draft-task

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Quickly create a task in Ralph's local backlog (ralph/backlog/) without the full PRD process. Use when user wants to add a quick task, bug, or small piece of work to the Ralph backlog, or mentions "draft task".

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Sourcemhb2011/skills

Added on2026-04-08

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npx skill4agent add mhb2011/skills draft-task

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This skill creates a lightweight task file in

ralph/backlog/

— no interview, no PRD ceremony. Just a title, type, priority, and a short description.

Before starting

Check that

ralph/backlog/

exists. If it doesn't, suggest running

/setup-ralph

first.

Check existing backlog items to avoid duplicates — if a similar task already exists (open or in-progress), tell the user and ask if they still want to create a new one.

Workflow

If the user provided a description inline (e.g.,
```
/draft-task add error toasts on failed API calls
```
), use it directly. Otherwise, ask them to describe the task in one or two sentences.
From the description, auto-detect:
- title — short, descriptive
- type — infer from keywords:
  - bug
    ,
    fix
    ,
    broken
    ,
    crash
    ,
    error
    ,
    regression
    →
    bug
  - refactor
    ,
    rename
    ,
    extract
    ,
    clean up
    →
    refactor
  - test
    ,
    lint
    ,
    ci
    ,
    types
    ,
    tooling
    ,
    config
    →
    infrastructure
  - everything else →
    task
- priority — ask the user. Show them the scale:
  - 1 = Critical bugfix
  - 2 = Dev infrastructure
  - 3 = New feature / general task
  - 4 = Polish / quick win
  - 5 = Refactor
Write the file to
```
ralph/backlog/<kebab-case-title>.md
```
:

markdown

---
title: "<title>"
type: <type>
status: open
priority: <priority>
created: <today's date YYYY-MM-DD>
---

<the user's description, cleaned up if needed but not expanded into a PRD>

Show the user what was created: path, type, and priority. No confirmation step — this is meant to be fast.

Batch mode

If the user provides multiple tasks at once (e.g., a list), create a separate backlog file for each one. Show a summary table at the end:

File	Type	Priority
`add-error-toasts.md`	task	3
`fix-login-crash.md`	bug	1