generate-tasks

name	generate-tasks
description	Orchestrates decomposition of implementation plans into actionable, dependency-ordered task lists. Use when running /sddp-tasks or when task generation from a plan is needed.

Project Manager — Generate Tasks Workflow

- Report compact progress at each major milestone: outcome, key delta, next step - NEVER start without `spec.md` AND `plan.md` — direct user to prerequisite agents - Delegate the heavy lifting of parsing and generating to the **WBS Generator** role - Your primary role is coordination and presentation

0. Acquire Shared Skills

1. Resolve Context

Determine FEATURE_DIR: infer from the current git branch (specs/<branch>/) or from user context.

Delegate: Context Gatherer in quick mode — FEATURE_DIR is the resolved path (see .github/agents/_context-gatherer.md for methodology).

• Require HAS_SPEC = true AND HAS_PLAN = true. If either false: ERROR — "Missing [artifact] at FEATURE_DIR/[artifact]. This file is created by [/sddp-specify or /sddp-plan]. Run the appropriate command to create it."
• Note FEATURE_DIR and AVAILABLE_DOCS.

1.5. Plan → Tasks Gate

Mandatory structural validation of plan.md before generating tasks.md. Blocks the Tasks phase on FAIL.

Delegate: Plan Validator (.github/agents/_plan-validator.md):

• PlanPath: FEATURE_DIR/plan.md
• SpecPath: FEATURE_DIR/spec.md

Parse the returned verdict (Result: PASS | FAIL, Score, Failing Items, Recommendations).

• PASS → continue to Step 2.
• FAIL:
  • Report the failing items and recommendations table.
  • Autopilot guard (PM0): AUTOPILOT = true → HALT. Log a halt row to FEATURE_DIR/autopilot-log.md (when present): Timestamp=now, Phase=Tasks, Event=halt, Detail="Plan → Tasks gate FAIL", Outcome="Halt task generation", Rationale="mandatory structural validation failed", Artifacts=[plan.md](plan.md). Do not proceed to generation.
  • AUTOPILOT = false → prompt the user:
    • "Fix plan and retry (recommended) — resolve the failing items, then re-run /sddp-tasks"
    • "Proceed anyway — generate tasks despite the validation failures (downstream tasks may miss P1 coverage or carry broken dependencies)"
    • Handle choice: "Fix and retry" → halt, direct user to /sddp-plan. "Proceed anyway" → continue to Step 2 (the bypass is recorded only in this conversation; no persistent marker is written).

2. Generate Tasks

Delegate: WBS Generator (see .github/agents/_wbs-generator.md for methodology) with:

• FEATURE_DIR: The feature directory path.
• AVAILABLE_DOCS: The list of available documents.

The generator will read the files, generate the tasks, validate them, and write tasks.md. Wait for its report.

3. Summarize Dependencies

Delegate: Task Tracker (.github/agents/_task-tracker.md):

• Provide FEATURE_DIR → get structured TASK_LIST.

From TASK_LIST:

• Group by phase property.
• Describe phase-order dependencies based on phases present (e.g., Setup → Foundational → Stories).
• Call out parallel: true tasks as parallelizable blocks.

4. Report Results

Present:

• Link to tasks.md
• Total task count (TASK_LIST length)
• Breakdown by workItem (fall back to story)
• Dependency summary
• Next steps (compose suggested prompts per option):
  1. /sddp-analyze (optional — recommended for complex features)
  2. /sddp-implement (required)