task-master.skeleton

task-master.skeleton is a command for Claude Code from varienos/agentic-workflow. It costs 0 tokens per session (1,870 once invoked), scanned A, original, MIT.

A backlog prioritizer that scores unfinished tasks across four dimensions and orders them. A backlog is a list of work items; completed tasks are skipped.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to read open tasks, evaluate their details and dependencies, calculate their priority scores, and produce an ordered list for the next work.
Why use it?
It turns a large, mixed list of unfinished work into a reasoned order based on factors such as impact and risk.

Command for Claude Code

Written for Claude Code: a Claude Code command (commands/*.md). Also seen: mentions CLAUDE.md.

Good fit Use it to read open tasks, evaluate their details and dependencies, calculate their priority scores, and produce an ordered list for the next work.

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Install with agentmods
npx agentmods add commands/varienos/agentic-workflow/task-master.skeleton
Install

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Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/varienos/agentic-workflow

Made for: Claude Code.

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Per session 0 Only the description is in the session, so the agent can decide to use it. The body loads when it is invoked.
When invoked 1,870 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 $0.00000 $0.01870
Opus 5.5 $0.00000 $0.00748
Sonnet 5.5 $0.00000 $0.00374
Haiku 4.5 $0.00000 $0.00187

Measured 25d ago against content hash 66ac5a2bb974, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-10-07, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

task-master.skeleton 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 25d 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.

Agentbase/templates/core/commands/task-master.skeleton.md · 204 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 204 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Task Master — Backlog Priority Ranker

Evaluates all backlog tasks with 4-dimension scoring and builds a priority order. Usage: /task-master



Step 1 — Collect Tasks

backlog task list --plain

List all tasks. For each task extract:

  • ID
  • Title
  • Status (To Do, In Progress, Done)
  • Priority (if any)
  • Labels (if any)
  • Dependencies (if any)

RULE: SKIP tasks in "Done" status. Score only "To Do" and "In Progress" tasks.

To read each task in detail:

backlog task <id> --plain

Step 2 — 4-Dimension Scoring

Evaluate each task on 4 dimensions (1-10):

2.1 — Impact — Weight: x3

How much value does the task add to the project when done?

Score Meaning
9-10 Critical business function; project does not work without it
7-8 Important feature; seriously affects user experience
5-6 Useful improvement; creates a visible difference
3-4 Small improvement; "nice to have"
1-2 Cosmetic; minimal impact

2.2 — Risk — Weight: x2.5

What happens if this task is not done?

Score Meaning
9-10 Security hole, data-loss risk, legal issue
7-8 Performance problem, user-churn risk
5-6 Technical debt buildup, maintenance difficulty
3-4 Small technical debt; may become a problem later
1-2 No risk; fully optional

2.3 — Dependency — Weight: x2

Do other tasks depend on this?

Score Meaning
9-10 5+ tasks depend on this; blocker
7-8 3-4 tasks depend
5-6 1-2 tasks depend
3-4 Indirect dependency exists
1-2 Independent; affects nothing

Read the full file on GitHub · 204 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. 25d ago Changed · -1 lines 66ac5a2bb974
  2. 1mo ago First seen · 205 lines · 0 tokens per session scan A 9ee631d6f8b1

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task-master.skeleton is a command published in the GitHub repository varienos/agentic-workflow (59 stars, last pushed 25d ago), licensed MIT. It costs nothing until one of its globs matches a file; then it loads 1,870 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.