- Add support for comma-separated subtask IDs in remove-subtask command
- Implement MCP configuration in project initialization
- Add package update notification system with version comparison
- Improve command documentation with boolean flag conventions
- Add comprehensive error handling for unknown options
- Update help text with better examples and formatting
- Implement proper validation for command inputs
- Add global error handling patterns with helpful user messages
This commit fixes several issues with command line interface error handling:
1. Fix inconsistent behavior between --no-generate and --skip-generate:
- Standardized on --skip-generate across all commands
- Updated bin/task-master.js to use --skip-generate instead of --no-generate
- Modified add-subtask and remove-subtask commands to use --skip-generate
2. Enhance error handling for unknown options:
- Removed .allowUnknownOption() from commands to properly detect unknown options
- Added global error handler in bin/task-master.js for unknown commands/options
- Added command-specific error handlers with helpful error messages
3. Improve user experience with better help messages:
- Added helper functions to display formatted command help on errors
- Created command-specific help displays for add-subtask and remove-subtask
- Show available options when encountering unknown options
4. Update MCP server configuration:
- Modified .cursor/mcp.json to use node ./mcp-server/server.js directly
- Removed npx -y usage for more reliable execution
5. Other minor improvements:
- Adjusted column width for task ID display in UI
- Updated version number in package-lock.json to 0.9.30
This resolves issues where users would see confusing error messages like
'error: unknown option --generate' when using an incorrect flag."
Preserving completed subtasks exactly as they are
Building upon what has already been done
Creating new subtasks instead of modifying completed ones
Making new subtasks specific and targeted
Added specific instructions to the Perplexity AI system message to emphasize preserving completed subtasks
Added an informative boxed message to the user explaining how completed subtasks will be handled during the update process
Added emphatic instructions in the user prompts to both Claude and Perplexity to highlight completed subtasks that must be preserved
These changes ensure that:
Completed subtasks will be preserved
The AI will build on top of what's already been done
If something needs to be changed/undone, it will be handled through new subtasks
The user is clearly informed about how subtasks are handled.
Fix issue with kebab-case validator incorrectly flagging single-word flags like --prompt. Refactor detectCamelCaseFlags to properly handle all single-word flags. Update tests to verify correct behavior with single-word and camelCase flags. Add support for alternative flag formats in init command (e.g., -my_name). This fixes a bug where users couldn't use the --prompt flag directly and had to use -p instead.
- Fix tests using ES Module best practices instead of complex mocking
- Replace Commander.js mocking with direct action handler testing
- Resolve ES Module import/mock issues and function redeclaration errors
- Fix circular reference issues with console.log spies
- Properly setup mock functions with jest.fn() for method access
- Improve parse-prd command functionality
- Add default PRD path support (scripts/prd.txt) so you can just run `task-master parse-prd` and it will use the default PRD if it exists.
- Improve error handling and user feedback
- Enhance help text with more detailed information
- Fix detectCamelCaseFlags implementation in utils.js yet again with more tests this time
- Improve regex pattern to correctly detect camelCase flags
- Skip flags already in kebab-case format
- Enhance tests with proper test-specific implementations
- Document testing best practices
- Add comprehensive "Common Testing Pitfalls and Solutions" section to tests.mdc
- Provide clear examples of correct testing patterns for ES modules
- Document techniques for test isolation and mock organization
- Elegantly exits if running into Claude errors like overloaded – closes Error Handling #24
- Fixed id column width in task-master show sub-task table – closes Subtask ID getting truncated #26
- Implements the integration tests for setTaskStatus, updateSingeTaskSTatus, listTasks and addTask
- Enhanced Unit Testing:* Vastly improved unit tests for the module, covering core functions, edge cases, and error handling. Simplified test functions and comprehensive mocking were implemented for better isolation and reliability.
- Added new section to tests.mdc detailing reliable testing techniques.
- CLI Kebab-Case Flag Enforcement: The CLI now enforces kebab-case for flags, providing helpful error messages when camelCase is used. This improves consistency and user experience. Commander is very particular about camelCase/--kebab-case
- AI Enhancements:
-- Enabled 128k token output for Claude 3.7 Sonnet by adding the beta header 'output-128k-2025-02-19' to the request headers in ai-services.js – this provides the full 128k context window (vs 64k) when using claude in task generation.
-- Added a new task (task_029.txt) to document this change and its testing strategy.
-- Added unit tests to verify the Anthropic client configuration we've added to the header
-- Added utility functions.
- Improved Test Coverage: Added tests for the new CLI flag validation logic.
- Upversion and publish task-master-ai@0.9.28
This commit introduces several significant improvements:
- **Enhanced Unit Testing:** Vastly improved unit tests for the module, covering core functions, edge cases, and error handling. Simplified test functions and comprehensive mocking were implemented for better isolation and reliability. Added new section to tests.mdc detailing reliable testing techniques.
- **CLI Kebab-Case Flag Enforcement:** The CLI now enforces kebab-case for flags, providing helpful error messages when camelCase is used. This improves consistency and user experience.
