feat(tasks): mark tasks and lists as manual

Reminders written down as todos had no home: every task looked like Claude work.
A manual task now shows a MANUAL badge and hides send-to-queue, refine and the
planning session; the queue picker, daily prep and the list handler all skip it,
with a TaskStateService guard so the MCP surface and hub cannot start one either.
Opening a hand-driven ConPTY session stays available on purpose.

A list can be marked manual in its settings, which makes tasks created there
(UI and MCP add_task) start out manual. Toggle per task from its context menu.
This commit is contained in:
Mika Kuns
2026-07-27 15:02:51 +02:00
parent fde9615b34
commit 3a648b7d77
19 changed files with 168 additions and 11 deletions
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ public sealed partial class ListNavItemViewModel : ViewModelBase
[ObservableProperty] private bool _isActive;
[ObservableProperty] private string? _workingDir;
[ObservableProperty] private string _defaultCommitType = CommitTypeRegistry.DefaultType;
// Reminder list: tasks created here default to manual.
[ObservableProperty] private bool _isManual;
[ObservableProperty] private bool _dropHintAbove;
[ObservableProperty] private bool _dropHintBelow;
public string? IconKey { get; init; }
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ public sealed partial class ListsIslandViewModel : ViewModelBase, IDisposable
if (row is null || Dialogs is null || _services is null) return;
var rawId = row.Id.StartsWith("user:", StringComparison.Ordinal) ? row.Id["user:".Length..] : row.Id;
var vm = _services.GetRequiredService<ListSettingsModalViewModel>();
await vm.LoadAsync(rawId, row.Name, row.WorkingDir, row.DefaultCommitType);
await vm.LoadAsync(rawId, row.Name, row.WorkingDir, row.DefaultCommitType, row.IsManual);
await Dialogs.ShowListSettingsAsync(vm);
if (vm.Deleted) await LoadAsync();
else await RefreshRowAsync(row.Id);
@@ -243,6 +243,7 @@ public sealed partial class ListsIslandViewModel : ViewModelBase, IDisposable
DotColorKey = dotColors[idx % dotColors.Length],
WorkingDir = l.WorkingDir,
DefaultCommitType = l.DefaultCommitType,
IsManual = l.IsManual,
};
Items.Add(item);
UserLists.Add(item);
@@ -317,7 +318,7 @@ public sealed partial class ListsIslandViewModel : ViewModelBase, IDisposable
if (Dialogs is not null && _services is not null)
{
var vm = _services.GetRequiredService<ListSettingsModalViewModel>();
await vm.LoadAsync(entity.Id, entity.Name, entity.WorkingDir, entity.DefaultCommitType);
await vm.LoadAsync(entity.Id, entity.Name, entity.WorkingDir, entity.DefaultCommitType, entity.IsManual);
await Dialogs.ShowListSettingsAsync(vm);
if (vm.Deleted) await LoadAsync();
else await RefreshRowAsync(item.Id);
@@ -397,6 +398,7 @@ public sealed partial class ListsIslandViewModel : ViewModelBase, IDisposable
row.Name = entity.Name;
row.WorkingDir = entity.WorkingDir;
row.DefaultCommitType = entity.DefaultCommitType;
row.IsManual = entity.IsManual;
}
catch { /* best-effort refresh */ }
}
@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@ public sealed partial class TaskRowViewModel : ViewModelBase
[ObservableProperty] private bool _parentInView = true;
[ObservableProperty] private int _roadblockCount;
[ObservableProperty] private bool _isRefining;
// Manual = a reminder only the user can do. Every "hand this to Claude" affordance is hidden
// and automation skips it; opening a hand-driven ConPTY session stays allowed.
[ObservableProperty] private bool _isManual;
// Set by the shell from Mission Control's open ConPTY panes: this task has a live hand-driven
// session, which outranks the persisted status on the lifecycle chip (an interactive task is
// typically Idle+Active-worktree, i.e. would otherwise read "Parked").
@@ -42,7 +45,10 @@ public sealed partial class TaskRowViewModel : ViewModelBase
// Set by the custom drag while this row is being dragged — drives the "grabbed" row style.
