diff --git a/cypress-bend/project.yml b/cypress-bend/project.yml
index ec13bb9..8b33b2a 100644
--- a/cypress-bend/project.yml
+++ b/cypress-bend/project.yml
@@ -2,3 +2,29 @@ name: "Cypress Bend"
 slug: "cypress_bend"
 goal: "Fiction publishing pipeline for the Cypress Bend novel series"
 bridgebot_summary: "Cypress Bend is a fiction novel series being produced by Crimson Leaf Publishing. The pipeline covers full book production: research, outlining, chapter drafting, editorial review, and final delivery. Multiple AI agents collaborate across each chapter."
+
+intents:
+  - keyword: status
+    description: "Ask about project progress, task counts, or recent deliverables"
+    template: project_status
+    aliases: [progress, update, where are we, how is it going, what is done]
+
+  - keyword: review
+    description: "Request editorial feedback on a chapter, outline, or draft"
+    template: chapter_review
+    aliases: [feedback, thoughts on, what do you think, critique, read, evaluate]
+
+  - keyword: edit
+    description: "Request a change to content, a character, the plot, or story structure"
+    template: analysis
+    aliases: [change, update, fix, modify, rewrite, make, should be, too, feels, seems]
+
+  - keyword: research
+    description: "Research a topic or question for the project"
+    template: research
+    aliases: [look up, find out, investigate, what do we know, tell me about, who is]
+
+  - keyword: plan
+    description: "Plan or outline new work -- a chapter, arc, or story section"
+    template: planning
+    aliases: [outline, plan, structure, design, map out, next chapter, what should]