@rse/ase 0.0.36 → 0.0.38

package/dst/ase-hello.js

@@ -3,7 +3,11 @@
 **  Copyright (c) 2025-2026 Dr. Ralf S. Engelschall <rse@engelschall.com>
 **  Licensed under GPL 3.0 <https://spdx.org/licenses/GPL-3.0-only>
 */
-import chalk from "chalk";
+import { Chalk } from "chalk";
+/*  forced-color chalk instance: stdout is a pipe under Claude Code,
+    so chalk auto-detection would yield level 0; force level 1 to keep
+    emitting ANSI sequences as the original implementation did  */
+const c = new Chalk({ level: 1 });
 /*  command-line handling  */
 export default class HelloCommand {
     log;
@@ -14,9 +18,10 @@ export default class HelloCommand {
     register(program) {
         program
             .command("hello")
-            .description("Print \"Hello World\" in red")
-            .action(async () => {
-            process.stdout.write(chalk.red("Hello World") + "\n");
+            .description("print a colored greeting message")
+            .option("-s, --subject <name>", "subject to greet", "Universe")
+            .action(async (opts) => {
+            process.stdout.write(`${c.red(`${opts.subject} World!`)}\n`);
         });
     }
 }

package/dst/ase-hook.js

@@ -106,6 +106,8 @@ export default class HookCommand {
                 cfg.set("agent.task", taskId);
                 cfg.write();
             });
+        /*  initialize agent activity status  */
+        this.writeAgentStatus("ready");
         /*  determine project id  */
         const cwd = input.cwd ?? process.cwd();
         let projectDir = cwd;
@@ -170,6 +172,32 @@ export default class HookCommand {
         process.stdout.write(JSON.stringify(payload));
         return 0;
     }
+    /*  publish the agent activity marker to tmux as a per-pane user
+        option, so tmux can render the live state via
+        #{@ase_agent_status} (refreshed on tmux's own interval,
+        independent of Claude Code's statusline repaint cadence).
+        Notice: the Claude Code statusline is not usable for this case
+        here at all, as it is not repainted during agent processing! */
+    writeAgentStatus(status) {
+        const icon = status === "busy" ? "▶" : "⏸";
+        if (process.env.TMUX !== undefined
+            && process.env.TMUX !== ""
+            && process.env.TMUX_PANE !== undefined
+            && process.env.TMUX_PANE !== "") {
+            execaSync("tmux", ["set-option", "-p", "-t", process.env.TMUX_PANE,
+                "@ase_agent_status", icon], { stdio: "ignore", reject: false });
+        }
+    }
+    /*  handler for "ase hook user-prompt-submit" (both tools)  */
+    doUserPromptSubmit(_tool) {
+        this.writeAgentStatus("busy");
+        return 0;
+    }
+    /*  handler for "ase hook stop" (both tools)  */
+    doStop(_tool) {
+        this.writeAgentStatus("ready");
+        return 0;
+    }
     /*  handler for "ase hook session-end" (both tools)  */
     doSessionEnd(_tool) {
         /*  read session information (Claude Code uses snake_case fields,
@@ -287,5 +315,21 @@ export default class HookCommand {
             .action((opts) => {
             process.exit(this.doPreToolUse(this.parseTool(opts.tool)));
         });
+        /*  register CLI sub-command "ase hook user-prompt-submit"  */
+        hookCmd
+            .command("user-prompt-submit")
+            .description("handle UserPromptSubmit hook event (mark agent as busy)")
+            .option("-t, --tool <tool>", "target tool (\"claude\" or \"copilot\")", toolDflt)
+            .action((opts) => {
+            process.exit(this.doUserPromptSubmit(this.parseTool(opts.tool)));
+        });
+        /*  register CLI sub-command "ase hook stop"  */
+        hookCmd
+            .command("stop")
+            .description("handle Stop hook event (mark agent as ready)")
+            .option("-t, --tool <tool>", "target tool (\"claude\" or \"copilot\")", toolDflt)
+            .action((opts) => {
+            process.exit(this.doStop(this.parseTool(opts.tool)));
+        });
     }
 }

