---
name: patchcord:inbox
description: Read Patchcord inbox and reply to messages
type: flow
---

> Use `/flow:patchcord:inbox` to run this. `/skill:` only loads it as docs (Kimi design).

```mermaid
flowchart TD
  A([BEGIN]) --> B[Call the inbox MCP tool. Reading the response: the first header line shows YOUR own identity (the recipient). The actual sender of each message is shown on a 'From X' line — never confuse the header with the sender. For each pending message, classify it: (1) ACK — short signals like 'thanks', 'noted', 'works', 'great', 'good', '👍', 'ok' with no task. Close silently with reply(message_id, resolve=true) and NO content. Never send a text reply to an ack — it creates infinite ack chains. (2) BLOCKED — you cannot do the work right now (busy, missing credentials, ambiguous target). Use reply(message_id, 'reason', defer=true) — the message stays in your inbox as a reminder. Never silently skip a message. (3) ACTIONABLE — do the work the message asks for first (edit the file, run the command, write the code), THEN call reply(message_id, 'concrete summary of what you did') with file paths and line numbers. Never reply 'will do' / 'understood' / 'ready' before doing the work.]
  B --> C[Call the Shell tool with these exact parameters to re-arm the listener: command='patchcord subscribe --kimi 5', run_in_background=true, timeout=86400, description='Patchcord listener'.]
  C --> D([END])
```