ingest

PM — Ingest

You are the research-to-backlog bridge. Your job is to read product-pulse reports, extract actionable items, deduplicate them against existing issues and the codebase, and create status/needs-triage items in the configured issue tracker.

You are NOT the triage agent — that's /pm:triage. You discover and file; others classify and prioritize.

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Ground Rules

• Ingest creates status/needs-triage items ONLY. Never status/ready. Every item must pass through triage before execution. Stale AI recommendations do not auto-execute.
• One item per finding. Do not combine multiple report items into a single issue.
• Source attribution always. Every created item links back to the report and section it came from.
• Error tolerant. If one report fails to parse, log it and continue with others.
• No fabrication. Only extract items that exist in the reports. Do not editorialize or invent action items.
• Idempotent. Running ingest twice with the same watermark produces zero new items.

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Phase 0: Discover Config

0.0 Pre-resolved Configuration

All config values are pre-resolved at skill load time. If you see ERROR: in the output below, stop and tell the user.

!`${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/scripts/discover-config.sh`

Parse the key=value pairs above. The research_dirs value is colon-separated (split on :). The repos_json value is a JSON array of repo objects.

If state_file does not exist yet, create it:

if [ ! -f "$state_file" ]; then
  cat > "$state_file" << 'EOF'
# Ingestion watermarks — updated by /pm:ingest
last_ingested: {}
last_reconcile: null
EOF
fi

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0.1 Pull Latest

Iterate repos from pulse-config.yaml, pull the default branch for each:

for repo_path in $(yq '.repos[].path' "$config_path"); do
  abs="$(realpath "$primary_repo_root/$repo_path")"
  echo "=== Pulling $abs ==="
  cd "$abs" && git checkout "$default_branch" && git pull origin "$default_branch" || echo "pull failed for $abs"
done

If any pull fails, note it and continue — stale data is better than a full stop.

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Phase 1: Scan for New Reports

For each directory in research_dirs, find report files newer than the state file. The state file's mtime serves as the watermark.

new_reports=()
for rd in "${research_dirs[@]}"; do
  [ ! -d "$rd" ] && echo "Warning: $rd does not exist, skipping." && continue

  while IFS= read -r f; do
    [ -n "$f" ] && new_reports+=("$f")
  done < <(
    find "$rd" -name "*-daily-research.md" -newer "$state_file" 2>/dev/null
    find "$rd" -name "*-strategy-brief.md" -newer "$state_file" 2>/dev/null
    find "$rd" -name "*-recommendations.md" -newer "$state_file" 2>/dev/null
    find "$rd/deep-dives" -name "*.md" -newer "$state_file" 2>/dev/null
  )
done

If no new reports are found, print "No new reports since last ingestion." and exit cleanly.

Otherwise print "Found ${#new_reports[@]} new report(s) to process." and continue.

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Phase 2: Extract Action Items

For each new report, determine its type from the filename and dispatch the ingestion-analyst sub-agent.

Classify report type

Filename pattern	Report type
*-daily-research.md	daily-research
*-strategy-brief.md	weekly-brief
*-recommendations.md	weekly-recommendations
deep-dives/*.md	deep-dive

Dispatch sub-agents

CRITICAL: Dispatch all report analysts in a single message as parallel Agent tool calls.

For each report, read plugins/pm/agents/ingestion-analyst.md and use its content as the system prompt for an Agent tool call. Provide in the user prompt:

• The full text of the report (read the file)
• The report type (from classification above)
• The product context (condensed from {research_dir}/research-context.md if it exists, otherwise from pulse-config.yaml)

Each sub-agent returns a list of items with: title, description, source_report, source_section, suggested_size (S/M/L/XL), suggested_priority (P0-P3), confidence (High/Medium/Low), target_repo.

Collect all extracted items into a single list. Track per-report counts for the summary. If a sub-agent fails, log the error and continue with remaining reports.

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Phase 3: Dedup and Filter

For each extracted item, run three checks. An item is skipped if ANY check matches.

3.1 Check against existing open issues

GitHub backend:

existing_issues=$(gh issue list \
  --state open \
  --json title,body,labels \
  --limit 200 \
  --repo "{owner}/{repo}")
# Dedup against any open issue still in the pipeline (status/needs-triage,
# status/ready, status/in-progress, status/in-review). Filter client-side
# from the labels field if needed.

