plan-view 1.4.1

Pretty print plan.json for task tracking

pv

A command-line tool for viewing and editing plan.json task tracking files.

Installation

uv tool install plan-view

Quick Start

# Create a new plan
pv init "My Project"

# Add phases and tasks
pv add-phase "Setup" --desc "Initial configuration"
pv add-task 0 "Initialize repository" --agent github-git-expert

# Track progress
pv start 0.1.1
pv done 0.1.1

# View status
pv current

Commands

View

Command	Description
pv	Full plan overview
pv current	Current phase and next task
pv next	Next actionable task
pv phase	Current phase details
pv get <id>	Show task or phase by ID
pv last	Recently completed tasks
pv future	Upcoming tasks (actionable first)
pv summary	Progress summary
pv bugs	Show bugs phase
pv deferred	Show deferred phase
pv ideas	Show ideas phase
pv validate	Validate against schema

Edit

Command	Description
pv init <name>	Create new plan.json
pv add-phase <name>	Add a phase
pv add-task <phase> <title>	Add a task
pv done <id>	Mark completed
pv start <id>	Mark in progress
pv block <id>	Mark blocked
pv skip <id>	Mark skipped
pv defer <id> [-r reason]	Move to deferred (with optional reason)
pv bug <id>	Move to bugs
pv idea <id>	Move to ideas
pv set <id> <field> <value>	Set task field
pv rm task <id>	Remove task
pv rm phase <id>	Remove phase
pv compact	Archive completed tasks to backup

Options

Option	Description
-f, --file	Specify plan file path
--json	JSON output (view commands)
-q, --quiet	Suppress output (edit commands)
-d, --dry-run	Preview changes without saving

Example Output

$ pv -f examples/simple.json current

API Backend v1.0.0
Progress: 40% (2/5 tasks)

Phase 0: Setup (100%)
Phase 1: Core Features (0%)
   Create user authentication
   Build REST API endpoints

Next: [1.1.1] Create user authentication

JSON Output

All view commands support --json for programmatic access:

$ pv next --json
{
  "id": "1.1.1",
  "title": "Create user authentication",
  "status": "in_progress",
  "phase_id": "1",
  "phase_name": "Core Features",
  "agent_type": "python-backend-engineer",
  "depends_on": ["0.1.2"]
}

Features

• Automatic progress calculation
• Dependency-aware task ordering
• Partial task ID matching (pv done 1 matches 1.1.1 if unique)
• Schema validation
• NO_COLOR/FORCE_COLOR environment variable support
• Dry-run mode for previewing changes

Documentation

See the full documentation for detailed usage.

License

MIT