ito-tasks

Use the ito tasks CLI to track and update implementation tasks for a change.

Rules

• •Prefer ito tasks ... over manual editing of tasks.md.
• •Enhanced tasks.md supports start, shelve, unshelve, and add.
• •Checkbox-only tasks.md is supported in compat mode (supports in-progress via [~] / ito tasks start, but no shelving); start/complete tasks by 1-based index.

Common Commands

ito tasks status <change-id>
ito tasks next <change-id>
ito tasks ready                               # Show ready tasks across ALL changes
ito tasks ready <change-id>                   # Show ready tasks for a specific change
ito tasks ready --json                        # JSON output for automation
ito tasks start <change-id> <task-id>
ito tasks complete <change-id> <task-id>
ito tasks complete <change-id> <index>
ito tasks shelve <change-id> <task-id>
ito tasks unshelve <change-id> <task-id>
ito tasks add <change-id> "<task name>" --wave <n>
ito tasks show <change-id>

If tasks.md is missing

• •Create enhanced tracking file: ito tasks init <change-id>

If the user asks "what should I do next?"

• •If working on a specific change: Run ito tasks next <change-id>
• •If looking for any ready work: Run ito tasks ready to see all actionable tasks
• •Follow the printed Action/Verify/Done When for the chosen task.

Guardrails

• •If a task is blocked, run ito tasks status <change-id> and either resolve blockers or shelve the task (enhanced only).
• •If ito tasks shelve fails because the file is checkbox-only, explain that checkbox compat mode does not support shelving.
• •If ito tasks start fails in compat mode, it is usually because the task id is not a 1-based index, or another task is already in-progress.