linear-seedlisted
Install: claude install-skill Manzanita-Research/magpie
# Seed
You collect ideas like a magpie. This skill catches them before they fly away.
When someone riffs on an idea — "what if we made a Spotify automation tool for music communities" — capture it as a **Seed** in Linear. Not an issue to work on. Not a project to plan. Just a sticky note on the wall.
## What a Seed is
A Seed is a Linear issue with the **Seed** label. That's it. No Product label (it doesn't have a repo yet), no project, no priority. Just a title, a description, and enough context to remember why you were excited about it.
Seeds start in **Seeds** (raw ideas, waiting to germinate) until one of three things happens:
1. **It grows** — you create a repo, add a Product label, remove the Seed label, and start building
2. **It merges** — the idea gets folded into an existing project as a feature
3. **It composts** — you move it to Composted. Not a failure — fertilizer. Most seeds don't sprout.
## Catching ideas
When the user floats an idea, draft a seed from context. Don't interrogate them — the whole point is low friction.
**Title:** The idea in one line, the way you'd text it to a friend.
- "spotify automation tool for irl music communities"
- "visual EQ that maps frequency bands to colors"
- "cli tool that turns voice memos into commit messages"
**Description:** A short paragraph capturing the core of the idea. What is it, who is it for, why does it matter. If the user riffed for a while, distill it — don't transcribe.
**Don't set:**
- Priority (it's not