Skill: Capture

Codex Skill: Capture

How to add new information to the codex. Any incoming data — ideas, notes, decisions, voice memos, agent outputs — enters through this process.

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The Capture Flow

Input (any source)
  → Classify the type
  → Apply the right template from _codex/templates/
  → Fill frontmatter + content
  → Save to 06 Inbox (Queue)/ OR directly to the known domain folder

Steps

1. Classify the input — What kind of information is this?

   • Idea, observation, or reference → note
   • A choice that was made → decision
   • A repeatable process → sop
   • Information about a person → person
   • A project or initiative → project
   • A time-stamped event or daily log → log

2. Pick the template — Open the matching file from _codex/templates/

3. Fill the frontmatter — At minimum: title, type, created, tags, ai_summary

   • ai_summary is the most important field — write it like a search result snippet

4. Name the file — lowercase-with-hyphens, e.g. home-internet-setup.md

   • For dated entries: YYYY-MM-DD-slug.md

5. Choose the destination

   • If the domain is obvious → save there directly
   • If uncertain → save to 00-24 UI/06 Inbox (Queue)/
   • Never create new top-level folders

Capture Sources

The codex captures from anywhere:

Source	How to capture
Voice/speech	Transcribe → paste into note, use daily.md template
Text/message	Copy + paste, add context in frontmatter
Screenshot	Save to assets/, reference in note
AI output	Save agent’s response as a note with type/log or type/note
Email	Extract the decision or action, capture just that
Meeting	Capture decisions made + actions assigned

The 2-Minute Rule

If you can classify and file it in under 2 minutes — do it now. If not — drop it in 06 Inbox (Queue)/ with at minimum a title and one line of context.