COG Braindump Skill

COG Braindump Skill

Purpose

Transform raw thoughts into strategic intelligence through quick capture, systematic analysis, pattern recognition, and domain-aware insight extraction with minimal user friction.

When to Invoke

• User wants to capture stream-of-consciousness thoughts
• User says "braindump", "brain dump", "capture thoughts", or "write down ideas"
• User has ideas they want to quickly record
• User mentions wanting to get thoughts out of their head

Agent Mode Awareness

Check agent_mode in 00-inbox/MY-PROFILE.md frontmatter:

• If agent_mode: team — delegate research, analysis, and writing subtasks to specialist sub-agents (e.g., use Task tool to delegate deep analysis, competitive intel extraction, or pattern recognition to separate agents). Combine results before presenting to user.
• If agent_mode: solo (default) — handle everything directly in the conversation. No delegation.

Pre-Flight Check

Before executing, check for user profile:

1. Look for 00-inbox/MY-PROFILE.md in the vault
2. If NOT found:

   Welcome to COG! It looks like this is your first time.
   
   Before we start, let's quickly set up your profile (takes 2 minutes).
   
   Would you like to run onboarding first, or should I proceed with default settings?
   

3. If found:
   • Read the profile to get user's name and active projects
   • If user has active projects listed, offer them as domain options
   • Use user's name for friendly communication
   • Read 03-professional/COMPETITIVE-WATCHLIST.md if it exists for competitive intelligence detection

Get current timestamp (REQUIRED before generating any files):

1. Run date '+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M' using Bash to get the actual current date and time
2. Store this value and use it for ALL timestamp fields (created: frontmatter AND filename HHMM component)