Install Taskplane from Source

April 11, 2026 ยท View on GitHub

Use this path when developing Taskplane itself or testing local changes before publish.

Prerequisites

  • Node.js 22+
  • Git
  • pi

1) Clone repository

git clone https://github.com/HenryLach/taskplane.git
cd taskplane

2) Install extension dev dependencies

cd extensions
npm install
cd ..

3) Initialize a target project (optional)

If you want to test task execution in another repo:

cd /path/to/your-project
node /path/to/taskplane/bin/taskplane.mjs init --preset full

You can also run taskplane init if the CLI is globally installed.

4) Load local extensions in pi

From the Taskplane repo root:

pi -e extensions/task-orchestrator.ts

5) Verify commands

Inside pi, run:

/task
/orch
/orch-plan all

You should get usage/help output (or planning output if task areas exist).

6) Optional: verify local CLI

From repo root:

node bin/taskplane.mjs help
node bin/taskplane.mjs version
node bin/taskplane.mjs doctor

Notes

  • Source install via -e does not require publishing to npm.
  • For package-level behavior tests, use npm pack + install tarball in a scratch repo.

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