intake

name	intake
description	Vendor-agnostic scanner for Ready queues. Given a Notion PRD database URL → finds the first Ready PRD and runs lisa:plan. Given a Confluence space or parent page URL → finds the first prd-ready PRD and runs lisa:plan. Given a Linear workspace URL or team key → finds the first prd-ready Linear project and runs lisa:plan. Given a GitHub repo URL or `org/repo` token → finds the first prd-ready GitHub issue and runs lisa:plan. Given a JIRA project key or JQL filter → finds the first Ready ticket and runs lisa:implement. Given a GitHub repo URL or `org/repo` token when `tracker = github` → finds the first `status:ready` issue and runs lisa:implement. On the PRD side it also closes the loop: each cycle rolls a ticketed PRD up to shipped and dispatches lisa:verify-prd for one shipped PRD (shipped → verified on pass; on fail, re-opened shipped → ticketed with build-ready fix tickets that auto-build and re-verify — never blocked). Designed as the cron target for /schedule — one eligible item per invocation, exits cleanly on empty. Symmetric counterpart to the single-item lisa:plan and lisa:implement skills.
allowed-tools	["Skill","Bash","mcp__claude_ai_Notion__notion-fetch","mcp__claude_ai_Notion__notion-search","mcp__atlassian__getConfluencePage","mcp__atlassian__getConfluenceSpaces","mcp__atlassian__searchConfluenceUsingCql","mcp__atlassian__getAccessibleAtlassianResources","mcp__atlassian__searchJiraIssuesUsingJql","mcp__atlassian__getJiraIssue","mcp__linear-server__list_projects","mcp__linear-server__list_teams","mcp__linear-server__list_project_labels"]

Intake: $ARGUMENTS

Run one intake cycle against the queue identified by $ARGUMENTS. Scans for Status = Ready, claims the first eligible item, dispatches it to the appropriate single-item lifecycle skill, then exits. Remaining Ready items are left for later scheduler invocations.

For build-queue runs, Intake also accepts an optional assignee=<vendor-user-id-or-login> filter. Resolution order is:

1. $ARGUMENTS assignee=<...>
2. .lisa.config.local.json intake.assignee
3. empty default

When the resolved assignee is empty, Intake keeps the shared queue behavior and scans any ready item. When non-empty, it forwards the filter to the vendor build-intake skill so that only ready items already assigned to that assignee are considered. Intake never assigns or reassigns tickets as part of this filter.

Confirmation policy

Do NOT ask the caller whether to proceed. Once invoked with a queue, run the cycle to completion. The caller (a human at the CLI or a scheduled cron) has already authorized the run by invoking the skill; re-prompting defeats the purpose of a background batch.

Specifically forbidden:

• Previewing projected scope (number of items, projected ticket counts, write counts) and asking whether to continue.
• Offering A/B/C-style choices like "proceed / skip / dry-run only" — the documented behavior IS the default. Dry-run is a different skill, not an option here.
• Pausing because the queue is large, items have many open questions, or items are likely to end in Blocked. Blocked is a valid terminal state of the downstream lifecycles, not a failure mode — routing items to Blocked with clarifying comments is success.
• Pausing because validation looks expensive. The cost of one cycle is bounded; the cost of stalling a scheduled cron waiting on a human is unbounded.

The only legitimate reasons to stop early:

• Missing required input (no queue argument, missing project configuration). Surface the missing value and exit.
• The queue itself is misconfigured (Status property missing expected values, JIRA workflow can't reach required transitions). Surface and exit.
• Empty Ready set. Exit cleanly with the idle-case message.

Orchestration: agent team

If you are NOT already operating inside an agent team (no prior successful team-creation or subagent-delegation tool call in this session, not spawned into a team context), the very first thing you do is establish team orchestration.

Use the team tool for the current runtime:

• Claude: use TeamCreate. If TeamCreate has not been loaded yet, first use ToolSearch with query: "select:TeamCreate" to load its schema.
• Codex: do not call TeamCreate; Codex does not expose that Claude tool. Use tool_search with a query like multi-agent tools to load multi_agent_v1, then use multi_agent_v1.spawn_agent for teammate delegation. Treat the first successful spawn_agent call as establishing team orchestration.
• Other runtimes: use the current runtime's tool-discovery mechanism to discover and call the appropriate multi-agent/team tool.

