gathering-planning

# Gathering Planning 🌲🐝🦡 The drum echoes through the meadow. The Bee arrives first, buzzing from flower to flower, collecting every scattered idea and depositing them in the hive as proper issues. Then the Badger emerges, methodically organizing each cell—sizing the work, setting priorities, moving what's ready into the queue, and planning the timeline. When the gathering completes, chaos has become a roadmap. ## When to Summon - Brain dump session that needs to become organized work - "I have a bunch of ideas AND I want them prioritized" - Sprint planning from scratch - After a brainstorm that produced many TODOs - When you want ideas → issues → organized backlog in one flow --- ## Grove Tools for This Gathering Use `gw` and `gf` throughout. Quick reference for planning work: ```bash # Find existing work items in the codebase gf --agent todo # Find TODO/FIXME/HACK comments # Batch issue creation (Bee phase) gw gh issue batch --write --from-json # Create issues in bulk # Check project boards (Badger phase) gw gh project list # View project boards and status ``` --- ## The Gathering ``` SUMMON → COLLECT → ORGANIZE → COMPLETE ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ Receive Bee Badger Roadmap Ideas Creates Triages Ready Issues Board ``` ### Animals Mobilized 1. **🐝 Bee** — Collect scattered ideas, create structured GitHub issues 2. **🦡 Badger** — Size, prioritize, move to Ready, set milestones/dates --- ### Phase 1: SUMMON _The drum sounds. The meadow listens..._ Receive and parse the brain dump: **Clarify the Session:** - What ideas/TODOs do you want to capture? - Any theme or component focus? - Do you want to set up milestones today? **Confirm:** > "I'll mobilize a gathering for project planning: > > - 🐝 Bee will create issues from your ideas > - 🦡 Badger will organize them on the project board > > Proceed with the gathering?" --- ### Phase 2: COLLECT (Bee) _The bee buzzes from flower to flower..._ **🐝 BEE — COLLECT** Load skill: `bee-collect` Execute the full Bee BUZZ → INSPECT → CHECK → DEPOSIT workflow on [the brain dump / ideas provided]. Handoff: list of newly created issue numbers and titles (plus any duplicates skipped) → Badger for organization --- ### Phase 3: ORGANIZE (Badger) _The badger emerges, ready to organize the burrow..._ **🦡 BADGER — TRIAGE** Load skill: `badger-triage` Execute the full Badger DIG → SORT → DISCUSS → TIMELINE → PLACE workflow on all issues the Bee created (plus any pre-existing untriaged issues). Handoff: organized board (all issues sized, prioritized, ready items moved, milestones set) → COMPLETE phase --- ### Phase 4: COMPLETE _The gathering ends. A roadmap emerges..._ **Completion Report:** ```markdown ## 🌲 GATHERING PLANNING COMPLETE ### Session Summary **🐝 Bee Collected:** - [x] issues created from brain dump - [Y] duplicates skipped - Components: [list of labels used] **🦡 Badger Organized:** | Metric | Count | | ---------------- | ----- | | Sized | [X] | | Prioritized | [X] | | Moved to Ready | [X] | | Target dates set | [X] | ### By Priority | Priority | Issues | | ----------- | ---------------- | | First Focus | #123, #124, #125 | | Next Up | #126, #127 | | In Time | [count] issues | | Far Off | [count] issues | ### Milestones | Milestone | Issues | Due | | --------- | ------- | ------ | | [Name] | [count] | [date] | ### What's Ready to Work On These issues are sized, prioritized, and in the Ready column: 1. #123 — [Title] (XS, First Focus) 2. #124 — [Title] (S, First Focus) 3. #125 — [Title] (M, First Focus) _From chaos, order. From ideas, a roadmap._ 🌲 ``` --- ## Example Gathering **User:** "/gathering-planning ok here's my brain dump: fix the broken avatar upload, add dark mode to settings, implement the new pricing tiers we discussed, eventually add webhooks for integrations, the footer needs updating, and we should probably add rate limiting to the API" **Gathering execution:** 1. 🌲 **SUMMON** — "Mobilizing for project planning. I see 6 items to process." 2. 🐝 **COLLECT** — - "Buzzing through the ideas..." - "Checking for duplicates... 'dark mode' exists as #498, skipping" - Created: #531 (avatar bug), #532 (pricing), #533 (webhooks), #534 (footer), #535 (rate limiting) - "5 issues deposited in the hive" 3. 🦡 **ORGANIZE** — - "Digging into the new issues..." - "Sizing: avatar bug (XS), pricing (L), webhooks (XL), footer (S), rate limiting (M)?" - User confirms with one adjustment - "Priority: avatar bug is First Focus (it's broken). Pricing is Next Up. Rest In Time?" - User moves rate limiting to Next Up - "Move avatar bug and rate limiting to Ready?" - User confirms - "Want to set target dates or create a milestone?" - User creates "February Sprint" milestone 4. 🌲 **COMPLETE** — ``` Bee: 5 issues created, 1 duplicate skipped Badger: All sized, prioritized, 2 moved to Ready Milestone: February Sprint (2 issues, due Feb 28) Ready to work on: - #531 — Fix avatar upload (XS, First Focus) - #535 — Add API rate limiting (M, Next Up) ``` --- ## Gathering Rules ### Flow Bee always runs first. Badger organizes what Bee collected (plus any existing untriaged issues). ### Conversation Both animals are interactive. The bee asks for clarification on vague items. The badger discusses sizing and priority in batches. ### Scope If the brain dump is massive (20+ items), the bee may ask to split into multiple sessions. ### Code Safety Neither animal edits code. This gathering is purely for project organization. --- ## When to Use This vs. Individual Animals | Situation | Use | | ------------------------------------- | ------------------------ | | Just have ideas to capture | 🐝 `/bee-collect` | | Just need to organize existing issues | 🦡 `/badger-triage` | | Have ideas AND want them organized | 🌲 `/gathering-planning` | | Weekly planning session | 🌲 `/gathering-planning` | | Quick backlog grooming | 🦡 `/badger-triage` | --- _From scattered thoughts to organized work. The forest knows the way._ 🌲