Task Start

by Stanshy

Task Start is an Automation skill for Claude Code, published by Stanshy in AgentHub.

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Install Task Start

Copy Task Start into your Claude Code skills folder. Run the command in your terminal, or review the source on GitHub before installing.

terminal

npx degit https://github.com/Stanshy/AgentHub/tree/main/.knowledge/company/skill-templates/task-start ~/.claude/skills/task-start

Requires Node.js. Downloads this skill only — not the rest of the repository — into your Claude Code skills folder.

Without Node.js

git clone https://github.com/Stanshy/AgentHub.git

Clones the whole repository, then copy the skill’s own directory into your skills folder yourself.

In this catalog

Source file: .knowledge/company/skill-templates/task-start/SKILL.md in Stanshy/AgentHub
Installs to: ~/.claude/skills/task-start
Collection: One of 25 skills cataloged from this repository
Category: Automation — 1956 skills

What Task Start does

Task Start marks a task as in_progress when work begins. Use it to update the task file, record the start time, check dependencies, and handle the correct branch.

Task Start is cataloged under Automation on DirSkills. Task Start comes from a repository tagged ai-agents, ai-workflow, claude-code, developer-tools and electron.

Documentation

README

Excerpt

任務開始

Agent 開始執行任務時呼叫，將狀態從 assigned 改為 in_progress。

使用方式

/task-start <task-id>

參數

$0: 任務 ID（如 T5）

執行步驟

找到對應的任務檔案（支援 Sprint 子目錄）：使用 Glob tool 搜尋 .tasks/**/$0-*.md，若無結果再搜尋 .tasks/**/$0.md。取得檔案路徑後用 Read tool 讀取內容。

任務檔案可能在 .tasks/sprint-{N}/T5-xxx.md，不再只在 .tasks/ 根目錄。

取得真實時間（必要，不可跳過）： !node -e "console.log(new Date().toISOString())"

⚠️ 禁止自行編造時間。Agent 不知道真實時間，必須透過上述指令取得。將輸出存為變數 $NOW 供後續步驟使用。
更新找到的任務檔案：
- 將 | 狀態 | ... | 改為 | 狀態 | in_progress |
- 將 | 開始時間 | ... | 改為 | 開始時間 | $NOW |
- 若 開始時間 已有非 — 的值，不覆蓋（代表曾被 blocked 後恢復，保留首次開始時間）
- 若找不到 | 開始時間 | 欄位，在 | 建立時間 | 行之後插入 | 開始時間 | $NOW |

This is the opening of the README. Read the full README on GitHub.

Commands Task Start provides

Slash commands named in this skill’s SKILL.md, listed in the order they first appear.

/task-start

Frequently asked about Task Start

What else does Stanshy publish alongside Task Start?
Task Start is one of 25 skills that DirSkills catalogs from Stanshy/AgentHub, the repository it ships in. Its siblings there include Development Plan Generator, Gate Record and Harness Audit. Each one is a separate skill with its own page in this directory, installs the same way Task Start does, and is maintained by Stanshy in that same repository. The rest of the collection is listed on the Stanshy/AgentHub page.
How does Task Start compare to other Automation skills?
Task Start ranks #1786 by stars among the 1956 Automation skills in this catalog. The most-starred ones next to it are Autonomous Loops, Autonomous Agent Harness and Automation Audit Ops. DirSkills ranks by the star count of the repository each skill ships in, so that order reflects how popular those repositories are rather than any review of Task Start against them. Open each page to compare what they document and how they install.