Task Analyzer

Provides metacognitive task analysis and skill selection guidance.

Skills Index

See skills-index.yaml for available skills metadata.

Task Analysis Process

1. Understand Task Essence

Identify the fundamental purpose beyond surface-level work:

Action: Map the user request to one row in the Surface Work → Fundamental Purpose table above. If no row matches, state the fundamental purpose explicitly before proceeding.

2. Estimate Task Scale

Scale affects skill priority:

• Scale >= Large → include documentation-criteria and implementation-approach in selectedSkills with priority high
• Scale = Small → limit selectedSkills to task-type essential skills only (max 3)

3. Identify Task Type

4. Tag-Based Skill Matching

Extract relevant tags from task description and match against skills-index.yaml:

Task: "Implement user authentication with tests"
Extracted tags: [implementation, testing, security]
Matched skills:
  - coding-principles (implementation, security)
  - testing-principles (testing)
  - ai-development-guide (implementation)

5. Implicit Relationships

Consider hidden dependencies:

Output Format

Return structured analysis with skill metadata from skills-index.yaml:

taskAnalysis:
  essence: <string>  # Fundamental purpose identified
  type: <implementation|fix|refactoring|design|quality>
  scale: <small|medium|large>
  estimatedFiles: <number>
  tags: [<string>, ...]  # Extracted from task description

selectedSkills:
  - skill: <skill-name>  # From skills-index.yaml
    priority: <high|medium|low>
    reason: <string>  # Why this skill was selected
    # Pass through metadata from skills-index.yaml
    tags: [...]
    typical-use: <string>
    size: <small|medium|large>
    sections: [...]  # All sections from yaml, unfiltered

Note: Section selection (choosing which sections are relevant) is done after reading the actual SKILL.md files.

Skill Selection Priority

1. Essential - Directly related to task type
2. Quality - Testing and quality assurance
3. Process - Workflow and documentation
4. Supplementary - Reference and best practices

Metacognitive Question Design

Generate 3-5 questions according to task nature:

Warning Patterns

Detect and flag these patterns: