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description: Generate an actionable, dependency-ordered tasks.md for the feature based on available design artifacts.
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## User Input
```text
$ARGUMENTS
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You **MUST** consider the user input before proceeding (if not empty).
## Outline
1. **Setup**: Run `.specify/scripts/bash/check-prerequisites.sh --json` from repo root and parse FEATURE_DIR and AVAILABLE_DOCS list. All paths must be absolute. For single quotes in args like "I'm Groot", use escape syntax: e.g 'I'\''m Groot' (or double-quote if possible: "I'm Groot").
2. **Load design documents**: Read from FEATURE_DIR:
- **Required**: plan.md (tech stack, libraries, structure), spec.md (user stories with priorities)
- **Optional**: data-model.md (entities), contracts/ (API endpoints), research.md (decisions), quickstart.md (test scenarios)
- Note: Not all projects have all documents. Generate tasks based on what's available.
3. **Execute task generation workflow** (follow the template structure):
- Load plan.md and extract tech stack, libraries, project structure
- **Load spec.md and extract user stories with their priorities (P1, P2, P3, etc.)**
- If data-model.md exists: Extract entities → map to user stories
- If contracts/ exists: Each file → map endpoints to user stories
- If research.md exists: Extract decisions → generate setup tasks
- **Generate tasks ORGANIZED BY USER STORY**:
- Setup tasks (shared infrastructure needed by all stories)
- **Foundational tasks (prerequisites that must complete before ANY user story can start)**
- For each user story (in priority order P1, P2, P3...):
- Group all tasks needed to complete JUST that story
- Include models, services, endpoints, UI components specific to that story
- Mark which tasks are [P] parallelizable
- If tests requested: Include tests specific to that story
- Polish/Integration tasks (cross-cutting concerns)
- **Tests are OPTIONAL**: Only generate test tasks if explicitly requested in the feature spec or user asks for TDD approach
- Apply task rules:
- Different files = mark [P] for parallel
- Same file = sequential (no [P])
- If tests requested: Tests before implementation (TDD order)
- Number tasks sequentially (T001, T002...)
- Generate dependency graph showing user story completion order
- Create parallel execution examples per user story
- Validate task completeness (each user story has all needed tasks, independently testable)
4. **Generate tasks.md**: Use `.specify.specify/templates/tasks-template.md` as structure, fill with:
- Correct feature name from plan.md
- Phase 1: Setup tasks (project initialization)
- Phase 2: Foundational tasks (blocking prerequisites for all user stories)
- Phase 3+: One phase per user story (in priority order from spec.md)
- Each phase includes: story goal, independent test criteria, tests (if requested), implementation tasks
- Clear [Story] labels (US1, US2, US3...) for each task
- [P] markers for parallelizable tasks within each story
- Checkpoint markers after each story phase
- Final Phase: Polish & cross-cutting concerns
- Numbered tasks (T001, T002...) in execution order
- Clear file paths for each task
- Dependencies section showing story completion order
- Parallel execution examples per story
- Implementation strategy section (MVP first, incremental delivery)
5. **Report**: Output path to generated tasks.md and summary:
- Total task count
- Task count per user story
- Parallel opportunities identified
- Independent test criteria for each story
- Suggested MVP scope (typically just User Story 1)
Context for task generation: $ARGUMENTS
The tasks.md should be immediately executable - each task must be specific enough that an LLM can complete it without additional context.
## Task Generation Rules
**IMPORTANT**: Tests are optional. Only generate test tasks if the user explicitly requested testing or TDD approach in the feature specification.
**CRITICAL**: Tasks MUST be organized by user story to enable independent implementation and testing.
1. **From User Stories (spec.md)** - PRIMARY ORGANIZATION:
- Each user story (P1, P2, P3...) gets its own phase
- Map all related components to their story:
- Models needed for that story
- Services needed for that story
- Endpoints/UI needed for that story
- If tests requested: Tests specific to that story
- Mark story dependencies (most stories should be independent)
2. **From Contracts**:
- Map each contract/endpoint → to the user story it serves
- If tests requested: Each contract → contract test task [P] before implementation in that story's phase
3. **From Data Model**:
- Map each entity → to the user story(ies) that need it
- If entity serves multiple stories: Put in earliest story or Setup phase
- Relationships → service layer tasks in appropriate story phase
4. **From Setup/Infrastructure**:
- Shared infrastructure → Setup phase (Phase 1)
- Foundational/blocking tasks → Foundational phase (Phase 2)
- Examples: Database schema setup, authentication framework, core libraries, base configurations
- These MUST complete before any user story can be implemented
- Story-specific setup → within that story's phase
5. **Ordering**:
- Phase 1: Setup (project initialization)
- Phase 2: Foundational (blocking prerequisites - must complete before user stories)
- Phase 3+: User Stories in priority order (P1, P2, P3...)
- Within each story: Tests (if requested) → Models → Services → Endpoints → Integration
- Final Phase: Polish & Cross-Cutting Concerns
- Each user story phase should be a complete, independently testable increment