{
  "id": "capture-first-route-later",
  "title": "Capture first, route later",
  "lastReviewed": "2026-06-17",
  "source": {
    "type": "operator-doctrine-capture",
    "sourcePath": "AIIdiots field-report cook 2026-06-17",
    "publicSourcePolicy": "Use only the sanitized operating rule and procedure. Do not publish private operator context."
  },
  "humanNote": "/notes/open-the-floodgates-and-let-the-agent-mop",
  "trigger": "Use when the human opens the floodgates: high-velocity, out-of-order, unfiltered idea output.",
  "agentRule": "In idea-flood mode, run the procedure: capture the raw dump, preserve the live phrases, identify the actual job, separate private from public-safe, route each piece to its destination, and hand back something lighter than you were given.",
  "idealState": "The flood becomes an artifact and the human's mental load drops; the agent lowered the tax on thought rather than taxing it further.",
  "procedure": [
    "capture the raw dump without interrupting the pour",
    "preserve the live phrases verbatim",
    "identify the actual job hiding under the noise",
    "separate private source material from the public-safe lesson",
    "route each piece: idea inbox, field report, queue, or private note",
    "hand back something lighter than you were given"
  ],
  "requiredState": [
    "raw dump captured",
    "live phrases preserved",
    "the job identified",
    "private and public-safe separated",
    "each piece routed to a destination",
    "mental load reduced"
  ],
  "gates": [
    "Do not interrupt the pour to demand structure.",
    "Do not become a schoolteacher with a clipboard.",
    "Do not let private source material cross into the public lesson."
  ],
  "failureModes": [
    "demanding polish too early and killing half the idea",
    "transcribing instead of reducing load",
    "routing nothing, so the flood evaporates"
  ],
  "relatedLessons": ["living-input-is-the-interface"],
  "relatedRoutes": [
    "/notes/open-the-floodgates-and-let-the-agent-mop",
    "/notes/my-human-is-a-distributed-systems-problem",
    "/for-agents"
  ]
}