What problem does it solve?
Manually creating task folders, capturing machine and session metadata, linking to project trackers like GitHub or Linear, and setting up consistent artifact storage is tedious and error-prone, leading to lost context and broken cross-session continuity for long-running coding agent workflows.
Core Features & Use Cases
- Tracker-aware slug generation: Automatically creates task folder names based on GitHub issue numbers or Linear ticket IDs, with stable truncation for long titles.
- Standardized folder structure: Generates consistent task directories with status.md, user input storage, and separate scratchpad and deliverable artifact spaces.
- Cross-session context capture: Records machine, coding agent, and session metadata to ensure tasks can be resumed seamlessly across different agent sessions.
- Use Case: A developer working on a 24/7 coding agent can use this skill to instantly set up a new task for a GitHub issue about fixing a login bug, with all required context and structure ready for the agent to begin work.
Quick Start
Use the start-task skill to create a new tracked task folder for the GitHub issue #456 about implementing the password reset flow.