---
name: GSD Capture
slug: gsd-capture
category: Automation
description: GSD Capture routes ideas, tasks, notes, and seeds to the correct GSD planning destination, such as todos, backlog, notes, or seed files. Use it when capturing an item during Claude Code sessions to avoid deciding where it should live.
github: "https://github.com/open-gsd/gsd-core/tree/next/skills/gsd-capture"
language: JavaScript
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install: "npx degit https://github.com/open-gsd/gsd-core/tree/next/skills/gsd-capture ~/.claude/skills/gsd-capture"
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---

# GSD Capture

GSD Capture routes ideas, tasks, notes, and seeds to the correct GSD planning destination, such as todos, backlog, notes, or seed files. Use it when capturing an item during Claude Code sessions to avoid deciding where it should live.

**Install:**

```bash
npx degit https://github.com/open-gsd/gsd-core/tree/next/skills/gsd-capture ~/.claude/skills/gsd-capture
```

## README

<objective>
Capture ideas, tasks, notes, and seeds to their appropriate destination in the GSD system.

Mode routing:
- **default** (no flag): Capture as a structured todo for later work → add-todo workflow
- **--note**: Zero-friction idea capture (append/list/promote) → note workflow
- **--backlog**: Add an idea to the backlog parking lot (999.x numbering) → add-backlog workflow
- **--seed**: Capture a forward-looking idea with trigger conditions → plant-seed workflow
- **--list**: List pending todos and select one to work on → check-todos workflow
- **--list-seeds**: List/audit captured seeds (optional status filter) → list-seeds workflow
</objective>

<routing>

| Flag | Destination | Workflow |
|------|-------------|----------|
| (none) | Structured todo in .planning/todos/ | add-todo |
| --note | Timestamped note file, list, or promote | note |
| --backlog | ROADMAP.md backlog section (999.x) | add-backlog |
| --seed | .planning/seeds/SEED-NNN-slug.md | plant-seed |
| --list | Interactive todo browser + action router | check-todos |
| --list-seeds | Read-only seed list/audit (optional status filter) | list-seeds |

</routing>

<execution_context>
@~/.claude/gsd-core/workflows/add-todo.md
@~/.claude/gsd-core/workflows/note.md
@~/.claude/gsd-core/workflows/add-backlog.md
@~/.claude/gsd-core/workflows/plant-seed.md
@~/.claude/gsd-core/workflows/check-todos.md
@~/.claude/gsd-core/workflows/list-seeds.md
@~/.claude/gsd-core/references/ui-brand.md
</execution_context>

<context>
Arguments: $ARGUMENTS

Parse the first token of $ARGUMENTS:
- If it is `--note`: strip the flag, pass remainder to note workflow
- If it is `--backlog`: strip the flag, pass remainder to add-backlog workflow
- If it is `--seed`: strip the flag, pass remainder to plant-seed workflow
- If it is `--list-seeds`: strip the flag, pass remainder (optional status filter) to list-seeds workflow
- If it is `--list`: pass remainder (optional area filter) to check-todos workflow
- Otherwise: pass all of $ARGUMENTS to add-todo workflow
</context>

<process>
1. Parse the leading flag (if any) from $ARGUMENTS.
2. Load and execute the appropriate workflow end-to-end based on the routing table above.
3. Preserve all workflow gates from the target workflow (directory structure, duplicate detection, commits, etc.).
</process>