# 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.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code · 65 installs
- Author: davila7
- License: not stated · policy=link-only · description only; the file stays with the author
- Source: https://github.com/davila7/claude-code-templates/tree/HEAD/cli-tool/components/skills/development/task-execution-engine
- Updated: 2026-10-24
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/task-execution-engine

## What it 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.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **claude-code-templates**
```bash
npx claude-code-templates@latest --skill development/task-execution-engine
```

2. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add davila7/claude-code-templates --skill task-execution-engine -a claude-code
```

3. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/task-execution-engine/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/task-execution-engine/

### Codex

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/task-execution-engine/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/task-execution-engine/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install davila7/claude-code-templates task-execution-engine
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/task-execution-engine/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

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

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/task-execution-engine/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/davila7/claude-code-templates/tree/HEAD/cli-tool/components/skills/development/task-execution-engine

## When to use it
- 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
- 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.

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