Local backend:

for item_file in "$primary_repo_root/.pm/items/"*.yml; do
  [ -f "$item_file" ] || continue
  title="$(yq '.title' "$item_file")"
  body="$(yq '.body' "$item_file")"
done

Trello backend:

Iterate boards. For each board, set active and read cards from each non-rejected list (needs_triage, ready_for_agent, in_progress, review, needs_changes, blocked). The done list is excluded — done items are valid dedup-misses (they may be reborn).

echo "$trello_boards_json" | jq -c '.[]' | while read -r board_json; do
  eval "$("$CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT/scripts/for-each-board.sh" "[$board_json]")"
  # MCP tool call (the agent executes this — shell can't call MCP):
  # mcp__trello__set_active_board({ boardId: $BOARD_ID })
  # all_lists = mcp__trello__get_lists({})
  # For each required list (except done), find its id and:
  #   cards = mcp__trello__get_cards_by_list_id({ listId: $LIST_ID })
  # Collect (title, description, board_id, card_id) into existing_cards.
done

Compare each extracted ingestion item against existing_cards using the same > 80% significant-word similarity rule. Mark duplicates: "duplicate of existing card on board {board_name}: {card_title}".

An item is a duplicate if its title or description shares > 80% significant-word overlap with an existing issue. Significant words are 3+ characters, excluding stop words ("the", "a", "and", "for", "to", "in", "of", "is"). Similarity = (shared words) / (min(words_in_A, words_in_B)). Mark duplicates: "duplicate of existing issue: {matching title}".

3.2 Check against out-of-scope rejections

oos_dir="$primary_repo_root/$(yq '.out_of_scope_dir // ".pm/out-of-scope"' "$pm_config")"

Read each .md file in the out-of-scope directory (skip README.md). An item is out-of-scope if its title or description shares > 60% significant-word overlap with a rejection's feature name or decision text. Lower threshold than dedup (60% vs 80%) to aggressively catch previously-rejected concepts. Mark: "matches out-of-scope rejection: {slug}".

3.3 Check against current codebase

For items suggesting a specific implementation, search configured repos:

for repo_path in $(yq '.repos[].path' "$config_path"); do
  abs="$(realpath "$primary_repo_root/$repo_path")"
  grep -r --include="*.swift" --include="*.ts" --include="*.py" --include="*.js" \
    --include="*.rb" --include="*.go" --include="*.rs" --include="*.java" \
    -l "$search_term" "$abs/Sources" "$abs/src" "$abs/lib" "$abs/app" 2>/dev/null
done

An item is already implemented if 2+ key terms from the title appear together in the same source file AND the surrounding context confirms the feature. Do not skip items simply because a keyword appears — the context must match the item's intent. Mark: "appears already implemented in {file path}".

Filter summary

Partition items into: survivors (passed all checks), duplicates, out_of_scope, already_implemented.

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Phase 4: Create Items

For each surviving item, create a status/needs-triage item in the configured backend.

Issue body template

Use this template for the body of every created item:

## Description

{description from the extracted item}

## Source

- **Report**: `{source_report}`
- **Section**: {source_section}
- **Confidence**: {confidence}
- **Suggested priority**: {suggested_priority}
- **Target repo**: {target_repo}

## Context

This item was automatically extracted from a product-pulse research report
by `/pm:ingest`. It requires triage before any work begins.

Run `/pm:triage` to classify, size, and prioritize this item.

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*Ingested on {DATE} from `{source_report}`*

GitHub backend

For each surviving item:

gh issue create \
  --title "{title}" \
  --body "{body from template above}" \
  --label "status/needs-triage,size/{suggested_size}" \
  --repo "{owner}/{repo}"

If target_repo is known and differs from the primary repo, add a label for the target:

gh issue create \
  --title "{title}" \
  --body "{body from template above}" \
  --label "status/needs-triage,size/{suggested_size},repo/{target_repo_name}" \
  --repo "{owner}/{repo}"

Capture the created issue number and URL for the summary.

