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claude-task-master releases

An AI-powered task-management system you can drop into Cursor, Lovable, Windsurf, Roo, and others.

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[email protected] New feature
Notable features
  • MCPB bundle for single-click Claude Desktop installation
  • Verbose output mode to loop command showing Claude's real-time work
  • Optional metadata field on tasks for storing arbitrary JSON data
[email protected] Breaking risk
Notable features
  • Cross-process file locking to prevent concurrent write collisions
  • --ready and --blocking filters to identify parallelizable tasks
  • Atomic writes using temp file + rename to prevent partial writes
[email protected] New feature
Notable features
  • Loop command for automated task execution with Docker sandbox
  • Built-in presets for workflows (default, test-coverage, linting, duplication, entropy)
  • Progress file tracking to maintain context across iterations
[email protected] Bug fix
Notable features
  • CLI startup speed improved by 2x
  • Smarter project root detection with boundary markers (.git, package.json, lock files)
  • Support for monorepo markers (lerna.json, nx.json, turbo.json)
[email protected] New feature
Notable features
  • Gemini 3 Flash Preview model support for Google and Gemini CLI providers
  • Auto-detection for IDE profiles in rules command (13 IDEs supported)
  • Watch mode (-w/--watch) for continuous task monitoring with real-time updates
[email protected] New feature
Notable features
  • Enhanced task metadata display including relevant files, codebase patterns, scope boundaries
  • Tool search capability for Claude Code MCP server
  • Deferred MCP loading saving ~16% of Claude Code context window
[email protected] New feature
Notable features
  • Operating mode filtering for slash commands (solo vs team mode)
  • Slash commands for Roo, Cursor, Codex, Gemini, Opencode
  • Support for new OpenAI models (gpt-5.1, gpt-5.1-codex-max, gpt-5.2) with reasoning effort
[email protected] Bug fix
Notable features
  • Fixed login issues for users whose browsers or firewalls blocked CLI authentication
  • tm/ prefix added to autopilot branch names for better organization
[email protected] Breaking risk
Notable features
  • Hamster integration for parse-prd command enabling team collaboration
  • Redesigned tm init with workflow selection (solo vs team)
  • New tm export command to share local tasks with team via Hamster
[email protected] New feature
Notable features
  • Reintroduced task-master generate command with .md output
  • Generated files follow markdownlint format
  • Support for --tag flag to generate from specific tags
[email protected] New feature
Notable features
  • Support for custom OpenAI-compatible providers via --openai-compatible flag
  • Native Z.ai (GLM) integration with 200K+ token context support
  • LM Studio integration for running Task Master completely offline with local models
[email protected] New feature
Notable features
  • Configurable MCP tool loading via TASK_MASTER_TOOLS environment variable
  • Autonomous TDD workflow automation with new autopilot commands and tools
  • Support for Claude Haiku 4.5 and Sonnet 4.5 models
[email protected] New feature
Notable features
  • Claude Code plugin with 49 slash commands and 3 specialized AI agents via marketplace
  • RPG (Repository Planning Graph) method template for structured PRD creation
  • Enhanced expand_all to intelligently use complexity analysis recommendations
[email protected] Breaking risk
Notable features
  • Codex CLI provider with OAuth-first authentication for GPT-5 and GPT-5-Codex models
  • Cursor IDE custom slash command support
  • Migration to AI SDK v5 with improved structured output generation
[email protected] Breaking risk
Breaking changes
  • no longer need --package=task-master-ai in mcp config
Notable features
  • JavaScript to TypeScript migration
  • task-master start command
  • Grok CLI provider with codebase context
[email protected] Maintenance

VS Code Extension Release [email protected] **Marketplaces:** - [VS Code Marketplace](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=Hamster.task-master-hamster) - [Open VSX Registry](https://open-vsx.org/extension/Hamster/task-master-hamster)

[email protected] Breaking risk
Breaking changes
  • .taskmaster directory consolidation
  • CLAUDE.md instructions moved to .taskmaster/CLAUDE.md
  • Node version requirement > 18
Notable features
  • AWS Bedrock support
  • Google Vertex AI provider
  • Azure support
v0.19.0 New feature
Notable features
  • xAI Grok 4 model support
  • MCP Sampling provider
  • Groq integration
v0.17.1 New feature
Notable features
  • 8 IDE rule profiles
  • Claude Code provider without API key
  • custom base URL configuration
v0.16.1 New feature
Notable features
  • enhanced add-task fuzzy search
  • sync-readme export command
  • semantic weighting improvements
v0.16.0 Breaking risk
Breaking changes
  • CLAUDE.md instructions moved to .taskmaster/CLAUDE.md with import
  • task file structure migrated to tagged format
Notable features
  • AI-powered research command
  • Tagged Lists architecture
  • --append flag for update-task

Beta — feedback welcome: [email protected]