A task-starting workflow that moves a backlog item into the current sprint and suggests a Git branch name. A backlog is a list of planned work, while a sprint is the work currently being done.

Use it to find a task, mark it in progress, add it to the sprint log, and prepare a branch command.

It keeps task status and sprint records consistent before coding begins, so work is less likely to be started without tracking.

start-task — Skill for Claude Code by natthasath

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.

Any agent

npx skills add natthasath/natthasath-marketplace --skill start-task

Clone the repo

git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/natthasath/natthasath-marketplace

Made for: Claude Code.

Or install projects, the plugin that ships this one along with the rest of its 15 skills.

Wrote this? Show the measurements

A badge with what this costs and how it scanned, read live from this page, so it follows the numbers instead of freezing them. Markdown for a README, HTML for a documentation site or a project page.

README.md

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Your own site

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Or the 80×15 button, for a site that already has a row of RSS and ATOM ones. Only the verdict fits; the numbers stay here.

Your own site · 80×15

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Per session 54 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.

When invoked 756 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.

Security scan B 1 finding. 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.

Model	Per session	Once invoked
Fable 5.1	$0.00054	$0.00756
Opus 5.5	$0.00022	$0.00302
Sonnet 5.5	$0.00011	$0.00151
Haiku 4.5	$0.00005	$0.00076

Measured 19d ago against content hash e2f3d851289c, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-10-07, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade B, and why

start-task 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 19d 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 agent configuration directoriesmediumAgent snooping

.claude/, .codex/, .gemini/ hold keys, settings and other credentials a mod has no legitimate need for.

!`cat .claude/config/current-phase.md 2>/dev/null`

plugins/projects/skills/start-task/SKILL.md · 77 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 77 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

!cat .claude/config/current-phase.md 2>/dev/null

Task Starter

เริ่มทำงาน task: $ARGUMENTS

Core Rules (Non-negotiable)

ถ้า task นี้มี status 🔄 อยู่ใน sprint แล้ว ต้องแจ้งแล้วหยุดทันที ห้ามเพิ่มซ้ำ
ต้องอัปเดตทั้ง 2 ไฟล์ให้ตรงกันเสมอ: backlog status เปลี่ยนเป็น In Progress และ current_sprint.md มีทั้ง entry ใหม่กับ Sprint Log row ใหม่ — ห้ามอัปเดตแค่ไฟล์เดียวแล้วถือว่าจบ
ถ้าหา task ไม่เจอใน backlog ของ phase ปัจจุบัน ต้องสแกน backlog ทุก phase ก่อนเสมอ ห้ามสรุปว่าไม่มี task นี้ทันทีโดยไม่สแกนให้ครบ

Workflow

ทำตาม checklist นี้ทีละข้อจนครบ:

หา backlog file ของ phase ปัจจุบัน (หรือสแกนทุก phase ถ้าไม่เจอ)
เช็คว่า task อยู่ใน sprint แล้วหรือยัง
เปลี่ยน status ใน backlog file เป็น In Progress
เพิ่ม entry + Sprint Log row ใน current_sprint.md
แนะนำชื่อ branch และคำสั่ง git checkout

1. หา backlog file

อ่าน phase: จาก config ด้านบน แล้วกำหนด backlog file เป็น context/tasks/backlog/phase_<N>_*.md (glob หา filename จริงจาก pattern นั้น)

2. เช็คว่าอยู่ใน sprint แล้วหรือยัง

อ่าน context/tasks/in_progress/current_sprint.md

ถ้า task $ARGUMENTS มี status 🔄 อยู่แล้ว — แจ้ง "Task นี้อยู่ใน sprint แล้ว" แล้วหยุด

3. อัปเดต backlog file

อ่าน backlog file ที่ได้จากข้อ 1

ค้นหา section ของ task $ARGUMENTS
ถ้าไม่เจอ — สแกน backlog ทุก phase ใน context/tasks/backlog/ แล้วแจ้งว่าพบใน phase ไหน
เปลี่ยน **Status:** Backlog เป็น **Status:** 🔄 In Progress

4. อัปเดต current_sprint.md

แก้ context/tasks/in_progress/current_sprint.md

เพิ่ม entry ใหม่ใน "Currently Active Tasks":

## $ARGUMENTS — <ชื่อ task จาก backlog>

**Status:** 🔄 In Progress
**Started:** YYYY-MM-DD
**Estimate:** <จาก backlog>

**Notes:** -

---

เพิ่ม row ใน Sprint Log: | YYYY-MM-DD | $ARGUMENTS | Started | - |

5. แนะนำ branch

แนะนำชื่อ git branch ที่ควรสร้าง เช่น feature/<task-id>-<short-description>

6. แจ้งคำสั่งให้รัน

git checkout -b <branch-name>

แล้วปิดท้ายด้วยบรรทัดนี้เสมอ:

Read the full file on GitHub · 77 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.

19d ago Changed · +22 lines e2f3d851289c
1mo ago First seen · 55 lines · 54 tokens per session scan B 2ddf5cef6413

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start-task is a skill published in the GitHub repository natthasath/natthasath-marketplace (1 stars, last pushed 14d ago), licensed MIT. It adds 54 tokens to every session and 756 once invoked, about $0.0002 per session on Opus 5.5. A static security scan graded it B with 1 finding (reads agent configuration directories). No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-09-09.

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