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task-execution-engine — Claude Code skill: tasks and setup

Q: How do I install task-execution-engine in Claude Code?

Run `npx claude-code-templates@latest --skill development/task-execution-engine`.

This skill runs implementation work from Markdown task lists and keeps their status updated. Use it for batch execution, fresh feature work, or a paused run.

Install into Claude Code · claude-code-templates All methods and platforms ↓

npx claude-code-templates@latest --skill development/task-execution-engine

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What task-execution-engine does

task-execution-engine takes a design document, finds the next unfinished item, reads its files and acceptance checks, then carries out the work and verifies the result. Progress stays in the document through Markdown checkboxes: completed work is marked done, while blocked work is recorded with a failure reason.

The skill uses scripts/task_manager.py with next, done, fail, and status operations. Reusing the same design file resumes from its first open task. It is built for unattended runs, so it follows patterns already present in the codebase and moves past blocked items after recording their status. The process needs a Markdown design file containing checkbox-based tasks.

What it helps with

pick the next unfinished item from a design file
run an implementation plan as a batch
resume work after an interrupted run
check a task against its acceptance criteria
record a blocked task and its reason

Example prompts for the agent

Start implementation from docs/designs/user-auth.md and work through the tasks.
Resume the implementation in docs/designs/user-auth.md from the first open task.
Show the current status for docs/designs/user-auth.md, then take the next task.

How to install task-execution-engine

1claude-code-templates

npx claude-code-templates@latest --skill development/task-execution-engine

2Skills CLI (Vercel)

npx skills add davila7/claude-code-templates --skill task-execution-engine -a claude-code

3Manually: put the files in place

~/.claude/skills/task-execution-engine/SKILL.md

Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/task-execution-engine/

Manually: put the files in place

.agents/skills/task-execution-engine/SKILL.md

For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

Manually: put the files in place

.cursor/skills/task-execution-engine/SKILL.md

Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

1GitHub CLI

gh skill install davila7/claude-code-templates task-execution-engine

2Manually: put the files in place

.github/skills/task-execution-engine/SKILL.md

Platform CLI

gemini skills install https://github.com/davila7/claude-code-templates --path cli-tool/components/skills/development/task-execution-engine

Manually: put the files in place

.devin/skills/task-execution-engine/SKILL.md

The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

Step by step, with commands for each platform: How to install skills in Claude Code: five ways

Questions about task-execution-engine

How do I install task-execution-engine in Claude Code?

Run npx claude-code-templates@latest --skill development/task-execution-engine.

What does task-execution-engine do?

It executes implementation items from a Markdown design document, checks their acceptance conditions, and updates task checkboxes. Reusing the document continues from the first unfinished item.

What happens when a task is blocked?

The skill records it as failed with a reason, then continues with the remaining tasks.

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