Atomic feature and product ideas before they become a project. Each idea is one note under Ideas/, preferably from [[_System/Templates/Feature Idea]].
| Surface | Use when |
| ------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Ideas/** | You have a concrete product/feature angle ("what if we built...") but no committed outcome or owner yet. |
| **Projects/** (new hub) | You have a finite outcome, owner, and next physical step - use the vault-projects Cursor skill to promote. |
| [[Inbox/Inbox]] | Raw dump - process into Ideas, Projects, or elsewhere. |
| [[Resources/Concepts/Concepts]] | Evergreen mental models - not a shippable idea. |
Projects/<slug>/backlog/<item>.md (see [[_System/Templates/Backlog Item Template]]), link from the project hub, set links on the idea to the backlog note..cursor/skills/vault-projects/SKILL.md), then hub with [[_System/Templates/Project Template]] or [[_System/Templates/Project Hub Template]].status: parked or status: dropped on the idea; keep the note for search/RAG.idea/<theme> - e.g. idea/product, idea/integrationsarea/<slug> - tie to [[Areas/Areas]] (employer, client, or life domain)vault-directory-index -> vault-ideas / vault-projectsInbox/ captures — canonicals unchanged ([[Ideas/Generalize Cursor docs rules to source of truth]], [[Resources/Audits/Cursor docs rules audit 2026-05-15]], [[Ideas/AI subscription usage monitoring]], [[Ideas/LinkedIn posting Hermes draft skill]], [[Ideas/WhatsApp Telegram gateway to PARA Inbox]], [[Projects/lumendev-invoice/lumendev-invoice]] backlog); four merge-summary-backend-contract-portal-dev-ready-prod-* noise logs removed (already summarized in [[Projects/anabatic-contract-management-system/changelog/2026-05-19-backend-contract-portal-ready-prod-merge-batch|CMS changelog]]); duplicate ClickUp SYS-2012 inbox report removed (canonical [[Projects/anabatic-contract-management-system/context/clickup-execute-sys-2012-2026-05-19]]); SYS-2105 execute report moved to [[Projects/anabatic-claim/context/clickup-execute-sys-2105-2026-05-20]].Inbox/ again (canonicals unchanged: [[Ideas/Generalize Cursor docs rules to source of truth]], [[Resources/Audits/Cursor docs rules audit 2026-05-15]], [[Ideas/AI subscription usage monitoring]], [[Ideas/LinkedIn posting Hermes draft skill]], [[Ideas/WhatsApp Telegram gateway to PARA Inbox]], [[Projects/lumendev-invoice/lumendev-invoice]] active backlog for Lumen todos).Inbox/; canonical notes unchanged ([[Ideas/Generalize Cursor docs rules to source of truth]], [[Resources/Audits/Cursor docs rules audit 2026-05-15]], [[Ideas/AI subscription usage monitoring]], [[Ideas/LinkedIn posting Hermes draft skill]], [[Ideas/WhatsApp Telegram gateway to PARA Inbox]], [[Projects/lumendev-invoice/lumendev-invoice]] backlog for Lumen todos).