task-list-management-agent

A set of rules for managing project task lists stored in Markdown files. Markdown is a plain-text format that supports headings, checkboxes, and simple formatting.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it when creating or updating files such as TASKS.md, marking work complete, and recording the files and decisions involved.
Why use it?
It keeps project progress, unfinished work, implementation notes, and related files in one consistent place.

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/hcastro/cursor2claude/task-list-management-agent
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/hcastro/cursor2claude

Made for: Cursor.

Per session 87 Only the description is in the session, so the agent can decide to use it. The body loads when it is invoked.
When invoked 600 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. Scan, not verified.
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 $0.00087 $0.00600
Opus 5 $0.00044 $0.00300
Sonnet 5 $0.00017 $0.00120
Haiku 4.5 $0.00009 $0.00060

Measured 2d ago against content hash 2cc189dfd9bd, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-08-30, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

task-list-management-agent 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 2d 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.

.cursor/rules/tool-rules/task-list-management-agent.mdc · 95 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 95 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Task List Management Agent

Critical Rules

  • Create task lists in markdown files at project root (e.g., TASKS.md or feature-specific names like ASSISTANT_CHAT.md)
  • Structure task lists with sections: Completed Tasks, In Progress Tasks, Future Tasks, Implementation Plan, and Relevant Files
  • Update task status by changing [ ] to [x] when completed
  • Move tasks between sections as their status changes
  • Maintain "Relevant Files" section with accurate paths and descriptions
  • Document implementation details including architecture decisions and technical components
  • Check current task status before implementing next task
  • Update task list immediately after implementing significant components

Task List Structure

# Feature Name Implementation

Brief description of the feature and its purpose.

## Completed Tasks

- [x] Task 1 that has been completed
- [x] Task 2 that has been completed

## In Progress Tasks

- [ ] Task 3 currently being worked on
- [ ] Task 4 to be completed soon

## Future Tasks

- [ ] Task 5 planned for future implementation
- [ ] Task 6 planned for future implementation

## Implementation Plan

Detailed description of how the feature will be implemented.

### Relevant Files

- path/to/file1.ts - Description of purpose
- path/to/file2.ts - Description of purpose

Task Management Process

  • Before implementing: Check which task to implement next
  • During implementation: Add newly discovered tasks as needed
  • After implementation: Mark task complete and update relevant files
  • Document architecture decisions and data flow in Implementation Plan
  • Include environment configuration requirements

Examples

In Progress Tasks

  • Implement database schema
  • Create API endpoints

Completed Tasks

  • Set up project structure

To:

In Progress Tasks

  • Create API endpoints

Completed Tasks

  • Set up project structure
  • Implement database schema

Read the full file on GitHub · 95 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. 2d ago First seen · 95 lines · 87 tokens per session scan A 2cc189dfd9bd

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task-list-management-agent is a cursor rule published in the GitHub repository hcastro/cursor2claude (25 stars, last pushed 1y ago), licensed MIT. It adds 87 tokens to every session and 600 once invoked, about $0.0004 per session on Opus 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.