add_item
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Add an item immediately, without review. Normally use this ONLY when the user has just asked for it in conversation — they are the human in the loop at that moment, so set initiated: "human". Anything found by scanning on a schedule belongs in put_proposal instead, with ONE exception: something genuinely urgent that cannot wait for review may be added with initiated: "auto" and priority: "high", which immediately notifies the user's phone. That interruption is the point — reserve it for things that truly cannot wait, because routine "urgent" adds teach the user to ignore the one signal that means look now.
Input schema
| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| title | string | yes | The thing to do. |
| note | string | no | Prose context, markdown. A URL belongs in `links`, not here. |
| section | string | yes | Which list it belongs in. action = something the user owes someone or themselves. waiting = something owed TO them; they are blocked and the next move is not theirs. note = worth knowing, no action attached. Pick waiting over action whenever the ball is in someone else's court — the distinction is the whole point of the two lists. |
| channel | string | no | Where it came from, which is what makes an item legible days later. self = the user thought of it themselves, no external trigger. teams = a Teams message or chat. email = an email thread. meeting = raised in or arising from a meeting. other = anywhere else. Describe the ORIGIN, not who added it — an item you add from an email is still email. |
| source | string | no | Who it involves or where it came from — "Dana", "Tuesday's standup". |
| due | string | no | YYYY-MM-DD. |
| source_id | string | no | The stable id of whatever this came from — a Teams message id, an Outlook internetMessageId, a calendar event id. Set it whenever you have one: it is how the app recognises the same thing again, across runs and after rewording. |
| links | array | no | Up to 3 named links — the thread, the document, the ticket. Prefer these over pasting a URL into the note. |
| priority | string | no | |
| flagged | boolean | no | True marks the task as urgent — needing the user’s attention now. Set it only when the user asked for the flag, or something genuinely cannot wait; it changes no ordering and no due date. |
| initiated | string | yes | Who set this add in motion. "human" = the user asked for it in this conversation — whoever is talking to you, not one specific person. "auto" = you are adding it on your own initiative with no direct instruction. Be truthful: "auto" combined with priority "high" interrupts the user's phone. |
Raw JSON schema
{
"type": "object",
"$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
"properties": {
"title": {
"type": "string",
"minLength": 1,
"maxLength": 500,
"description": "The thing to do."
},
"note": {
"description": "Prose context, markdown. A URL belongs in `links`, not here.",
"type": "string",
"maxLength": 10000
},
"section": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"action",
"waiting",
"note"
],
"description": "Which list it belongs in. action = something the user owes someone or themselves. waiting = something owed TO them; they are blocked and the next move is not theirs. note = worth knowing, no action attached. Pick waiting over action whenever the ball is in someone else's court — the distinction is the whole point of the two lists."
},
"channel": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"self",
"teams",
"email",
"meeting",
"other"
],
"description": "Where it came from, which is what makes an item legible days later. self = the user thought of it themselves, no external trigger. teams = a Teams message or chat. email = an email thread. meeting = raised in or arising from a meeting. other = anywhere else. Describe the ORIGIN, not who added it — an item you add from an email is still email."
},
"source": {
"description": "Who it involves or where it came from — \"Dana\", \"Tuesday's standup\".",
"type": "string",
"maxLength": 200
},
"due": {
"description": "YYYY-MM-DD.",
"type": "string",
"pattern": "^\\d{4}-\\d{2}-\\d{2}$"
},
"source_id": {
"description": "The stable id of whatever this came from — a Teams message id, an Outlook internetMessageId, a calendar event id. Set it whenever you have one: it is how the app recognises the same thing again, across runs and after rewording.",
"type": "string",
"maxLength": 500
},
"links": {
"description": "Up to 3 named links — the thread, the document, the ticket. Prefer these over pasting a URL into the note.",
"maxItems": 3,
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"label": {
"type": "string",
"minLength": 1,
"maxLength": 80,
"description": "What to call it — \"the Teams thread\", \"the signed contract\". Never the raw URL."
},
"url": {
"type": "string",
"maxLength": 1000,
"format": "uri",
"description": "The full URL, http or https only. Up to 1000 characters."
}
},
"required": [
"label",
"url"
]
}
},
"priority": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"low",
"medium",
"high"
]
},
"flagged": {
"description": "True marks the task as urgent — needing the user’s attention now. Set it only when the user asked for the flag, or something genuinely cannot wait; it changes no ordering and no due date.",
"type": "boolean"
},
"initiated": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"human",
"auto"
],
"description": "Who set this add in motion. \"human\" = the user asked for it in this conversation — whoever is talking to you, not one specific person. \"auto\" = you are adding it on your own initiative with no direct instruction. Be truthful: \"auto\" combined with priority \"high\" interrupts the user's phone."
}
},
"required": [
"title",
"section",
"initiated"
]
}