TaskBridge

Claude plans. OpenCode builds. Dispatch real coding work from Claude to headless OpenCode agents via a durable SQLite queue.

Claude submits tasks over MCP. An auto-worker picks them up in ~60 s, runs opencode run in an isolated worktree, and returns a structured summary, git-aware diff, logs, and usage for Claude to read. Works from Claude Desktop (stdio), any MCP client over HTTP, and in reverse — OpenCode can drive Claude too.

Why this exists

Claude is a powerful planner that can't touch your filesystem. OpenCode runs code locally but lives outside Claude's context. The bridge closes the loop:

• Claude stays the interface — breaks work down, delegates, and reads results.

• OpenCode does the execution — edits, tests, shell, headlessly and reproducibly.

• SQLite is the durable handoff — survives restarts, supports retries, priorities, dependencies, and two-way questions.

Related MCP server: opencode-mcp

Features

• 17 MCP tools for Claude — submit_task, submit_batch (up to 20), get_task / get_task_result, get_task_logs (live tail), wait_for, answer_task, list_tasks, queue_status / worker_heartbeat, restart_worker (recover a dead/stale worker through launchd, from the MCP server itself), add_task_note, cancel_task / clear_finished, list_models / set_default_model, ping. No polling loops, full observability.

• Headless auto-worker (worker.py) — launchd polls every 60 s, claims oldest-first by priority, streams output to task_logs/<id>.log, returns structured {summary, files_touched, tests_run, open_questions} plus a git-aware diff.

• Two-way questions — worker can pause with a question block → task goes waiting + macOS banner → Claude answers via answer_task → run resumes with the answer in context.

• Worktree isolation — per-task branch + git worktree, auto-committed on success, cleaned up unless worktree_keep.

• Honest permissions — readonly reverts writes and reports reverted files; no-network / no-shell are prompt-level and explicitly labeled.

• Reverse bridge (claude_control_mcp.py) — 6 tools for OpenCode to drive Claude: claude_ask (sync), claude_submit / claude_poll / claude_result / claude_cancel (background), claude_status. Uses Anthropic API if ANTHROPIC_API_KEY is set, else claude -p.

• Public-URL mode (install.sh / start_public.sh) — one command to expose MCP through a temporary Cloudflare quick tunnel (default, no account needed) or ngrok, with automatic MCP_ALLOWED_HOSTS pairing. The installer asks which tunnel to use.

• Live dispatch board (bridge_dashboard.html) — served at GET / on the same host. Tally counts, per-task live logs, reverse jobs, engine tail, and a scrolling feed of fresh output. The Model button sets the worker default model (persisted to worker_config.json) without touching the CLI. Polls /api/*; MCP stays at /mcp.

• Caller detection — submit_task/submit_batch stamp the true caller from the MCP handshake clientInfo, so Claude and ChatGPT dockets stay separate. origin can be overridden explicitly.

• Production reliability — per-attempt timeouts, 15-min stale-running reaper with pid-reuse guard, single-instance flock, heartbeat file, macOS banners (WORKER_NOTIFY=0 to silence).

Quickstart

Prerequisites: Python 3.12 and opencode CLI on PATH. Public access needs no account by default — the installer offers a temporary Cloudflare quick tunnel; a free ngrok account is only needed if you pick ngrok (reserved domain / existing Authtoken).

One command — install, tunnel, serve, print your connector box:

git clone https://github.com/Parithosh-Varma/TaskBridge.git
cd TaskBridge
./install.sh

install.sh first asks which tunnel to use — Cloudflare quick tunnel (default, no account, random trycloudflare.com URL) or ngrok (prompts for your Authtoken; fixed domain from .ngrok-domain when present). Skip the prompt with --tunnel cloudflare / --tunnel ngrok. It then installs dependencies into .venv, generates or reuses the bearer token in .bridge-token, opens the tunnel, pairs MCP_ALLOWED_HOSTS, prints the public URL + token box, and serves MCP in the foreground. Ctrl+C stops the server; the tunnel stays up for the next run. Rotate the token with ./install.sh --rotate.

Manual setup (stdio / local dev):

git clone https://github.com/Parithosh-Varma/TaskBridge.git
cd TaskBridge
python3.12 -m venv .venv
./.venv/bin/pip install -r requirements.txt

Run the MCP server (stdio — Claude Desktop spawns this):

./.venv/bin/python opencode_bridge_mcp.py

Or serve HTTP locally:

./.venv/bin/python opencode_bridge_mcp.py --transport streamable-http --port 8000
# → http://127.0.0.1:8000/mcp

Wire into Claude Desktop — merge claude_desktop_config.snippet.json into ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json under mcpServers (replace <REPO_PATH> with your checkout path), then restart Claude Desktop. Verify: ask Claude to list MCP tools — you should see submit_task, get_task, list_tasks under taskbridge.