package/dst/ase-setup.js

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 **  Copyright (c) 2025-2026 Dr. Ralf S. Engelschall <rse@engelschall.com>
 **  Licensed under GPL 3.0 <https://spdx.org/licenses/GPL-3.0-only>
 */
+import fs from "node:fs/promises";
 import path from "node:path";
 import { fileURLToPath } from "node:url";
 import { execa } from "execa";
@@ -24,6 +25,74 @@ export default class SetupCommand {
             throw new Error(`mandatory tool "${tool}" not found in $PATH`);
         });
     }
+    /*  determine whether a global "npm" operation requires "sudo" by
+        checking whether the npm global install root is writable by the
+        current user; on Windows or when already running as root, no
+        elevation is needed  */
+    async npmGlobalNeedsSudo() {
+        /*  Windows has no "sudo" concept here  */
+        if (process.platform === "win32")
+            return false;
+        /*  already running as root  */
+        const getuid = process.getuid;
+        if (typeof getuid === "function" && getuid.call(process) === 0)
+            return false;
+        /*  determine the npm global prefix and probe writability of the
+            directories that "npm -g" actually mutates  */
+        let prefix = "";
+        try {
+            const result = await execa("npm", ["prefix", "-g"], { stdio: "pipe" });
+            prefix = result.stdout.trim();
+        }
+        catch {
+            /*  if we cannot determine the prefix, fall back to "no sudo"  */
+            return false;
+        }
+        if (prefix === "")
+            return false;
+        const candidates = [
+            prefix,
+            path.join(prefix, "bin"),
+            path.join(prefix, "lib", "node_modules")
+        ];
+        for (const dir of candidates) {
+            try {
+                await fs.access(dir, fs.constants.W_OK);
+            }
+            catch {
+                /*  directory exists but not writable, or does not exist
+                    inside a non-writable parent: require sudo  */
+                try {
+                    await fs.access(dir, fs.constants.F_OK);
+                    return true;
+                }
+                catch {
+                    /*  directory does not exist: check parent writability  */
+                    try {
+                        await fs.access(path.dirname(dir), fs.constants.W_OK);
+                    }
+                    catch {
+                        return true;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
+    /*  build the (cmd, args) pair for an "npm" invocation, prefixing
+        with "sudo" when necessary for global operations  */
+    async npmCmd(args, global) {
+        if (global && await this.npmGlobalNeedsSudo()) {
+            const sudo = await which("sudo").catch(() => "");
+            if (sudo !== "") {
+                this.log.write("info", "setup: npm global install root not writable: using \"sudo\"");
+                return { cmd: "sudo", args: ["npm", ...args] };
+            }
+            this.log.write("warning", "setup: npm global install root is not writable by current user " +
+                "and \"sudo\" not found in $PATH: attempting without elevation");
+        }
+        return { cmd: "npm", args };
+    }
     /*  run a sub-process, suppressing output on success and emitting it on failure  */
     async run(cmd, args, opts = {}) {
         const { cwd, quiet = false, retries = 1, ignoreError } = opts;
@@ -118,7 +187,8 @@ export default class SetupCommand {
             }
             /*  update ASE CLI tool  */
             this.log.write("info", `setup: update: updating ASE CLI tool: ${current} -> ${latest}`);
-            await this.run("npm", ["update", "-g", "@rse/ase"]);
+            const updateCmd = await this.npmCmd(["update", "-g", "@rse/ase"], true);
+            await this.run(updateCmd.cmd, updateCmd.args);
             /*  update ASE plugin  */
             this.log.write("info", `setup: update: updating ASE ${spec.label} plugin`);
             await this.run(spec.cli, ["plugin", "marketplace", "update", "ase"]);
@@ -165,7 +235,8 @@ export default class SetupCommand {
         /*  uninstall ASE CLI tool (non-development only)  */
         if (!dev) {
             this.log.write("info", "setup: uninstall: uninstalling ASE CLI tool (origin: remote)");
-            await this.run("npm", ["uninstall", "-g", "@rse/ase"]);
+            const uninstallCmd = await this.npmCmd(["uninstall", "-g", "@rse/ase"], true);
+            await this.run(uninstallCmd.cmd, uninstallCmd.args);
         }
         return 0;
     }

package/package.json

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     "homepage":                             "http://github.com/rse/ase",
     "repository":                           { "url": "git+https://github.com/rse/ase.git", "type": "git" },
     "bugs":                                 { "url": "http://github.com/rse/ase/issues" },
-    "version":                              "0.0.36",
+    "version":                              "0.0.38",
     "license":                              "GPL-3.0-only",
     "author": {
         "name":                             "Dr. Ralf S. Engelschall",

