task-tracking-advanced

A detailed method for tracking complex, multi-stage software tasks with task levels, dependencies, progress, and links to system design. A dependency is work that must happen before other work can proceed.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to break down complex system work, assign and monitor phases, track dependencies, and check that implementation stays aligned with the architecture.
Why use it?
It makes large development efforts easier to coordinate and reduces the risk of missing work, relationships, or design decisions.

Cursor rule for Cursor

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 rules/alkoleft/platform-context-exporter/task-tracking-advanced
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/alkoleft/platform-context-exporter

Made for: Cursor.

Per session 4,312 This file is loaded in full into every session.
When invoked 4,312 The same file — it is already loaded in full.
Security scan A 0 findings. Scan, not verified.
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 $0.04312 $0.04312
Opus 5 $0.02156 $0.02156
Sonnet 5 $0.00862 $0.00862
Haiku 4.5 $0.00431 $0.00431

Measured 3d ago against content hash bc27ff46de4b, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-08-30, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

task-tracking-advanced 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 3d 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 task-tracking-advanced — 0 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.

.cursor/rules/isolation_rules/Level4/task-tracking-advanced.mdc · 466 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 466 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.


description: Advanced task tracking for Level 4 Complex System tasks globs: "/level4/", "/task-tracking/" alwaysApply: false

ADVANCED TASK TRACKING FOR LEVEL 4 TASKS

TL;DR: This document outlines a comprehensive task tracking approach for Level 4 (Complex System) tasks, ensuring detailed tracking of complex, multi-phase work with clear dependencies, progress tracking, and architectural alignment.

🔍 ADVANCED TASK TRACKING OVERVIEW

Level 4 Complex System tasks require sophisticated task tracking to manage the complexity of system development, coordinate multiple team members, track dependencies, and ensure alignment with architectural principles. This document outlines a comprehensive task tracking approach for such complex endeavors.

flowchart TD
    classDef phase fill:#f9d77e,stroke:#d9b95c,color:#000
    classDef artifact fill:#f4b8c4,stroke:#d498a4,color:#000
    classDef verification fill:#c5e8b7,stroke:#a5c897,color:#000
    
    Start([Begin Task<br>Tracking]) --> Framework[Establish Task<br>Framework]
    Framework --> Hierarchy[Define Task<br>Hierarchy]
    Hierarchy --> Breakdown[Create Work<br>Breakdown Structure]
    Breakdown --> Dependencies[Document<br>Dependencies]
    Dependencies --> Milestones[Define Key<br>Milestones]
    Milestones --> Schedule[Create<br>Schedule]
    Schedule --> Resources[Define Resource<br>Allocation]
    Resources --> Risks[Document<br>Risks]
    Risks --> Quality[Define Quality<br>Metrics]
    Quality --> Progress[Track<br>Progress]
    Progress --> Adaptations[Document<br>Adaptations]
    Adaptations --> Verification{Task Tracking<br>Verification}
    Verification -->|Pass| Complete([Task Tracking<br>Complete])
    Verification -->|Fail| Revise[Revise Task<br>Tracking]
    Revise --> Verification
    
    Framework -.-> TF((Task<br>Framework))
    Hierarchy -.-> TH((Task<br>Hierarchy))
    Breakdown -.-> WBS((Work Breakdown<br>Structure))
    Dependencies -.-> DP((Dependency<br>Matrix))
    Milestones -.-> MS((Milestone<br>Document))
    Schedule -.-> SC((Schedule<br>Document))
    Resources -.-> RA((Resource<br>Allocation))
    Risks -.-> RM((Risk<br>Management))
    Quality -.-> QM((Quality<br>Metrics))
    Progress -.-> PT((Progress<br>Tracking))
    Adaptations -.-> AD((Adaptation<br>Document))
    
    class Start,Complete milestone
    class Framework,Hierarchy,Breakdown,Dependencies,Milestones,Schedule,Resources,Risks,Quality,Progress,Adaptations,Revise step
    class Verification verification
    class TF,TH,WBS,DP,MS,SC,RA,RM,QM,PT,AD artifact

Read the full file on GitHub · 466 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. 3d ago First seen · 466 lines · 4,312 tokens per session scan A bc27ff46de4b

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task-tracking-advanced is a cursor rule published in the GitHub repository alkoleft/platform-context-exporter (48 stars, last pushed 1y ago), licensed MIT. It adds 4,312 tokens to every session, about $0.0216 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. It is 100% identical to task-tracking-advanced, differing in 0 lines, and is treated as a copy.