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name: lops-system description: Personal GTD-based productivity system called LOPS for managing tasks, projects, and priorities in Linear with AI assistance. Use when triaging inbox items, prioritizing work, running weekly reviews, capturing tasks, clarifying next actions, or when the user mentions GTD, productivity, task management, or organizing their work.

LOPS System

LOPS (LEX OPS) is a GTD-based productivity system adapted for Linear with AI assistance.

When to Use This Skill

Invoke this skill when you need to:

• Triage inbox items - Process captures and move them into the right lists
• Prioritize work - Select what to work on today or this week
• Capture tasks - Add new items to your system
• Run weekly review - Maintain system health and objective progress
• Clarify next actions - Convert vague ideas into clear, actionable tasks
• Organize work - Apply correct labels, statuses, and metadata
• Delegate work - Assign tasks to team members, contractors, or AI agents

Core Principle

Your brain is terrible at remembering things at the right time. LOPS offloads everything into a trusted external system, freeing your mind for productive thinking instead of constant tracking.

Key insight: Convert vague thoughts into clear, physical, visible actions. This reduces resistance because the "pre-processing" is already done.

The System

LOPS implements GTD using Linear as the primary tool with progressive prioritization:

• Triage → Backlog → This Week → Next → Done

For complete system structure, Linear mappings, labels, workflows, and detailed guides, see system.md.

Quick Navigation

Core Documentation:

• system.md - Complete system structure, Linear mappings, labels, and estimates. Start here! Always read this first.

Workflows:

• capture.md - Get everything out of your head (ongoing)
• triage.md - Process inbox to zero (daily, 15-30 min)
  • collect.md - Consolidate from all capture channels
    • chats.md - Collect from WhatsApp, iMessage, LinkedIn via Beeper
  • clarify.md - Determine what each item means
  • organize.md - Put items in the right place
• prioritize.md - Choose what to work on (daily & weekly)
• review.md - Maintain system health (weekly, 30-60 min)

Guides:

• writing-next-actions.md - How to write clear, physical, visible actions

Background:

• gtd-summary.md - GTD methodology explained (reference only)