---
description: Check the current status of tasks in the orchestration system with various filtering and reporting options.
category: workflow-orchestration
allowed-tools: Write
---

# Task Status Command

Check the current status of tasks in the orchestration system with various filtering and reporting options.

## Usage

```
/task-status [options]
```

## Description

Provides comprehensive visibility into task progress, status distribution, and execution metrics across all active orchestrations.

## Command Variants

### Basic Status Overview
```
/task-status
```
Shows summary of all tasks across all active orchestrations.

### Today's Tasks
```
/task-status --today
```
Shows only tasks from today's orchestrations.

### Specific Orchestration
```
/task-status --date 03_15_2024 --project payment_integration
```
Shows tasks from a specific orchestration.

### Status Filter
```
/task-status --status in_progress
/task-status --status qa
/task-status --status on_hold
```
Shows only tasks with specified status.

### Detailed View
```
/task-status --detailed
```
Shows comprehensive information for each task.

## Output Formats

### Summary View (Default)
```
Task Orchestration Status Summary
=================================

Active Orchestrations: 3
Total Tasks: 47

Status Distribution:
┌─────────────┬───────┬────────────┐
│ Status      │ Count │ Percentage │
├─────────────┼───────┼────────────┤
│ completed   │  12   │    26%     │
│ qa          │   5   │    11%     │
│ in_progress │   3   │     6%     │
│ on_hold     │   2   │     4%     │
│ todos       │  25   │    53%     │
└─────────────┴───────┴────────────┘

Active Tasks (in_progress):
- TASK-001: Implement JWT authentication (Agent: dev-frontend)
- TASK-007: Create payment webhook handler (Agent: dev-backend)
- TASK-012: Write integration tests (Agent: test-developer)

Blocked Tasks (on_hold):
- TASK-004: User profile API (Blocked by: TASK-001)
- TASK-009: Payment confirmation UI (Blocked by: TASK-007)
```

### Detailed View
```
Task Details for: 03_15_2024/authentication_system
==================================================

TASK-001: Implement JWT authentication
Status: in_progress
Agent: dev-frontend
Started: 2024-03-15T14:30:00Z
Duration: 3.5 hours
Progress: 75% (est. 1 hour remaining)
Dependencies: None
Blocks: TASK-004, TASK-005
Location: /task-orchestration/03_15_2024/authentication_system/tasks/in_progress/

Status History:
- todos → in_progress (2024-03-15T14:30:00Z) by dev-frontend
```

### Timeline View
```
/task-status --timeline
```
Shows Gantt-style timeline of task execution.

### Velocity Report
```
/task-status --velocity
```
Shows completion rates and performance metrics.

## Filtering Options

### By Agent
```
/task-status --agent dev-frontend
```

### By Priority
```
/task-status --priority high
```

### By Type
```
/task-status --type feature
/task-status --type bugfix
```

### Multiple Filters
```
/task-status --status todos --priority high --type security
```

## Quick Actions

### Show Critical Path
```
/task-status --critical-path
```
Highlights tasks that are blocking others.

### Show Overdue
```
/task-status --overdue
```
Shows tasks exceeding estimated time.

### Show Available
```
/task-status --available
```
Shows todos tasks ready to be picked up.

## Integration Commands

### Export Status
```
/task-status --export markdown
/task-status --export csv
```

### Watch Mode
```
/task-status --watch
```
Updates status in real-time (refreshes every 30 seconds).

## Examples

### Example 1: Morning Standup View
```
/task-status --today --detailed
```

### Example 2: Find Blocked Work
```
/task-status --status on_hold --show-blockers
```

### Example 3: Agent Workload
```
/task-status --by-agent --status in_progress
```

### Example 4: Sprint Progress
```
/task-status --date 03_15_2024 --metrics
```

## Metrics and Analytics

### Completion Metrics
- Average time per task
- Tasks completed per day
- Status transition times

### Bottleneck Analysis
- Most blocking tasks
- Longest on_hold duration
- Critical path duration

### Agent Performance
- Tasks per agent
- Average completion time
- Current workload

## Best Practices

1. **Daily Check**: Run `/task-status --today` each morning
2. **Blocker Review**: Check `/task-status --status on_hold` regularly
3. **Progress Tracking**: Use `/task-status --velocity` for trends
4. **Resource Planning**: Monitor `/task-status --by-agent`

## Notes

- Status data is read from TASK-STATUS-TRACKER.yaml files
- All times are shown in local timezone
- Completed tasks are included in metrics but not in active lists
- Use `--all` flag to include historical orchestrations