claude-tasks

Persistent task memory allows Claude Code to retain project context across sessions by scoping Epics, Stories, and Tasks within a structured hierarchy, ensuring consistent state and auditability without losing workflow context.

Structuring project workflows requires a three-level Epic > Story > Task hierarchy. You instantiate each level with required metadata and workflow states, enforcing validation to maintain consistent task tracking and auditability across sessions.

You retrieve and filter work items by using TaskGet to fetch a single item with its metadata and reviews, or use TaskList to filter and locate work items matching specific approval, review, or status criteria across the project hierarchy.

You can update task fields without losing metadata by enforcing a read-before-write workflow. TaskUpdate modifies fields only after fetching the current state via TaskGet, ensuring consistent task state and auditability throughout the process.

Claude Code task management tracks complex project states by fetching relevant metadata including reviews and blocks via TaskGet. Enforced validation ensures consistent task state across the Epic, Story, and Task hierarchy during updates.

Persistent task memory is needed when tracking work items across sessions without losing context. It enforces required fields and validation for creating, updating, retrieving, and listing tasks to support structured project workflows continuously.