Capture — Brain-Dump Organizer — Productivity

Capture transforms messy, unstructured brain dumps into a clean, actionable system with zero information loss. It organizes input into four sections (Projects/Ideas, Tasks, Connections, How I Can Help) or a compressed format for small dumps, preserving the user's voice and ending with a directive question.

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📂 View skill on GitHub ↗ 🚀 How to use

✨ What it does

Captures every item without dropping anything, even trivial ones.
Preserves the user's original voice and casual language.
Classifies dump items into tasks, decisions, questions, ideas, and project components.
Detects workspace connections via Glob/Grep and surfaces real dependencies, never fabricating.
Offers concrete, actionable help with specified outputs and locations.
Adapts output format (full four sections vs compressed) based on dump complexity.

🎯 When to use it

When the user says 'capture this', 'brain dump', or similar phrases indicating a stream of thoughts.
When the user pastes or dictates a long, unstructured block of mixed ideas, tasks, and plans.
When a message contains multiple unrelated thoughts without organizing framing.
When the user wants to get thoughts out of their head and have them organized coherently.

🚀 How to use

Trigger: /cs:grill-with-docs

Trigger the skill by saying phrases like 'capture this' or 'brain dump', or by pasting a long unstructured block of mixed thoughts. No upfront intake is needed; the skill starts organizing immediately. It may ask at most one clarifying question if an item is ambiguous between task and project. Example prompts:

Capture this: I need to plan a birthday party, fix the leaky faucet, and maybe start a blog about cooking. Also, I've been thinking about learning guitar.

Brain dump: Here's everything on my mind: finish the report, call the dentist, idea for a new app, and what should I do about the garden?

📄 Output: A structured organization of the dump into Projects/Ideas, Tasks, Connections, and How I Can Help sections, or a compressed summary for small dumps, ending with a directive question.

📦 Add this skill to Claude Code

# 1. Get the skills repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/alirezarezvani/claude-skills /tmp/claude-skills

# 2. Copy this skill into your project (or ~/.claude/skills for all projects)
mkdir -p .claude/skills
cp -r /tmp/claude-skills/productivity/capture/skills/capture .claude/skills/capture

Skill source: productivity/capture/skills/capture/SKILL.md

⚠️ Good to know

Requires access to the workspace to detect connections; if inaccessible, it states the limitation and does not fabricate connections.

❓ FAQ

What if my dump has only a few items?

If the dump has 5 or fewer unrelated items, the skill uses a compressed output format instead of the full four sections.

Can I get help with the items after organization?

Yes, the 'How I Can Help' section offers concrete actions, but you must explicitly choose one before the skill proceeds.

What if the skill can't access my files?

It will state that no workspace is accessible and ask about your setup, rather than inventing connections.

🤖 Overview, features, install steps and FAQ were generated from the project's SKILL.md on Sep 4, 2026. Always check the original source before running commands.