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feat: Implement automatic TODO list creation for complex tasks (#5470) #5471

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27 changes: 27 additions & 0 deletions src/core/task/Task.ts
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Expand Up @@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ import { ApiMessage } from "../task-persistence/apiMessages"
import { getMessagesSinceLastSummary, summarizeConversation } from "../condense"
import { maybeRemoveImageBlocks } from "../../api/transform/image-cleaning"
import { restoreTodoListForTask } from "../tools/updateTodoListTool"
import { TaskComplexityAnalyzer, DEFAULT_AUTO_TODO_CONFIG } from "./TaskComplexityAnalyzer"

// Constants
const MAX_EXPONENTIAL_BACKOFF_SECONDS = 600 // 10 minutes
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await this.say("text", task, images)
this.isInitialized = true

// Check if we should automatically create a TODO list for this task
if (task) {
try {
const analyzer = new TaskComplexityAnalyzer(DEFAULT_AUTO_TODO_CONFIG)
const analysis = analyzer.analyzeTask(task)

if (analysis.shouldCreateTodos && analysis.suggestedTodos.length > 0) {
// Create automatic TODO list without user intervention
this.todoList = analysis.suggestedTodos.map((todo, index) => ({
id: `auto-${index + 1}`,
content: todo,
status: "pending" as const,
}))

// Notify user that automatic TODO list was created
await this.say(
"text",
`📋 **Automatic TODO List Created**\n\nBased on the task complexity, I've created a TODO list to help track progress:\n\n${analysis.suggestedTodos.map((todo, i) => `${i + 1}. ${todo}`).join("\n")}\n\nI'll update this list as I work through the task.`,
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Consider using the i18n translation function (e.g. t('autoTodoList.created')) for the user‐visible TODO notification rather than an inline hardcoded message. This ensures consistency with translation guidelines.

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`📋 **Automatic TODO List Created**\n\nBased on the task complexity, I've created a TODO list to help track progress:\n\n${analysis.suggestedTodos.map((todo, i) => `${i + 1}. ${todo}`).join("\n")}\n\nI'll update this list as I work through the task.`,
t('autoTodoList.created', { todos: analysis.suggestedTodos.map((todo, i) => `${i + 1}. ${todo}`).join("\n") }),

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}
} catch (error) {
// Don't let TODO creation errors interrupt task execution
console.warn("Failed to create automatic TODO list:", error)
}
}

let imageBlocks: Anthropic.ImageBlockParam[] = formatResponse.imageBlocks(images)

console.log(`[subtasks] task ${this.taskId}.${this.instanceId} starting`)
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