package/plugin/.claude-plugin/plugin.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
     "name":        "ase",
-    "version":     "0.0.36",
+    "version":     "0.0.38",
     "description": "Agentic Software Engineering (ASE)",
     "keywords":    [ "agentic", "software", "engineering" ],
     "homepage":    "https://ase.tools",

package/plugin/.github/plugin/plugin.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
     "name":        "ase",
-    "version":     "0.0.36",
+    "version":     "0.0.38",
     "description": "Agentic Software Engineering (ASE)",
     "keywords":    [ "agentic", "software", "engineering" ],
     "homepage":    "https://ase.tools",

package/plugin/hooks/hooks-copilot.json

@@ -3,20 +3,37 @@
     "hooks": {
         "sessionStart": [
             {
-                "type":   "command",
-                "bash":   "ase hook session-start --tool copilot"
+                "type":       "command",
+                "bash":       "ase hook session-start --tool copilot",
+                "powershell": "ase hook session-start --tool copilot"
             }
         ],
         "sessionEnd": [
             {
-                "type":   "command",
-                "bash":   "ase hook session-end --tool copilot"
+                "type":       "command",
+                "bash":       "ase hook session-end --tool copilot",
+                "powershell": "ase hook session-end --tool copilot"
             }
         ],
         "preToolUse": [
             {
-                "type":   "command",
-                "bash":   "ase hook pre-tool-use --tool copilot"
+                "type":       "command",
+                "bash":       "ase hook pre-tool-use --tool copilot",
+                "powershell": "ase hook pre-tool-use --tool copilot"
+            }
+        ],
+        "userPromptSubmitted": [
+            {
+                "type":       "command",
+                "bash":       "ase hook user-prompt-submit --tool copilot",
+                "powershell": "ase hook user-prompt-submit --tool copilot"
+            }
+        ],
+        "agentStop": [
+            {
+                "type":       "command",
+                "bash":       "ase hook stop --tool copilot",
+                "powershell": "ase hook stop --tool copilot"
             }
         ]
     }

package/plugin/hooks/hooks.json

@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
     "hooks": {
         "SessionStart": [
             {
-                "matcher": "startup|resume|clear|compact",
                 "hooks": [
                     {
                         "type": "command",
@@ -14,7 +13,6 @@
         ],
         "SessionEnd": [
             {
-                "matcher": "",
                 "hooks": [
                     {
                         "type": "command",
@@ -26,7 +24,6 @@
         ],
         "PreToolUse": [
             {
-                "matcher": "",
                 "hooks": [
                     {
                         "type": "command",
@@ -35,6 +32,26 @@
                     }
                 ]
             }
+        ],
+        "UserPromptSubmit": [
+            {
+                "hooks": [
+                    {
+                        "type": "command",
+                        "command": "ase hook user-prompt-submit"
+                    }
+                ]
+            }
+        ],
+        "Stop": [
+            {
+                "hooks": [
+                    {
+                        "type": "command",
+                        "command": "ase hook stop"
+                    }
+                ]
+            }
         ]
     }
 }

package/plugin/package.json

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     "homepage":                             "http://github.com/rse/ase",
     "repository":                           { "url": "git+https://github.com/rse/ase.git", "type": "git" },
     "bugs":                                 { "url": "http://github.com/rse/ase/issues" },
-    "version":                              "0.0.36",
+    "version":                              "0.0.38",
     "license":                              "GPL-3.0-only",
     "author": {
         "name":                             "Dr. Ralf S. Engelschall",

package/plugin/skills/ase-code-craft/SKILL.md

@@ -84,19 +84,30 @@ permitted way to persist artifacts is via `task_save(...)`.
 
         Then set <feature/> to the response of the user.
 
