/** * tools/update-subtask.js * Tool to append additional information to a specific subtask */ import { z } from 'zod'; import { handleApiResult, createErrorResponse, withNormalizedProjectRoot } from './utils.js'; import { updateSubtaskByIdDirect } from '../core/task-master-core.js'; import { findTasksPath } from '../core/utils/path-utils.js'; import { resolveTag } from '../../../scripts/modules/utils.js'; /** * Register the update-subtask tool with the MCP server * @param {Object} server - FastMCP server instance */ export function registerUpdateSubtaskTool(server) { server.addTool({ name: 'update_subtask', description: 'Appends timestamped information to a specific subtask without replacing existing content. If you just want to update the subtask status, use set_task_status instead.', parameters: z.object({ id: z .string() .describe( 'ID of the subtask to update in format "parentId.subtaskId" (e.g., "5.2"). Parent ID is the ID of the task that contains the subtask.' ), prompt: z.string().describe('Information to add to the subtask'), 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.'), tag: z.string().optional().describe('Tag context to operate on') }), execute: withNormalizedProjectRoot(async (args, { log, session }) => { const toolName = 'update_subtask'; try { const resolvedTag = resolveTag({ projectRoot: args.projectRoot, tag: args.tag }); log.info(`Updating subtask with args: ${JSON.stringify(args)}`); let tasksJsonPath; try { tasksJsonPath = findTasksPath( { projectRoot: args.projectRoot, file: args.file }, log ); } catch (error) { log.error(`${toolName}: Error finding tasks.json: ${error.message}`); return createErrorResponse( `Failed to find tasks.json: ${error.message}` ); } const result = await updateSubtaskByIdDirect( { tasksJsonPath: tasksJsonPath, id: args.id, prompt: args.prompt, research: args.research, projectRoot: args.projectRoot, tag: resolvedTag }, log, { session } ); if (result.success) { log.info(`Successfully updated subtask with ID ${args.id}`); } else { log.error( `Failed to update subtask: ${result.error?.message || 'Unknown error'}` ); } return handleApiResult( result, log, 'Error updating subtask', undefined, args.projectRoot ); } catch (error) { log.error( `Critical error in ${toolName} tool execute: ${error.message}` ); return createErrorResponse( `Internal tool error (${toolName}): ${error.message}` ); } }) }); }