tasque

Local-first task tracker for coding agents.

• JSONL source of truth
• Repo-local storage in .tasque/
• No DB/service
• Durable restart + replay

Quickstart

cargo run -- init --no-wizard
cargo run -- create "First task" --kind task -p 1
cargo run -- list
cargo run -- ready --json

Version

cargo run -- --version

Build

cargo build --release

Binary output:

• Linux/macOS: target/release/tsq
• Windows: target/release/tsq.exe

Test + Lint + Format

cargo fmt --check
cargo clippy --all-targets --all-features -- -D warnings
cargo test --quiet

CI

GitHub Actions CI (.github/workflows/ci.yml) runs:

1. cargo fmt --check
2. cargo clippy --all-targets --all-features -- -D warnings
3. cargo test --quiet

All steps must pass before merging.

Release Workflows

• Release Please (.github/workflows/release-please.yml)
  • Runs Rust quality checks
  • Opens/updates release PRs using Rust release type
• Release From Cargo (.github/workflows/release-from-package.yml)
  • Manual release creation from Cargo.toml version
  • Optional version input must match Cargo version
• Release (.github/workflows/release.yml)
  • On published GitHub release, builds matrix binaries (Linux/macOS/Windows)
  • Uploads release artifacts + checksums

Storage Layout

Repo-local .tasque/:

• events.jsonl: canonical append-only event log
• state.json: derived projection cache (rebuildable, gitignored)
• snapshots/: periodic checkpoints (gitignored by default)
• specs/<task-id>/spec.md: canonical markdown specs attached to tasks
• config.json: config (snapshot_every default 200)
• .lock: ephemeral write lock
• .gitignore: local-only artifacts (state.json, .lock, snapshots/, temp files)

Recommended commit policy:

• Commit .tasque/events.jsonl and .tasque/config.json
• Do not commit .tasque/state.json

Command List

Global options:

• --json: JSON envelope output
• --exact-id: disable partial ID resolution

Commands:

• tsq init
• tsq init --install-skill|--uninstall-skill [--skill-targets ...]
• tsq create [<title>] [--child <title> ...] [--kind ...] [-p ...] [--parent <id>] [--external-ref <ref>] [--discovered-from <id>] [--planning <needs_planning|planned>] [--needs-planning] [--ensure] [--id <tsq-xxxxxxxx>] [--body-file <path|->]
• tsq show <id>
• tsq list [--status ...] [--assignee ...] [--external-ref <ref>] [--discovered-from <id>] [--kind ...] [--planning <needs_planning|planned>] [--dep-type <blocks|starts_after>] [--dep-direction <in|out|any>] [--tree]
• tsq ready [--lane <planning|coding>]
• tsq watch [--once] [--interval <seconds>] [--status <csv>] [--assignee <name>] [--tree]
• tsq stale [--days <n>] [--status <status>] [--assignee <name>] [--limit <n>]
• tsq doctor
• tsq update <id> [--title ...] [--status ...] [--priority ...] [--external-ref <ref>] [--clear-external-ref] [--discovered-from <id>] [--clear-discovered-from] [--planning <needs_planning|planned>]
• tsq update <id> --claim [--assignee <a>] [--require-spec]
• tsq orphans
• tsq spec attach <id> [source] [--file <path> | --stdin | --text <markdown>]
• tsq spec check <id>
• tsq dep add <child> <blocker> [--type <blocks|starts_after>]
• tsq dep tree <id> [--direction <up|down|both>] [--depth <n>]
• tsq dep remove <child> <blocker> [--type <blocks|starts_after>]
• tsq link add <src> <dst> --type <relates_to|replies_to|duplicates|supersedes>
• tsq link remove <src> <dst> --type <relates_to|replies_to|duplicates|supersedes>
• tsq duplicate <id> --of <canonical-id> [--reason <text>]
• tsq duplicates [--limit <n>]
• tsq merge <source-id...> --into <target-id> [--reason <text>] [--force] [--dry-run]
• tsq supersede <old-id> --with <new-id> [--reason <text>]
• tsq note add <id> <text>
• tsq note list <id>
• tsq label add <id> <label>
• tsq label remove <id> <label>
• tsq label list
• tsq history <id> [--limit <n>] [--type <event-type>] [--actor <name>] [--since <iso>]