-    4.  Report the task and feature with the following <template/>:
+    4.  <if condition="
+            <ase-task-id/> is equal `default` and
+            <feature/> is not empty
+        ">
+        Set <ase-task-id/> to a unique task id, derived from <feature/>,
+        which consists of two lower-case words concatenated with a
+        `-` character. Then call the `task_id(id: <ase-task-id/>,
+        session: <ase-session-id/>)` tool from the `ase` MCP service to
+        implicitly switch the task.
+        </if>
+
+    5.  Report the task and feature with the following <template/>:
 
         <template>
         ⧉ **ASE**: ◉ task: **<ase-task-id/>**
         ⧉ **ASE**: ⇌ feature: **<feature/>**
         </template>
 
-    5.  Figure out what the requested <feature/> to be crafted is about.
+    6.  Figure out what the requested <feature/> to be crafted is about.
 
-    6.  Ask the user for clarification if the goal of this crafting is too
+    7.  Ask the user for clarification if the goal of this crafting is too
         unclear.
 
-    7.  Do not output anything in this step, except you asked the user.
+    8.  Do not output anything in this step, except you asked the user.
 
 2.  **Investigate Code Base**:
 
@@ -168,8 +179,9 @@ permitted way to persist artifacts is via `task_save(...)`.
 4.  **Choose Feature Crafting Approach**:
 
     1.  If <getopt-option-auto/> is equal `false`:
-        Let the *user interactively choose* the preferred feature approach A<n/>
-        with the help of the <user-dialog-tool/> tool. Use *single-selection* only
+        Let the *user interactively choose* the preferred feature
+        approach A<n/> with the help of the <user-dialog-tool/> tool.
+        Use the header `Select Approach` and *single-selection* only
         and provide small *code change previews*. Mark your recommended
         feature approach with ` ⚝ **RECOMMENDATION** ⚝` here again.
 

package/plugin/skills/ase-code-refactor/SKILL.md

@@ -84,19 +84,30 @@ permitted way to persist artifacts is via `task_save(...)`.
 
         Then set <request/> to the response of the user.
 
-    4.  Report the task and request with the following <template/>:
+    4.  <if condition="
+            <ase-task-id/> is equal `default` and
+            <request/> is not empty
+        ">
+        Set <ase-task-id/> to a unique task id, derived from <request/>,
+        which consists of two lower-case words concatenated with a
+        `-` character. Then call the `task_id(id: <ase-task-id/>,
+        session: <ase-session-id/>)` tool from the `ase` MCP service to
+        implicitly switch the task.
+        </if>
+
+    5.  Report the task and request with the following <template/>:
 
         <template>
         ⧉ **ASE**: ◉ task: **<ase-task-id/>**
         ⧉ **ASE**: ⇌ request: **<request/>**
         </template>
 
-    5.  Figure out what the artifact refactoring <request/> is about.
+    6.  Figure out what the artifact refactoring <request/> is about.
 
-    6.  Ask the user for clarification if the goal of this refactoring is
+    7.  Ask the user for clarification if the goal of this refactoring is
         too unclear.
 
-    7.  Do not output anything in this step, except you asked the user.
+    8.  Do not output anything in this step, except you asked the user.
 
 2.  **Investigate Code Base**:
 
@@ -172,11 +183,13 @@ permitted way to persist artifacts is via `task_save(...)`.
 4.  **Choose Refactoring Approach**:
 
     1.  If <getopt-option-auto/> is equal `false`:
-        Let the *user interactively choose* the preferred refactoring approach A<n/>
-        with the help of the <user-dialog-tool/> tool. Use *single-selection* only
+        Let the *user interactively choose* the preferred refactoring
+        approach A<n/> with the help of the <user-dialog-tool/> tool.
+        Use the header `Select Approach` and *single-selection* only
         and provide small *code change previews*. Mark your recommended
         refactoring approach with ` ⚝ **RECOMMENDATION** ⚝` here again.
-        Except for the interactive selection, do not output anything in this step.
+        Except for the interactive selection, do not output anything in
+        this step.
 