- **AI Enhancements:**
- Enabled 128k token output for Claude 3.7 Sonnet by adding the header.
- Added a new task to to document this change and its testing strategy.
- Added unit tests to verify the Anthropic client configuration.
- Added and utility functions.
- **Improved Test Coverage:** Added tests for the new CLI flag validation logic.
- Fixed CLI wrapper to convert camelCase options to kebab-case when passing to dev.js
- Added explicit support for --input option in parse-prd command
- Updated commands.mdc to clarify Commander.js camelCase/kebab-case behavior
There was a leftover bug in one of the Claude calls for parse-prd -- this commit ensures that all Claude calls are streaming in case they last more than 10 seconds, which they can in many cases.
Adds a test for parse-prd to ensure functionality is bueno
Stubs in 80+ skipped tests for all of the other functions across modules. Everything is covered, about 50% of the tests are implemented. Use them with npm test. Let's implement them over time.
Adds --research to the update command so you can pull in Perplexity research to update tasks during a pivot
Small improvements
Adds unit tests for generateTaskFiles
Adds and completes task 25 for adding/remove subtasks manually
Fixes handling of kebab-case flags in the global cli
Subtasks for 24,26,27,28 (new tasks focused on adding context to task generation/updates/expands)
- Enhanced the function in ℹ️ Initialized Perplexity client with OpenAI compatibility layer
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│ Task Master CLI │
│ │
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│ Task Generation │
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parse-prd --input=<file.txt> [--tasks=10] Generate tasks from a PRD document
generate Create individual task files from tasks…
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│ Task Management │
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list [--status=<status>] [--with-subtas… List all tasks with their status
set-status --id=<id> --status=<status> Update task status (done, pending, etc.)
update --from=<id> --prompt="<context>" Update tasks based on new requirements
add-task --prompt="<text>" [--dependencies=… Add a new task using AI
add-dependency --id=<id> --depends-on=<id> Add a dependency to a task
remove-dependency --id=<id> --depends-on=<id> Remove a dependency from a task
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│ Task Analysis & Detail │
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analyze-complexity [--research] [--threshold=5] Analyze tasks and generate expansion re…
complexity-report [--file=<path>] Display the complexity analysis report
expand --id=<id> [--num=5] [--research] [… Break down tasks into detailed subtasks
expand --all [--force] [--research] Expand all pending tasks with subtasks
clear-subtasks --id=<id> Remove subtasks from specified tasks
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next Show the next task to work on based on …
show <id> Display detailed information about a sp…
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validate-dependenci… Identify invalid dependencies without f…
fix-dependencies Fix invalid dependencies automatically
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│ Environment Variables │
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ANTHROPIC_API_KEY Your Anthropic API key Required
MODEL Claude model to use Default: claude-3-7-sonn…
MAX_TOKENS Maximum tokens for responses Default: 4000
TEMPERATURE Temperature for model responses Default: 0.7
PERPLEXITY_API_KEY Perplexity API key for research Optional
PERPLEXITY_MODEL Perplexity model to use Default: sonar-pro
DEBUG Enable debug logging Default: false
LOG_LEVEL Console output level (debug,info,warn,error) Default: info
DEFAULT_SUBTASKS Default number of subtasks to generate Default: 3
DEFAULT_PRIORITY Default task priority Default: medium
PROJECT_NAME Project name displayed in UI Default: Task Master
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│ Version: 0.9.24 Project: Task Master │
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╰────────────────────────────────────────────╯
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│ Task Master CLI │
│ │
╰─────────────────────╯
╭───────────────────╮
│ Task Generation │
╰───────────────────╯
parse-prd --input=<file.txt> [--tasks=10] Generate tasks from a PRD document
generate Create individual task files from tasks…
╭───────────────────╮
│ Task Management │
╰───────────────────╯
list [--status=<status>] [--with-subtas… List all tasks with their status
set-status --id=<id> --status=<status> Update task status (done, pending, etc.)
update --from=<id> --prompt="<context>" Update tasks based on new requirements
add-task --prompt="<text>" [--dependencies=… Add a new task using AI
add-dependency --id=<id> --depends-on=<id> Add a dependency to a task
remove-dependency --id=<id> --depends-on=<id> Remove a dependency from a task
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│ Task Analysis & Detail │
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analyze-complexity [--research] [--threshold=5] Analyze tasks and generate expansion re…
complexity-report [--file=<path>] Display the complexity analysis report
expand --id=<id> [--num=5] [--research] [… Break down tasks into detailed subtasks
expand --all [--force] [--research] Expand all pending tasks with subtasks
clear-subtasks --id=<id> Remove subtasks from specified tasks
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│ Task Navigation & Viewing │
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next Show the next task to work on based on …
show <id> Display detailed information about a sp…
╭─────────────────────────╮
│ Dependency Management │
╰─────────────────────────╯
validate-dependenci… Identify invalid dependencies without f…
fix-dependencies Fix invalid dependencies automatically
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│ Environment Variables │
╰─────────────────────────╯
ANTHROPIC_API_KEY Your Anthropic API key Required
MODEL Claude model to use Default: claude-3-7-sonn…
MAX_TOKENS Maximum tokens for responses Default: 4000
TEMPERATURE Temperature for model responses Default: 0.7
PERPLEXITY_API_KEY Perplexity API key for research Optional
PERPLEXITY_MODEL Perplexity model to use Default: sonar-pro
DEBUG Enable debug logging Default: false
LOG_LEVEL Console output level (debug,info,warn,error) Default: info
DEFAULT_SUBTASKS Default number of subtasks to generate Default: 3
DEFAULT_PRIORITY Default task priority Default: medium
PROJECT_NAME Project name displayed in UI Default: Task Master to correctly handle kebab-case flags by:
- Converting camelCase options back to kebab-case for command line arguments.