If no team creation or subagent delegation tool is available, explicitly state that team orchestration is unavailable in this runtime, continue as the lead agent, and preserve the workflow's review, verification, and task-tracking obligations locally.

Until the team is established, the first Codex teammate has been spawned, or the no-team fallback has been declared, do NOT call any of: Agent, TaskCreate, Skill, MCP tools (Atlassian / Linear / GitHub / Notion), Read, Write, Edit, Bash, Grep, Glob. Scanning the queue, claiming items, dispatching per-item flows — all of those are tasks for the team you are about to create, not for the lead session before orchestration exists.

If you ARE already inside an agent team (e.g., a teammate invoked this skill via the Skill tool), do NOT create a second team — many harnesses reject double-creates — and do NOT collapse the nested flow into a single inline worker. A nested team-first flow must still bring in the specialists it requires by adding them to the existing team, not by doing the work itself:

• Claude: teams are flat and only the lead can add named teammates, so do NOT call Agent with a name from a teammate (the harness rejects it: "Teammates cannot spawn other teammates — the team roster is flat"). Send the team lead a message naming the specialist teammate(s) this flow needs, their task assignments, and completion criteria, then coordinate through the shared task list until they finish. An anonymous subagent (Agent with name omitted) is permitted only for bounded one-shot work whose result returns directly to you — it is not a substitute for the required lifecycle specialists.
• Codex: do NOT call TeamCreate. If the lead/root agent is addressable (you were given its id/handle), send it a request to multi_agent_v1.spawn_agent the specialist agent(s), including each agent's prompt, ownership, and expected result. If no lead handle exists but spawn_agent is available to you, spawn only the bounded specialist agent(s) this flow needs, wait_agent for their results, and relay those results upward to the parent/lead.

Treat the first successful lead-spawn request (or, on the Codex fallback, the first specialist spawn) as preserving team orchestration. Never satisfy a team-first lifecycle flow by doing all the work inline.

The cycle's outer team is created by Intake. The one item it processes (a PRD via lisa:plan, a ticket via lisa:implement) executes within that team — those skills' orchestration preambles detect the existing team and skip creating a second team. One team per cron cycle, one eligible Ready item per cycle.

Source dispatch

Detect the queue type from $ARGUMENTS and route:

If $ARGUMENTS is...	Queue type	Per-item dispatch
A Notion database URL or database ID	PRD queue (Notion)	Invoke lisa:notion-prd-intake (which scans the DB for Status=Ready, claims the first eligible PRD, runs lisa:plan via the dry-run validate → branch → write pipeline, then exits)
A Confluence space URL or space key (e.g. https://acme.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/PRD or PRD)	PRD queue (Confluence)	Invoke lisa:confluence-prd-intake (which CQL-queries the space for label = "prd-ready", claims the first eligible PRD by relabeling to prd-in-review, runs the dry-run validate → branch → write pipeline, then exits)
A Confluence parent page URL or page ID (the page whose descendants are PRDs)	PRD queue (Confluence, narrowed)	Invoke lisa:confluence-prd-intake with the parent ID (CQL: ancestor = <id> AND label = "prd-ready")
A Linear workspace URL (e.g. https://linear.app/acme)	PRD queue (Linear)	Invoke lisa:linear-prd-intake (which queries list_projects({label: "prd-ready"}) across the workspace, claims the first eligible project by relabeling to prd-in-review, runs the dry-run validate → branch → write pipeline, then exits)
A Linear team URL (e.g. https://linear.app/acme/team/ENG/projects) or a token already routed as a Linear team key	PRD queue (Linear, narrowed)	Invoke lisa:linear-prd-intake with the team key (list_projects({team, label: "prd-ready"}))
The literal token linear	PRD queue (Linear, default workspace)	Invoke lisa:linear-prd-intake linear — only valid if linear.workspace is configured in .lisa.config.json
A JIRA project key (e.g. SE)	Work queue (JIRA)	Invoke lisa:jira-build-intake (which scans the project for Status=Ready, claims the first eligible ticket via In Progress, runs lisa:implement, transitions to On Dev on success, then exits)
A full JQL filter (e.g. project = SE AND component = "frontend")	Work queue (JIRA, narrowed)	Invoke lisa:jira-build-intake with the JQL
A GitHub repository URL or org/repo token (e.g. https://github.com/acme/product-prds or acme/product-prds) when used for PRDs	PRD queue (GitHub)	Invoke lisa:github-prd-intake (which queries gh issue list --label prd-ready, claims the first eligible PRD by relabeling to prd-in-review, runs the dry-run validate → branch → write pipeline, then exits). PRD discovery is independent of the destination tracker — the resulting tickets land wherever .lisa.config.json tracker says.
A GitHub repository URL or org/repo token when tracker = github is configured (build-queue mode)	Work queue (GitHub)	Invoke lisa:tracker-build-intake which dispatches to lisa:github-build-intake (which queries gh issue list --label status:ready, optionally narrows by the resolved assignee filter, claims the first eligible issue via status:in-progress, runs lisa:implement, relabels to status:on-dev on success, then exits).
The literal token github	Defaults to .lisa.config.json github.org / github.repo. Routes by the intake_mode flag in $ARGUMENTS (prd or build); if the flag is absent, prefer the PRD queue when both label namespaces are present, otherwise pick whichever exists.	Invoke the matching skill (lisa:github-prd-intake or lisa:tracker-build-intake).

