Advanced Claude Code Configuration with Task Management System

This repository contains a sophisticated Claude Code setup that extends the base capabilities with specialized sub-agents, custom commands, automated hooks, and a comprehensive task management system. The configuration demonstrates how Claude Code can be transformed from a general-purpose AI assistant into a highly specialized development environment tailored for complex software engineering workflows.

Overview

Claude Code is Anthropic's AI-powered development assistant that runs directly in your terminal. While powerful out of the box, its true potential emerges through customization. This configuration showcases an advanced setup that includes:

• Task Management System: Lightweight, dependency-aware task tracking
• Specialized Sub-agents: Deep code analysis with parallel processing
• Custom Commands: Common workflows and task operations
• Automated Hooks: Real-time feedback and enhanced reasoning

The architecture leverages Claude Code's ability to spawn parallel sub-agents, each with their own context window and specialized expertise. This allows for complex, multi-threaded analysis while preserving the main conversation context.

Task Management System

A comprehensive task management system enables systematic work tracking across all projects. Tasks are stored as markdown files with YAML frontmatter in project .tasks/ directories.

Features

• Dependency Management: Automatic blocking/unblocking of tasks
• Priority-based Selection: Smart task ordering (P0-P3)
• Size Estimation: XS to XL effort tracking
• Multi-agent Support: Assignee field for collaboration
• Shell Integration: Aliases for quick access

Directory Structure

project/
└── .tasks/
    ├── active/      # Current tasks (shortname-uuid.md)
    ├── archive/     # Completed tasks
    └── templates/   # Task templates

Quick Start

Shell Setup (Already configured in ~/.zshrc)

# Available aliases:
tasks           # List tasks in current project
all-tasks       # Find all projects with tasks
task-cd         # Navigate to .tasks/active
task-cat <id>   # View specific task
task-status     # Quick summary

# Scripts available globally:
~/.claude/scripts/list-tasks.sh [dir]      # List project tasks
~/.claude/scripts/list-all-tasks.sh [dir]  # Find all projects

Claude Commands

/task-list              # See all tasks with status
/task-next              # Pick highest priority task
/task-add               # Create new task interactively
/task-view <id>         # View task details
/task-status <id> <st>  # Update task status
/task-complete <id>     # Mark complete & archive
/task-deps <action>     # Manage dependencies

Task Structure

---
id: 01999792-af4f-70fb-9deb-dc96846b3c83  # UUIDv7
shortname: fix-auth-bug
title: Fix authentication bug in login flow
priority: P1        # P0=critical, P1=high, P2=medium, P3=low
size: M            # XS=<1hr, S=1-4hr, M=4-8hr, L=1-3d, XL=3+d
status: ready      # ready|in_progress|blocked|completed
tags: [security, auth]
blocks: [deploy-prod]          # Tasks that depend on this
blocked_by: [update-api]       # Tasks this depends on
assignee:
created_at: 2025-01-29T23:24:00Z
updated_at: 2025-01-29T23:24:00Z
---

# Task: Fix authentication bug in login flow

## Description
Detailed explanation...

## Acceptance Criteria
- [ ] Bug reproduced
- [ ] Fix implemented
- [ ] Tests added

## Technical Details
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## Dependencies
### Blocks: [deploy-prod]
### Blocked By: [update-api]

Dependency System

Tasks track two types of dependencies:

• blocks: Tasks waiting for this one to complete
• blocked_by: Tasks that must complete before this one

The system automatically:

• Prevents starting blocked tasks
• Prioritizes tasks that unblock others
• Detects circular dependencies
• Shows dependency graphs with /task-deps graph

Task Selection Algorithm

When using /task-next, tasks are selected by:

1. Exclude blocked tasks (unmet dependencies)
2. Resume any in_progress work
3. Priority order: P0 > P1 > P2 > P3
4. Within priority: prefer smaller tasks (quick wins)
5. Prefer tasks that unblock others
6. Break ties by creation date (FIFO)

Session Management System

Sessions provide execution continuity across context compactions and work periods. When Claude's context window compacts, sessions preserve your progress, decisions, and discoveries so work can resume seamlessly.

Why Sessions?

Claude Code automatically compacts its context when approaching token limits. Without sessions:

• You lose track of what you were doing
• Decisions and their rationale are forgotten
• Discoveries made during work are lost
• Time is wasted re-understanding the codebase

Sessions create a living document that survives compactions and enables rapid context restoration.

Directory Structure

project/
└── .sessions/
  

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