| name | task-management |
| description | Manages tasks in Mandio. Use when creating, updating, or querying tasks, goals, projects, or brain dump entries. Applies when the user mentions tasks, priorities, to-dos, planning, or asks about what needs to be done.
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Task Management in Mandio
Data is stored in $MANDIO_DATA_DIR/workspaces/<id>/ (defaults to ~/.mandio/workspaces/<id>/). The daemon SOP injects correct file paths at runtime.
Quick Reference
- AI Context:
ai-context.md (read this FIRST for a snapshot)
- Tasks:
tasks.json
- Goals:
goals.json
- Initiatives:
initiatives.json
- Brain Dump:
brain-dump.json
Creating a Task
Required fields: id, title, description, importance, urgency, kanban, assignedTo
{
"id": "task_{Date.now()}",
"title": "Action-oriented title",
"description": "What needs to be done",
"importance": "important",
"urgency": "urgent",
"kanban": "not-started",
"projectId": "proj_001",
"milestoneId": "mile_001",
"assignedTo": "developer",
"tags": ["tag1"],
"notes": "",
"createdAt": "ISO-8601",
"updatedAt": "ISO-8601",
"completedAt": null
}
Updating a Task
- Always update
updatedAt to current ISO timestamp
- When kanban becomes
"done": set completedAt to current ISO timestamp
- When kanban changes from
"done": set completedAt to null
Agent Assignment Rules
- Code/implementation tasks →
"developer"
- Research/analysis tasks →
"researcher"
- Marketing/content tasks →
"marketer"
- Strategy/planning tasks →
"business-analyst"
- Decisions/approvals →
"me"
After Any Data Modification
Run pnpm gen:context in `` to regenerate ai-context.md
