update, document, invoice) has been requested and is ≥ 3 days overdue with no response

Force 🔴 URGENT when:

• Client expresses strong dissatisfaction: "core job missing", "unreliable", "reconsidering" (churn risk signal)
• Client-facing deliverable is ≥ 7 days overdue
• Client message has received zero response from the team

Floor rule is absolute: No client-signal item can be rated below 🟠 HIGH, regardless of channel size, message count, or scoring logic. A missed client task is worse than 10 missed internal tasks.

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Urgency:

• URGENT 🔴: blocking others NOW, deadline today, production issue, CEO/founder urgency, client churn risk
• HIGH 🟠: decision impacts upcoming release, multiple people waiting, commitment overdue, client frustration signal
• NORMAL 🟡: follow-up this week, peer request with reasonable deadline
• LOW ⚪: nice-to-have, soft acknowledgment, no deadline

Importance (generic):

• +2: sender is CEO / founder / direct manager
• +1: sender is team lead / senior member
• +1: impacts product launch, pricing, or external partner
• +1: more than 2 people waiting
• −1: user is CC'd but not primary

🎯 Role-based boost (personalisation from prefs.json)

On top of the generic score, apply a +1 boost when the message aligns with USER_ROLE AND contains any ROLE_KEYWORDS[]:

USER_ROLE	What gets boosted (+1)
Founder / CEO	Deals, partnerships, pricing decisions, approvals, external-facing messages, investor/board items, financial commitments
Manager / Team Lead	Team blockers, hiring/performance asks, cross-team coordination, escalations from reports
Developer / Engineer	PR reviews, production incidents, bug escalations, deploy blockers, spec clarifications
Designer / UX	Design reviews, Figma feedback, component decisions, brand approvals
Marketing / Content	Copy approvals, launch timing, title/headline changes, campaign decisions, content reviews
Sales / BD	Deal updates, partner requests, contract asks, quote approvals, intro requests
Customer Success	Escalations, refund asks, churn risks, complaint threads, renewals
QA / Testing	Release blockers, bug verifications, test plan approvals
Product Manager	Spec questions, prioritisation calls, roadmap decisions, scope changes
Operations / Finance / HR	Policy questions, approvals, compliance items, hiring/payroll

🎯 Role-context match (+1 extra)

If the message text contains ANY word from ROLE_KEYWORDS[] (extracted from your day-to-day description) → +1 more.

Example: If ROLE_CONTEXT = "I approve YouTube titles", and a DM says "sir yeh title confirm karo" — the keyword "title" matches → +1 extra.

Final score

Final priority tier = base urgency tier → bumped one level UP if (importance_score + role_boosts) ≥ 2, OR if the message crosses multiple boost conditions.

Floor rule: Role can only BOOST priority, never lower it below its base tier. Role is a lens, not a veto.

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STEP 7 — CONTEXT MEMORY + DEDUPE + BUMP

Context memory

Read ~/.claude/skills/pickle-clickup/state.json (create if missing):

{
  "actioned_messages": {
    "<message_id>": {
      "task_id": "abc123",
      "actioned_at": "2026-04-22T09:00:00Z",
      "last_activity_seen": "2026-04-22T09:00:00Z",
      "kind": "inbox"
    }
  }
}

Stored: message IDs + task IDs + timestamps only. No message content. No personal info. Delete the file to reset.

Field meanings:

• actioned_at — when Pickle first created/last bumped a task for this message. This is the Pickle-side checkpoint — used to decide if a complete task should be reopened.
• last_activity_seen — timestamp of the latest reply/comment in the source thread that Pickle has already incorporated. Used to detect new activity for both bumping (status ≠ complete) and re-creation (status = complete). Updated on every successful create OR bump.

Compute "latest activity" for a candidate item (used by all branches below)

Before running the decision tree on an item, compute LATEST_ACTIVITY_TS:

• For chat messages: max(message.date, latest reply date in thread)
• For task comments: max(comment.date, latest threaded-comment date, comment date_updated if available)
• For task descriptions: task.date_updated
• For reminders: reminder.date
• For doc mentions: page date_updated

This is the single timestamp the decision tree compares against actioned_at and last_activity_seen.

