speckit-tasks

To convert spec.md and plan.md into an actionable project task list, you can use an automated generator to parse design artifacts and extract tech stacks, user stories, and constraints. This produces a structured tasks.md document defining phases, dependencies, and MVP scope for immediate implementation.

Generating phase-based tasks with dependencies from software design artifacts involves parsing your project specifications to identify foundational setup, per-story requirements, and polish phases. The process outputs a checklist-style tasks document complete with a dependency graph and parallel-execution hints to guide testing.

Yes, you can automate parallel execution hints for user stories extracted from a spec.md file by processing the design artifacts through a task generator. It analyzes feature scopes and constraints to produce a dependency graph, identifying which tasks can run concurrently during implementation.

Yes, you need both plan.md and spec.md files to generate a structured MVP tasks document. The generator loads both artifacts to extract the necessary feature scope, tech stack, user stories, priorities, and constraints required to define accurate implementation phases and dependencies.

A dependency graph improves software project management by mapping task relationships extracted from specifications. It enables the generation of parallel-execution hints, ensuring foundational setup and per-story tasks are executed in the correct sequence to streamline implementation and testing.

You should not use an automated tasks generator if your software engineering project lacks formal design artifacts like spec.md or plan.md. Without documented user stories, tech stacks, and constraints, the tool cannot accurately extract feature scope or generate a structured dependency graph.