Claudia

Claudia

  

A task management system built for AI agents.

Official website: https://claudiacli.com/

Claudia provides structured task tracking with a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server, enabling AI assistants like Claude to manage their own work through hierarchical tasks, dependencies, sprints, and acceptance criteria verification.

!Claudia Dashboard Demo

Why Claudia?

AI agents need a way to:

• Track progress across complex, multi-step tasks
• Coordinate when multiple agents work on the same project
• Remember context between sessions (64KB JSON storage per task)
• Verify work against acceptance criteria before completion
• Organize work into sprints and project hierarchies

Claudia provides all of this through both a CLI and MCP server interface.

Quick Start

# Install Bun if you haven't already
curl -fsSL https://bun.sh/install | bash

# Clone and build
git clone https://github.com/yuvalsuede/claudia.git
cd claudia
bun install
bun run build

# Initialize and start using
./claudia db init
./claudia task create --title "My first task"
./claudia task list

Try the Demo

See Claudia in action with sample data:

# Seed demo project with sample tasks and sprints
bun run seed:demo

# Open the web dashboard
./claudia @@ --port 3333

Then open http://localhost:3333 in your browser to explore the kanban board and sprint views.

Screenshots

Task Board

!Claudia Tasks View

Sprint Management

!Claudia Sprints View

Features

| Feature | Description | |---------|-------------| | Hierarchical Tasks | Parent-child relationships with tree visualization | | State Machine | Validated transitions: pending → in_progress → verification → completed | | Dependencies | Block tasks until prerequisites complete, with cycle detection | | Sprints | Group tasks into time-boxed work periods | | Multi-Project | Isolated task namespaces with auto-detection from working directory | | Agent Memory | 64KB JSON context storage per task | | Acceptance Criteria | Define and verify requirements before task completion | | Multi-Agent Coordination | Atomic task claiming, optimistic locking, conflict detection | | Web Dashboard | Visual kanban board with project/sprint filtering | | MCP Server | Drop-in integration with Claude Code and other MCP clients |

Installation

Prerequisites

• Bun runtime (v1.0+)

From Source

git clone https://github.com/yuvalsuede/claudia.git
cd claudia
bun install

Build Standalone Binary

bun run build
# Creates ./claudia binary

# Optional: install globally
cp claudia ~/.bun/bin/

Usage

CLI Commands

Task Management

# Create a task
claudia task create --title "Implement feature X" --priority p1

# Create with acceptance criteria
claudia task create --title "Add login" --acceptance-criteria "Has email field" --acceptance-criteria "Has password field"

# List tasks
claudia task list
claudia task list --status in_progress --priority p0,p1

# Show task details
claudia task show <task-id>

# Update a task
claudia task update <task-id> --title "New title" --priority p0

# Transition status
claudia task transition <task-id> --to in_progress

# Delete a task
claudia task delete <task-id> --force

Task Hierarchy

# Create a subtask
claudia task create --title "Subtask" --parent <parent-id>

# View task tree
claudia task tree              # Full tree
claudia task tree <task-id>    # Subtree from task

Task Context (Agent Memory)

# Set context (overwrites)
claudia task context-set <task-id> '{"key": "value"}'

# Merge context (deep merge)
claudia task context-merge <task-id> '{"additional": "data"}'

# Get context
claudia task context-get <task-id>

Dependencies

# Add dependency (task depends on blocker)
claudia task depends <task-id> --on <blocker-id>

# Remove dependency
claudia task undepends <task-id> --on <blocker-id>

# Show dependencies
claudia task deps <task-id>

# List blocked tasks
claudia task blocked

# List ready tasks (all deps satisfied)
claudia task ready

Sprints

# Create a sprint
claudia sprint create --name "Sprint 1" --start 2024-01-15 --end 2024-01-29

# List sprints
claudia sprint list

# Show sprint with tasks
claudia sprint show <sprint-id>

# Activate a sprint
claudia sprint activate <sprint-id>

Projects

# Create a project
claudia project create --name "My Project" --path /path/to/project

# List projects
claudia project list

# Select active project
claudia project select <project-id>

# Show current project
claudia project current

Web Dashboard

# Open dashboard in browser
claudia @@

# Custom port
claudia @@ --port 8080

The dashboard provides:

• Tasks View: Kanban board with drag-and-drop columns
• Sprints View: Sprint cards with progress indicators
• Project Filter: Scope views to specific projects
• Clear Completed: Archive finished tasks

MCP Server Integration

Start the MCP server for use with Claude Code:

claudia mcp

Claude Code Configuration

Add to .mcp.json in your project root:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "claudia": {
      "command": "/path/to/claudia",
      "args": ["mcp"]
    }
  }
}

Or for development (without building):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "claudia": {
      "command": "bun",
      "args": ["run", "/path/to/claudia/src/mcp/server.ts"],
      "cwd": "/path/to/claudia"
    }
  }
}

After adding the config, restart Claude Code to connect.

