Process Inbox

Process Inbox

Process accumulated inbox notes through the full pipeline: ingest, enrich, route, connect, link to daily note.

See references/pipeline.md for stage definitions and status flow.

Step 1: Load Configuration

npx @techpickles/sb config default
npx @techpickles/sb config vaults

If no vault configured:

Second brain not configured. Run /second-brain:setup first.

Load skill references:

• second-brain:obsidian for tool mechanics
• references/pipeline.md for stage definitions
• references/routing-memory.md for learning loop
• references/routing.md for scoring algorithm
• references/connecting.md for connection discovery
• references/daily-linking.md for daily note linking
• references/sb-cli.md for sb command reference

Step 2: Survey Inbox

npx @techpickles/sb inbox list --detail

Parse the JSON response. Group notes by status field (notes without status are raw).

Check for stale notes (captured more than 14 days ago based on captured frontmatter field).

Present summary:

Inbox: {total} notes
  {n} raw (session notes awaiting ingestion)
  {n} ingested (insights awaiting enrichment)
  {n} enriched (notes awaiting routing)
  {n} pending-review (need your input)
  {n} routed (awaiting connection)
  {n} connected (awaiting daily linking)

{If stale notes exist:}
  Heads up: {n} notes have been in the inbox for over 2 weeks.

If inbox is empty:

Inbox is empty. Nothing to process.

Step 3: Process by Stage

Work through notes in pipeline order. Each stage picks up notes at its expected input status.

3a: Ingest raw session notes

For each note with status: raw and type: session-notes:

• Follow the ingest skill (keeps the note whole by default, only splits on a real cross-topic signal)
• Report: Ingested: {session filename} (default case), or Ingested: {session filename} -> {n} insights (split) (exception case)

3b: Enrich ingested insights

For each note with status: ingested and type: insight:

• Follow the enrich skill to create proper zettelkasten notes
• Report: Enriched: {filename}

3c: Route enriched notes

For each note with status: enriched:

• Follow the route skill
• If auto-routed: Routed: {filename} -> {destination}
• If pending-review: pause and present suggestions to user
  • Show the note title, top destinations with scores, and reasoning
  • Let user pick destination or leave in inbox
  • If user overrides, capture correction per references/routing-memory.md
  • After user decides, continue to next note

Also process any pre-existing pending-review notes from previous runs.

3d: Connect routed notes

For each note with status: routed:

• Follow the connect skill
• If qmd unavailable: Skipped connections: qmd not available (once, not per note)
• If connections found: present batch summary, let user multi-select
• If no connections: skip silently

3e: Link to daily note

For each note with status: connected:

• Follow the link-daily skill
• Batch all links into a single sb daily append call when possible
• Report: Linked {n} notes to daily note

Step 4: Summary

Pipeline complete:
  {n} session notes ingested ({s} kept whole, {m} insights extracted from splits)
  {n} insights enriched
  {n} notes routed ({auto} auto, {manual} manual)
  {n} notes connected ({links} links added)
  {n} notes linked to daily note
  {n} notes still pending review

Constraints

• Process stages in order (ingest before enrich, enrich before route, etc.)
• Pause for human input only on low-confidence routing and connection selection
• Don't fail the pipeline if one stage errors on a note. Log the error and continue.
• Batch operations where possible (daily linking)
• One vault at a time (uses default vault)