Decision tree — create / bump / skip

For every qualifying item from Step 6, check in this order:

1. Is message_id (or comment_id) in actioned_messages?

Yes → call clickup_get_task(stored task_id):

• API returns 404 / not_found / archived (task was deleted manually or by Step 2.5B cleanup): → Remove this entry from state.json immediately. Fall through to Step 2 below. Do NOT create yet — let Step 2 do the board scan in case the user manually moved/recreated the task.

• Task status = complete:

  • If LATEST_ACTIVITY_TS > last_activity_seen (new replies arrived AFTER you closed it) → create a NEW task (the conversation reopened). Mark the old one's description with ↩ SUPERSEDED by [new_task_id] — new activity arrived after close. Update state.json to point at the new task_id and refresh actioned_at + last_activity_seen.
  • Else (LATEST_ACTIVITY_TS <= last_activity_seen) → SKIP. You completed it, nothing new has happened since. The message just keeps re-appearing because it's still inside the scan window. Print: ↩ Skipped (already complete, no new activity): [task name]

• Task status ≠ complete:

  • If LATEST_ACTIVITY_TS > last_activity_seen → BUMP the existing task (see below).
  • Else → SKIP (already on board, nothing new). Print: · Already on board: [task name]

No → check step 2.

2. Does a task already exist on the board with a matching source URL in its description?

Call clickup_get_list_tasks on TASK_BOARD_ID with:

• include_closed: true
• subtasks: true
• archived: false

Scan every task's description (text_content) for the candidate item's SOURCE_URL (built per Step 8 — must be byte-for-byte the same shape, or contain the message_id/comment_id substring).

• Found, status = complete:

  • If LATEST_ACTIVITY_TS > task.date_done → create fresh, mark old as superseded (same as branch above). Write new entry to state.json.
  • Else → SKIP.

• Found, status ≠ complete → BUMP the existing task. Write/refresh state.json entry pointing at this task_id.

• Not found → CREATE NEW task (Step 8). Then write to state.json:

  state.actioned_messages[message_id_or_comment_id] = {
    task_id: <new_id>,
    actioned_at: <now>,
    last_activity_seen: <LATEST_ACTIVITY_TS>,
    kind: "inbox" | "followup"
  }
  

What "bump" means

Call clickup_update_task on the existing task_id:

• Priority escalated? (new replies added urgency) → raise priority by 1 level
• Due date passed? → reset due date to today
• Append to description:

  ---
  🔄 UPDATED [date] — [N] new replies since last scan
  Latest: "[newest reply excerpt, max 100 chars]"
  

• Do NOT create a duplicate task.

After a successful bump, update state.json:

• actioned_at → <now> (so escalation tone reflects how recently we touched it)
• last_activity_seen → LATEST_ACTIVITY_TS (so the same replies don't keep triggering bumps on every scan)

Print: ↑ Bumped: [task name] — [reason]

Self-heal: orphaned state entries

At the END of Step 7 (after processing all candidate items), do a one-shot cleanup pass:

• For each entry in state.actioned_messages where the linked task_id no longer exists on the board (collected from the Step 2 list-fetch above), remove the entry.
• This prevents state.json from growing forever with dead pointers, and guarantees that next run's Step 1 won't trip over stale 404s.

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STEP 8 — CREATE TASKS

For MODE A (Inbox) items:

Source link construction (REQUIRED for every task):

SOURCE_URL = [if chat message]      https://app.clickup.com/[WORKSPACE_ID]/chat/r/[channel_id]/t/[message_id]
           = [if task comment]      https://app.clickup.com/t/[task_id]?comment=[comment_id]
           = [if task comment reply] https://app.clickup.com/t/[task_id]?comment=[thread_parent_id]&reply=[comment_id]
           = [if task description]  https://app.clickup.com/t/[task_id]
           = [if doc mention]       https://app.clickup.com/[WORKSPACE_ID]/docs/[doc_id]
           = [if reminder]          https://app.clickup.com/[WORKSPACE_ID]/notifications

This is the 1-click jump back to the original message. Never omit the source link.