     2.  If <getopt-option-auto/> is equal `true`:
         Set <n/> to the number of the refactoring approach A<n/> you recommend.

package/plugin/skills/ase-code-resolve/SKILL.md

@@ -56,12 +56,13 @@ permitted way to persist artifacts is via `task_save(...)`.
 1.  **Reason About Problem**:
 
     1.  If <problem/> matches the regexp `^[PT]\d+$` (i.e. a bare issue
-        identifier like `P1`, `P2`, `T1`, `T2`, ...), set
-        <problem-id><problem/></problem-id>, call the `task_id(id:
-        <ase-task-id/>, session: <ase-session-id/>)` tool from the `ase`
-        MCP service to implicitly switch the task, and then call the
-        `kv_get(key: "ase-issue-<problem-id/>")` tool
-        of the `ase` MCP service to retrieve the previously persisted
+        identifier like `P1`, `P2`, `T1`, `T2`, ...),
+        set <problem-id><problem/></problem-id> and
+        <ase-task-id><problem/></ase-task-id>, call the `task_id(id:
+        <ase-task-id/>, session: <ase-session-id/>)` tool from the
+        `ase` MCP service to implicitly switch the task, and then
+        call the `kv_get(key: "ase-issue-<problem-id/>")` tool of
+        the `ase` MCP service to retrieve the previously persisted
         problem description. If the returned `text` is non-empty, set
         <problem><text/></problem>, otherwise complain to the user that
         no analyzer result exists for <problem-id/> and stop processing.
@@ -95,21 +96,32 @@ permitted way to persist artifacts is via `task_save(...)`.
 
         Then set <problem/> to the response of the user.
 
-    5.  Report the task and problem with the following <template/>:
+    5.  <if condition="
+            <ase-task-id/> is equal `default` and
+            <problem/> is not empty
+        ">
+        Set <ase-task-id/> to a unique task id, derived from <problem/>,
+        which consists of two lower-case words concatenated with a
+        `-` character. Then call the `task_id(id: <ase-task-id/>,
+        session: <ase-session-id/>)` tool from the `ase` MCP service to
+        implicitly switch the task.
+        </if>
+
+    6.  Report the task and problem with the following <template/>:
 
         <template>
         ⧉ **ASE**: ◉ task: **<ase-task-id/>**
         ⧉ **ASE**: ⇌ problem: **<problem/>**
         </template>
 
-    6.  Figure out what the requested <problem/> is about.
+    7.  Figure out what the requested <problem/> is about.
 
-    7.  Ask the user for clarification if the goal of this resolution is
+    8.  Ask the user for clarification if the goal of this resolution is
         too unclear.
 
-    8.  Do not output anything in this step, except you asked the user.
+    9.  Do not output anything in this step, except you asked the user.
 
-    9.  Investigate and *figure out details* related to this problem.
+    10. Investigate and *figure out details* related to this problem.
         Report those details with the following <template/>:
 
         <template>
@@ -224,8 +236,9 @@ permitted way to persist artifacts is via `task_save(...)`.
 4.  **Choose Problem Resolution Approach**:
 
     1.  If <getopt-option-auto/> is equal `false`:
-        Let the *user interactively choose* the preferred resolution approach A<n/>
-        with the help of the <user-dialog-tool/> tool. Use *single-selection* only
+        Let the *user interactively choose* the preferred resolution
+        approach A<n/> with the help of the <user-dialog-tool/> tool.
+        Use the header `Select Approach` and *single-selection* only
         and provide small *code change previews*. Mark your recommended
         resolution approach with ` ⚝ **RECOMMENDATION** ⚝` here again.
 

package/plugin/skills/ase-meta-evaluate/SKILL.md

@@ -21,8 +21,10 @@ Evaluate Alternatives
 Evaluate Alternatives
 </skill>
 
+<role>
 Your role is an experienced, *expert-level assistant*,
 specialized in *evaluating alternatives*.
+</role>
 
 <objective>
 *Evaluate* *alternatives* through a weighted
@@ -73,10 +75,11 @@ multi-*criteria* decision matrix.
         over) is its single most distinguishing perspective, and remember
         this as an <info-K/> (K=1-N) formatted like `<type/>: <hint/>` where
         <type/> is one of `USP`, `Crux`, or `Gotcha` and <hint/> is a 1-6
-        word hint.
+        word hint. Do not output anything.
 
     -   For the set of alternatives, decide what the 1-6 word long
         name of the *class of alternatives* <class-of-alternatives/> is.
+        Do not output anything.
 
     -   For each alternative <alternative-K/> (K=1-N), decide whether
         it is a genuine member of <class-of-alternatives/>. If any
@@ -178,16 +181,16 @@ multi-*criteria* decision matrix.
     -   The best alternative <alternative-K/> (K=1-N) is the alternative
         whose *raw, unrounded* <rating-K/> (i.e. the product-sum from STEP
         4, *before* the display-only rounding) is the maximum rating value
-        across all alternatives.
+        across all alternatives. Do not output anything.
 
