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  4. yakherder-0.1.79/pyproject.toml +71 -0
  5. yakherder-0.1.79/scripts/tui.py +1203 -0
  6. yakherder-0.1.79/scripts/yak.py +46 -0
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  15. yakherder-0.1.79/scripts/yaklib/cli.py +26 -0
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  17. yakherder-0.1.79/scripts/yaklib/commands.py +845 -0
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  19. yakherder-0.1.79/scripts/yaklib/filter.py +126 -0
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+ Metadata-Version: 2.4
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+ Name: yakherder
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+ Version: 0.1.79
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+ Summary: Filesystem-native task tracker for humans and AI agents
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+ Author: Joel
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+ License-Expression: Apache-2.0
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+ Project-URL: Homepage, https://github.com/joelgwebber/yaks
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+ Project-URL: Repository, https://github.com/joelgwebber/yaks
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+ Project-URL: Issues, https://github.com/joelgwebber/yaks/issues
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+ Keywords: task-tracker,cli,tui,agents,productivity
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+ Classifier: Development Status :: 4 - Beta
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+ Classifier: Environment :: Console
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+ Classifier: Intended Audience :: Developers
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+ Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3
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+ Classifier: Topic :: Software Development
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+ Classifier: Topic :: Utilities
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+ Requires-Python: >=3.10
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+ Description-Content-Type: text/markdown
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+ License-File: LICENSE
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+ Requires-Dist: prompt-toolkit>=3.0.52
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+ Requires-Dist: pyyaml>=6.0
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+ Dynamic: license-file
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+
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+ # Yaks
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+ [![skills.sh](https://skills.sh/b/joelgwebber/yaks)](https://skills.sh/joelgwebber/yaks)
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+ Filesystem-native task tracker for AI coding agents. Markdown files with YAML frontmatter, no database, no daemon.
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+ Yaks gives your AI coding assistant persistent task tracking across sessions. Tasks are stored as markdown files (with YAML frontmatter for metadata) in a `.yaks/` directory within your project — readable, diffable, and friendly to version control. Use it two ways: **commit `.yaks/`** to share a tracker with your team, or **gitignore it** to keep a private, local-only scratchpad. It ships as a plugin for Claude Code and OpenAI Codex, as an installable skill for Zed, and as a standalone CLI for any other agent.
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+
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+ ## Install
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+
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+ ### Claude Code
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+ ```
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+ claude plugin add --from /path/to/yaks
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+ ```
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+ The plugin bundles the `yak` and `yak-tracker` skills, which activate automatically when `.yaks/` exists in a project. The skills teach the agent to drive the `yaks` CLI directly (see [CLI tool](#cli-tool-any-agent) below to install it).
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+ ### OpenAI Codex
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+ Yaks ships a `.codex-plugin/plugin.json` manifest. Install it from the Codex plugin browser, or point Codex at a local clone:
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+
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+ ```bash
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+ codex plugin marketplace add ./path/to/yaks
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+ ```
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+ The `.claude-plugin/marketplace.json` legacy path also works if Codex picks it up automatically from a project root.
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+
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+ ### Zed
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+ Yaks ships a `skills/yak/` skill directory that follows the [Agent Skills spec](https://zed.dev/docs/ai/skills). Install via [skills.sh](https://skills.sh/joelgwebber/yaks):
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+
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+ ```bash
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+ # Global (available in all projects)
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+ npx skills add joelgwebber/yaks
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+ ```
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+ Or copy manually from a local clone:
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+ ```bash
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+ # Global
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+ cp -r /path/to/yaks/skills/yak ~/.agents/skills/yak
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+ cp -r /path/to/yaks/skills/yak-tracker ~/.agents/skills/yak-tracker
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+ # Project-local (inside your project, requires trusted worktree)
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+ cp -r /path/to/yaks/skills/yak .agents/skills/yak
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+ cp -r /path/to/yaks/skills/yak-tracker .agents/skills/yak-tracker
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+ ```
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+ Once installed, the `yak` skill appears in Zed's skill catalog and activates automatically when the agent detects a `.yaks/` directory. You can also invoke it with `/yak` in the message editor. The `yak-tracker` skill relates yaks to external issue trackers as a one-way projection (rollup, import-once, outbound draft).
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+ The skills instruct Zed's agent to use the `yaks` CLI, so install that too (see [CLI tool](#cli-tool-any-agent) below).
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+ ### CLI tool (any agent)
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+ The distribution is published on PyPI as **`yakherder`**; the command it installs is **`yaks`** (the name `yaks` was already taken on PyPI):
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+ ```bash
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+ # From PyPI (recommended) — puts `yaks` on your $PATH
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+ uv tool install yakherder
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+ # Or straight from GitHub / a local clone
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+ uv tool install git+https://github.com/joelgwebber/yaks
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+ uv tool install /path/to/yaks
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+ ```
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+ All subcommands work: `yaks list`, `yaks create`, `yaks tui`, etc. Upgrade with `uv tool upgrade yakherder`.
