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SPEC: move-completed-tasks-to-complete-folder

Context

When a task transitions to complete, its directory remains in tasks/<name>/ alongside active tasks. This clutters --list and --audit. The fix: move completed task directories to tasks/complete/<name>/ when --transition complete is called.

Requirements

R1 -- _task_dir fallback

Modify _task_dir(task_name, project) in scripts/status.py to check tasks/complete/<name> as a fallback when tasks/<name> doesn't exist:

task_path = base / task_name
if not task_path.exists():
    completed = base / "complete" / task_name
    if completed.exists():
        return completed
return task_path

This ensures --task <name>, --transition, --approve, and other commands that call _task_dir still work for completed tasks.

R2 -- cmd_transition moves task directory

After _write_state(task_path, target) in cmd_transition, add: if target == "complete", compute the tasks root directory and move task_path to tasks/complete/<name>/. Create tasks/complete/ if it doesn't exist. Print a message confirming the move.

R3 -- _all_task_dirs unchanged

Do NOT scan tasks/complete/ in _all_task_dirs. Completed tasks are out of sight from --list and --audit.

R4 -- Tests

Write tests/test_move_completed.py covering:

  1. test_complete_moves_dir -- simulate --transition complete on a task, verify the dir moves to tasks/complete/<name>/.
  2. test_task_dir_fallback -- verify _task_dir returns the completed path when task is in tasks/complete/.
  3. test_all_task_dirs_excludes_completed -- verify _all_task_dirs does NOT include completed tasks.
  4. test_create_task_refuses_completed -- verify --create-task with the same name as a completed task is refused.
  5. test_transition_refuses_from_complete -- verify --transition from complete is refused.
  6. test_complete_dir_created_on_first_move -- verify tasks/complete/ is created if it doesn't exist.

R5 -- Documentation

  • CHANGELOG.md under [unreleased]

Verification

  • python3 -m py_compile scripts/status.py
  • python3 -m pytest tests/test_move_completed.py -v
  • python3 -m pytest tests/ -q -- full suite green