Simple Tasks

robertguss/simple-tasks

Install a fast local task workflow for single-project planning with `scripts/task.sh` (claim, done, status, reporting) backed by `tasks/TASKS.md` and optional `tasks/details/` notes. Use for lightweight in-progress task coordination, not full team issue tracking.

7k tokens

context cost

the whole folder, loaded on every use

files

ships runnable scripts

copies elsewhere

how many repositories repackaged it

102

stars on the repo

on the repository, not the skill itself

Install

one command, takes just this skill from the repository

npx skills add https://github.com/robertguss/claude-code-toolkit --skill simple-tasks

What comes with it

27 240 bytes besides the instruction

scripts/install.sh

templates/simple-tasks/AGENTS.md

templates/simple-tasks/scripts/task.sh

The instruction itself

4 sections, as written by the author

Simple Tasks

Overview

Paul Solt

[email protected]

Version: 0.9.8

simple-tasks installs a lightweight local task CLI into an existing project.

Design goals:

Fast local planning and execution.
Human shorthand task numbers + stable task IDs.
Single canonical backlog file: tasks/TASKS.md.
Optional long-form notes per task: tasks/details/<id>.md.

Install

skills/simple-tasks/scripts/install.sh --project-dir /path/to/project

Common flags:

--project-dir PATH required
--mode install|upgrade default install
--dry-run preview changes only

Commands

Installed scripts/task.sh supports:

claim
done
status
next
plan
finished
upcoming
needs-planning
blocked
summary
learn

Filters:

--today
--last-24h
--last-week
--last-month
--days
--mine
--agent
--limit

How to use it

Copy the folder

Take robertguss/simple-tasks from the repository into ~/.claude/skills for personal use, or into .claude/skills inside a project.

Check the name does not clash

The agent identifies a skill by the name field in its header. Two skills with the same name cannot sit side by side — one of them will be ignored.