Work On Task

Working on a Task

If no taskId is provided, call poll-task to get a new task.

Workflow

1. Get task details: Call get-task-details with the taskId.

2. Recall relevant memories: Use memory-search with the task description before starting any work. Past learnings, solutions, and gotchas are indexed here.

3. Choose your approach based on the task type:

   • Research task → use /researching
   • Development task → use /planning first, then /implementing
   • Simple/direct task (no plan needed) → implement directly

4. Work on it, calling store-progress at each meaningful milestone (not just start and end — the lead monitors this).

5. Complete the task — see Completion below.

Completion

Call store-progress with:

• Success: status: "completed" + output: "<what you did and the result>". Output should be specific enough for the lead to assess without re-reading your work.
• Failure: status: "failed" + failureReason: "<what went wrong and what you tried>".

Then reply "DONE" to end the session.

Interruptions

If interrupted by the user, adapt to their instructions. When resuming, call /skill:work-on-task <taskId> again to pick up where you left off.

When to escalate

If you're stuck after genuine effort (not just first failure), use /skill:swarm-chat to ask the lead for help or clarification. Don't spin — escalate.