Agent skill

Td

Manage tasks and issues with the td CLI. An agent skill from espennilsen/pi.

MITAuto-check passedProduct & Project Management

Install Td

skills CLI

$ npx skills add espennilsen/pi --skill td -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install espennilsen/pi td --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/espennilsen/pi.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/td .claude/skills/td && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Paste into Claude Code

Install the "td" agent skill from https://github.com/espennilsen/pi/tree/main/skills/td into .claude/skills/td/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "td", then confirm the skill loads.

Claude Code copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

$skill-installer

$skill-installer install https://github.com/espennilsen/pi/tree/main/skills/td

Type this inside Codex. $skill-installer <name> installs a curated skill from openai/skills. The installer writes to $CODEX_HOME/skills (default ~/.codex/skills). Restart Codex if the skill does not show up.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add espennilsen/pi --skill td -a codex

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install espennilsen/pi td --agent codex

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/espennilsen/pi.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/td .agents/skills/td && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.

Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/

Paste into Codex

Install the "td" agent skill from https://github.com/espennilsen/pi/tree/main/skills/td into .agents/skills/td/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "td", then confirm the skill loads.

Codex copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add espennilsen/pi --skill td -a cursor

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install espennilsen/pi td --agent cursor

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/espennilsen/pi.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/td .cursor/skills/td && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.

Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/

Paste into Cursor

Install the "td" agent skill from https://github.com/espennilsen/pi/tree/main/skills/td into .cursor/skills/td/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "td", then confirm the skill loads.

Cursor copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

gemini skills install

$ gemini skills install https://github.com/espennilsen/pi.git --path skills/td

--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add espennilsen/pi --skill td -a gemini-cli

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install espennilsen/pi td --agent gemini-cli

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/espennilsen/pi.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/td .gemini/skills/td && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.gemini/skills/ instead of .gemini/skills for a personal install, then run /skills reload.

Gemini CLI skills documentation · loads skills from .gemini/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into Gemini CLI

Install the "td" agent skill from https://github.com/espennilsen/pi/tree/main/skills/td into .gemini/skills/td/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "td", then confirm the skill loads.

Gemini CLI copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install espennilsen/pi td

Installs for Copilot at project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Preview a skill first with gh skill preview. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

skills CLI

$ npx skills add espennilsen/pi --skill td -a github-copilot

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/espennilsen/pi.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/td .github/skills/td && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.copilot/skills/ instead of .github/skills for a personal install. Commit .github/skills so cloud agent and code review can use it.

GitHub Copilot skills documentation · loads skills from .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into GitHub Copilot

Install the "td" agent skill from https://github.com/espennilsen/pi/tree/main/skills/td into .github/skills/td/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "td", then confirm the skill loads.

GitHub Copilot copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add espennilsen/pi --skill td -a opencode

OpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install espennilsen/pi td --agent opencode

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/espennilsen/pi.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/td .opencode/skills/td && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.

OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into OpenCode

Install the "td" agent skill from https://github.com/espennilsen/pi/tree/main/skills/td into .opencode/skills/td/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "td", then confirm the skill loads.

OpenCode copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

Facts

Skill name: td
GitHub stars: 122
Token cost: ~1.9k tokens
SKILL.md length: 229 words
Files: 1
Skills in repo: 36
Repo updated: Sep 21, 2026
First seen: Oct 7, 2026
Licence: MIT

At a glance

Manage tasks and issues with the td CLI. An agent skill from espennilsen/pi.

Works in 7 steps: Start — Load context and begin a new… → Pick work — Find what to work on → Start an issue — Set focus and mark… → …
Handing off work items
SKILL.md covers Session Workflow, Creating Issues, Querying Issues and Issue Lifecycle, plus 6 more sections
Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Td is an agent skill from espennilsen/pi. Manage tasks and issues with the td CLI. Use for creating, tracking, querying, and handing off work items. Covers task lifecycle, session management, structured handoffs, epics, dependencies, and boards.