[ObservableProperty] private bool _isDragging;
public bool CanRefine => Status == TaskStatus.Idle && PlanningPhase == PlanningPhase.None && !IsRefining;
public bool CanRefine => Status == TaskStatus.Idle && PlanningPhase == PlanningPhase.None
&& !IsRefining && !IsManual;
public string? ManualBadge => IsManual ? Loc.T("tasks.badgeManual") : null;
public DateTime CreatedAt { get; init; }
public string CreatedAtFormatted => CreatedAt == default ? "—" : Loc.T("vm.taskRow.createdPrefix", CreatedAt.ToString("MMM d"));
@@ -64,7 +70,8 @@ public sealed partial class TaskRowViewModel : ViewModelBase
public bool CanOpenPlanningSession => Status == TaskStatus.Idle
&& PlanningPhase == PlanningPhase.None
&& !IsChild;
&& !IsChild
&& !IsManual;
public bool CanResumeOrDiscardPlanning => PlanningPhase == PlanningPhase.Active;
// Pick up in a terminal only where a session + worktree reliably still exist: a task
@@ -100,7 +107,8 @@ public sealed partial class TaskRowViewModel : ViewModelBase
// it must be finalized first.
public bool CanSendToQueue => !IsRunning && !IsQueued && !IsWaitingForReview && !HasQueuedSubtasks
&& (!IsChild || ParentFinalized)
&& PlanningPhase != PlanningPhase.Active;
&& PlanningPhase != PlanningPhase.Active
&& !IsManual;
// Parent-level "send plan to queue" — only once the plan is finalized (children Planned).
// Drives the routing inside SendToQueue, not a separate menu entry.
public bool CanQueuePlan => !IsChild && HasPlanningChildren
@@ -225,6 +233,14 @@ public sealed partial class TaskRowViewModel : ViewModelBase
partial void OnIsRefiningChanged(bool value) => OnPropertyChanged(nameof(CanRefine));
partial void OnIsManualChanged(bool value)
{
OnPropertyChanged(nameof(ManualBadge));
OnPropertyChanged(nameof(CanRefine));
OnPropertyChanged(nameof(CanSendToQueue));
OnPropertyChanged(nameof(CanOpenPlanningSession));
}
partial void OnHasInteractiveSessionChanged(bool value)
{
OnPropertyChanged(nameof(IsParked));
@@ -298,6 +314,7 @@ public sealed partial class TaskRowViewModel : ViewModelBase
Done = t.Status == TaskStatus.Done;
IsStarred = t.IsStarred;
IsMyDay = t.IsMyDay;
IsManual = t.IsManual;
Status = t.Status;
PlanningPhase = t.PlanningPhase;
Branch = t.Worktree?.BranchName;
@@ -427,6 +427,8 @@ public sealed partial class TasksIslandViewModel : ViewModelBase, IDisposable
if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(NewTaskTitle) || _currentList?.Kind != ListKind.User) return;
var listId = _currentList.Id["user:".Length..];
await using var db = await _dbFactory.CreateDbContextAsync();
// A manual list holds reminders, so tasks created in it start out manual.
var listIsManual = await db.Lists.Where(l => l.Id == listId).Select(l => l.IsManual).FirstOrDefaultAsync();
var entity = new TaskEntity
{
Id = Guid.NewGuid().ToString("N"),
@@ -434,6 +436,7 @@ public sealed partial class TasksIslandViewModel : ViewModelBase, IDisposable
Title = NewTaskTitle.Trim(),
Status = TaskStatus.Idle,
CreatedAt = DateTime.UtcNow,
IsManual = listIsManual,
};
await new TaskRepository(db).AddAsync(entity);
var row = TaskRowViewModel.FromEntity(entity);
@@ -622,6 +625,23 @@ public sealed partial class TasksIslandViewModel : ViewModelBase, IDisposable
TasksChanged?.Invoke(this, EventArgs.Empty);
}
/// <summary>Flips a task between "Claude can run this" and "manual reminder". A manual task
/// hides every hand-off affordance and is skipped by the queue picker and daily prep.</summary>
[RelayCommand]
private async Task ToggleManualAsync(TaskRowViewModel? row)
{
if (row is null) return;
row.IsManual = !row.IsManual;
await using var db = await _dbFactory.CreateDbContextAsync();
var entity = await db.Tasks.FirstOrDefaultAsync(t => t.Id == row.Id);
if (entity != null)
{
entity.IsManual = row.IsManual;
await db.SaveChangesAsync();
}
TasksChanged?.Invoke(this, EventArgs.Empty);
}
[RelayCommand]
private async Task AddToMyDayAsync(TaskRowViewModel? row)
{