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next-task

next-task is a command for Claude Code, Cursor from smekai/taskplanner. It costs 13 tokens per session (339 once invoked), scanned A, original, MIT.

A command that selects the highest-priority queued task and starts its implementation.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to find a task in Next or Backlog, request confirmation, move it to In Progress, implement it, update the changelog, and mark it Done.
Why use it?
It removes the need to manually search the task list and defines the steps for moving work from the queue to completion.

Command for Claude CodeCursor

Written for Cursor and Claude Code: shipped in a Cursor plugin, but also a Claude Code command (commands/*.md).

Part of the taskplanner plugin — 3 commands shipped together

not rated 23repo 2d ago A scan 13 tokens original MIT

Good fit Use it to find a task in Next or Backlog, request confirmation, move it to In Progress, implement it, update the changelog, and mark it Done.

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Install with agentmods
npx agentmods add commands/smekai/taskplanner/next-task
View source ↗ smekai/taskplanner
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.

Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/smekai/taskplanner

Made for: Claude Code, Cursor.

Or install taskplanner, the plugin that ships this one along with the rest of its 3 commands.

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Per session 13 Only the description is in the session, so the agent can decide to use it. The body loads when it is invoked.
When invoked 339 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. A grade says what 26 rules found in the file — not that it is safe.
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 5.1 $0.00013 $0.00339
Opus 5.5 $0.00005 $0.00136
Sonnet 5.5 $0.00003 $0.00068
Haiku 4.5 $0.00001 $0.00034

Measured 2mo ago against content hash edb67805abde, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-10-07, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

next-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 2mo 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.

views/cursor/commands/next-task.md · 31 lines

What it actually says

Next Task

Pick the highest-priority unstarted task and begin implementation.

Steps

Determine the absolute current repository root first and pass it as workspace_root on every MCP call.

  1. Call taskplanner_list with state: "Next" to find tasks queued for implementation.
  2. If no tasks are in Next, fall back to taskplanner_list with state: "Backlog".
  3. Select the first task (highest priority, since tasks are sorted by priority).
  4. Show the user which task you are picking and ask for confirmation before proceeding.
  5. Once confirmed: a. Call taskplanner_move to move the task to "In Progress". b. Read .tasks/config.json to check if aiPlanRequired is true. c. If plan is required, write a ### Plan subsection under the task heading in IN_PROGRESS.md before writing any code. The plan should have 3-7 bullets covering: intended changes, key files, and notable risks. d. Implement the task. e. When done, call taskplanner_move to move the task to "Done". f. Add a CHANGELOG.md entry under ## [Unreleased] in the appropriate subsection (Added, Changed, Fixed, Removed).

Conventions

  • Do NOT change task IDs.
  • Keep the --- separator between tasks in markdown files.
  • When moving to Done, condense the ### Plan to a short summary of what was actually done.
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. 2mo ago First seen · 31 lines · 13 tokens per session scan A edb67805abde

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next-task is a command published in the GitHub repository smekai/taskplanner (23 stars, last pushed 2d ago), licensed MIT. It adds 13 tokens to every session and 339 once invoked, about $0.0001 per session on Opus 5.5. 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 2026-08-30.

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