TaskWing

The local-first knowledge layer for AI development.

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Your AI tools start every session from zero -- and every session, your code context flows through someone else's cloud.

TaskWing takes the opposite approach. One command extracts your architecture into a local knowledge base on your machine. No cloud. No account. Every AI session after that just knows -- without your knowledge base leaving your infrastructure.

Without TaskWing              With TaskWing
─────────────────             ─────────────
8-12 file reads               1 MCP query
~25,000 tokens                ~1,500 tokens
2-3 minutes                   42 seconds
No architectural context       170+ knowledge nodes

Install

brew install josephgoksu/tap/taskwing

No signup. No account. Works offline. Everything stays local in SQLite.

curl -fsSL https://taskwing.app/install.sh | sh

Quick Start

# 1. Extract your architecture (one-time)
cd your-project
taskwing bootstrap
# -> 22 decisions, 12 patterns, 9 constraints extracted

# 2. Connect to your AI tool
taskwing mcp install claude    # or: cursor, gemini, codex, copilot, opencode

# 3. Plan and execute with your AI assistant
/taskwing:plan       # Create a plan via MCP
/taskwing:next       # Get next task with full context
# ...work...
/taskwing:done       # Mark complete, advance to next

That's it. Your AI assistant now has local architectural context across every session.

Private by Architecture

TaskWing keeps your knowledge base on your machine. No cloud database, no account, no sync.

  YOUR MACHINE                          EXTERNAL
  ─────────────────────────────────     ─────────────────────────
                                        ┌───────────────────────┐
  ┌──────────────┐   code context       │ LLM Provider          │
  │ Your codebase ├────────────────────>│ (OpenAI, Anthropic,   │
  └──────────────┘   (bootstrap only)   │  Google, Bedrock)     │
         │                              └───────────┬───────────┘
         │                                          │ findings
         v                                          │
  ┌──────────────────────┐  <───────────────────────┘
  │ .taskwing/memory.db  │
  │ Local SQLite         │  Your knowledge base.
  │ Never uploaded.      │  Never leaves your machine.
  └──────────┬───────────┘
             │ local stdio (MCP)
             v
  ┌──────────────────────┐              ┌───────────────────────┐
  │ AI Tool              │  may send    │ Tool's own cloud      │
  │ (Claude, Cursor,     ├─────────────>│ (per their privacy    │
  │  Copilot, Gemini)    │  to their    │  policy)              │
  └──────────────────────┘  servers     └───────────────────────┘


  FULL AIR-GAP (everything stays left of the line):

  ┌──────────────┐        ┌─────────┐        ┌──────────────┐
  │ Your codebase ├──────>│ Ollama  ├──────>│ .taskwing/   │
  └──────────────┘        │ (local) │        │ memory.db    │
                          └─────────┘        └──────┬───────┘
                                                    │ local stdio
                                                    v
                                             ┌──────────────┐
                                             │ Local AI tool │
                                             └──────────────┘
                                             Zero network calls.

What TaskWing controls: Your knowledge base is stored and queried locally. MCP serves responses over local stdio -- no network calls.

What your AI tool controls: Cloud-based tools (Claude, Cursor, Copilot) may send conversations to their own servers. Check their privacy settings (e.g., Cursor's Privacy Mode, Copilot's data retention policies).

Full air-gap: Use Ollama for bootstrap + a local AI tool. Nothing leaves your machine.

Works With

Supported Models

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What It Does

Slash Commands

Use these from your AI assistant once connected:

taskwing mcp install handles this automatically. If you need to configure manually, add to your AI tool's MCP config:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "taskwing": {
      "command": "taskwing",
      "args": ["mcp"]
    }
  }
}

TaskWing integrates with Claude Code's hook system for autonomous plan execution:

taskwing hook session-init      # Initialize session tracking
taskwing hook continue-check    # Check if should continue to next task
taskwing hook session-end       # Cleanup session
taskwing hook status            # View current session state

Circuit breakers prevent runaway execution:

• --max-tasks=5 -- Stop after N tasks for human review
• --max-minutes=30 -- Stop after N minutes

llm:
  provider: bedrock
  model: anthropic.claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929-v1:0
  bedrock:
    region: us-east-1
  apiKeys:
    bedrock: ${BEDROCK_API_KEY}

Or configure interactively: taskwing config

• taskwing bootstrap
• taskwing ask "<query>"
• taskwing task
• taskwing mcp
• taskwing doctor
• taskwing config
• taskwing start

Documentation

• Getting Started
• Product Vision
• Architecture
• Workflow Pack

License

MIT