Disambiguation rules:

• A notion.so / notion.site URL → Notion queue.
• An Atlassian Confluence URL containing /wiki/spaces/<KEY> with no /pages/... segment → Confluence space queue.
• An Atlassian Confluence URL containing /wiki/spaces/<KEY>/pages/<ID>/... → Confluence parent-page queue (the page is the parent whose descendants are PRDs). If the user actually meant "this single page is a PRD, plan it", route to lisa:plan instead — this skill is batch-only.
• A linear.app URL → Linear queue. If the path is /<workspace> only or /<workspace>/team/<KEY>/..., route here. If the path includes /project/<slug>-<id> it's a single-PRD URL — direct the caller to lisa:plan instead, this skill is batch-only.
• The literal token linear (case-insensitive) → Linear queue, default workspace from linear.workspace in .lisa.config.json.
• A github.com URL or an <org>/<repo> token → GitHub queue. The PRD-vs-build dispatch is determined by which label namespace the repo currently uses: PRD-side (prd-ready) → lisa:github-prd-intake; build-side (status:ready and tracker = github in .lisa.config.json) → lisa:tracker-build-intake. If both namespaces are present, prefer the PRD queue unless $ARGUMENTS includes intake_mode=build. If the URL points at a single issue (https://github.com/<org>/<repo>/issues/<n>), this skill is batch-only — direct the caller to lisa:plan (for a single PRD issue) or lisa:implement (for a single build issue).
• The literal token github (case-insensitive) → GitHub queue, default repo from .lisa.config.json github.org / github.repo.
• A bare alphanumeric token that matches the JIRA project key regex (uppercase letters / digits / hyphen, ≤10 chars — typically the value of jira.project in .lisa.config.json) is treated as a JIRA project key by default. A token that does not match the regex is treated as a Confluence space key. If it does not resolve as a Confluence space key either, attempt to resolve as a Linear team key via mcp__linear-server__list_teams({query}) before giving up. The only time to stop and ask is when the token resolves to more than one of {JIRA project, Confluence space, Linear team, GitHub org/repo} simultaneously — in that overlap the user must disambiguate which queue to scan.
• An <org>/<repo> token (slash-separated, both halves are GitHub-name-shaped) → GitHub queue.
• A string starting with project = or containing JQL operators (AND, OR, =, !=, ~, etc.) → JQL filter.

The single-item skills (lisa:plan, lisa:implement) and the per-vendor batch skills (lisa:notion-prd-intake, lisa:confluence-prd-intake, lisa:linear-prd-intake, lisa:github-prd-intake, lisa:jira-build-intake, lisa:github-build-intake) are internal — Intake is the public entry point. Developers schedule /lisa:intake <queue>; the rest is composition.

