Borrowing it
Nothing to install: this file belongs to dsifry/metaswarm. Take a copy, put it at the same path in your own repository, and replace the rules that are about this project with yours.
curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dsifry/metaswarm/main/.claude/commands/start-task.mdgit clone --depth 1 https://github.com/dsifry/metaswarmWrote this? Show the measurements
A badge with what this costs and how it scanned, read live from this page, so it follows the numbers instead of freezing them. Markdown for a README, HTML for a documentation site or a project page.
[](https://agentmods.dev/commands/dsifry/metaswarm/start-task)<a href="https://agentmods.dev/commands/dsifry/metaswarm/start-task"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/commands/dsifry/metaswarm/start-task/github.svg" alt="Measured on agentmods" height="20"></a>Or the 80×15 button, for a site that already has a row of RSS and ATOM ones. Only the verdict fits; the numbers stay here.
<a href="https://agentmods.dev/commands/dsifry/metaswarm/start-task"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/commands/dsifry/metaswarm/start-task.svg" alt="Reviewed on agentmods" width="80" height="20"></a>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.
| Model | Per session | Once invoked |
|---|---|---|
| Fable 5.1 | $0.00000 | $0.01852 |
| Opus 5.5 | $0.00000 | $0.00741 |
| Sonnet 5.5 | $0.00000 | $0.00370 |
| Haiku 4.5 | $0.00000 | $0.00185 |
Grade A, and why
start-task 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 1mo ago.
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.
How it starts
The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 197 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.
Start Task
Determine task complexity and use appropriate workflow for efficient development.
Usage
/start-task <task-description>
Steps
0. Pre-Task Checklist
Before starting any new task:
Context Recovery Check:
- Check if
.beads/plans/active-plan.mdexists withstatus: in-progress - If YES: An interrupted execution exists. Ask user: "There's an active plan from a previous session. Resume it or start fresh?"
- Resume → run
bd prime --work-type recoveryand pick up where execution stopped - Start fresh → mark the old plan as
status: abandonedand proceed normally
- Resume → run
Knowledge Priming (CRITICAL):
- Run BEADS prime:
bd prime --keywords "<task-keywords>" --work-type planning - Review MUST FOLLOW rules and GOTCHAS before proceeding
- Note any relevant patterns or decisions that constrain the approach
PR Check:
- Check if there are active PRs with pending comments
- Ask: "Before we start the new task, should we check if there are any PR comments to address?"
- If yes, run:
gh pr list --author @me --state open - Check each PR for new CodeRabbit comments
0.5. External Tools Check (informational only — never blocks the task)
Check if external AI tools (Codex, Gemini) are available for cost savings and cross-model review:
- Run the health check scripts to detect installed tools:
command -v codex >/dev/null 2>&1 && echo "codex: available" || echo "codex: not found" command -v gemini >/dev/null 2>&1 && echo "gemini: available" || echo "gemini: not found" - If tools are detected but
.metaswarm/external-tools.yamldoes not exist: Suggest the user enable them:"External tools (Codex/Gemini) are installed but not configured. Run
mkdir -p .metaswarm && cp templates/external-tools.yaml .metaswarm/to enable cost-saving delegation." - If no tools are detected: Briefly mention they can be installed:
"Optional: Install Codex and Gemini CLIs for cost savings and cross-model review — see
templates/external-tools-setup.md." - If tools are configured and working: No message needed — proceed silently.
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.
- 1mo ago First seen · 197 lines · 0 tokens per session scan A 4478b3143c73
start-task is a command published in the GitHub repository dsifry/metaswarm (421 stars, last pushed 4mo ago), licensed MIT. It costs nothing until one of its globs matches a file; then it loads 1,852 tokens. 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 2026-08-30.
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