notion-bridge

name: notion-bridge description: This skill governs the three-layer Bridge communication system between Claude.ai (Eve), Claude.ai (Donna), and Claude Code for Dave Hayes. Use when reading or writing to the Bridge HQ page, updating handoff queues between AI instances, logging decisions or implementation notes, syncing sprint state, or performing any operation on the Bridge Life Bucket, its Projects, or Tasks. Triggers on phrases like "update the bridge", "handoff to Code", "what did Code build", "bridge sync", "log this to the bridge", "pass this to Code", or "what's in the queue".

Notion Claude Bridge Skill

v1.4 | 2026-02-22 | Eve + Donna + Claude Code Communication Layer

This skill governs all read/write operations on the Claude Bridge system — the shared knowledge and communication layer between Claude.ai (Eve), Claude.ai (Donna), and Claude Code. Always load references/bridge-schema.md before any write operation.

System Architecture

Claude.ai (Eve) ←──── Notion Claude Bridge ────→ Claude Code
     ↓                         ↓                       ↓
Personal strategic       HQ Knowledge Page        Execution layer
Ideas, decisions,        (shared memory)          Builds, implements,
project direction              ↕                  writes back results
                    Claude Bridge Bucket
Claude.ai (Donna)  (Projects + Tasks)
     ↓                        ↓
Work strategic         Claude Bridge Archive
Fourth AI projects     (completed sprints, swept on bridge sync)
SPARK, RFP, etc.

⚠️ Hardcoded IDs — Never Deviate

Three-Instance Model

• Eve (Claude.ai, personal): Strategic layer — captures ideas, decisions, project direction. Buckets: Claude Bridge, X Research, Minions
• Donna (Claude.ai, Fourth business): Work strategic layer — Fourth AI projects, SPARK, RFP, Microsoft AI, competitive intel. Bucket: Fourth AI only
• Claude Code (CLI): Execution layer — reads context from HQ, builds accordingly, writes implementation notes back. Operates across all buckets
• Separation: Enforced by queue ownership, not page access. Eve never writes to Donna's queues; Donna never writes to Eve's queues.

The Two-Layer System

Layer 1: Claude Bridge Bucket (Action Layer)

Standard Notion Projects + Tasks, scoped to the Claude Bridge bucket.

• Projects = active inter-Claude initiatives
• Tasks = discrete handoffs, action items, things one Claude passes to the other

Follow all standard notion-task-manager API rules:

• Relations set in separate update call (never on creation)
• Priority: High / Mid / Low — never Medium
• Task title field: Task | Project title field: Project

Layer 2: Claude Bridge HQ Page (Knowledge Layer)

Rich Notion page at the URL above. This is where context, decisions, and implementation notes live. Always reference references/bridge-schema.md for the exact section structure before writing.

Handoff Format v2: Child Pages + HQ One-Liners

This is the canonical handoff method. No exceptions.

Every handoff is two things:

1. A child Notion page — the full handoff content as structured Markdown. Rich, complete, designed for easy human reading and AI parsing. Created as a child of Bridge HQ page (30e76fd7-ac82-81e9-9fe1-c0b257088b34).
2. A one-liner entry in HQ — status emoji + title + Notion link + one sentence summary. Nothing else in the HQ queue body.

HQ One-Liner Format

[emoji] [HANDOFF] YYYY-MM-DD — [Title] → [Child Page Title](notion-url)
    From: [Source] | Priority: [High/Mid/Low] | [One sentence summary]

Example:

🟡 [HANDOFF] 2026-02-22 — /codex-review Skill Setup → [Eve→Code] /codex-review Setup — 2026-02-22](url)
    From: Eve | Priority: High | Install Codex CLI + create skill file

Child Page Naming Convention

Child page titles always include queue direction:

• [Eve→Code] Title — YYYY-MM-DD
• [Code→Eve] Title — YYYY-MM-DD
• [Donna→Code] Title — YYYY-MM-DD
• [Code→Donna] Title — YYYY-MM-DD

This makes queue ownership unambiguous even though all child pages sit at the same HQ child level.

