Maintain a free-form scratchpad of decisions, extracted values, and open questions so context pruning doesn't lose anything you still need.
Scanned 9/6/2026
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name: hive.note-taking
description: Maintain a free-form scratchpad of decisions, extracted values, and open questions so context pruning doesn't lose anything you still need.
metadata:
author: hive
type: default-skill
visibility: [worker]
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## Operational Protocol: Structured Note-Taking
Maintain free-form working notes in shared buffer key `_working_notes` for data that *you* need to remember but that isn't captured by the colony task queue.
**Do not duplicate the queue in here.** Per-task goal, ordered steps, and SOP gates live in `progress.db` — use `hive.colony-progress-tracker` for those. These notes are for things the DB schema doesn't cover.
Update at these checkpoints:
- After receiving new information that changes how you plan to approach the current step
- Before any tool call that will produce substantial output you'll need to reference later
- When you make a non-obvious decision whose *why* would be lost if the tool call history gets pruned
Structure:
### Key Decisions — decisions made and WHY
### Working Data — intermediate results, extracted values (URLs, IDs, key snippets — not full pages)
### Open Questions — uncertainties you plan to verify
### Blockers — anything preventing progress that isn't already captured in `tasks.last_error`
Update incrementally — do not rewrite from scratch each time.
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