Its SKILL.md is about 1.9k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

It sits in Product & Project Management, covering User stories and Authentication. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

Handing off work items
Tasks that involve User stories
Tasks that involve Authentication

Example prompts

“/td”

Workflow steps

7 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

Start — Load context and begin a new session
Pick work — Find what to work on
Start an issue — Set focus and mark in-progress
Log progress — Track decisions, blockers, attempts
Handoff — Capture structured state before ending session
Submit for review — When work is complete
Review — Different session approves or rejects

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 79d019b. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

Tool permissions
Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.
From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.
Runs code
No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md (its code samples are bash).
From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.
Network
No URLs in SKILL.md.
From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.
Credentials
Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.
From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Td loads about 1.9k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 52 tokens; SKILL.md has 229 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it: ~52
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches: ~1.9k

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from espennilsen/pi at commit 79d019b, republished under its MIT licence (© espennilsen). 229 words, ~1,922 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/td/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).

name: td
description: Manage tasks and issues with the td CLI. Use for creating, tracking, querying, and handing off work items. Covers task lifecycle, session management, structured handoffs, epics, dependencies, and boards.

td — Task & Session Management

td is a local-first task management CLI optimized for AI-assisted development workflows. It tracks issues, sessions, structured handoffs, and progress logs.

Session Workflow

Every session follows this pattern:

Start — Load context and begin a new session:

bash

td usage --new-session    # Full context dump (issues, logs, handoffs)
td status                 # Quick dashboard: focus, reviews, blocked, ready

Pick work — Find what to work on:

bash

td next                   # Highest-priority open issue
td ready                  # All open issues sorted by priority
td list --mine            # Issues assigned to current session

Start an issue — Set focus and mark in-progress:

bash

td start <issue-id>       # Sets focus + status to in_progress

Log progress — Track decisions, blockers, attempts:

bash

td log "Implemented auth middleware"              # Progress (default)
td log --blocker "Waiting on API key from team"   # Blocker
td log --decision "Using JWT over session tokens"  # Decision
td log --tried "Attempted Redis caching"           # Attempted approach
td log --result "Redis too complex, using in-memory" # Result
td log --hypothesis "Rate limiting might fix 429s"   # Hypothesis

Handoff — Capture structured state before ending session:

bash

td handoff <issue-id> \
  --done "Implemented login endpoint" \
  --done "Added JWT validation" \
  --remaining "Add refresh token flow" \
  --remaining "Write tests for auth middleware" \
  --decision "Using RS256 for JWT signing" \
  --uncertain "Should we support OAuth2 providers?"

Submit for review — When work is complete:

bash

td review <issue-id>      # Submit for review (preferred)

Review — Different session approves or rejects:

bash

td reviewable             # What can I review?
td approve <issue-id>     # Ship it → closed
td reject <issue-id> --reason "Need tests"  # Back to in_progress

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Creating Issues

bash

# Basic
td create "Fix login redirect bug"

# Full options
td create "Add OAuth2 support" \
  --type feature \
  --priority P1 \
  --description "Support Google and GitHub OAuth2 providers" \
  --labels "auth,backend" \
  --parent <epic-id>

# Types: task (default), bug, feature, epic, chore
# Priorities: P0 (critical) → P4 (minimal)
# Points: Fibonacci — 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21

Querying Issues

Quick filters

bash

td list                           # All open issues
td list --all                     # Include closed
td list --type bug                # Only bugs
td list --priority P0             # Only critical
td list --status in_progress      # In progress
td list --labels auth             # By label
td list --epic <epic-id>          # All tasks in an epic
td list --sort priority            # Sort by field
td list --long                    # Detailed output
td list --json                    # JSON output

TDQ query language

bash

td query "status = open AND type = bug"
td query "priority <= P1"                    # P0 and P1
td query "created >= -7d"                    # Last 7 days
td query "title ~ auth OR description ~ auth"
td query "log.type = blocker"                # Issues with blockers
td query "implementer = @me AND is(in_progress)"
td query "descendant_of(<epic-id>)"          # All children of epic
td query "rework()"                          # Rejected issues

Saved boards

bash

td board create "Active Bugs" "type = bug AND is(open)"
td board create "My Work" "implementer = @me AND NOT is(closed)"
td board list                                # Show all boards
td board show "Active Bugs"                  # Run saved query

Issue Lifecycle

open → in_progress → in_review → closed
  ↕        ↕            ↕
blocked  blocked      rejected → in_progress (rework)

Review workflow (preferred for non-trivial work)

bash

td start <id>           # open → in_progress (sets focus)
# ... do work, log progress ...
td handoff <id> --done "..." --remaining "..."   # capture state
td review <id>          # in_progress → in_review (requires handoff)

# Different session reviews:
td reviewable           # what can I review?
td approve <id>         # in_review → closed (ship it)
td reject <id> --reason "Missing error handling"  # in_review → in_progress (back to work)