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+ Prefer not to install anything? Run it zero-install in an isolated environment:
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+ ```bash
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+ uvx yakherder tui # or any subcommand: uvx yakherder list, uvx yakherder next, ...
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+ ```
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+ For agents that don't have a Yaks plugin (Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, Windsurf, Aider, etc.), the CLI is the integration point — see [Configuring your AI assistant](#configuring-your-ai-assistant-to-use-yaks) below.
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+ ## Quick start
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+ Initialize task tracking in any project, from a terminal or via your agent:
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+ ```bash
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+ yaks init
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+ ```
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+ This creates a `.yaks/` directory with `hairy/`, `shaving/`, and `shorn/` subdirectories, plus a `config.yaml`. It also appends a workflow mandate to `CLAUDE.md` or `AGENTS.md` (defaults to `AGENTS.md`; use `--agents` to force it even when a `CLAUDE.md` exists).
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+ From there your coding assistant creates and manages tasks by calling the `yaks` CLI:
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+ ```bash
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+ yaks create --title "Add retry logic to API client" --type feature --priority 1
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+ yaks list
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+ yaks next
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+ yaks shave yak-a1b2
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+ yaks shorn yak-a1b2
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+ ```
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+ Agents drive these through shell/Bash tool access — there are no editor-specific slash commands to learn.
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+ ## How it works
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+ - **Status is a directory.** A task in `.yaks/hairy/` needs shaving. Move it to `.yaks/shaving/` and it's in progress. Move it to `.yaks/shorn/` and it's done. No status field in the YAML — the filesystem is the source of truth.
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+ - **Tasks are markdown with frontmatter.** Every task is a single `.md` file. Structured metadata (ID, title, type, priority, timestamps, dependencies, labels) lives in YAML frontmatter. The markdown body is the description.
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+ - **Parent/child tasks.** Create subtasks with `--parent TASK_ID`. Children get dot-suffixed IDs (`yak-a1b2.1`, `yak-a1b2.2`). The relationship is implicit from the ID — no extra YAML field. `show` displays the hierarchy automatically.
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+ - **Dependencies are first-class.** Tasks can depend on other tasks. `yaks next` shows only tasks whose dependencies are all shorn. `yaks tangled` shows what's stuck.
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+ - **Artifacts.** Attach files or clipboard images to tasks with `attach`. They're stored in `.yaks/artifacts/{task-id}/` and linked from the task body.
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+ - **Git-friendly.** Task files are small, human-readable, and merge cleanly. Git history is your audit log.
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+ - **Local or team.** Commit `.yaks/` to share tasks with collaborators (team mode), or gitignore it for a private local-only scratchpad. In local-only mode, keep yak files — and their IDs — out of commits, PRs, and external trackers; the skill spells out the distinction so your agent doesn't leak private planning notes.
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+ ## Commands
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+ | Command | Description |
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+ |---------|-------------|
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+ | `yaks init` | Initialize `.yaks/` in the current project |
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+ | `yaks create` | Create a new task |
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+ | `yaks list` | List tasks with optional filters |
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+ | `yaks show` | Show full details of a task |
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+ | `yaks update` | Update a task's fields |
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+ | `yaks shave` | Start shaving a yak |
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+ | `yaks shorn` | Mark a yak as shorn |
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+ | `yaks regrow` | Regrow a shorn yak |
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+ | `yaks slaughter` | Slaughter a yak (move to hidden `dead/` state) |
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+ | `yaks revive` | Revive a dead yak back to hairy |
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+ | `yaks next` | Show yaks ready to shave (all deps met) |
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+ | `yaks tangled` | Show tangled yaks (unshorn dependencies) |
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+ | `yaks search` | Search tasks by keyword |
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+ | `yaks dep` | Add or remove dependencies between tasks |
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+ | `yaks reparent` | Move a task to a new parent or promote to top-level |
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+ | `yaks stats` | Show task statistics |
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+ | `yaks attach` / `yaks detach` | Attach or remove file/image artifacts on a task |
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+ | `yaks import-beads` | Import tasks from a beads JSONL export |
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+ Every command accepts `--json` where applicable for machine-readable output.
