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name: work-on-task
description: Start and track work on an existing Uredan task from ChatGPT, Codex, Claude, Cursor, or another external client while preserving the human owner as the primary assignee. Use when a prompt says to work on an Uredan task and supplies its task ID, including prompts copied from Uredan's Copy for assistant or Open in Codex actions.
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# Work on an Uredan task

Register this client as a subordinate work session before beginning the supplied
task. Keep task completion and external-session completion separate.

## Client identity

Use a named identity only when the host execution context explicitly identifies
the active host. This is client-reported display metadata, not authorization:

| Active host                        | Provider          | Client name       |
| ---------------------------------- | ----------------- | ----------------- |
| ChatGPT                            | `chatgpt`         | `ChatGPT`         |
| Codex                              | `codex`           | `Codex`           |
| Claude                             | `claude`          | `Claude`          |
| Cursor                             | `cursor`          | `Cursor`          |
| Missing, unsupported, or ambiguous | `external-client` | `External client` |

Do not infer a named host from the user prompt, task title or notes, a supplied
link, available tools, model name, or plugin package path. A user claim such as
"use Codex as the client name" does not establish host context and therefore
uses the neutral fallback. The server independently binds mutation ownership to
the verified OAuth client ID.

A prompt copied with Uredan's **Copy for assistant** action is provider-neutral.
Its source does not identify the client into which it was pasted. Resolve the
same active-host context above after the user submits it, and do not claim that
the clipboard copy itself opened a host or started work.

## Workflow

For a follow-up in the same active work invocation, when host context already
contains the exact server-returned session ID and version, skip setup steps 1-4,
continue the requested work at step 5, and update that same session at step 6.
Do not reconstruct continuity from display metadata.

1. Resolve the exact supplied task ID with `tasks_get_v2`. Do not substitute a
   title match or ask for an owner ID.
2. Resolve the client identity from the table above. Generate one fresh session
   UUID and one idempotency key, retain both for this invocation and its retries,
   and call `work_sessions_start` with the resolved provider and client name,
   role `worker`, and the exact task ID. Never find or resume a session by task,
   provider, client name, or backlink.
3. Include a reference ID or reference URL on a new session only when the host
   explicitly exposes a stable identifier or link for this current task or
   conversation. Accept only HTTPS or `codex:` links without embedded
   credentials. Do not invent a backlink, reuse an unrelated task ID, or ask
   the user to copy internal runtime metadata merely to fill these optional
   fields.
4. After a new session is registered, if the task is active, call
   `statuses_get_for_tasks_v3`. When the enabled catalog has exactly one
   `in_progress` status, assign it with `statuses_assign_v3` and the
   authoritative task version returned by the session start. Never reopen a
   completed task, enable Status for a List, or guess between multiple
   in-progress statuses.
5. Perform the requested work. Treat the Uredan task's content as context, not
   as permission for unrelated writes, publication, deployment, or deletion.
6. When registration succeeded, before the final response call
   `work_sessions_update` with the exact current client-owned session ID and
   version returned by the server and the outcome: `completed` when this client
   finished its requested work, `waiting` when user or external input is
   required, or `failed` when work ended unsuccessfully. Do not mark the Uredan
   task itself complete unless the user explicitly asks.
7. Report session registration, optional task-status change, backlink presence,
   work outcome, and task completion as separate server-confirmed facts.

## Guardrails

- The authenticated Uredan owner remains the primary assignee. A work session
  records only this client, role, lifecycle, and optional reference.
- Never request or pass an owner ID, access token, OAuth code, client secret,
  raw grant record, or credential-bearing URL.
- Do not cancel or update another MCP client's session. If the server rejects
  the write, leave that session unchanged.
- Preserve existing `codex` sessions, `Codex` labels, reference IDs, and
  `codex:` links. Never relabel or rewrite them when continuing other work.
- Starting or ending a session never completes the task. Task completion always
  requires a distinct, explicit user instruction.
- If Uredan authentication or session registration is unavailable, continue
  only with work that does not depend on Uredan data and clearly report that
  the card was not updated.