fix: expand_all now uses complexity analysis recommendations (#1287)

Co-authored-by: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>

mcp-server/src/core/direct-functions/expand-all-tasks.js

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import {
 	disableSilentMode
 } from '../../../../scripts/modules/utils.js';
 import { createLogWrapper } from '../../tools/utils.js';
+import { resolveComplexityReportOutputPath } from '../../../../src/utils/path-utils.js';
 
 /**
  * Expand all pending tasks with subtasks (Direct Function Wrapper)
@@ -25,13 +26,30 @@ import { createLogWrapper } from '../../tools/utils.js';
  */
 export async function expandAllTasksDirect(args, log, context = {}) {
 	const { session } = context; // Extract session
-	// Destructure expected args, including projectRoot
-	const { tasksJsonPath, num, research, prompt, force, projectRoot, tag } =
-		args;
+	// Destructure expected args, including projectRoot and complexityReportPath
+	const {
+		tasksJsonPath,
+		num,
+		research,
+		prompt,
+		force,
+		projectRoot,
+		tag,
+		complexityReportPath: providedComplexityReportPath
+	} = args;
 
 	// Create logger wrapper using the utility
 	const mcpLog = createLogWrapper(log);
 
+	// Use provided complexity report path or compute it
+	const complexityReportPath =
+		providedComplexityReportPath ||
+		resolveComplexityReportOutputPath(null, { projectRoot, tag }, log);
+
+	log.info(
+		`Expand all tasks will use complexity report at: ${complexityReportPath}`
+	);
+
 	if (!tasksJsonPath) {
 		log.error('expandAllTasksDirect called without tasksJsonPath');
 		return {
@@ -55,14 +73,14 @@ export async function expandAllTasksDirect(args, log, context = {}) {
 		const additionalContext = prompt || '';
 		const forceFlag = force === true;
 
-		// Call the core function, passing options and the context object { session, mcpLog, projectRoot }
+		// Call the core function, passing options and the context object { session, mcpLog, projectRoot, tag, complexityReportPath }
 		const result = await expandAllTasks(
 			tasksJsonPath,
 			numSubtasks,
 			useResearch,
 			additionalContext,
 			forceFlag,
-			{ session, mcpLog, projectRoot, tag },
+			{ session, mcpLog, projectRoot, tag, complexityReportPath },
 			'json'
 		);
 

mcp-server/src/core/utils/path-utils.js

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import {
 	findTasksPath as coreFindTasksPath,
 	findPRDPath as coreFindPrdPath,
 	findComplexityReportPath as coreFindComplexityReportPath,
+	resolveComplexityReportOutputPath as coreResolveComplexityReportOutputPath,
 	findProjectRoot as coreFindProjectRoot,
 	normalizeProjectRoot
 } from '../../../../src/utils/path-utils.js';
@@ -224,6 +225,21 @@ export function findComplexityReportPath(args, log = silentLogger) {
 	return resolveComplexityReportPath(args, log);
 }
 
+/**
+ * Resolve complexity report output path (create if needed) - primary MCP function
+ * @param {string|null} [explicitPath] - Explicit path to complexity report
+ * @param {Object} args - Arguments object containing projectRoot and tag
+ * @param {Object} [log] - Log function to prevent console logging
+ * @returns {string} - Resolved output path for complexity report
+ */
+export function resolveComplexityReportOutputPath(
+	explicitPath,
+	args,
+	log = silentLogger
+) {
+	return coreResolveComplexityReportOutputPath(explicitPath, args, log);
+}
+
 /**
  * Find PRD path - primary MCP function
  * @param {string} [explicitPath] - Explicit path to PRD file

mcp-server/src/tools/expand-all.js

@@ -10,7 +10,10 @@ import {
 	withNormalizedProjectRoot
 } from './utils.js';
 import { expandAllTasksDirect } from '../core/task-master-core.js';
-import { findTasksPath } from '../core/utils/path-utils.js';
+import {
+	findTasksPath,
+	resolveComplexityReportOutputPath
+} from '../core/utils/path-utils.js';
 import { resolveTag } from '../../../scripts/modules/utils.js';
 
 /**
@@ -85,6 +88,14 @@ export function registerExpandAllTool(server) {
 					);
 				}
 
+				// Resolve complexity report path to use recommendations from analyze-complexity
+				const complexityReportPath = resolveComplexityReportOutputPath(
+					null,
+					{ projectRoot: args.projectRoot, tag: resolvedTag },
+					log
+				);
+				log.info(`Using complexity report path: ${complexityReportPath}`);
+
 				const result = await expandAllTasksDirect(
 					{
 						tasksJsonPath: tasksJsonPath,
@@ -93,7 +104,8 @@ export function registerExpandAllTool(server) {
 						prompt: args.prompt,
 						force: args.force,
 						projectRoot: args.projectRoot,
-						tag: resolvedTag
+						tag: resolvedTag,
+						complexityReportPath
 					},
 					log,
 					{ session }