Authentication (HTTP mode)

install.sh generates the bearer token and serves the public endpoint:

./install.sh            # reuse or generate .bridge-token, tunnel + serve
./install.sh --rotate   # regenerate the bearer token first

Token is loaded from .bridge-token file or BRIDGE_AUTH_TOKEN env var. install.sh and start_public.sh (the background / Cloudflare-tunnel variant) both pick it up automatically.

Public URL access requires:

Authorization: Bearer <your-token>

• /health is open (monitoring)

• / dashboard prompts for token (stored in sessionStorage)

• /api/* and /mcp require Bearer token

• stdio transport (Claude Desktop) is local-only, no token needed

To rotate token: ./install.sh --rotate

Run one worker pass manually:

./.venv/bin/python worker.py

Or schedule it every 60s with launchd (macOS):

./launchd/install_worker_agent.sh     # install/update the user LaunchAgent, then start

That installs ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.taskbridge.worker.plist (a user agent — no sudo) from launchd/com.taskbridge.worker.plist.template, with paths for this checkout. See launchd/README.md for label verification, update/uninstall, and the restart_worker contract.

Usage

From Claude:

1. submit_task(title="Add retry tests", instructions="Steps..., paths..., acceptance criteria...", working_dir="/path/to/target-repo") → returns id

2. wait_for(task_ids=["<id>"], timeout_sec=120) — blocks instead of polling

3. get_task_result(task_id="<id>") → result, structured, usage, diff

Batch + follow-ups:

• submit_batch(tasks=[...]) — up to 20 tasks with per-item model, depends_on, priority, timeout_sec, max_retries / retry_model, tags, idempotency_key, permission, worktree_*

• get_task_logs(task_id="...", since_offset=0) — tail live output

• answer_task(task_id="...", answer="...") — answer a waiting task's question

• queue_status() / worker_heartbeat() — queue counts + daemon liveness

• restart_worker(force=false, timeout_sec=90) — recover the worker through launchd when it is offline/stale (or force=true to restart a healthy one deliberately); returns a verified result with previous_status, restart_method, heartbeat before/after and next_steps on failure

• list_models(search="") / set_default_model(model="opencode/deepseek-v4.1-flash-free") — change the worker-wide default model (validated against opencode models, saved to worker_config.json). The dashboard's Model button is the same picker: it calls GET /api/models + POST /api/model behind the bearer token.

From OpenCode (manual worker loop):

./.venv/bin/python tasks_cli.py pending
./.venv/bin/python tasks_cli.py show <id>
./.venv/bin/python tasks_cli.py claim <id>
# ... do the work (edits, shell, tests) ...
./.venv/bin/python tasks_cli.py complete <id> --result "..."
./.venv/bin/python tasks_cli.py fail <id> --error "..."

Reverse (OpenCode → Claude) via claude_control_mcp.py (registered as an OpenCode MCP server): claude_ask for one-shot answers, claude_submit + claude_poll / claude_result for background jobs.

How it works

flowchart LR
  Claude -- MCP stdio/HTTP --> Bridge[opencode_bridge_mcp.py]
  Bridge -- read/write --> DB[(tasks.db - SQLite)]
  CLI[tasks_cli.py] -- claim/complete --> DB
  Worker[worker.py - launchd 60s] -- polls DB, runs opencode run --> Target[working_dir / worktree]
  Worker -- streams logs --> Logs[task_logs/ID.log]
  Worker -- result/structured/usage --> DB
  Claude -- get_task_result / wait_for --> Bridge
  Bridge -- restart_worker --> Supervisor[worker_supervisor.py] -- launchctl --> Worker
  OpenCode -- claude_ask/submit --> Reverse[claude_control_mcp.py]
  Reverse --> ClaudeCLI[claude -p / Anthropic API]

Key components:

Configuration

start_public.sh: uses .ngrok-domain if present (fixed domain), else Cloudflare quick tunnel. It re-pairs MCP_ALLOWED_HOSTS automatically — rerun it whenever the URL changes. If .bridge-token exists, BRIDGE_AUTH_TOKEN is loaded automatically. install.sh is the interactive equivalent — it asks which tunnel to use (Cloudflare quick tunnel by default, ngrok optional), installs cloudflared/ngrok as needed, and serves MCP in the foreground. Set TASKBRIDGE_TUNNEL=cloudflare|ngrok to answer that prompt non-interactively.

Project structure

.
├── opencode_bridge_mcp.py          # MCP server (Claude → queue)
├── task_store.py                   # SQLite queue logic
├── tasks_cli.py                    # Manual worker CLI (+ restart-worker)
├── worker.py                       # Auto-worker (launchd, 60s)
├── worker_supervisor.py            # restart_worker engine: launchd control, cooldown, verify
├── claude_control_mcp.py           # Reverse bridge (OpenCode → Claude)
├── install.sh                      # One-command installer: deps, token, tunnel, serve
├── start_public.sh                 # Public tunnel + server launcher (background)
├── launchd/                        # Worker LaunchAgent template + install/uninstall docs
├── tests/                          # pytest suite (supervisor, MCP tool surface, launchd E2E)
├── claude_desktop_config.snippet.json
├── claude-clean.settings.json
├── requirements.txt                # mcp>=1.0,<2
├── requirements-dev.txt            # pytest (tests only)
└── .gitignore                      # excludes .venv/, tasks.db, logs, task_logs/, claude_jobs/, worktrees/

Runtime state (never committed): tasks.db, task_logs/, claude_jobs/, worktrees/, *.log, heartbeat.json, .worker.lock, .restart_state.json.

