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Track work with tasks, acceptance criteria, and links.

Source filee363c44Updated Aug 20, 2026
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Tasks are the main unit of planned work in Knowns.

What a task contains

A task may include:

  • title
  • description
  • status
  • priority
  • labels
  • assignee
  • acceptance criteria
  • implementation plan
  • implementation notes

Why tasks matter

Tasks give both humans and AI a concrete execution target.

Instead of saying “work on auth,” you can define:

  • what should be built
  • how success is checked
  • what context is relevant
  • what the current progress is

Typical flow

bash
knowns task create "Add authentication" \
  -d "JWT-based auth with login and register endpoints" \
  --ac "User can register" \
  --ac "User can login" \
  --priority high

# Optional one-off ID namespace; creates an ID such as FR-4F7Q2M
knowns task create "Add authentication feature" --prefix FR

knowns task edit <id> -s in-progress
knowns task edit <id> --plan $'1. Review auth pattern\n2. Implement endpoints\n3. Add tests'
knowns task edit <id> --check-ac 1
knowns task edit <id> --append-notes "Completed middleware"
knowns task edit <id> -s done

The task ID is immutable and remains the only public identifier. A project may set settings.defaultTaskIdPrefix; a caller-provided --prefix overrides it for one task without changing config. Existing numeric, hierarchical, and six-character random IDs remain readable and require no migration.

Acceptance criteria

Acceptance criteria are especially valuable for AI-assisted work because they make “done” testable.

Good acceptance criteria are:

  • concrete
  • observable
  • small enough to check individually

References inside tasks

Tasks can reference docs and other entities, for example:

  • @doc/architecture/auth
  • @task-abc123