Task Progress Knowledge

Guidelines for using TaskCreate/TaskUpdate tools in coordinator agents to provide user visibility into multi-phase workflows.

When to Use TaskCreate

Use TaskCreate in coordinator agents with 3+ major phases:

• Code review coordinators — multiple review phases
• Bug fix coordinators — diagnose → fix → test pipeline
• Refactoring coordinators — analyze → plan → generate
• Architecture auditors — multi-domain audits
• CI/CD coordinators — setup/fix/optimize operations

Do NOT use for:

• Single-phase operations
• Simple generators
• Leaf agents (non-coordinators)

TaskCreate Fields

Workflow Pattern

1. TaskCreate (all phases upfront)
   ├── Phase 1: subject="Analyze changes", activeForm="Analyzing changes..."
   ├── Phase 2: subject="Run reviewers", activeForm="Running reviewers..."
   └── Phase 3: subject="Generate report", activeForm="Generating report..."

2. Execute with status updates:
   For each phase:
   ├── TaskUpdate(taskId, status: in_progress)
   ├── ... execute phase work ...
   └── TaskUpdate(taskId, status: completed)

Examples by Coordinator Type

Bug Fix Coordinator (3 phases)

TaskCreate: subject="Diagnose bug", description="Identify bug category, severity, root cause", activeForm="Diagnosing bug..."
TaskCreate: subject="Generate fix", description="Create minimal, safe fix", activeForm="Generating fix..."
TaskCreate: subject="Create regression test", description="Generate test that catches this bug", activeForm="Creating test..."

Code Review Coordinator (3 phases)

TaskCreate: subject="Analyze changes", description="Parse git diff, identify changed files", activeForm="Analyzing changes..."
TaskCreate: subject="Run reviewers", description="Execute specialized reviewers by level", activeForm="Running reviewers..."
TaskCreate: subject="Aggregate report", description="Combine findings, determine verdict", activeForm="Aggregating findings..."

Architecture Auditor (4 phases)

TaskCreate: subject="Structural audit", description="DDD, Clean, Hexagonal, SOLID", activeForm="Auditing structure..."
TaskCreate: subject="Behavioral audit", description="CQRS, Event Sourcing, EDA", activeForm="Auditing behavior..."
TaskCreate: subject="Integration audit", description="Outbox, Saga, Stability", activeForm="Auditing integration..."
TaskCreate: subject="Cross-pattern analysis", description="Find conflicts between patterns", activeForm="Analyzing patterns..."

CI Coordinator (3 phases)

TaskCreate: subject="Analyze configuration", description="Parse CI config, detect issues", activeForm="Analyzing config..."
TaskCreate: subject="Execute operation", description="Run setup/fix/optimize/audit", activeForm="Executing operation..."
TaskCreate: subject="Validate result", description="Verify changes, run syntax checks", activeForm="Validating result..."

Refactor Coordinator (3 phases)

TaskCreate: subject="Analyze code quality", description="Run readability and testability reviewers", activeForm="Analyzing code..."
TaskCreate: subject="Plan refactoring", description="Prioritize issues, map to techniques", activeForm="Planning refactoring..."
TaskCreate: subject="Generate recommendations", description="Create actionable report with commands", activeForm="Generating recommendations..."

DDD Auditor (3 phases)

TaskCreate: subject="Analyze layers", description="Check Domain, Application, Infrastructure separation", activeForm="Analyzing layers..."
TaskCreate: subject="Check dependencies", description="Detect violations between layers", activeForm="Checking dependencies..."
TaskCreate: subject="Verify patterns", description="Check DDD patterns compliance", activeForm="Verifying patterns..."

Pattern Auditor (4 phases)

TaskCreate: subject="Audit stability patterns", description="Circuit Breaker, Retry, Rate Limiter, Bulkhead", activeForm="Auditing stability..."
TaskCreate: subject="Audit behavioral patterns", description="Strategy, State, Chain, Decorator", activeForm="Auditing behavioral..."
TaskCreate: subject="Audit creational patterns", description="Builder, Object Pool, Factory", activeForm="Auditing creational..."
TaskCreate: subject="Audit integration patterns", description="Outbox, Saga, ADR", activeForm="Auditing integration..."

Best Practices

1. Create all tasks upfront — user sees full workflow before execution
2. Keep phases coarse — 3-5 major phases, not individual steps
3. Use clear activeForm — user sees this in spinner during execution
4. Always complete tasks — mark as completed even if phase finds nothing
5. Don’t nest tasks — only coordinator creates tasks, not delegated agents
6. Handle failures gracefully — if phase fails, still mark task completed with error note