     -   The second best alternative <alternative-X/> (X=1-N, X != K) is
         the alternative whose *raw, unrounded* <rating-X/> is the second
-        largest rating value across all alternatives.
+        largest rating value across all alternatives. Do not output anything.
 
     -   If multiple alternatives share the second-largest raw rating, pick
         any one of them as <alternative-X/>; the resulting <distance/> and
         <percentage/> are unaffected by the choice, so the downstream output
-        is deterministic.
+        is deterministic. Do not output anything.
 
     -   Determine rating distance <distance/> between <alternative-K/> and
         <alternative-X/> from their *raw, unrounded* ratings by calculating:
@@ -203,6 +206,7 @@ multi-*criteria* decision matrix.
         (so a true zero tie with <distance/> = 0 falls into the
         *MULTIPLE BEST* branch below, and a non-zero gap with zero
         best falls into the *small distance* branch below).
+        Do not output anything.
 
     -   By construction, <rating-K/> is the maximum rating across
         all alternatives, so <distance/> >= 0 always holds; using
@@ -210,7 +214,7 @@ multi-*criteria* decision matrix.
         regimes. Note that when <rating-K/> itself is negative, the
         denominator anchors to a poor best rating and small gaps can
         appear large; the all-negative regime is surfaced as a dedicated
-        warning branch below.
+        warning branch below. Do not output anything.
 
     -   If <percentage/> is less than 0.01 (i.e. <distance/> is
         effectively zero relative to abs(<rating-K/>)), stop the flow after

package/plugin/skills/ase-task-list/SKILL.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
 name: ase-task-list
-argument-hint: ""
+argument-hint: "[-v|--verbose]"
 description: >
     List all available task ids.
     Use when user wants to see all tasks.
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ effort: low
 
 @${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/../../meta/ase-persona.md
 @${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/../../meta/ase-skill.md
+@${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/../../meta/ase-getopt.md
 
 Task List
 =========
@@ -19,10 +20,17 @@ Task List
 List Task Plans
 </skill>
 
-1.  Call the `task_list(verbose: true)` tool from the `ase` MCP service.
-    The result is a structured object with a `tasks` array where each
-    entry has an `id` field and an `mtime` field (formatted as
-    `YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM`).
+<expand name="getopt"
+    arg1="ase-task-list"
+    arg2="--verbose|-v">
+    $ARGUMENTS
+</expand>
+
+1.  Call the `task_list(verbose: <getopt-option-verbose/>)` tool from
+    the `ase` MCP service. The result is a structured object with a
+    `tasks` array where each entry has an `id` field, and -- if
+    <getopt-option-verbose/> is `true` -- additionally an `mtime` field
+    (formatted as `YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM`).
 
 2.  If the `tasks` array is empty, output the following <template/>:
 
@@ -30,16 +38,33 @@ List Task Plans
     ⧉ **ASE**: ◉ tasks: *(none)*
     </template>
 
-    Else, output the list of tasks with the following <template/>, where
-    each <id/> and <mtime/> correspond to an entry in the task list:
+    Else, dispatch on <getopt-option-verbose/>:
 
-    <template>
-    ⧉ **ASE**: ◉ tasks:
+    -   If <getopt-option-verbose/> is `true`, output the list of tasks
+        with the following <template/>, where each <id/> and <mtime/>
+        correspond to an entry in the task list:
 
-    | *Task Id* | *Last Modified*    |
-    |-----------|--------------------|
-    | **<id/>** | `<mtime/>`         |
-    | [...]     | [...]              |
+        <template>
+        ⧉ **ASE**: ◉ tasks:
 
-    </template>
+        | *Task Id* | *Last Modified*    |
+        |-----------|--------------------|
+        | **<id/>** | `<mtime/>`         |
+        | [...]     | [...]              |
+
+        </template>
+
+    -   If <getopt-option-verbose/> is `false`, output the list of tasks
+        with the following <template/>, where each <id/> corresponds to
+        an entry in the task list:
+
+        <template>
+        ⧉ **ASE**: ◉ tasks:
+
+        | *Task Id* |
+        |-----------|
+        | **<id/>** |
+        | [...]     |
+
+        </template>