rforge:next

A command that recommends the next development task by reviewing package status files, dependencies, blockers, and likely impact.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to get a recommendation for an ecosystem or a specific package, with the reason, affected work, related blockers, and an estimated duration.
Why use it?
It helps teams choose work that resolves important blockers or unlocks progress instead of relying only on an informal task list.

Command

Install

Getting it into your agent

One page per mod, every tool's command on it. A separate URL per tool would split the same page into five that compete with each other.

agentmods
npx agentmods add commands/data-wise/claude-plugins/next
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Data-Wise/claude-plugins
Per session 11 Only the description is in the session, so the agent can decide to use it. The body loads when it is invoked.
When invoked 681 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. Scan, not verified.
Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.
Token cost

What it costs to keep this loaded

Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.

ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5 $0.00011 $0.00681
Opus 5 $0.00005 $0.00341
Sonnet 5 $0.00002 $0.00136
Haiku 4.5 $0.00001 $0.00068

Measured yesterday against content hash 261925c02653, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-08-30, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

rforge:next scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured yesterday.

A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.

Nothing flagged

None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.

rforge/commands/next.md · 136 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 136 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

/rforge:next - Smart Task Recommendation

Get intelligent recommendations for what to work on next based on ecosystem context.

What It Does

Uses the rforge_next MCP tool to:

  • Analyze all .STATUS files
  • Consider dependencies
  • Evaluate blocking issues
  • Prioritize by impact
  • Suggest optimal next task

Usage

# Get next task
/rforge:next

# Next task for specific package
/rforge:next medfit

# Next task with context
/rforge:next --context "Before release"

Output

Returns task recommendation with:

  • Task Details: What to work on
  • Rationale: Why this task now
  • Impact: What it unblocks
  • Estimated Time: How long it will take
  • Context: Related tasks/blockers

Examples

High Priority Task

📋 NEXT TASK RECOMMENDATION

Task: Fix bug #234 - segfault in extract_mediation
ID: T-2025-01-15-002
Package: medfit
Priority: HIGH

Why now:
  • Blocking probmed release
  • Affects 2 packages
  • CRAN submission waiting
  • High user impact

Estimated time: 2-3 hours

Context:
  • 3 GitHub issues reference this
  • Already has test case
  • Fix will unblock 2 downstream releases

Recommendation: Work on this immediately

Strategic Task

📋 NEXT TASK RECOMMENDATION

Task: Add bootstrap confidence intervals
ID: T-2025-01-15-001
Package: medfit
Priority: MEDIUM

Why now:
  • No urgent blockers
  • Good time for feature work
  • Complements recent changes
  • Low ecosystem impact

Estimated time: 4-6 hours

Context:
  • Requested by 3 users
  • Aligns with v2.2.0 roadmap
  • Can be done without cascade

Alternative tasks:
  • Update documentation (1 hour, quick win)
  • Research weighted mediation (exploratory)

Before Release

📋 NEXT TASK RECOMMENDATION

Context: Before Release

Task: Complete documentation updates
ID: DOC-SWEEP
Priority: HIGH (release blocker)

Checklist:
  ✓ NEWS.md updated
  ✗ README examples (2 outdated)
  ✗ Vignette cross-refs (3 packages)
  ✗ API documentation (1 function)

Estimated time: 1.5 hours

Why now:
  • Release planned for next week
  • All code changes complete
  • CRAN requires current docs
  • Quick wins available

Recommendation: Focus on docs before release

Read the full file on GitHub · 136 lines

Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.

  1. yesterday First seen · 136 lines · 11 tokens per session scan A 261925c02653

Subscribe to this mod's changes

rforge:next is a command published in the GitHub repository Data-Wise/claude-plugins (7 stars, last pushed 5d ago), licensed MIT. It adds 11 tokens to every session and 681 once invoked, about $0.0001 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-31.