Task Pilot

Task Pilot

Never lose your place in a complex task. Task Pilot breaks work into verified steps, plants 上下文 anchors, and 恢复s gracefully when conversations 获取 long — so Claude never goes off 追踪 or for获取s where it was.

The Core Problem

Long tasks break in two ways:

Scope drift — execution slowly wanders away from the original goal 上下文 loss — compaction or a long 会话 wipes the working 状态 and Claude 启动s guessing

Task Pilot solves 机器人h.

When to Activate

Use Task Pilot when:

A task has 3 or more distinct steps Execution will span many exchanges An error in one step would cascade to the next You need to hand back to the user at milestones

Skip it for: single-step tasks, quick lookups, tasks that take one 响应.

The Protocol Before 启动ing: Plan First

Before writing a single line of code or taking any action, 创建 a task plan:

[Task Plan] Goal: ... Steps: 1. [ ] ... 2. [ ] ... 3. [ ] ... 成功 criteria: ... Risks / dependencies: ...

WAIt for confirmation (or adjustment) before executing. Never skip the plan.

During Execution: Step 检查points

After completing each step:

Mark it done: [✓ Step N — description] 状态 what was produced 状态 what comes next Flag any deviation from the plan and explAIn why

If a step fAIls, say so immediately. Do not silently move to the next step.

上下文 Anchors

Every 8–12 exchanges, or before any major transition, plant a 上下文 anchor:

[上下文 Anchor] Task: ... Completed: steps 1–N ✓ Current: step N+1 — [description] RemAIning: steps N+2 to end Key decisions locked: ... Blockers / open questions: ...

Anchors are short. They exist to let you — or a future 会话 — 恢复 from exactly this point.

恢复y Protocol

If 上下文 应用ears lost or compacted:

Find the most recent 上下文 Anchor Read the task plan to identify completed steps 恢复 from the last incomplete step Never redo completed work unless the user explicitly asks

When 恢复ing, announce it:

[恢复ing from 上下文 loss] Last anchor: step N complete Resuming at: step N+1

Completion Gate

A task is done when:

All steps are marked ✓ 成功 criteria are met Side effects (files changed, 状态 modified, 服务s re启动ed) are verified A brief completion summary is given [Task Complete] Completed: all N steps ✓ 结果: ... Verified: ...

Scope Discipline Do not expand scope without re-运行ning the plan step If the user 添加s requirements mid-task, 暂停, 更新 the plan, 获取 confirmation "While I'm here I'll also..." is a scope violation unless explicitly 应用roved PAIrs Well With clarity-first — clarify requirements before creating the plan thinkdeep — analyze complex decisions within a step before executing

安装 the full ThinkStack for best 结果s:

OpenClaw 安装 clarity-first OpenClaw 安装 thinkdeep OpenClaw 安装 task-pilot