HARD VALIDATION before calling clickup_create_task: Assert all of:

1. SOURCE_URL is non-empty AND starts with https://app.clickup.com/
2. The relevant ID (message_id, comment_id, task_id) is present in the URL
3. The "💬 WHAT THEY SAID" block contains the actual message text (≥ 10 chars, not a placeholder like [message] or [content])
4. "From:" contains a real sender name (resolved from MEMBER_MAP[user_id].username or .name, not the raw user ID)
5. "Date:" is human-readable (e.g. 2026-04-28 14:32 IST), not a unix timestamp

If any assertion fails → re-fetch the source record from the scratch file (~/.claude/skills/pickle-clickup/.scratch/scan-*.json) and rebuild the description. Do NOT create the task with a missing/placeholder field — that's the bug that broke comment linking + details. If the scratch record is also missing the IDs, log the failure to ~/.claude/skills/pickle-clickup/.scratch/missing-ids.log and skip the item rather than create a broken task.

Board status order (REQUIRED — always use exactly these names):

Status	Meaning	When to use
to do	Queued, not started	Default for all new inbox items
in progress	Actively working on it right now	User moves tasks here manually
today	Must be done today	Urgent + due today; assigned comments needing same-day action
complete	Done	User marks done; auto-deleted after 7 days (see Step 2.5)
waiting	Blocked on someone else	All Mode B follow-up tasks

Status rules for task creation:

Source type	Status at creation
assigned_comment	"today" — you're named, needs same-day action
Any item with priority=urgent and due_date=today	"today"
All other Mode A inbox items	"to do"

Naming rule:

• Regular inbox item → [action verb] [context] — [person/channel] (max 80 chars)
• Assigned comment → name as-is from the task title + (assigned comment)

⚠️ HARD RULE: ALL context goes in the description field of clickup_create_task. NEVER call clickup_create_task_comment to add source context or action steps — that puts it in a comment, not the description. The task description must be self-contained so the user can open it and immediately know what to do and jump to the source.

Call clickup_create_task:

list_id:   TASK_BOARD_ID
name:      [action verb] + [description] (max 80 chars)
status:    "in progress" OR "to do" (see status rules above)
priority:  1=urgent / 2=high / 3=normal / 4=low
due_date:  URGENT=today · HIGH=tomorrow · NORMAL=end of week · LOW=next week
assignees: [MY_USER_ID]
tags:      ["pickle", "pickle-clickup"]
description:
  🔗 SOURCE (1-click): [SOURCE_URL]
  ---

  📍 CONTEXT
  From: [sender] | In: [channel name OR task name]
  Type: [chat channel / DM / group DM / task comment / task comment reply]
  Date: [human-readable date]

  💬 WHAT THEY SAID
  "[exact 1-3 sentence quote]"

  🎯 WHY THIS NEEDS YOUR ACTION
  [2-3 sentence explanation]

  📋 HOW TO HANDLE IT
  • [step 1]
  • [step 2]
  • [step 3]

  ---
  🥒 pickle-clickup · by Aditya Sharma
  github.com/adityaarsharma/pickle

After creating, write the message_id → task_id entry into state.json.

For MODE B (Follow-up) items:

Priority:

• OVERDUE / escalation_needed / recurring_stopped → high
• acknowledged_not_delivered / DUE_SOON → normal
• no_reply < 2 days → normal

Due date:

• OVERDUE → today · DUE_SOON → deadline date · PENDING → today + 1 day · recurring_stopped → today

Source link (REQUIRED): Use the URL of MY original message (the ask), not their reply.

⚠️ HARD RULE: ALL context goes in the description field of clickup_create_task. NEVER call clickup_create_task_comment — context as a comment defeats the point. Open the task, see everything, click the link.

Call clickup_create_task:

list_id:   TASK_BOARD_ID
name:      🔁 [their name] — [what was asked] (max 80)   ← always prefix with 🔁 so follow-ups are visually distinct
status:    "waiting"   ← blocked on someone else; sits in the Waiting group on the board
priority:  [rules above]
due_date:  [rules above]
assignees: [MY_USER_ID]
tags:      ["pickle", "pickle-clickup", "follow-up"]
description:
  🔗 SOURCE (1-click): [SOURCE_URL of my original ask]
  ---

  📍 WAITING ON: [their name]
  Asked on: [date] ([days_pending] days ago)

  📝 WHAT I ASKED
  "[my original message quote]"

