Groove Utilities Task Create

groove-utilities-task-create

Outcome

A task is created in the configured backend with a title, type, status, optional parent, and (for non-trivial tasks) a rich body. The task ID is returned for reference. This command is the single source of truth for how tasks are created — other skills (work compound, daily, etc.) that need to create tasks must follow this spec and call this skill rather than defining their own creation rules.

Acceptance Criteria

• Task exists in backend with all required fields populated
• Task ID is shown to user after creation
• Non-trivial tasks (feature work, bugs, plans, stage tasks) have a rich body — never create with an empty body when the task represents real work or a stage
• Parent is set when context suggests one (e.g. stage task under a daily or work epic)

Constraints

• Read tasks.backend from .groove/index.md to determine backend
• If tasks.backend: none, no-op with friendly message
• If title not provided in arguments, ask user for title and type before proceeding
• Infer parent from current context (open tasks, recent work) and confirm with user if ambiguous
• Default status is in-progress (not todo) — tasks are created when work is being done
• Do not auto-mark any task as completed during creation
• Backend mappings:
• beans: beans create "<title>" -t <type> --parent <id> -s in-progress; body via beans update <id> -d "<body>" or by editing the task file under .groove/tasks/ if the backend is file-based
• linear: create issue via linear CLI or MCP with appropriate team/project
• github: gh issue create --title "<title>" --body "<body>" --milestone <milestone>
• Body (standard): For any non-trivial task, always supply a body. Use the backend's body/description field (or task file content). Standard body sections: Context (what work or session this task belongs to), Goal (what "done" means at a high level), Acceptance Criteria (checklist of concrete conditions), Links (to CHANGELOG, specs, learned files, or other artifacts). Omit a section only if it truly does not apply.
• Type: Use the backend's types (e.g. beans: task, bug, feature, epic, milestone). Stage and bookend tasks (daily Start/End, work stages such as "YYYY-MM-DD, Compound — topic") use type task when the backend has no chore (e.g. beans).
• Hierarchy: Set parent when the task is part of a larger unit (e.g. a daily, an epic). If the caller does not specify a parent, infer from context when possible.
• Always echo the created task ID and title back to the user