Other transitions

bash

td block <id>           # → blocked
td unblock <id>         # → open
td close <id>           # → closed (skip review, for admin closes only)
td reopen <id>          # → open

Guidelines

Always use review → approve/reject for non-trivial work — don't skip to close
close is for admin purposes only: duplicates, won't-fix, trivial/minor tasks
Session isolation: the session that implements can't approve its own work
reject sends work back to in_progress for rework — always include a --reason

Dependencies

bash

td dep add <id> <depends-on-id>     # A depends on B
td dep rm <id> <depends-on-id>      # Remove dependency
td depends-on <id>                  # What does this issue need?
td blocked-by <id>                  # What's waiting on this issue?
td critical-path <id>               # Longest dependency chain

Epics & Hierarchy

bash

# Create an epic
td create "Auth System" --type epic --priority P1

# Add child tasks
td create "Login endpoint" --parent <epic-id>
td create "JWT validation" --parent <epic-id>

# View hierarchy
td tree <epic-id>                   # Visual tree
td list --epic <epic-id>            # All descendants
td epic list                        # List all epics with progress

Session Management

bash

td session "working on auth"        # Name current session
td session --new                    # Start fresh session
td whoami                           # Show current session identity
td focus <id>                       # Set focus without starting
td unfocus                          # Clear focus
td resume <id>                      # Show context + set focus

Inspecting Issues

bash

td show <id>                        # Full detail with logs, handoffs, comments
td show <id> --children             # Include child issues
td comments <id>                    # List comments
td comment <id> "Note about this"   # Add a comment

Useful Shortcuts

bash

td status                # Dashboard: session, focus, reviews, blocked, ready
td next                  # Highest-priority open issue
td ready                 # Open issues sorted by priority
td blocked               # All blocked issues
td in-review             # Issues awaiting review
td reviewable            # Issues you can review
td deleted               # Soft-deleted issues
td restore <id>          # Restore deleted issue

Guidelines

Always start sessions with td usage --new-session or td status
Log as you go — decisions, blockers, and attempts are valuable for future sessions
Handoff before stopping — structured handoffs make resumption seamless
Use epics to group related work and track progress
Use dependencies to make blocking relationships explicit
Use boards to save frequently-used queries
P0 = drop everything, P1 = do next, P2 = default, P3 = backlog, P4 = someday

Files

Just SKILL.md in skills/td of espennilsen/pi.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 79d019b

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Questions about Td

What does Td do?

Manage tasks and issues with the td CLI. An agent skill from espennilsen/pi. Td is an agent skill from espennilsen/pi. Manage tasks and issues with the td CLI.

When should I use Td?

Td fits situations like: handing off work items; tasks that involve User stories; tasks that involve Authentication.

How do I install Td in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add espennilsen/pi --skill td -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/td in espennilsen/pi) into .claude/skills/td in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Td in Codex?

Run `npx skills add espennilsen/pi --skill td -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/td in espennilsen/pi) into .agents/skills/td in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Td in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add espennilsen/pi --skill td -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/td, .gemini/skills/td, .github/skills/td and .opencode/skills/td in your project.

What does Td need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Td is instructions for the agent only.

Does Td access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Td safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Td use?

Td is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Td use?

About 1.9k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 7.7k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to Td?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Td: Execute Issue (lbedner/aegis-stack, 143 stars), User Story Writer (deanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills, 7.2k stars), Ralph Tui Create Beads (subsy/ralph-tui, 2.5k stars) and Agile Product Owner (alirezarezvani/claude-skills, 28k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Td?

espennilsen (a GitHub user) maintains it in espennilsen/pi, which has 122 GitHub stars. The repository holds 36 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on September 21, 2026.

Source: espennilsen/pi on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.

Install Td

Facts

At a glance

What it does

When your agent uses it

Example prompts

Workflow steps

What it can do on your machine

Tool permissions

Runs code

Network

Credentials

Context cost

Safety

SKILL.md

td — Task & Session Management

Session Workflow

Creating Issues

Querying Issues

Quick filters

TDQ query language

Saved boards

Issue Lifecycle

Review workflow (preferred for non-trivial work)

Other transitions

Guidelines

Dependencies

Epics & Hierarchy

Session Management

Inspecting Issues

Useful Shortcuts

Guidelines

Files

Compare with similar skills

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