Brain Dump Ticket Management Skill

This skill provides the knowledge and workflows for managing Brain Dump tickets.

When to Use This Skill

• Creating new tickets or epics
• Updating ticket status
• Adding work summaries or progress updates
• Starting or completing work on a ticket
• Linking commits or files to tickets

Available MCP Tools

Brain Dump provides these MCP tools (prefix with brain-dump/ if needed):

Project Management

Ticket Operations

Epic Management

Progress Tracking

Ticket Status Flow

backlog → ready → in_progress → review → done
                              ↘ ai_review → human_review → done

Creating Good Tickets

Required Fields

• projectId: Get from find_project_by_path or list_projects
• title: Clear, action-oriented title

Optional Fields

• description: Detailed description (markdown supported)
• priority: "low", "medium", or "high"
• epicId: Group with related tickets
• tags: Array of categorization tags

Acceptance Criteria

Always include acceptance criteria in the description field as a markdown checklist. These appear as checkable items in the Brain Dump UI and are used to verify ticket completion.

Format criteria as - [ ] Criterion text within the description:

## Description

Implement login/logout functionality with JWT tokens.

## Acceptance Criteria

- [ ] Login form validates email and password
- [ ] JWT token stored securely in httpOnly cookie
- [ ] Logout clears session and redirects to home
- [ ] Invalid credentials show user-friendly error message
- [ ] Rate limiting prevents brute force attempts

Example

create_ticket({
  projectId: "abc-123",
  title: "Add user authentication",
  description: `## Description
Implement login/logout functionality with JWT tokens.

## Acceptance Criteria
- [ ] Login form validates email and password
- [ ] JWT token stored securely in httpOnly cookie
- [ ] Logout clears session and redirects to home
- [ ] Invalid credentials show user-friendly error message`,
  priority: "high",
  tags: ["backend", "auth", "security"],
});

Work Summary Format

When completing a ticket, add a work summary:

comment "add"({
  ticketId: "ticket-id",
  content: `## Work Summary
**Changes Made:**
- Added LoginForm component
- Integrated with auth API
- Added validation

**Tests:**
- Unit tests passing
- E2E login flow tested

**Notes:**
- Consider adding rate limiting later`,
  author: "claude",
  type: "work_summary"
})

Progress Updates

Keep users informed during work:

comment "add"({
  ticketId: "ticket-id",
  content: "Starting implementation of login form. Will add validation and error handling.",
  author: "claude",
  type: "comment"
})

Linking Work

Link Commits

workflow "link-commit"({
  ticketId: "ticket-id",
  commitHash: "abc123",
  message: "feat: add login form component"
})

Link Files

ticket "link-files"({
  ticketId: "ticket-id",
  files: ["src/components/LoginForm.tsx", "src/api/auth.ts"]
})