taskmaster

taskmaster is a cursor rule for Cursor from localrivet/gomcp. It costs 7,555 tokens per session, scanned B, a copy of taskmaster, MIT.

A reference for Taskmaster, a project-planning system available through MCP tools and a command-line program. It lists commands for setting up projects, creating tasks, and using AI-assisted task operations.

In plain words
What is it for?
Initializing Taskmaster, managing tasks and subtasks, parsing product requirements, expanding work, and using either MCP tools or the CLI.
Why use it?
It helps users choose the right interface and understand which operations may involve AI processing.

Cursor rule for Cursor

Written for Cursor: installed under .cursor/. Also seen: positional $N argument.

Good fit Initializing Taskmaster, managing tasks and subtasks, parsing product requirements, expanding work, and using either MCP tools or the CLI.

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Install with agentmods
npx agentmods add rules/localrivet/gomcp/taskmaster
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/localrivet/gomcp

Made for: Cursor.

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Per session 7,555 This file is loaded in full into every session.
When invoked 7,555 The same file — it is already loaded in full.
Security scan B 1 finding. A grade says what 26 rules found in the file — not that it is safe.
Origin 88% 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 $0.07555 $0.07555
Opus 5.5 $0.03022 $0.03022
Sonnet 5.5 $0.01511 $0.01511
Haiku 4.5 $0.00756 $0.00756

Measured 1mo ago against content hash eb10c4eacf41, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-10-07, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade B, and why

taskmaster scanned grade B with 1 finding 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.

Reads MCP configurationmediumAgent snooping

mcp.json carries server URLs and auth tokens; reading it lets a mod discover and abuse other integrations.

**Set API keys** in your **`.env`** file in the project root (for CLI use) or within the `env` section of your **`.cursor/mcp.json`** file (for MCP/Cursor integration). All other settings (model choice, max tokens, tempe
Origin

This is a copy

88% identical to taskmaster — 239 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/taskmaster.mdc · 383 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 383 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Taskmaster Tool & Command Reference

This document provides a detailed reference for interacting with Taskmaster, covering both the recommended MCP tools, suitable for integrations like Cursor, and the corresponding task-master CLI commands, designed for direct user interaction or fallback.

Note: For interacting with Taskmaster programmatically or via integrated tools, using the MCP tools is strongly recommended due to better performance, structured data, and error handling. The CLI commands serve as a user-friendly alternative and fallback.

Important: Several MCP tools involve AI processing... The AI-powered tools include parse_prd, analyze_project_complexity, update_subtask, update_task, update, expand_all, expand_task, and add_task.


Initialization & Setup

1. Initialize Project (init)

  • MCP Tool: initialize_project
  • CLI Command: task-master init [options]
  • Description: Set up the basic Taskmaster file structure and configuration in the current directory for a new project.
  • Key CLI Options:
    • --name <name>: Set the name for your project in Taskmaster's configuration.
    • --description <text>: Provide a brief description for your project.
    • --version <version>: Set the initial version for your project, e.g., '0.1.0'.
    • -y, --yes: Initialize Taskmaster quickly using default settings without interactive prompts.
  • Usage: Run this once at the beginning of a new project.
  • MCP Variant Description: Set up the basic Taskmaster file structure and configuration in the current directory for a new project by running the 'task-master init' command.
  • Key MCP Parameters/Options:
    • projectName: Set the name for your project. (CLI: --name <name>)
    • projectDescription: Provide a brief description for your project. (CLI: --description <text>)
    • projectVersion: Set the initial version for your project, e.g., '0.1.0'. (CLI: --version <version>)
    • authorName: Author name. (CLI: --author <author>)
    • skipInstall: Skip installing dependencies. Default is false. (CLI: --skip-install)
    • addAliases: Add shell aliases tm and taskmaster. Default is false. (CLI: --aliases)
    • yes: Skip prompts and use defaults/provided arguments. Default is false. (CLI: -y, --yes)
  • Usage: Run this once at the beginning of a new project, typically via an integrated tool like Cursor. Operates on the current working directory of the MCP server.
  • Important: Once complete, you MUST parse a prd in order to generate tasks. There will be no tasks files until then. The next step after initializing should be to create a PRD using the example PRD in scripts/example_prd.txt.

Read the full file on GitHub · 383 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 · 383 lines · 7,555 tokens per session scan B eb10c4eacf41

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taskmaster is a cursor rule published in the GitHub repository localrivet/gomcp (51 stars, last pushed 1y ago), licensed MIT. It adds 7,555 tokens to every session, about $0.0302 per session on Opus 5.5. A static security scan graded it B with 1 finding (reads mcp configuration). It is 88% identical to taskmaster, differing in 239 lines, and is treated as a copy.