  ⏳ STATUS: [one of]
  ❌ No reply received
  🔁 Recurring stopped
  💬 Acknowledged but not delivered
  🔴 OVERDUE
  ⚠ Escalation needed

  📅 DEADLINE: [deadline or "none given"]

  📋 OPTIONS
  • Reply in the thread directly
  • Run /pickle-clickup [time] followup to confirm + send a reminder
  • Mark task complete if resolved offline

  ---
  🥒 pickle-clickup · by Aditya Sharma
  github.com/adityaarsharma/pickle

---

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STEP 9 — PRINT FINAL REPORT

════════════════════════════════════════════════════
  🥒 pickle-clickup · by Aditya Sharma
  📅 [DATE] · ⏱ [TIME_LABEL]
════════════════════════════════════════════════════

📬 MY INBOX — Needs my action

  🔴 URGENT ([N])   • [task name] — [sender / channel] → [URL]
  🟠 HIGH   ([N])
  🟡 NORMAL ([N])
  ⚪ LOW    ([N])

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⏳ FOLLOW-UP TRACKER — Pending from others

  • [what] → waiting on [name] · [N days] · [thread URL]
  [If FOLLOWUP_MODE confirmed + sent: "  ✅ Reminder sent"]
  [Else: "  💡 Run /pickle-clickup followup to confirm + send"]

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📊 STATS
  Inbox tasks created   : [N]
  Follow-up tasks       : [N]
  Sources scanned:
    · Channels          : [N] (activity-filtered)
    · DMs               : [N] (all — mandatory)
    · Group DMs         : [N] (all — mandatory)
    · Active tasks      : [N] (assigned + watching)
    · Task comments     : [N] comments · [N] threaded replies
    · Assigned to me    : [N] unresolved
    · Delegated by me   : [N] unresolved
    · Task descriptions : [N] with @mention
    · Reminders         : [N]
  Already actioned (memory skipped) : [N]
  Skipped (errors)      : [source names or "none"]
  ⚠️ Sources skipped (budget): [N] channels beyond top-50 cap — rerun with --wide to include

🔗 Task board → https://app.clickup.com/[WORKSPACE_ID]/

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  Re-run: /pickle-clickup [time]
  With follow-up: /pickle-clickup [time] followup
  Slack counterpart: /pickle-slack [time]
  Docs: https://github.com/adityaarsharma/pickle
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  [UPDATE_LINE_IF_NEWER]
  🥒 Built and Shipped by Aditya Sharma
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If zero items found:

✅ All clear — no ClickUp action items or pending follow-ups in [TIME_LABEL].
   Channels scanned: [N] · Messages reviewed: [N]

  [UPDATE_LINE_IF_NEWER]
  🥒 Built and Shipped by Aditya Sharma

COMPLETION NOTIFICATION (fires immediately after printing the final report — every run, no exceptions):

ClickUp notification only. Never call any Slack tool here — Slack gets its own notification only when /pickle-slack runs.

ClickUp deadline task hack (fires a due-date notification in ClickUp inbox — works on all plans):

Step A — Clean up THIS skill's previous notification tasks (run first):

• Call clickup_get_list_tasks on TASK_BOARD_ID
• Delete any task where name contains 🔔 AND tags includes "pickle-clickup-notif" via clickup_delete_task

Step B — Create new notification task:

• Call clickup_create_task on TASK_BOARD_ID:
  • name: 🥒 Pickle ClickUp scan done · [TIME_LABEL] · [N] tasks added · [N] follow-ups 🔔
  • assignees: [MY_USER_ID]
  • due_date: Date.now() + 60000 (1 minute — fires deadline ping in inbox)
  • due_date_time: true
  • priority: 2
  • tags: ["pickle", "pickle-clickup", "pickle-clickup-notif"]

The task auto-cleans on the next pickle-clickup run (tag-scoped). The 🔔 suffix is the cleanup marker — never use it for real tasks.

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VERSION CHECK — REMOVED in v1.2.0.

Pickle is now hosted. The server at pickle.adityaarsharma.com/mcp is always-latest; there's nothing to compare against on the user's machine. The serverInfo.version field in the MCP initialize response tells the client what's deployed if it ever needs to display it. Skills do not phone-home for version checks.

Remove any [UPDATE_LINE_IF_NEWER] placeholder from output — print nothing.