/cancel

tq action cancel

IMPORTANT: Run !tq action cancel --help first to understand the expected reason format.

Find action_id

1. $ARGUMENTS if numeric
2. The action/task IDs stated in the dispatch preamble (e.g. "You are executing action #123 (task #45)")
3. Search running actions: tq action list --status running
4. If none works, ask the user

Investigate before cancelling

Review the task's action history to understand why this action was created:

tq action list --task <task_id>

Read each action's result to trace the chain of decisions that led to this action.

Next Action

Before cancelling, determine if follow-up work is needed:

1. Run tq action list --task <task_id> to review action history
2. Improvement extraction: If result contains improvement suggestions, TODOs, or "handle in separate task" items with independent work scope, use /tq:create-action to create a follow-up action
3. Next action decision: Determine the next action needed to achieve the task's goal:
   • Additional work needed → /tq:create-action to create it
   • External blocker (waiting for review, approval, etc.) → do nothing
   • An active action (pending/running) with the same purpose already exists → do not create
4. Task completion check: Only if no action was created above, determine whether the task's goal has been achieved → if complete, run tq task update <task_id> --status done

Constraints:

• Dedup: Do not create an action if an active action (pending/running) with the same purpose already exists
• If predecessor_result contains incomplete signals, do NOT mark the task as done

Execute

tq action cancel <action_id> '<reason>'