Troubleshooting / FAQ

• 421 behind tunnel: MCP_ALLOWED_HOSTS must exactly match the tunnel host. Run ./install.sh or ./start_public.sh — they set this automatically.

• Tunnel URL changed (Cloudflare): quick-tunnel hostnames rotate every restart. Rerun ./install.sh (or ./start_public.sh), or reserve an ngrok fixed domain via .ngrok-domain.

• Worker looks stuck: check ./.venv/bin/python tasks_cli.py heartbeat and task_logs/<id>.log. Stale running tasks are reaped after 15 min (per-task timeout_sec + slack honored).

• Worker offline / heartbeat stale: call MCP restart_worker() — it restarts through launchd from the MCP server process (which does not depend on the worker), waits for a verified fresh heartbeat, and explains itself (outcome, next_steps). Same engine from a terminal: ./.venv/bin/python tasks_cli.py restart-worker [--force]. Full runbook: launchd/README.md.

• restart_worker says service_missing: no LaunchAgent is installed for this checkout — run ./launchd/install_worker_agent.sh, then retry.

• restart_worker says restart_timeout: launchctl started the job but no heartbeat appeared. launchctl print "gui/$(id -u)/com.taskbridge.worker" | grep -E 'state|last exit' — last exit code 78 (EX_CONFIG) means launchd could not run the configured program (wrong paths in the plist, missing .venv); otherwise read the tail of worker.launchd.log / worker.log.

• Double-run after kill: every attempt spawns opencode run [--standalone] --title br-<id>-a<n> (per-attempt argv marker, ps-visible). Optional flags such as --standalone are probed from the binary's own run --help (-h fallback) once per install and only passed when advertised; if a build still rejects the command (help dump, nonzero exit), the worker retries once without them. Unreadable or older/newer variants just run without the extras — no version tables; the reaper then relies on the pid-tree/argv walk alone. The reaper kills the orphaned CLI child plus its ppid tree (loop-until-empty, hard-capped so a matching bug can't mass-kill); a per-pass sweep catches tagged strays of non-running tasks. Reaper deadline is per-task (max(900s, timeout_sec + 120s)). macOS gives no session/env signal (ps sess= is 0 everywhere, ps -E shows no env), so ppid walk + argv marker are the whole toolkit — reparented-to-1/setsid grandchildren are the known residual. NOTE: never pass --session to the CLI: it makes free-tier models refuse to run.

• No banners: macOS only. Set WORKER_NOTIFY=0 to silence intentionally; full output is always in tasks.db + worker.log.

• Reverse bridge fails fast (~1s): run claude login once or set ANTHROPIC_API_KEY.

• opencode not found: put it on PATH or set OPENCODE_BIN=/path/to/opencode.

Limitations

• Token counts aren't exposed by the opencode CLI — usage reports model, latency, attempts, and sandbox status, not tokens.

• no-network / no-shell are prompt-level restrictions, not OS-enforced sandboxes (documented in worker.py).

• Desktop banners and launchd scheduling are macOS-specific; Linux needs its own scheduler (systemd/cron) + worker.py still runs manually. restart_worker is likewise macOS/launchd-only — on a host without launchd it returns supervisor_unavailable with manual instructions instead of pretending.

• Long tasks (up to 1800s timeout_sec) are supported, but the 60s launchd cadence means pickup latency averages ~30s.

• restart_worker cannot recover from a broken plist either: if the configured program can't run, the result is restart_timeout with the launchd diagnostics you need. Queued tasks are untouched either way.

Verified

• task_store submit → claim → complete round-trip: OK

• MCP submit_task / get_task / list_tasks via call_tool: OK

• CLI pending / show / claim / complete: OK

• submit_task → auto-picked-up in ~60s → get_task_result with zero manual steps: OK

• restart_worker registered + schema (force boolean default false, timeout_sec integer) via MCP tool discovery: OK

• restart_worker unit suite (skip/offline/stale/force, missing service, permission denied, launchctl failure, timeout, concurrency, cooldown, queue preservation, label discovery) with a faked launchctl: OK

• restart_worker against real launchd with a disposable probe LaunchAgent: offline → fresh heartbeat, stale → kickstart -k replaces the process, healthy + force=false → skipped, pending task byte-identical after recovery: OK (TASKBRIDGE_RUN_LAUNCHD_E2E=1)

License

Apache-2.0 — see LICENSE. Fork it, self-host it, build on it.