worktree-task

Worktree Task Plugin

Manage large coding tasks using git worktrees and background agent sessions. Spawns autonomous Claude Code or Codex instances that run independently, freeing your main session.

Features

• Launch: Spawn autonomous agent instances in separate git worktrees
  • Default: Claude Code (claude --dangerously-skip-permissions)
  • --codex: Quick switch to Codex CLI
  • --agent-cmd: Custom agent command
• Auto-Recovery: Background monitor automatically detects and recovers from errors (rate limits, API errors, timeouts)
• Status: Monitor running tasks and their progress
• Resume: Manually recover interrupted tasks
• Cleanup: Remove completed tasks and worktrees
• Merge/Rebase: Automatic conflict resolution powered by Claude
• Alerts: macOS notifications when tasks complete or fail
• Auto-Update: Notifies when plugin updates are available

Usage

Via Commands (recommended)

# Launch a new task (auto-recovery enabled by default)
/worktree-task:launch "Implement user authentication with OAuth2"

# Launch with Codex instead of Claude
/worktree-task:launch --codex "Refactor database layer"

# Launch without auto-recovery
/worktree-task:launch --no-monitor "Quick fix task"

# Check status of all tasks
/worktree-task:status

# Check specific task
/worktree-task:status my-task

# Resume interrupted task manually
/worktree-task:resume my-task

# Cleanup completed task
/worktree-task:cleanup my-task --keep-worktree

# Merge feature branch (run from target branch)
/worktree-task:merge feature-branch

# Rebase current branch onto feature branch
/worktree-task:rebase feature-branch

# Show help
/worktree-task:help

Via Skill (automatic)

Claude will automatically use this skill when you mention:

• "Run this in background"
• "Execute in a worktree"
• "Spawn a separate task"
• Large, complex implementations

Structure

worktree-task/
├── .claude-plugin/
│   └── plugin.json       # Plugin manifest
├── skills/
│   └── worktree-task/
│       └── SKILL.md      # Skill definition
├── commands/
│   ├── launch.md         # /worktree-task:launch
│   ├── status.md         # /worktree-task:status
│   ├── resume.md         # /worktree-task:resume
│   ├── cleanup.md        # /worktree-task:cleanup
│   ├── merge.md          # /worktree-task:merge
│   ├── rebase.md         # /worktree-task:rebase
│   └── help.md           # /worktree-task:help
├── hooks/
│   ├── hooks.json        # Hook registrations
│   └── handlers/
│       ├── on-session-start.py  # Update checker
│       ├── on-stop.py           # Task completion notification
│       └── on-session-end.py    # Session end handler
├── scripts/
│   ├── launch.py         # Task launcher
│   ├── status.py         # Status checker
│   ├── resume.py         # Task resumer
│   ├── cleanup.py        # Cleanup handler
│   ├── merge.py          # Merge with conflict resolution
│   ├── rebase.py         # Rebase with conflict resolution
│   └── monitor.py        # Auto-recovery background monitor
└── references/
    ├── task-prompt-template.md
    └── merge-rebase-prompt-template.md

How It Works

1. Launch: Creates a git worktree, starts a tmux session, runs the agent with task prompt
2. Auto-Recovery: Background monitor polls for errors and automatically resumes (rate limits, API errors, timeouts)
3. Monitor: Check progress via /worktree-task:status
4. Alert: macOS notifications via osascript on completion/failure
5. Cleanup: Kills tmux session, stops monitor, removes worktree
6. Merge/Rebase: Uses Claude in tmux to automatically resolve conflicts

Configuration

Tasks are tracked via tmux sessions and git worktrees - no separate database needed.

• Worktrees: Created in parent directory (e.g., ../worktree-task-<name>)
• Monitor logs: .monitor_cron.log in plugin directory

Requirements

• macOS (for notifications)
• tmux
• git
• Python 3.8+

Support & Community

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• 🐛 Report issues
• 💡 Request features
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License

MIT