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+# survey
+
+## Trigger
+Use this skill when the user wants to start building a Gmail classification pipeline, says
+"set up my inbox", "help me organize my email", "start the Gmail project", or any variant
+of beginning a new email classification project from scratch.
+
+## Purpose
+Runs the onboarding interview, catalogs existing Gmail labels (with message counts), samples
+a small cross-section of emails within those labels, and creates three shared project artifacts
+in a Google Drive folder: Tracker (XLSX or Google Sheet), Bible.md, and _status.md.
+
+May invoke the `handoff` skill mid-run if label volume or inbox sampling needs exceed what
+Claude should handle directly. This is by design — the survey builds the draft-one blueprint
+only. Task orders sent to subcontractor agents do the heavy lifting.
+
+## North Star Constraint
+**Never walk the full inbox.** If the user requests a comprehensive scan of all email,
+redirect gently: "My job right now is to build the draft-one blueprint. The task orders
+we send to other tools will dig into the details — that's their job at this stage, not mine."
+
+## Skill Stub — Implementation Pending
+Full SKILL.md to be written in build session. Load CW-020_Concept.md for scope and design intent.
+
+## Key Interview Questions (to be formalized in build)
+1. Where should I create your project folder? (Google Drive — ask for a folder name or parent)
+2. Do all the tools you plan to use have direct access to Google Docs and Sheets via a
+   built-in skill or MCP? (Yes → Google Sheet tracker; No → XLSX tracker)
+3. What email account are we working with?
+4. Do you already have Gmail labels set up, even informally?
+
+## Outputs
+- `Bible.md` in project Drive folder (Markdown — always, regardless of environment choice)
+- `Tracker.xlsx` or Google Sheet (depending on environment decision)
+- `_status.md` checkpoint file
+- Summary of label inventory and initial taxonomy draft