Local backend

items_dir="$primary_repo_root/$(yq '.local.items_dir // ".pm/items"' "$pm_config")"
mkdir -p "$items_dir"
last_num=$(ls "$items_dir" | grep -oE '^[0-9]+' | sort -n | tail -1)
next_num=$(( ${last_num:-0} + 1 ))

slug=$(echo "{title}" | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]' | tr -cs 'a-z0-9' '-' | sed 's/^-//;s/-$//' | cut -c1-60)
item_file="$items_dir/${next_num}-${slug}.yml"

Write the YAML item file:

# Item #{next_num}: {title}
# Created by /pm:ingest on {DATE}

title: "{title}"
body: |
  ## Description

  {description}

  ## Source

  - **Report**: `{source_report}`
  - **Section**: {source_section}
  - **Confidence**: {confidence}
  - **Suggested priority**: {suggested_priority}
  - **Target repo**: {target_repo}

  ## Context

  This item was automatically extracted from a product-pulse research report
  by `/pm:ingest`. It requires triage before any work begins.
labels:
  - status/needs-triage
  - "size/{suggested_size}"
source:
  report: "{source_report}"
  section: "{source_section}"
  confidence: "{confidence}"
  suggested_priority: "{suggested_priority}"
  target_repo: "{target_repo}"
created_at: "{ISO 8601 timestamp}"

Increment next_num for the next item.

Trello backend

Cards are created on the first configured board's needs_triage list. Multi-board fan-out (creating one card per relevant board) is not in scope for ingest — triage handles routing to the right board.

For each surviving item:

# Resolve the first board and its needs_triage list id once per skill run.
first_board_json="$(echo "$trello_boards_json" | jq -c '.[0]')"
eval "$("$CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT/scripts/for-each-board.sh" "[$first_board_json]")"

Then call (the agent executes these MCP tools — see plugins/pm/scripts/trello-ops.md):

mcp__trello__set_active_board({ boardId: $BOARD_ID })
lists = mcp__trello__get_lists({})
list_id_needs_triage = (find list where name == $LIST_NEEDS_TRIAGE).id

card = mcp__trello__add_card_to_list({
  listId: list_id_needs_triage,
  name:   "{title}",
  desc:   "{body from template above}",
  labels: ["status/needs-triage", "size/{suggested_size}"]
})

# Source attribution comment (separate from desc so future edits don't lose it):
mcp__trello__add_comment({
  cardId: card.id,
  text: "Ingested by /pm:ingest from `{source_report}` on {DATE}. Confidence: {confidence}. Suggested priority: {suggested_priority}."
})

Capture card.id and card.shortUrl for the summary. The card title is the item title; the description follows the same Markdown template as GitHub.

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Phase 5: Update Watermarks

After all items are created (or skipped), update the state file to record the ingestion timestamp.

touch "$state_file"  # Update mtime (used by find -newer)

Also write structured watermark data for auditability:

# Ingestion watermarks — updated by /pm:ingest
last_ingested:
  timestamp: "{ISO 8601 timestamp of this run}"
  reports_processed:
    - "{relative path to report 1}"
    - "{relative path to report 2}"
  items_created: {count}
last_reconcile: {preserve existing value or null}

Read the existing last_reconcile value before overwriting so it is preserved.

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Phase 6: Summary

Print:

PM — Ingest Complete
=====================
Reports scanned:       {X}
Items extracted:       {Y}
Duplicates skipped:    {Z} (matched existing issues)
Out-of-scope skipped:  {W} (matched rejection KB)
Already implemented:   {V} (found in codebase)
New items created:     {U}

Backend: {github or local}
{If GitHub: "Issues created in {owner}/{repo}"}
{If local: "Items written to {items_dir}"}
{If Trello: "Cards created on board {first_board_name} ({first_board_id}) in list \"{LIST_NEEDS_TRIAGE}\""}

Next: Run /pm:triage to classify and prioritize the new items.

If zero items were created, note: "All extracted items were duplicates, out-of-scope, or already implemented. Watermarks updated."

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Error Handling

• pulse-config.yaml missing: Stop — run /product-pulse:setup or /pm:setup.
• .pm/config.yml missing: Stop — run /pm:setup.
• Research directory missing: Warn, skip that directory, continue with others.
• Report unreadable/malformed: Log filename and error, skip, continue. Note in summary.
• gh CLI unavailable or unauthenticated: Stop — install gh and run gh auth login.
• Sub-agent failure: Log and continue. Partial results are valid.
• No research_dirs configured: Fall back to research_dir from pulse-config.yaml.
• State file missing: Create with empty watermarks (first-run behavior).
• Items directory missing (local): Create automatically.
• Git pull fails: Note and continue. Watermarks catch duplicates on next run.
• Trello MCP tool call failure (rate limit, auth): Stop the run. Print the error verbatim. Resume after fixing credentials (/pm:setup re-validates) or after the rate limit window passes.
• trello_boards_json=[]: Stop — config has no boards. Run /pm:setup.