Cycle behavior

1. Resolve the queue — fetch the database/project metadata, confirm the Status property/workflow has the expected Ready value.
2. Pre-flight check — for JIRA, confirm In Progress and On Dev are reachable transitions before doing any per-ticket work. Stop with a clear error if the workflow is misconfigured.
3. Find Ready items — query the queue. Empty → exit cleanly with "No items with Status=Ready. Nothing to do." This is the common idle case for a scheduled run.
4. Process the first eligible Ready item only (claim-first ordering for idempotency):
   • Notion PRDs → lisa:notion-prd-intake handles per-item: claim (Status=In Review), dry-run validate, branch to Blocked or Ticketed, coverage audit
   • Confluence PRDs → lisa:confluence-prd-intake handles per-item: claim (relabel to prd-in-review), dry-run validate, branch to prd-blocked or prd-ticketed, coverage audit
   • Linear PRDs → lisa:linear-prd-intake handles per-item: claim (relabel project to prd-in-review), dry-run validate, branch to prd-blocked or prd-ticketed (with a sentinel feedback issue under each project hosting clarifying-question comments), coverage audit
   • GitHub PRDs → lisa:github-prd-intake handles per-item: claim (relabel issue to prd-in-review), dry-run validate, branch to prd-blocked or prd-ticketed (with clarifying-question comments posted directly on the PRD issue), coverage audit
   • JIRA tickets → lisa:jira-build-intake handles per-item: claim, dispatch to lisa:jira-agent, transition to On Dev on success
   • GitHub build issues (when tracker = github) → lisa:tracker-build-intake → lisa:github-build-intake handles per-item: optional ready-queue assignee filtering, claim (relabel to status:in-progress), dispatch to lisa:github-agent, relabel to status:on-dev on success
   • Duplicate-already-fixed build tickets are the one build-intake closeout exception: when ticket-triage returns DUPLICATE_ALREADY_FIXED with a canonical item and empirical base-branch evidence, the vendor build-intake skill closes the claimed ticket as a duplicate without opening a PR. This does not apply to BLOCKED, ambiguous, duplicate-of-open, or otherwise human-owned terminal dispositions.
   • Closing the PRD loop: beyond claiming one Ready PRD, every PRD scanner also runs the closure rollup (ticketed → shipped, Phase 3f) and dispatches lisa:verify-prd for one shipped PRD (Phase 3g) each cycle — so a shipped PRD does not sit unverified. On pass the PRD goes shipped → verified; on fail it is re-opened shipped → ticketed with build-ready fix tickets that auto-build and trigger a re-verify (never blocked). The scanner only dispatches; lisa:verify-prd owns the transition (per the prd-lifecycle-rollup rule's "Closing the loop" section), and the self-healing loop continues until the PRD verifies.
5. Stop after one item — a claimed Ready item, a safe-blocked container, or a per-item error ends the ready-claim portion of the cycle. The per-vendor PRD scanner still runs its rollup and one verify-prd dispatch. Remaining Ready items stay untouched for later scheduler invocations.
6. Summary report — the single processed/skipped/error item, total processed, total errors. Before returning, record intake usage on the persisted cycle-summary artifact via lisa:usage-accounting so the summary carries a direct intake entry in the canonical ## Lisa Usage section. If the claimed / skipped work item's parent-child graph is already known, prefer record_and_rollup so ancestor totals refresh in the same cycle; otherwise still write the direct entry, and if runtime usage is unavailable, use source: unavailable with nullable token/cost fields instead of skipping the row.

Schedule examples

/schedule "every 30 minutes" /lisa:intake https://www.notion.so/<workspace>/<database-id>
/schedule "every 30 minutes" /lisa:intake https://acme.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/PRD
/schedule "every 30 minutes" /lisa:intake https://linear.app/acme
/schedule "every 30 minutes" /lisa:intake https://linear.app/acme/team/ENG/projects
/schedule "every 30 minutes" /lisa:intake https://github.com/acme/product-prds
/schedule "every 30 minutes" /lisa:intake acme/product-prds
/schedule "every 30 minutes" /lisa:intake SE
/schedule "every 30 minutes" /lisa:intake acme/frontend-v2 intake_mode=build
/schedule "every 30 minutes" /lisa:intake acme/frontend-v2 intake_mode=build assignee=codyswanngt
/schedule "every hour" /lisa:intake "project = SE AND component = 'frontend'"

Rules

• Never run a cycle without an explicit queue. Side effects too high to default.
• Never modify the source/destination lifecycles directly — Intake delegates per-item to the vendor adapter, which owns status transitions.
• Never run two Intake cycles concurrently against overlapping queues — concurrent claims could race. The scheduling layer is responsible for serialization.
• Stop and surface failures rather than retry-loop.