Available MCP Tools

Compound Operations (Recommended for agents)

| Tool | Description | |------|-------------| | task_start | Create and start a task in one operation | | task_finish | Complete a task with optional summary | | task_workspace | Get current agent's workspace context | | task_handoff | Transfer task to another agent | | task_abandon | Release task back to pending |

Task Management

| Tool | Description | |------|-------------| | task_create | Create a new task | | task_read | Get task by ID | | task_update | Update task fields | | task_delete | Delete a task | | task_list | Query tasks with filters | | task_transition | Change task status | | task_tree | Get hierarchical task view |

Coordination

| Tool | Description | |------|-------------| | task_claim | Atomically claim a task | | task_release | Release a claimed task | | task_blocked | List blocked tasks | | task_ready | List ready tasks | | task_dependency_add | Add task dependency |

Verification

| Tool | Description | |------|-------------| | task_verify | Mark criterion as verified | | task_verification_status | Get verification progress |

See the full MCP tools reference below for complete documentation.

Task Workflow

┌─────────┐     ┌─────────────┐     ┌──────────────┐     ┌───────────┐
│ pending │────▶│ in_progress │────▶│ verification │────▶│ completed │
└─────────┘     └─────────────┘     └──────────────┘     └───────────┘
     │                │                    │                    │
     ▼                ▼                    ▼                    ▼
┌─────────┐                         ┌──────────┐
│ blocked │                         │ archived │ (terminal)
└─────────┘                         └──────────┘

Valid transitions:

• pending → in_progress, blocked, archived
• in_progress → pending, verification, completed, blocked, archived
• verification → in_progress, completed, blocked, archived
• blocked → pending, in_progress, archived
• completed → in_progress, archived
• archived → (terminal state)

Tasks can skip verification if no acceptance criteria are defined.

Multi-Agent Coordination

Claudia supports multiple AI agents working concurrently on the same project.

Task Claiming

// Claim before working
const result = await task_claim({ task_id: "uuid", agent_id: "agent-1" });
if (result.success) {
  // Task is yours - proceed
} else {
  // Already claimed by another agent
}

// Release when done or on failure
await task_release({ task_id: "uuid", agent_id: "agent-1" });

Optimistic Locking

// Read task first
const task = await task_read({ id: "uuid" });

// Update with version check
await task_update({
  id: task.id,
  title: "Updated",
  version: task.version  // Fails if modified by another agent
});

Recommended Pattern

1. task_ready - List tasks with satisfied dependencies
2. task_claim - Atomically reserve a task
3. task_transition - Move to in_progress
4. task_context_merge - Save progress
5. task_transition - Move to completed
6. On failure: task_release - Let another agent retry

Configuration

| Environment Variable | Description | Default | |---------------------|-------------|---------| | CLAUDIA_DB | Database file path | ~/.claudia/tasks.db |

Development

# Development mode
bun run dev

# Run tests
bun test

# Type checking
bun run typecheck

Exit Codes

| Code | Meaning | |------|---------| | 0 | Success | | 1 | General error | | 2 | Resource not found | | 3 | Conflict (version mismatch) | | 4 | Validation error | | 5 | Storage error |

MCP Tools Reference

<details> <summary><strong>Compound Operations</strong></summary>

task_start

Create and start a task in one operation. Auto-claims for the current agent.

{
  "title": "Task title",
  "description": "Optional description",
  "priority": "p0|p1|p2|p3",
  "parent_id": "optional-parent-uuid",
  "acceptance_criteria": ["criterion 1", "criterion 2"]
}

task_finish

Complete a task with optional summary.

{
  "id": "task-uuid",
  "summary": "Optional completion summary"
}

task_workspace

Get current agent's workspace context including claimed tasks.

{
  "include_completed": false
}

task_handoff

Transfer task to another agent.