- Checking the original CLI arguments to determine the format used by the user.
- Preserving the original flag format when passing it to the underlying script.
- Special handling for and flags to ensure they are correctly interpreted.
- Updated boolean flag handling to correctly manage negated options and preserve user-specified formats.
- Marked task 022 as done and updated the status of its sub-tasks in .
- Added tasks 26, 27 and 28 for context improvements related to task generation
This commit ensures that all kebab-case flags are handled consistently across the CLI, improving user experience and command reliability.
This commit introduces a comprehensive set of skipped tests to both and . These skipped tests serve as a blueprint for future test implementation, outlining the necessary test cases for currently untested functionalities.
- Ensures sync with bin/ folder by adding -r/--research to the command
- Fixes an issue that improperly parsed command line args
- Ensures confirmation card on dependency add/remove
- Properly formats some sub-task dependencies
**Potentially addressed issues:**
While primarily focused on adding test coverage, this commit also implicitly addresses potential issues by:
- **Improving error handling coverage:** The addition of skipped tests for error scenarios in functions like , , , and highlights areas where error handling needs to be robustly tested and potentially improved in the codebase.
- **Enhancing dependency validation:** Skipped tests for include validation of dependencies, prompting a review of the dependency validation logic and ensuring its correctness.
- **Standardizing test coverage:** By creating a clear roadmap for testing all functions, this commit contributes to a more standardized and complete test suite, reducing the likelihood of undiscovered bugs in the future.
**task-manager.test.js:**
- Added skipped test blocks for the following functions:
- : Includes tests for handling valid JSON responses, malformed JSON, missing tasks in responses, Perplexity AI research integration, Claude fallback, and parallel task processing.
- : Covers tests for updating tasks based on context, handling Claude streaming, Perplexity AI integration, scenarios with no tasks to update, and error handling during updates.
- : Includes tests for generating task files from , formatting dependencies with status indicators, handling tasks without subtasks, empty task arrays, and dependency validation before file generation.
- : Covers tests for updating task status, subtask status using dot notation, updating multiple tasks, automatic subtask status updates, parent task update suggestions, and handling non-existent task IDs.
- : Includes tests for updating regular and subtask statuses, handling parent tasks without subtasks, and non-existent subtask IDs.
- : Covers tests for displaying all tasks, filtering by status, displaying subtasks, showing completion statistics, identifying the next task, and handling empty task arrays.
- : Includes tests for generating subtasks, using complexity reports for subtask counts, Perplexity AI integration, appending subtasks, skipping completed tasks, and error handling during subtask generation.
- : Covers tests for expanding all pending tasks, sorting by complexity, skipping tasks with existing subtasks (unless forced), using task-specific parameters from complexity reports, handling empty task arrays, and error handling for individual tasks.
- : Includes tests for clearing subtasks from specific and multiple tasks, handling tasks without subtasks, non-existent task IDs, and regenerating task files after clearing subtasks.
- : Covers tests for adding new tasks using AI, handling Claude streaming, validating dependencies, handling malformed AI responses, and using existing task context for generation.
**utils.test.js:**
- Added skipped test blocks for the following functions:
- : Tests for logging messages according to log levels and filtering messages below configured levels.
- : Tests for reading and parsing valid JSON files, handling file not found errors, and invalid JSON formats.
- : Tests for writing JSON data to files and handling file write errors.
- : Tests for escaping double quotes in prompts and handling prompts without special characters.
- : Tests for reading and parsing complexity reports, handling missing report files, and custom report paths.
- : Tests for finding tasks in reports by ID, handling non-existent task IDs, and invalid report structures.
- : Tests for verifying existing task and subtask IDs, handling non-existent IDs, and invalid inputs.
- : Tests for formatting numeric and string task IDs and preserving dot notation for subtasks.
- : Tests for detecting simple and complex cycles in dependency graphs, handling acyclic graphs, and empty dependency maps.
These skipped tests provide a clear roadmap for future test development, ensuring comprehensive coverage for core functionalities in both modules. They document the intended behavior of each function and outline various scenarios, including happy paths, edge cases, and error conditions, thereby improving the overall test strategy and maintainability of the Task Master CLI.
