task-management

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.

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