reading-queue-summarizerlisted
Install: claude install-skill themarmack/research-bot
# reading-queue-summarizer
The backlog-clearing skill. Reading queues become coffin lists; this skill triages efficiently and produces durable artifacts only for items that earn them.
## When to use
- Weekly clear-down of a saved-article backlog.
- After a busy intelligence-digest week with many marked items.
- Pre-vacation triage to avoid coming back to a 50-item queue.
## Per-item verdict
- **PROMOTE**: worth a full research note (route to relevant Category 1 researcher).
- **CAPTURE**: 1-2 sentence insight worth keeping (`learning-capture` or `quick-capture`).
- **DISMISS**: doesn't merit retention; move on.
- **DEFER**: not now, but flag for re-triage in N days.
## Output structure
```markdown
# Reading Triage — {date}
## Summary
- N items triaged: P promoted / C captured / D dismissed / F deferred
## Per item
### {item title}
- Source: {URL}
- 1-paragraph summary
- Salient quote
- Vault connections: [[wikilinks]]
- Verdict: PROMOTE / CAPTURE / DISMISS / DEFER
- Action: {if PROMOTE: which researcher; if CAPTURE: what to capture}
```
As the final step, write the triage note via `vault-writer.write_insight` to `vault/insights/YYYY-MM-DD-reading-triage-{slug}.md` — the verdicts and defer dates are only useful if they persist. PROMOTE and CAPTURE actions then route through the named researcher or `learning-capture` / `quick-capture` respectively.
## Composes with
- `vault-querier` — find vault connections per item.
- `vault-writer.write_insight` — persists the tri