Manage Task List

Guides implementation of task lists with structured completion tracking. This skill enforces a disciplined, step-by-step approach to working through tasks generated from PRDs.

Project Context

Task lists are located at .planning/[project-name]/tasks-[prd-name].md. Implementation code lives at the workspace root (not inside .planning/).

Operating Modes

Standard Mode (default)

Work on ONE sub-task at a time. Do NOT start the next sub-task until the user explicitly approves. Stop after each sub-task and wait for "yes", "go", "next", etc.

Batch Mode (GSD orchestrator only)

If your instructions say "BATCH MODE", complete all sub-tasks under your assigned parent task without pausing for approval between sub-tasks. Apply the full completion protocol (mark [x], update task file) after each sub-task, then immediately continue to the next. When the entire parent task is [x], follow the Parent Task Completion protocol (including the git commit), then stop and return a summary — do not start any other parent task.

Completion Protocol