Brain File #04 · Free
Thread to Decision
Two minutes, one thread, one decision - instead of reading it a third time.
First sentence to type
“What is this thread waiting on?”
What it does
- Reads a long email or chat thread and returns the one decision it is waiting on and who has to make it.
- Lists what is already agreed and what is still open, each with the line it came from.
- Drafts a short reply with the decision first, one question, one date, and blanks where the choice is yours.
What it will not do
- Will not decide for you - every claim is quoted from the thread, and the choice stays blank.
- Will not guess which person you are; it asks if it cannot tell.
Install - three minutes, pick one
- claude.ai, Customize, Skills, Add, Upload skill - upload thread-to-decision.zip. Start here.
- claude.ai, Projects, New project, Instructions - paste everything below the dashed line.
- Claude Code or Cowork - save it as CLAUDE.md in the folder where you keep correspondence.
Needs
Any Claude plan. One thread, pasted whole, oldest message first if you can.
After this file
The next file comes out the same way, one at a time. The short videos show each one working before it is released.
This file is free and asks for nothing in return - no email, no account. Memory availability differs by plan and account; if memory is not available in yours, the paste-into-a-project version does the same job.