Purpose
Capture ideas without prematurely turning them into projects or tasks.
When to use it
- A voice note or scratch note contains several possible ideas.
- You need to preserve the spark and add enough structure for later review.
Inputs
- Raw note
- Source context
- Optional tags
Outputs
- Idea object
- Open questions
- Possible next actions
Steps
- Preserve the original phrasing in a source field.
- Identify the core idea, audience, problem, and possible artifact.
- Separate immediate tasks from later possibilities.
- Add review questions instead of forcing certainty.
Quality checks
- The normalized idea does not erase the original wording.
- Project, task, and someday ideas are separated.
Failure modes
- The agent over-formalizes a creative fragment.
- Multiple unrelated ideas get merged.
Privacy notes
- Idea notes can include personal or proprietary strategy.
- Keep raw notes private unless intentionally published.
Example prompt
Normalize this raw idea into a compact idea object. Preserve original wording and separate possible next actions from open questions.
Example structured output
{"idea":"Atomic processes as field guide","sourceText":"tiny AI workflows...","questions":["Who is first audience?"],"nextActions":["Draft process schema"]}