speckit-tasks

Generating dependency-ordered build tasks from user stories requires transforming plan.md and spec.md design artifacts into a phased tasks.md checklist. This process extracts story data, maps data models, and validates checklist conformity to produce immediately implementable, independently testable work items.

Converting a spec.md file into an actionable checklist format involves parsing user stories and organizing them into priority phases (P1, P2, P3). The resulting tasks.md applies dependency graphing to indicate what must be completed first for each story, ensuring incremental MVP delivery.

Structuring project scaffolding tasks for incremental MVP delivery is best achieved by applying a dependency graph to user stories. This produces parallel execution guidance and a phased checklist, emphasizing the earliest story first to ensure tasks are immediately implementable without extra context.

You do not strictly need an extensions.yml file to generate tasks.md, but parsing optional hooks from .specify/extensions.yml enhances the process. The core requirement is extracting plan and spec data to validate checklist conformity and produce parallel execution guidance.

You can use existing data models and contracts when generating a dependency graph. The task generation process optionally maps data models and contracts to user stories, ensuring the resulting phased checklist accurately reflects structural dependencies for parallel execution.

User stories may not be independently testable in tasks.md if checklist conformity validation fails or dependency mapping is incomplete. The generation process must accurately parse plan.md and spec.md data to ensure each phased task is immediately implementable and isolated for testing.