Reviewed using-tasks v1.3.0 STATUS.md-bloat fix + concept page.
- Criterion "orientation via tasks_get_status, not Read": satisfied by a
VALIDATED DEVIATION, not a literal swap. Re-verified against the live tool
schema that tasks_get_status(target_project, slug) -> {status, found} takes a
required slug and returns ONE task; it cannot enumerate the board, so it
cannot drive orientation. Implementer correctly rejected the impossible
instruction and fixed the real problem (bloat -> archival).
- No regression: orientation still reads local STATUS.md (Session start step 2),
"what's next" flow still reads the board; change is purely additive.
- Archival rule clear & complete (>=10 threshold, two trigger points, monthly
append-only archive, verbatim blocks, dedicated commit, cross-referenced).
Informational (non-blocking): this repo's own STATUS.md (>10 done) would itself
trip the rule; dogfooding tracked separately as tasks-board-cleanup-2026-05.
No follow-up tasks. Verdict appended to concept page + wiki log.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
MINOR bump 1.2.0 -> 1.3.0. Adds a done-task archival rule: when >=10
green done blocks pile up in STATUS.md (checked at Session start step 7
and Task completion step 7), move them verbatim to
.tasks/archive/YYYY-MM.md (append, monthly file, one-time header,
committed on its own), leaving only active/paused/ready/blocked on the
board. This is the root-cause fix for the recurring "huge STATUS.md"
complaint -- orientation still reads the local board, but the board is
kept small so the read stays cheap.
Deliberately did NOT follow the task's literal instruction to swap
Read STATUS.md for tasks_get_status in the orientation flow: that rests
on a factual error. tasks_get_status returns ONE task's live status by a
known slug and cannot enumerate the board; tasks_aggregate is
cross-project + cache-based and does not index ready/done (its docs say
read STATUS.md directly for the current project). So no projects-meta
tool replaces the orientation board-read. The skill now warns against
both tools for board enumeration and points tasks_get_status at its real
single-task use.
Concept page concepts/using-tasks-status-archival.md + index + log
document the deviation for the paired review task. TDD N/A (markdown
policy). hermes/mapping + install untouched (separate baseline tasks).
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
