| name | intake |
| description | Convert owner-filed GitHub issues into the tasks-file backlog via PR (project specifics from the profile). Classifies each unmapped issue (no task ID in title, unreferenced by any live tasks file) into spec work / repo-maintenance / bug / duplicate / underspecified, screens it against the constitution, drafts the backlog entry on a branch, and lands it as a PR the owner ratifies by merging. Use when the user says "intake", "run intake", "convert issue |
/intake — Claude Code binding
The workflow logic is runtime-neutral and lives in .claude/workflow/intake.md —
read that file now and execute it. Mapping of its abstract [roles]:
| Neutral role | Claude Code mechanism |
|---|
| [workflow] (this one) | this skill; arguments (e.g. specific issue numbers) arrive in the invocation text |
| [reviewer] / §7 gate | as bound in .claude/skills/next-task/SKILL.md (the gate on the conversion PR runs exactly as next-task's does, [orchestrated run] included) |
| [comment marker] | the footer line defined in .claude/skills/next-task/SKILL.md → "The [comment marker] concrete form" (the single copy) — on every gh issue comment / gh pr comment body this workflow posts |
| [environment block] | .claude/skills/next-task/SKILL.md → "This environment's concrete forms" (the single copy — multi-line bodies via UTF-8 temp file + --body-file, gh PATH fallback) |
| [headless run] | claude -p "/intake" |
| tracker reads/writes | gh issue list/view (read), gh issue comment / gh issue edit --title / gh issue edit --add-label (additive writes only — never gh issue close, never a merge) |
Write posture per the workflow doc: repo edits happen only on an intake branch (the
PreToolUse guard blocks base-branch edits deterministically); the conversion PR carries
no closing keyword for the source issue; merge is the owner's alone.
Profile read — packet first (spec 007 US3.AC3). Read .claude/PROJECT.compact.md
by default for the routing facts (tasks-file paths, task-ID blocks, title/branch
conventions, required check — drift-checked by .claude/hooks/compact-packet-drift.sh
in CI). Escalate to the full .claude/PROJECT.md explicitly — say you are escalating
and why — when a classification needs a fact the packet deliberately omits (an
invariant's full text, architecture boundaries, blocked-task detail); the full profile
stays the source of truth.