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+ ## Filtering
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+ All query commands (`list`, `search`, `next`, `tangled`) share the same filter flags. Filters AND across dimensions; within a repeatable flag, values are OR'd:
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+ - `--status S` — filter by status (repeatable): `hairy`, `shaving`, `shorn`, `dead`
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+ - `--type T` — filter by type (repeatable): `bug`, `feature`, `task`, `idea`
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+ - `--priority P` — filter by priority (repeatable): `1`, `2`, `3`
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+ - `--label L` — match any listed label (repeatable)
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+ - `--search Q` — substring match on title, description, or id
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+ - `--ready` — only tasks whose dependencies are all resolved
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+ - `--tangled` — only tasks with at least one unresolved dependency
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+ - `--parent-of ID` — only descendants of a given task
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+ Examples:
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+ ```bash
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+ yaks list --type bug --type feature --priority 1
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+ yaks list --label auth --search retry
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+ yaks next --type bug
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+ ```
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+ ## TUI
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+ Yaks includes a curses-based terminal UI for interactive task management:
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+ ```
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+ ```
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+ The TUI provides:
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+ - **Tab-based status views** — switch between hairy, shaving, and shorn tabs
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+ - **Tree display** — parent/child tasks rendered as a collapsible tree
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+ - **Detail pane** — full task view with rendered markdown, metadata, dependencies, and artifacts
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+ - **Inline mutations** — change status, priority, type, title, labels, and dependencies without leaving the TUI
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+ - **Filter drawer** — drop-down filter panel (press `/` for search, `f` for full filter) with live preview as you type
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+ - **Help overlay** — press `?` for a full keybinding reference
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+ - **Vim-style editing** — optional vim keybindings in all text inputs (see Configuration below)
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+ ## Task format
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+ Tasks are `.md` files with YAML frontmatter for metadata. The markdown body is the description.
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+ ```markdown
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+ id: yak-a1b2
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+ title: Fix the login crash
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+ type: bug
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+ priority: 2
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+ created: "2026-02-16T10:00:00Z"
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+ updated: "2026-02-16T10:30:00Z"
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+ source: https://jira.example.com/browse/PROJ-123
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+ ---
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+ ```
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+ - **id** — Auto-generated as `{prefix}-{4 hex chars}` (prefix from config), or `{parent-id}.N` for child tasks
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+ - **title** — Short description of the task
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+ - **type** — `bug`, `feature`, `task`, or `idea`
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+ - **priority** — `1` (highest) through `3` (lowest)
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+ - **created** / **updated** — ISO 8601 timestamps
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+ - **depends_on** — Optional list of task IDs that must be shorn first
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+ - **labels** — Optional list of string tags
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+ - **source** — Optional URL linking to an external issue (Jira, GitHub Issues, Linear, etc.). Many yaks can roll up to one external issue; `yaks rollup` groups them, and a yak with no `source:` inherits its nearest ancestor's.
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+ ## Configuration
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+ | `prefix` | directory name | ID prefix for new tasks (e.g., `api` → `api-f3a1`) |
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+ | `vim_mode` | `false` | Vim-style insert/normal mode editing in TUI text inputs |
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+ ## Configuring your AI assistant to use Yaks
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+ `yaks init` automatically appends a workflow mandate to your project's `AGENTS.md` (or an existing `CLAUDE.md`). Use `--agents` to force writing to `AGENTS.md` even when a `CLAUDE.md` is present.
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+ `AGENTS.md` is the most portable choice — it's recognized by Claude Code, OpenAI Codex, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, Zed, Cursor, Windsurf, and Aider without any extra configuration.
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+ If you already have `.yaks/` set up and want to add the mandate manually, add this block to your context file:
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+ ## Task tracking
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+ This project uses Yaks. The Yaks skill has the full workflow.
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+ 1. Never start coding without a shaving yak. No exceptions.
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+ ```
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+ For agents that have their own context file convention, you can also create platform-specific files. Each file should contain the mandate above plus a note that the `yaks` CLI is available:
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+ | Claude Code | `CLAUDE.md` | Plugin handles skill injection automatically |
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+ | OpenAI Codex | `AGENTS.md` | Plugin handles skill injection automatically |
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+ | GitHub Copilot | `.github/copilot-instructions.md` | Highest-priority slot for Copilot |
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+ | Gemini CLI | `GEMINI.md` | Also read by Zed as a fallback |
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+ | Cursor | `.cursor/rules/yaks.mdc` | Use `alwaysApply: true` in frontmatter |
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+ | Windsurf | `.windsurfrules` | |
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+ | Zed | `AGENTS.md` or install the skill | Skill gives richer activation; see [Install](#install) |
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+ For Claude Code and Codex, the skill activates automatically when `.yaks/` exists and carries the full workflow details, command reference, and task format documentation. The mandate block above is what ensures your assistant actually follows the workflow.
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+ ## Requirements
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+ - Python 3.10+
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+ - PyYAML (`pyyaml>=6.0`) and prompt-toolkit (`prompt-toolkit>=3.0.52`, for the TUI)
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+ Installing via `uv tool install yakherder` (or running `uvx yakherder`) pulls these in automatically into an isolated environment — nothing is added to your system or project Python.
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+ ## License
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+ Apache 2.0