Reading Queue Summarizer

reading-queue-summarizer

The backlog-clearing skill. Reading queues become coffin lists; this skill triages efficiently and produces durable artifacts only for items that earn them.

When to use

• Weekly clear-down of a saved-article backlog.
• After a busy intelligence-digest week with many marked items.
• Pre-vacation triage to avoid coming back to a 50-item queue.

Per-item verdict

• PROMOTE: worth a full research note (route to relevant Category 1 researcher).
• CAPTURE: 1-2 sentence insight worth keeping (learning-capture or quick-capture).
• DISMISS: doesn't merit retention; move on.
• DEFER: not now, but flag for re-triage in N days.

Output structure

# Reading Triage — {date}

## Summary
- N items triaged: P promoted / C captured / D dismissed / F deferred

## Per item
### {item title}
- Source: {URL}
- 1-paragraph summary
- Salient quote
- Vault connections: [[wikilinks]]
- Verdict: PROMOTE / CAPTURE / DISMISS / DEFER
- Action: {if PROMOTE: which researcher; if CAPTURE: what to capture}

As the final step, write the triage note via vault-writer.write_insight to vault/insights/YYYY-MM-DD-reading-triage-{slug}.md — the verdicts and defer dates are only useful if they persist. PROMOTE and CAPTURE actions then route through the named researcher or learning-capture / quick-capture respectively.

Composes with

• vault-querier — find vault connections per item.
• vault-writer.write_insight — persists the triage note (final step).
• learning-capture / quick-capture — CAPTURE-verdict items.
• Category 1 researchers — PROMOTE-verdict items.

Acceptance test

SKILL.md describes the 4-verdict framework. Live exercise deferred.