task-manager

name	task-manager
description	Task lifecycle management — creating, completing, querying, and maintaining GitHub Issues as MEA tasks.
type	skill
aidlc_phases	["build"]
tags	["github","issues","tasks","completion","fuzzy-match"]
requires	[]

Task Manager Skill

Purpose

Guides execution of all task lifecycle operations: manual creation, completion, querying, and GitHub Issue management.

Manual Task Creation (/add-task)

1. Parse the user's natural language description
2. Simple path (no dates, people, or special keywords): skip LLM, create directly
   • Tags: source/manual + any obvious domain hints from keywords
3. Complex path (dates, people, waiting-on language): use Haiku
   • Prompt: extract { description, dueDate, domain, people, isWaitingOn }
   • Map people to person/ tags if they're in the config's known persons
   • Add status/waiting-on if waiting-on language detected
   • Add time/has-due-date if a due date was extracted
4. Call lib/github-adapter.ts createIssue()
5. Confirm to user: "Created issue #42: [title]"

Issue body format for manual tasks

[task description]

---
**Source:** manual
**Created via:** /add-task
**Due:** [date if extracted]

Task Completion (/done)

1. Fetch open issues via lib/github-adapter.ts listIssues({ state: "open" })
2. Run lib/fuzzy-match.ts matchIssue(query, issues)
3. Handle result:
   • exact: close immediately, confirm to user
   • ambiguous: show numbered list ("Which one? (1/2/3/none)")
   • none: show 5 most recent open issues, ask if any match

Closing

• Call lib/github-adapter.ts closeIssue(issueNumber)
• Report: "Closed #42: [title] ✓"
• Note: recurring task renewal is Phase 2

Issue Label Management

When creating issues, always call ensureLabelsExist(labels) before createIssue(). This creates any missing labels in the GitHub repo with dimension-based colors. It's idempotent — safe to call every time.

Label color convention

Dimension prefix	Color
domain/	Blue #0075ca
source/	Yellow #e4e669
type/	Orange #d93f0b
urgency/	Red #b60205
time/	Green #0e8a16
person/	Purple #5319e7
status/	Pink #f9d0c4
mailbox/	Light green #c2e0c6

References

• GitHub adapter interface
• Recurring tasks lifecycle (Phase 2)
• Deduplication
• Tag system