claude-task-manager: Command for Claude Code

.claude/commands/tm/show/show-task.md

show-task is a command for Claude Code from vibehat/claude-task-manager. It costs 0 tokens per session (496 once invoked), scanned A, a copy of show-task, MIT.

A command for displaying detailed information about Task Master work items. It can show a selected task, current or next work, blocked tasks, critical-path tasks, or comparisons between tasks.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to inspect status, priorities, acceptance criteria, test plans, dependencies, subtasks, related tasks, and time information. It can also show why tasks are blocked or which task is recommended next.
Why use it?
It gathers task details and relationships in one view instead of making you inspect each field separately. The input does not define “critical path,” but here it refers to tasks that affect dependent work.

Command for Claude Code

Written for Claude Code: $ARGUMENTS substitution.

This is vibehat/claude-task-manager's own configuration. It tells Claude Code how to work on claude-task-manager itself, so it is not a mod to install elsewhere. Copy it as a starting point and replace the rules that are about this project. Everything claude-task-manager configures →

Reuse

Borrowing it

Nothing to install: this file belongs to vibehat/claude-task-manager. Take a copy, put it at the same path in your own repository, and replace the rules that are about this project with yours.

Copy the file
curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/vibehat/claude-task-manager/master/.claude/commands/tm/show/show-task.md
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/vibehat/claude-task-manager

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 496 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 100% copy Near-identical to another mod 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 $0.00496
Opus 5.5 $0.00000 $0.00198
Sonnet 5.5 $0.00000 $0.00099
Haiku 4.5 $0.00000 $0.00050

Measured 1mo ago against content hash b9b66518a429, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-10-07, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

show-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.

Origin

This is a copy

100% identical to show-task — 8 lines differ, which has more behind it and is treated as the original. This page carries a canonical link to it rather than competing with it.

.claude/commands/tm/show/show-task.md · 90 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 90 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Show detailed task information with rich context and insights.

Arguments: $ARGUMENTS

Enhanced Task Display

Parse arguments to determine what to show and how.

1. Smart Task Selection

Based on $ARGUMENTS:

  • Number → Show specific task with full context
  • "current" → Show active in-progress task(s)
  • "next" → Show recommended next task
  • "blocked" → Show all blocked tasks with reasons
  • "critical" → Show critical path tasks
  • Multiple IDs → Comparative view

2. Contextual Information

For each task, intelligently include:

Core Details

  • Full task information (id, title, description, details)
  • Current status with history
  • Test strategy and acceptance criteria
  • Priority and complexity analysis

Relationships

  • Dependencies (what it needs)
  • Dependents (what needs it)
  • Parent/subtask hierarchy
  • Related tasks (similar work)

Time Intelligence

  • Created/updated timestamps
  • Time in current status
  • Estimated vs actual time
  • Historical completion patterns

3. Visual Enhancements

📋 Task #45: Implement User Authentication
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
Status: 🟡 in-progress (2 hours)
Priority: 🔴 High | Complexity: 73/100

Dependencies: ✅ #41, ✅ #42, ⏳ #43 (blocked)
Blocks: #46, #47, #52

Progress: ████████░░ 80% complete

Recent Activity:
- 2h ago: Status changed to in-progress
- 4h ago: Dependency #42 completed
- Yesterday: Task expanded with 3 subtasks

4. Intelligent Insights

Based on task analysis:

  • Risk Assessment: Complexity vs time remaining
  • Bottleneck Analysis: Is this blocking critical work?
  • Recommendation: Suggested approach or concerns
  • Similar Tasks: How others completed similar work

5. Action Suggestions

Context-aware next steps:

  • If blocked → Show how to unblock
  • If complex → Suggest expansion
  • If in-progress → Show completion checklist
  • If done → Show dependent tasks ready to start

6. Multi-Task View

When showing multiple tasks:

  • Common dependencies
  • Optimal completion order
  • Parallel work opportunities
  • Combined complexity analysis

Read the full file on GitHub · 90 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. 1mo ago First seen · 90 lines · 0 tokens per session scan A b9b66518a429

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show-task is a command published in the GitHub repository vibehat/claude-task-manager (21 stars, last pushed 1y ago), licensed MIT. It costs nothing until one of its globs matches a file; then it loads 496 tokens. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. It is 100% identical to show-task, differing in 8 lines, and is treated as a copy.