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Start the Cotask Dashboard and show the link for the user to open
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Task management conventions for TASKS.md files. Use this skill whenever you are about to create, edit, update, or modify tasks in a TASKS.md file — including marking task status, adding new tasks, writing acceptance criteria, or restructuring sections. Also trigger when the user mentions TASKS.md, asks to add a todo, track progress, or manage task status. Even if you're just marking a single task as done, consult this skill first.
Create a new task or section in TASKS.md. Use this whenever the user wants to add, plan, or track work — even if they don't say "task" explicitly. Trigger on "add a task", "new task", "track this", "we should", "let's plan", "add a section", "create section", "I need to", "todo", "can you add", "put this on the board", or when the user describes future work that isn't in TASKS.md yet. Also use when creating a TASKS.md from scratch for a new project. When in doubt, use it — untracked work is invisible work.
Start working on a task — marks it ongoing in TASKS.md and begins execution. Use this whenever starting a task, beginning work, picking up a task, or when the user says "start", "work on", "do", "let's do", "begin", or references a task by slug. Also use when the user asks to "start task X" or just drops a task slug like "#fix-auth". Trigger on "/starting-task" too. If in doubt whether to use this, use it — it's the right entry point for any task execution.
| name | dashboard |
| description | Start the Cotask Dashboard and show the link for the user to open |
| allowed-tools | ["Bash"] |
Start the Cotask Dashboard server and show the link for the user to open.
curl -s http://localhost:3847/api/health
SERVER_DIR="${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/server"
cd "${SERVER_DIR}" && nohup node server.js > /tmp/task-dashboard.log 2>&1 &
Wait up to 6 seconds for the server to become ready:
for i in $(seq 1 30); do
curl -s http://localhost:3847/api/health >/dev/null 2>&1 && break
sleep 0.2
done
Tell the user the dashboard is ready and display the link:
http://localhost:3847 as a clickable link for the user to openopen or xdg-open — let the user click the link themselves