Child Page Templates

Templates live at references/handoff-templates/:

• eve-to-code.md — Task brief (Eve passing work to Code)
• donna-to-code.md — Task brief (Donna passing work to Code)
• code-to-eve.md — Implementation summary (Code writing back to Eve)
• code-to-donna.md — Implementation summary (Code writing back to Donna)

Status Sync Rule

Both locations stay in sync. The emoji on the HQ one-liner must match the Status field in the child page header. When status changes (Pending → In Progress → Done), update BOTH:

• The emoji prefix on the HQ one-liner
• The **Status:** field in the child page header block

Status Values

Core Workflows

🔵 Eve Writing a Handoff to Claude Code

1. notion-fetch: Claude Bridge HQ page (read current state)
2. Identify appropriate section:
   - Tactical work item → Handoff Queue: Eve → Code
   - Strategic decision → Key Decisions Log
   - Context shift → Active Context
3a. notion-create-pages: Create child page under Bridge HQ with full handoff content (use eve-to-code template)
3b. notion-update-page: Insert HQ one-liner into Eve → Code queue section (insert_content_after targeting section blockquote)
4. Optionally: create a Task in Claude Bridge Bucket as action trigger
5. Report back to Dave with HQ page URL

🟣 Donna Writing a Handoff to Claude Code

1. notion-fetch: Claude Bridge HQ page (read current state)
2. Identify appropriate section:
   - Tactical work item → Handoff Queue: Donna → Code
   - Business decision → Key Decisions Log
3a. notion-create-pages: Create child page under Bridge HQ with full handoff content (use donna-to-code template)
3b. notion-update-page: Insert HQ one-liner into Donna → Code queue section (insert_content_after targeting section blockquote)
4. Optionally: create a Task in Claude Bridge Bucket as action trigger
5. Report back to Dave with HQ page URL

🟠 Claude Code Reading Handoffs

1. notion-fetch: Claude Bridge HQ page
2. Read: Active Context + Handoff Queue: Eve → Code + Handoff Queue: Donna → Code
3. For each pending item: notion-fetch the linked child page for full spec
4. Execute the work
5. Write back to the appropriate Code → [requester] queue (see below)
6. Add to Implementation Log after completion
7. Update Sprint State callout if status changed

🟠 Claude Code Writing Back

1. notion-fetch: Claude Bridge HQ page (read current)
2. notion-create-pages: Create child page under Bridge HQ with implementation summary (use code-to-eve or code-to-donna template)
3. notion-update-page: Insert HQ one-liner into appropriate Code → [requester] queue section
4. notion-update-page: Add entry to Implementation Log
5. Update Sprint State callout(s) if applicable

🔵 Eve Reading Claude Code's Work

1. notion-fetch: Claude Bridge HQ page
2. Read: Handoff Queue: Code → Eve — check for one-liners
3. For each unread item: notion-fetch the linked child page for full details
4. Surface relevant items naturally in Dave conversation
5. Clear/archive queue items after surfacing (or mark as read)

🟣 Donna Reading Claude Code's Work

1. notion-fetch: Claude Bridge HQ page
2. Read: Handoff Queue: Code → Donna — check for one-liners
3. For each unread item: notion-fetch the linked child page for full details
4. Surface relevant items naturally in Dave conversation
5. Clear/archive queue items after surfacing (or mark as read)

Bridge Sync (Dave types "bridge sync")

1. notion-fetch: Claude Bridge HQ page (full read)
2. Audit all sections for staleness
3. Auto-sweep completed items:
   - Move DONE handoff queue one-liners → Archive subpage
   - Sweep ✅ Done sprint callouts + detail lines → Archive subpage
   - Archive uses reverse-chronological sprint blocks (narrative + Lessons field)
4. Update Active Context to reflect current reality
5. Update Sprint State (remove swept callouts)
6. Report summary to Dave: what's current, what's stale, what needs action

Archive Lookup (looking for past work)

1. notion-fetch: Claude Bridge Archive page
2. Search for the relevant sprint block or handoff
3. Archive URL: https://www.notion.so/30e76fd7ac8281258cd9d281aa873298

Writing Rules for HQ Page

Always:

• Fetch the page first before writing — never write blind
• Add new Decision Log entries at the top of the section (newest first)
• Add new Implementation Log entries at the top (newest first)
• Include date stamps on all log entries (YYYY-MM-DD format)
• Keep HQ queue entries as one-liners only — full content goes in child pages

Never:

• Overwrite the other Claude's entries without reason
• Delete Implementation Log history
• Edit Dave's manual additions without his instruction
• Write to Active Context without confirming it's actually still current
• Write long-form handoff content directly into HQ queue sections (use child pages)
• Eve: never write to Donna's queue sections
• Donna: never write to Eve's queue sections

Section Update Triggers:

HQ Page Section Reference

Load references/bridge-schema.md for the full section map with exact selection strings for replace_content_range and insert_content_after operations.

