speckit-tasks

To generate actionable tasks from software design artifacts, you parse design files like plan.md and spec.md to produce a dependency-ordered tasks.md file. This organizes concrete, checklisted execution steps directly from your project specifications.

A dependency-ordered task list for user stories organizes implementation steps into setup, foundational, and story phases. It provides a dependency graph and parallel execution guidance to ensure efficient software delivery straight from design artifacts.

You create a tasks.md file from a spec-kit directory by running a task generator that reads your predefined templates and design artifacts. It outputs checklisted tasks grouped by user stories and ready for immediate execution.

Yes, you need a .specify directory with predefined templates and existing design artifacts like data-model.md and contracts/ to generate a dependency graph. The task generation applies specifically to projects following the spec-kit structure.

The best way to organize implementation tasks by user stories is to parse design artifacts and structure the output into setup, foundational, and story phases. This approach yields a dependency-ordered tasks.md file with parallel execution guidance.

Yes, you can use spec-kit task planning without a research.md file, as the task generator processes it when available. It primarily relies on plan.md, spec.md, and data-model.md to produce the dependency-ordered task list.