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ideas/ — researched but not built

Parking lot for concepts that got designed or researched but didn't ship. Different from decisions/ (which records decided choices) and deliverables/ (which holds shipped outputs).

When to add an entry here

  • I researched a tool/agent/feature and decided not to build it now
  • I designed an approach in conversation but didn't commit to it
  • A future me (or a future session) might revisit the idea

When NOT to add an entry here

  • The idea is dead-forever (no future revisit) → use decisions/YYYY-MM-DD-<slug>-killed.md instead
  • The idea is in flight → use active/<slug>.md current_focus
  • The idea is shipped → use deliverables/

Naming

YYYY-MM-DD-<slug>.md — date is when the idea was parked, not when first surfaced.

Required structure (keep light)

# <Idea name>

**Parked:** YYYY-MM-DD
**Status:** PARKED / REVISIT-AT-<trigger>
**Cost-to-revive:** rough hours + recurring $

## The idea
1–3 sentences.

## Why parked
The actual reason (not "no time" — be specific).

## Revival trigger
What signal/threshold/event would make this worth picking up again?

## Research summary
Anything I learned during research that future-me shouldn't have to re-do.

## What I would have built
Concrete architecture/files/MCP calls so future-me doesn't redesign from scratch.