Percival-Labs DoWork
Persistent task queue for capturing, prioritizing, and executing work items. Tasks are stored in MEMORY/STATE/work-queue.json and survive across sessions.
The queue supports three operations:
- Capture: Add new work items with priority
- WorkLoop: Process items from highest to lowest priority
- Status: View current queue state
Workflow Routing
| Intent | Workflow | When to use |
|---|---|---|
| Add a task | Capture | User describes work to do later: "capture this", "add to queue", "remind me to", "I need to" |
| Process tasks | WorkLoop | User wants execution: "do work", "start working", "process the queue", "work on next item" |
| View queue | Status | User wants visibility: "queue status", "what's pending", "show work items", "what's in the queue" |
Examples
Example 1: Capturing a task
User: "I need to refactor the authentication module to use JWT tokens"
Routes to: Capture -- parses request, assigns priority, appends to work-queue.json, confirms with queue position.
Example 2: Starting work
User: "Start working through the queue"
Routes to: WorkLoop -- reads queue, picks highest-priority unstarted item, executes it, marks complete, offers to continue.
Example 3: Checking status
User: "What's in my work queue?"
Routes to: Status -- reads queue, groups by status, displays summary table with counts and priorities.