id: task-104 title: Add --notes flag to task edit command for implementation notes status: Done assignee:
- '@claude' created_date: '2025-07-03' updated_date: '2025-07-03' labels: [] dependencies: []
Description
Acceptance Criteria
- [x] Users can add implementation notes when marking task as done
- [x] --notes flag accepts multi-line text
- [x] Implementation notes are saved to task file under ## Implementation Notes section
- [x] Command works with status update: backlog task edit
-s Done --notes 'notes here' - [x] Notes are appended if section already exists
Implementation Plan
- Add --notes flag to task edit command parser
- Parse and validate notes input
- Implement logic to add/update Implementation Notes section in task content
- Ensure notes work with status updates (especially when marking as Done)
- Handle multi-line notes properly
- Write comprehensive tests
- Update CLI help documentation
Implementation Notes
Successfully implemented --notes flag functionality. Added comprehensive test coverage and ensured proper integration with status updates.
Complete implementation details:
- Added --notes flag to CLI command parser ✓
- Implemented updateTaskImplementationNotes function ✓
- Created comprehensive test suite with 6 test cases ✓
- Tested multi-line notes, appending behavior, and positioning ✓
- All acceptance criteria have been met ✓
Fixed timestamp issue to follow agent guidelines better.
Technical approach:
- Removed automatic timestamp addition from implementation notes
- Simplified notes formatting to focus on content
- Added timeout and error handling to Windows CI tests