{
  "task_id": "task-uuid",
  "to_agent_id": "target-agent",
  "notes": "Optional handoff notes"
}

task_abandon

Release task back to pending with reason.

{
  "task_id": "task-uuid",
  "reason": "Why abandoning"
}

</details>

<details> <summary><strong>Task CRUD</strong></summary>

task_create

{
  "title": "Required title",
  "description": "Optional",
  "status": "pending",
  "priority": "p0|p1|p2|p3",
  "parent_id": "uuid",
  "sprint_id": "uuid",
  "tags": ["tag1", "tag2"],
  "assignee": "name",
  "acceptance_criteria": ["criterion"]
}

task_read

{ "id": "task-uuid" }

task_update

{
  "id": "task-uuid",
  "title": "New title",
  "version": 1
}

task_delete

{ "id": "task-uuid" }

task_list

{
  "status": ["pending", "in_progress"],
  "priority": ["p0", "p1"],
  "parent_id": "uuid",
  "sprint_id": "uuid",
  "assignee": "name",
  "limit": 100,
  "offset": 0
}

task_transition

{
  "id": "task-uuid",
  "to": "in_progress"
}

task_tree

{
  "id": "optional-root-uuid",
  "depth": 5
}

</details>

<details> <summary><strong>Bulk Operations</strong></summary>

task_create_many

{
  "tasks": [
    { "title": "Task 1" },
    { "title": "Task 2" }
  ],
  "parent_id": "optional-common-parent",
  "sprint_id": "optional-common-sprint"
}

task_update_many

{
  "ids": ["uuid1", "uuid2"],
  "updates": {
    "priority": "p1",
    "assignee": "agent-1"
  }
}

task_transition_many

{
  "ids": ["uuid1", "uuid2"],
  "to": "completed",
  "skip_invalid": true
}

</details>

<details> <summary><strong>Dependencies & Coordination</strong></summary>

task_dependency_add

{
  "task_id": "blocked-task",
  "depends_on_id": "blocking-task"
}

task_dependency_remove

{
  "task_id": "task-uuid",
  "depends_on_id": "dependency-uuid"
}

task_dependencies

{ "task_id": "task-uuid" }

task_blocked

List all tasks with unsatisfied dependencies.

task_ready

List all tasks ready to work on (dependencies satisfied).

task_claim

{
  "task_id": "task-uuid",
  "agent_id": "claiming-agent"
}

task_release

{
  "task_id": "task-uuid",
  "agent_id": "releasing-agent"
}

</details>

<details> <summary><strong>Context Storage</strong></summary>

task_context_set

Overwrite task context (max 64KB). ``json { "id": "task-uuid", "context": { "any": "json data" } } ``

task_context_merge

Deep merge into existing context. ``json { "id": "task-uuid", "context": { "additional": "data" } } ``

task_context_get

{ "id": "task-uuid" }

</details>

<details> <summary><strong>Verification</strong></summary>

task_verify

Mark an acceptance criterion as verified. ``json { "task_id": "task-uuid", "criterion_id": "criterion-uuid", "evidence": "Optional verification evidence" } ``

task_verification_status

Get verification progress for a task. ``json { "task_id": "task-uuid" } ``

</details>

<details> <summary><strong>Sprints</strong></summary>

sprint_create

{
  "name": "Sprint 1",
  "start_at": "2024-01-15",
  "end_at": "2024-01-29"
}

sprint_list

{ "include_archived": false }

sprint_show

{ "id": "sprint-uuid" }

sprint_update

{
  "id": "sprint-uuid",
  "name": "New name",
  "status": "active"
}

sprint_delete

{ "id": "sprint-uuid" }

sprint_activate

{ "id": "sprint-uuid" }

</details>

<details> <summary><strong>Projects</strong></summary>

project_create

{
  "name": "Project name",
  "description": "Optional",
  "path": "/optional/directory/path"
}

project_list

List all projects.

project_read

{ "id": "project-uuid" }

project_update

{
  "id": "project-uuid",
  "name": "New name"
}

project_delete

{ "id": "project-uuid" }

project_select

{ "id": "project-uuid" }

project_current

{ "cwd": "/optional/path/for/autodetect" }

</details>

Contributing

We welcome contributions! Please see CONTRIBUTING.md for guidelines.

License

GPLv3 - see LICENSE for details.