| name | expand-tasks |
| description | Expand all TaskMaster tasks with deep research before coding begins. Reads tasks.json, launches parallel research agents per task in waves using the research-expander agent. Writes findings back to tasks.json. Part of the prd-taskmaster toolkit. Use after PRD is parsed and before implementation. Invoke with /expand-tasks. |
| user-invocable | true |
| allowed-tools | ["Read","Write","Edit","Bash","Task","Skill","Glob","Grep","AskUserQuestion","ToolSearch","mcp__atlas-engine","mcp__plugin_prd_go","mcp__plugin_prd-taskmaster_go","mcp__plugin_atlas-go_go"] |
Expand Tasks with Research v1.0
Expands TaskMaster tasks with research before coding begins.
Deterministic operations handled by script.py; AI handles judgment.
Script location: skills/expand-tasks/script.py (relative to plugin root)
Part of: prd-taskmaster plugin
Depends on: research-expander agent (parallel research worker), any research
provider configured via task-master models --set-research or registered as an
MCP research tool.
When to Use
Activate when user says: expand tasks, research tasks, research before coding for all, expand subtasks.
Do NOT activate for: single task research (use /research-before-coding), PRD generation (use /prd:go).
Native-parallel first (token economy)
Before launching agent waves, check the cheaper path: the native engine expands tasks
in parallel for free. Prefer — backend op expand (native api) —
or the MCP tool: it runs structured across pending tasks
concurrently (inheriting the engine's ThreadPoolExecutor) on economy-tier models /
keyless host CLIs and merges atomically.
Use THIS skill's agent waves when: no provider/CLI is available, native expand reports
failures for specific tasks (rerun just those here), or the research must be repo-grounded
(agents can read the codebase; native expand cannot).
