fix: error handling of task status settings

scripts/modules/commands.js

@@ -73,6 +73,10 @@ import {
 	getApiKeyStatusReport
 } from './task-manager/models.js';
 import { findProjectRoot } from './utils.js';
+import {
+	isValidTaskStatus,
+	TASK_STATUS_OPTIONS
+} from '../../src/shared/task-status.js';
 
 /**
  * Runs the interactive setup process for model configuration.
@@ -1038,7 +1042,7 @@ function registerCommands(programInstance) {
 		)
 		.option(
 			'-s, --status <status>',
-			'New status (todo, in-progress, review, done)'
+			`New status (one of: ${TASK_STATUS_OPTIONS.join(', ')})`
 		)
 		.option('-f, --file <file>', 'Path to the tasks file', 'tasks/tasks.json')
 		.action(async (options) => {
@@ -1051,6 +1055,16 @@ function registerCommands(programInstance) {
 				process.exit(1);
 			}
 
+			if (!isValidTaskStatus(status)) {
+				console.error(
+					chalk.red(
+						`Error: Invalid status value: ${status}. Use one of: ${TASK_STATUS_OPTIONS.join(', ')}`
+					)
+				);
+
+				process.exit(1);
+			}
+
 			console.log(
 				chalk.blue(`Setting status of task(s) ${taskId} to: ${status}`)
 			);

scripts/modules/task-manager/set-task-status.js

@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ import { validateTaskDependencies } from '../dependency-manager.js';
 import { getDebugFlag } from '../config-manager.js';
 import updateSingleTaskStatus from './update-single-task-status.js';
 import generateTaskFiles from './generate-task-files.js';
+import {
+	isValidTaskStatus,
+	TASK_STATUS_OPTIONS
+} from '../../../src/shared/task-status.js';
 
 /**
  * Set the status of a task
@@ -19,6 +23,11 @@ import generateTaskFiles from './generate-task-files.js';
  */
 async function setTaskStatus(tasksPath, taskIdInput, newStatus, options = {}) {
 	try {
+		if (!isValidTaskStatus(newStatus)) {
+			throw new Error(
+				`Error: Invalid status value: ${newStatus}. Use one of: ${TASK_STATUS_OPTIONS.join(', ')}`
+			);
+		}
 		// Determine if we're in MCP mode by checking for mcpLog
 		const isMcpMode = !!options?.mcpLog;
 

scripts/modules/task-manager/update-single-task-status.js

@@ -17,6 +17,12 @@ async function updateSingleTaskStatus(
 	data,
 	showUi = true
 ) {
+	if (!isValidTaskStatus(newStatus)) {
+		throw new Error(
+			`Error: Invalid status value: ${newStatus}. Use one of: ${TASK_STATUS_OPTIONS.join(', ')}`
+		);
+	}
+
 	// Check if it's a subtask (e.g., "1.2")
 	if (taskIdInput.includes('.')) {
 		const [parentId, subtaskId] = taskIdInput

scripts/modules/ui.js

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import path from 'path';
 import fs from 'fs';
 import { findNextTask, analyzeTaskComplexity } from './task-manager.js';
 import { getProjectName, getDefaultSubtasks } from './config-manager.js';
+import { TASK_STATUS_OPTIONS } from '../../src/shared/task-status.js';
 
 // Create a color gradient for the banner
 const coolGradient = gradient(['#00b4d8', '#0077b6', '#03045e']);
@@ -458,7 +459,7 @@ function displayHelp() {
 				{
 					name: 'set-status',
 					args: '--id=<id> --status=<status>',
-					desc: 'Update task status (done, pending, etc.)'
+					desc: `Update task status (${TASK_STATUS_OPTIONS.join(', ')})`
 				},
 				{
 					name: 'update',