# Pre-flight: effective config | Setting | Value | |---|---| | Inbox | `./Inbox` (18 items, under the 200-item threshold, so no batch-size discrepancy) | | Trash policy | Move to `_Trash/`, 30-day retention (nothing is permanently deleted) | | Batch size | 20, so all 18 items fit in one batch | | Bucket root | `./SecondBrain` (Projects / Areas / Resources / Archives) | | Timebox | 25 min, 5 questions max, confidence threshold 0.80 | | **Mode** | **Dry run.** Your items are described in chat, not confirmed as files on disk, so every disposition below is a proposal and nothing has been moved. | **The four decisions** (first "yes" wins): **Trash** (no future value) → **Do** (actionable, under 2 minutes) → **Archive** (historical, no action; lands in the Archives bucket) → **File** (everything else, into Projects, Areas or Resources). --- ## Inbox Triage Report — Batch 1 **Mode:** Dry run **Inbox:** `./Inbox` **Items in batch:** 18 **Duration:** Not timed (simulated; the scan was routing-only, with no deep reading) **Items remaining:** 0 (proposed) ### Disposition Summary | Decision | Count | % | |---|---|---| | Trash | 3 | 16.7% | | Do | 1 | 5.6% | | Archive | 3 | 16.7% | | File | 11 | 61.1% | | **Total** | **18** | 100% | ### CODE Distribution | Bucket | Count | |---|---| | Projects | 2 | | Areas | 4 | | Resources | 5 | | Archives | 3 | > The Archives row counts every item routed by the Archive decision. They are the same destination. ### Disposition by Item | # | Item | Decision | Destination | |---|---|---|---| | 1 | Figma 50% off screenshot | Trash | `_Trash/` | | 2 | Reply to Sam, Thursday lunch | Do | Done inline, source deleted | | 3 | 12 CSS Grid patterns | File | Resources/Design | | 4 | Tire tread depth check | File | Areas/Car maintenance | | 5 | 2024_tax_return_final.pdf | Archive | Archives/Finances | | 6 | Q4 board deck | File | Projects/Work | | 7 | Design team newsletter idea | File (flagged) | Resources/Ideas | | 8 | Buy milk and eggs | File | Areas/Home | | 9 | Advanced TypeScript generics | File | Resources/Engineering | | 10 | June offsite photos | Archive | Archives/Team | | 11 | Pay electricity bill | File | Areas/Home | | 12 | LinkedIn recruiter pitch | Trash | `_Trash/` | | 13 | Conference bio paragraph | File | Projects/Work | | 14 | Old_project_alpha_archive.zip | Archive | Archives/Projects | | 15 | Running shoes roundup | File | Resources/Fitness | | 16 | Update emergency contact in HR portal | File | Areas/Work | | 17 | Duplicate "Q4 board deck — outline" | Trash | `_Trash/` (merged into #6) | | 18 | corrupted_scan_003.pdf | File (anomaly) | Resources/Unsorted | ### Completed Inline (< 2 min) - [x] Reply to Sam. Proposed text: "Hi Sam, confirming Thursday lunch at 12:30. See you then!" I can't send it from here, so you'd send it and then the source note gets removed. ### Filed | Item | Bucket | Next Action | |---|---|---| | 12 CSS Grid patterns | Resources/Design | none | | Tire tread check | Areas/Car maintenance | Visit the garage and measure tread depth this weekend. | | Q4 board deck | Projects/Work | Draft the outline for the 30-slide deck (45-min block); first draft due Nov 14. | | Newsletter idea | Resources/Ideas | Re-triage — ambiguous | | Milk and eggs | Areas/Home | Buy milk and eggs on the way home. | | TypeScript generics | Resources/Engineering | none | | Electricity bill | Areas/Home | Pay the electricity bill before Oct 20. | | Conference bio | Projects/Work | Write the one-paragraph bio (10 min) and submit it this week. | | Running shoes roundup | Resources/Fitness | none | | Emergency contact | Areas/Work | Update emergency contact in the HR portal (5 min). | | corrupted_scan_003.pdf | Resources/Unsorted | Re-triage — unreadable; rescan or ask the sender. | Notes on the less obvious calls: - **#8** can't be done in 2 minutes because it needs a store trip, so it isn't a Do. - **#11** is a recurring obligation that needs your payment portal. If you can pay it right now, tell me and I'll convert it to a Do. - **#13 and #16** take over 2 minutes. #13 has a deadline this week, so it's a Project. #16 has no date, so it's an Area. ### Flagged for Your Decision 1. **Design team newsletter idea (#7)** has no owner, date or outcome, so it fails the Project test. Options: **A)** keep it in Resources/Ideas (proposed), or **B)** commit to it and name an owner and date, which would make it a Project. ### Anomalies - **Duplicate:** #17 ↔ #6 (same Q4 board deck). #17 goes to `_Trash/` and its "outline" ask is folded into #6's next action. - **Corrupted/unreadable:** #18 won't open. I made no guess at its contents and did not trash it. - **Orphaned attachments:** none. ### Metrics - Trash rate: 16.7% (target 20–40%, slightly below) - Do rate: 5.6% (target 10–25%, below) - File rate: 61.1% (target 40–60%, marginally above) - Ambiguity rate: 5.6% (target under 10%) - Caveat: with 18 items (under 25) these numbers are noisy. ### Quality Gate (§9) - [x] Every item received exactly one disposition: **pass**, 18 of 18 (3+1+3+11). - [x] No item remains in the inbox from this batch: **pass** (proposed; nothing moved in a dry run). - [x] Every filed item has the full metadata schema: **pass** (proposed). Each gets title, bucket, created, triaged (2026-10-03), source and status once executed. - [x] Every Project and Area has a written `next_action`: **pass**, all 6 are listed above. - [x] No banned-generic filenames: **pass**. I proposed descriptive names such as `2026-06 — Team offsite photos` for the screenshot. - [x] Duplicates detected and resolved or flagged: **pass** (#6 and #17). - [x] Duration recorded in the report header: **pass** (recorded as "not timed" for a dry run). - [ ] Destructive actions confirmed with the user: **pending**. Trash moves to `_Trash/` are reversible and match your policy, but nothing has run yet. I'll ask for an explicit OK on the first move at live run. ### Next Step Awaiting your decision on flagged item #7. Do you confirm this dry run so I can execute it as a live run? That requires the 18 items to exist as real files under `./Inbox`. Any item I can't find will be reported as an anomaly rather than moved.