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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

  1. Add --notes flag to task edit command parser
  2. Parse and validate notes input
  3. Implement logic to add/update Implementation Notes section in task content
  4. Ensure notes work with status updates (especially when marking as Done)
  5. Handle multi-line notes properly
  6. Write comprehensive tests
  7. 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
Brodocs MVP