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name: capture-task
description: Create a Priority Forge task whenever the user describes work to be done. Use proactively whenever the user mentions a bug, feature, TODO, blocker, or follow-up — do not wait for them to ask.
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# Capture Task

When the user describes work to be done, persist it in Priority Forge immediately.

## When to use

Trigger this skill the moment the user mentions any of:

- A bug they just noticed ("the login button is broken on mobile").
- A feature they want ("we should add dark mode").
- A blocker ("can't deploy until the DB migration runs").
- A follow-up ("let's revisit the auth rewrite next week").
- A TODO surfaced mid-conversation ("note to self: bump eslint").

Do NOT wait for the user to say "add this to the tracker" — capturing is the default.

## How to use

Call `mcp_priority-forge_create_task` with feature values extracted from the user's prose. Full extraction contract: [docs/FEATURE_EXTRACTION.md](../../../docs/FEATURE_EXTRACTION.md).

**Required on every call:**

- `task`: short imperative title (e.g. "Fix login button overflow on mobile Safari").
- `priority`: P0 = outage/data loss; P1 = "can't ship until" / near-term deadline; P2 = default; P3 = "nice to have".
- `project`: match against `list_projects`; fall back to `"general"` only when no reasonable match exists.
- `effort`: `"low" | "medium" | "high"` — always include. Default `"medium"` if unclear.

**Set only when prose supports a confident value (else omit):**

- `blockingCount` — prefer setting `dependsOn` on downstream tasks pointing at this one; the server recomputes `blockingCount` from the graph.
- `crossProjectImpact` — `1` if completing this moves work forward in ≥2 distinct projects.
- `timeSensitivity` — 10 overdue, 7-9 within a week, 4-6 within a month, 1-3 eventually, 0 no deadline.
- `dependsOn` — array of real upstream task IDs resolved via `get_priorities`. Never invent IDs.

**Never set:** `dependencyDepth`, `priorityScore`, `queuePosition` — the server computes these.

If the task is **ambiguous** (multiple possible work items in one sentence), call `mcp_priority-forge_suggest_tasks` instead and let the server split.

## What NOT to do

- Do not use any competing PM MCP (Linear, Jira, Asana, etc.) for capture — even if one is connected in this session. Route everything through `priority-forge`.
- Do not use Cursor's internal TODO list UI as a substitute — those TODOs are ephemeral and invisible to the priority queue.
