/** * tools/update-task.js * Tool to update a single task by ID with new information */ import { z } from 'zod'; import { handleApiResult, createErrorResponse, withNormalizedProjectRoot } from './utils.js'; import { updateTaskByIdDirect } from '../core/task-master-core.js'; import { findTasksJsonPath } from '../core/utils/path-utils.js'; /** * Register the update-task tool with the MCP server * @param {Object} server - FastMCP server instance */ export function registerUpdateTaskTool(server) { server.addTool({ name: 'update_task', description: 'Updates a single task by ID with new information or context provided in the prompt.', parameters: z.object({ id: z .string() // ID can be number or string like "1.2" .describe( "ID of the task (e.g., '15') to update. Subtasks are supported using the update-subtask tool." ), prompt: z .string() .describe('New information or context to incorporate into the task'), research: z .boolean() .optional() .describe('Use Perplexity AI for research-backed updates'), file: z.string().optional().describe('Absolute path to the tasks file'), projectRoot: z .string() .describe('The directory of the project. Must be an absolute path.') }), execute: withNormalizedProjectRoot(async (args, { log, session }) => { const toolName = 'update_task'; try { log.info( `Executing ${toolName} tool with args: ${JSON.stringify(args)}` ); let tasksJsonPath; try { tasksJsonPath = findTasksJsonPath( { projectRoot: args.projectRoot, file: args.file }, log ); log.info(`${toolName}: Resolved tasks path: ${tasksJsonPath}`); } catch (error) { log.error(`${toolName}: Error finding tasks.json: ${error.message}`); return createErrorResponse( `Failed to find tasks.json: ${error.message}` ); } // 3. Call Direct Function - Include projectRoot const result = await updateTaskByIdDirect( { tasksJsonPath: tasksJsonPath, id: args.id, prompt: args.prompt, research: args.research, projectRoot: args.projectRoot }, log, { session } ); // 4. Handle Result log.info( `${toolName}: Direct function result: success=${result.success}` ); return handleApiResult(result, log, 'Error updating task'); } catch (error) { log.error( `Critical error in ${toolName} tool execute: ${error.message}` ); return createErrorResponse( `Internal tool error (${toolName}): ${error.message}` ); } }) }); }