What happens if I run the skill on an existing task directory?

The skill will warn you that the existing state.json will be overwritten and ask for confirmation before re-generating the tasks.

Can I see a summary of the generated tasks?

Yes, it generates a human-readable TODOs.md file that includes a progress tracker, phase breakdown, and a suggested starting task.

How does it handle complex task dependencies?

It invokes a dependency-grapher skill to validate the graph, identify the critical path, detect circular dependencies, and suggest the most efficient implementation order.

Does this skill provide effort estimation?

Yes, it automatically assigns a complexity score from 1 to 10 for every generated task based on the description and codebase context.

What files are required for the Task From Spec skill to work?

The skill requires a spec.md document containing user stories and technical approaches, and a metadata.json file containing spec IDs and basic categorization.

Task From Spec Orchestrator

Name: Task From Spec Orchestrator
Author: qazuor

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Productivity & Workflow

Converts software specification documents into structured, dependency-mapped task lists with automated complexity scoring and phase organization.

The Task From Spec skill is the central orchestrator for the Task Master plugin, designed to bridge the gap between technical requirements and execution. By parsing markdown specifications and metadata, it coordinates specialized sub-skills to decompose features into atomic tasks, calculate effort scores, and validate dependency graphs. It produces a complete project state including a machine-readable JSON file and a human-friendly TODO list, providing developers with a validated roadmap that identifies critical paths and parallel work tracks.

Key Features

01Phase-based organization including Setup, Core, Integration, Testing, and Docs

020 GitHub stars

03Intelligent complexity scoring (1-10) for effort estimation

04Generation of human-readable TODOs.md with critical path identification

05Automated task atomization from Markdown user stories and technical requirements

06Dependency graph validation with automated circular reference detection

Use Cases

01Identifying technical bottlenecks and parallel development opportunities in complex features

02Standardizing project state management and task tracking within the Claude Code environment

03Transforming high-level feature specifications into actionable development backlogs

What are Skills?·How to Install

Install with 🐟 Skill.Fish

npx skillfish add qazuor/claude-code-task-master task-from-spec

For use in Claude.ai and ChatGPT

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