Safety Rules

1. Always fetch HQ page before writing — read current state first
2. Never delete Implementation Log entries
3. Never create a new Life Bucket without Dave's explicit instruction
4. Always return the HQ page URL after any write operation
5. If HQ page content is ambiguous or conflicting — ask Dave before writing
6. Handoff Queue items should be cleared/marked after the receiving Claude has acted on them
7. When queues are empty, they show: *Queue clear — no pending items. Completed handoffs in Claude Bridge Archive.*
8. To add to an empty queue, use insert_content_after targeting the section blockquote intro line

Claude Code-Specific API Notes

Claude Code uses the claude.ai Notion cloud MCP server (streamable-http). The rendering behavior differs from Claude.ai's native Notion integration. These rules apply ONLY to Claude Code sessions.

1. Selection Strings Must Avoid Link/Mention Syntax

notion-fetch renders page links as markdown: [Page Title]({{url}}). But Notion internally stores them as <mention-page url="..."/> XML tags. Selection strings that include rendered link text will fail.

Rule: End selection strings BEFORE any link/mention text. Use the surrounding plain text instead.

WRONG: selection_with_ellipsis: "Queue clear...in Claude Bridge Archive.*"
RIGHT: selection_with_ellipsis: "Queue clear...no pending items.*"
   OR: Target the section header/blockquote instead

2. Prefer insert_content_after Over replace_content_range

When a section contains page mentions or links, replace_content_range selection strings are fragile. Use insert_content_after targeting the section header or blockquote intro instead.

3. Sprint State Uses Callout Blocks, Not Tables

Tables are dead. Notion silently strips Markdown pipe tables and HTML table replacements are fragile. Sprint State uses callout blocks instead.

Each sprint item is a callout block + a plain text detail line:

::: callout
[emoji] **[Task name]** | Owner: [name] | Status: [status]
:::
[One line of supporting detail]

Color-coded emoji status system:

• 🔴 Blocked — cannot proceed, needs intervention
• 🟡 Pending — queued, not yet started
• 🔵 In progress — actively being worked on
• ✅ Done — sweep to Archive on next bridge sync

Rules:

• ALWAYS use callout blocks for Sprint State — never tables, never Markdown pipes, never raw HTML
• Status emoji goes FIRST in the callout headline, before the task name
• Detail line sits OUTSIDE the callout as a plain text line immediately below
• To add a new sprint item: insert_content_after targeting the last detail line in the section
• To update status: replace_content_range targeting the callout headline (safe — no links/mentions in callouts)
• On bridge sync: sweep ✅ Done callouts + their detail lines to Archive

4. Handoff Queue Hygiene (v2 — Child Page Format)

Handoff queues in HQ contain one-liners only. Full content lives in child pages.

Creating a handoff (two-step process):

1. notion-create-pages — Create child page under Bridge HQ page ID (30e76fd7-ac82-81e9-9fe1-c0b257088b34) using appropriate template from references/handoff-templates/
2. notion-update-page — Insert one-liner into correct queue section via insert_content_after targeting the section blockquote intro

Child page naming: [Queue] Title — YYYY-MM-DD (e.g., [Code→Donna] Bridge Format v2 Shipped — 2026-02-22)

Status sync: Update emoji in BOTH the HQ one-liner AND the child page Status field when status changes.

Don't delete completed entries — leave them for the receiving Claude to sweep on bridge sync.

Empty queue state: *Queue clear — no pending items. Completed handoffs in Claude Bridge Archive.*

5. Practical Workflow for Claude Code

1. notion-fetch: Read HQ page (always first)
2. Identify target section from bridge-schema.md
3. For handoff queues:
   -> notion-create-pages: Create child page with full content (use template)
   -> notion-update-page: Insert one-liner via insert_content_after targeting blockquote
4. For sections WITHOUT links (Active Context, sprint callouts):
   -> replace_content_range is safe
5. After ANY write: verify by re-fetching if critical

6. Error Recovery

If a notion-update-page call fails with selection mismatch:

1. Re-fetch the page to see current rendered content
2. Shorten the selection string -- end BEFORE any [link](url) text
3. Switch to insert_content_after if replace_content_range keeps failing
4. Target a broader anchor (section header) rather than specific content

notion-bridge v1.4 | 2026-02-22 | Three-instance model + child page handoff format Reference: bridge-schema.md for HQ page section map | handoff-templates/ for child page templates