spec-tasks

Productivity

Generate actionable, dependency-ordered tasks.md organized by user story. Use when user says "/spec-tasks", "create tasks", "generate task list" after /spec-plan to prepare for implementation.

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Spec-Tasks

Generate task list organized by user story for implementation.

Prerequisites: plan.md must exist (run /spec-plan first).

Workflow

Setup - Run .specify/scripts/bash/check-prerequisites.sh --json
Load documents - plan.md (required), spec.md, data-model.md, contracts/
Generate tasks - Organized by user story priority
Write tasks.md - Using .specify/templates/tasks-template.md
Report - Task count, parallel opportunities, MVP scope

Task Format

- [ ] [TaskID] [P?] [Story?] Description with file path

Component	Description
`- [ ]`	Checkbox (required)
`[T001]`	Sequential ID
`[P]`	Parallelizable (optional)
`[US1]`	User story label (for story phases)

Examples

- [ ] T001 Create project structure per implementation plan
- [ ] T005 [P] Implement auth middleware in src/middleware/auth.py
- [ ] T012 [P] [US1] Create User model in src/models/user.py

Phase Structure

Phase	Purpose
Phase 1: Setup	Project initialization
Phase 2: Foundational	Blocking prerequisites
Phase 3+: User Stories	One phase per story (P1, P2, P3...)
Final: Polish	Cross-cutting concerns

Task Sources

User Stories (spec.md) - Primary organization
Contracts - Map endpoints to stories
Data Model - Map entities to stories
Infrastructure - Setup/foundational tasks

Parallel Rules

[P] = Different files, no dependencies
Models before services
Services before endpoints
Tests FAIL before implementation (if TDD)

Implementation Strategy

MVP First

Setup → Foundational → User Story 1
Test US1 independently
Deploy/demo

Incremental

Add each story independently
Test and deploy each increment

Next Steps

After /spec-tasks:

/spec-analyze - Check consistency
/spec-implement - Execute tasks