Fix: Improve 'parse-prd' command and CLI help consistency #1128

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opened 2025-10-14 16:56:12 -06:00 by navan · 0 comments

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2025-10-14 16:56:12 -06:00

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Originally created by @eyaltoledano on 3/24/2025

This commit improves the 'parse-prd' command and ensures consistency in CLI help messages across different entry points.

Changes:

Improved 'parse-prd' command:
- Made the file argument optional for the parse-prd command in both commands.js and bin/task-master.js.
- Added a helpful message box with usage instructions when parse-prd is called without a PRD file, instead of showing a generic error.
Consistent CLI Help:
- Standardized the help display in bin/task-master.js to directly use the displayHelp() and displayBanner() functions from ui.js, ensuring consistent help output with scripts/dev.js.
- Added code to commands.js to display the banner and help message when task-master or dev.js is run without any arguments.
Description Consistency:
- Updated the description of the show command in bin/task-master.js to precisely match the description in commands.js.
Expand with Research:
- Adjusted the expand command to take in a --research flag which now hits the Perplexity API to figure out the complexity of each task and determine the correct amount of sub tasks needed..

Also closes issues #12 #13

These changes enhance the user experience by providing better guidance for the parse-prd command and ensuring consistent help information throughout the CLI, regardless of the entry point used.

*Originally created by @eyaltoledano on 3/24/2025* This commit improves the 'parse-prd' command and ensures consistency in CLI help messages across different entry points. **Changes:** - **Improved 'parse-prd' command:** - Made the `file` argument optional for the `parse-prd` command in both `commands.js` and `bin/task-master.js`. - Added a helpful message box with usage instructions when `parse-prd` is called without a PRD file, instead of showing a generic error. - **Consistent CLI Help:** - Standardized the help display in `bin/task-master.js` to directly use the `displayHelp()` and `displayBanner()` functions from `ui.js`, ensuring consistent help output with `scripts/dev.js`. - Added code to `commands.js` to display the banner and help message when `task-master` or `dev.js` is run without any arguments. - **Description Consistency:** - Updated the description of the `show` command in `bin/task-master.js` to precisely match the description in `commands.js`. - **Expand with Research:** - Adjusted the `expand` command to take in a --research flag which now hits the Perplexity API to figure out the complexity of each task and determine the correct amount of sub tasks needed.. Also closes issues #12 #13 These changes enhance the user experience by providing better guidance for the `parse-prd` command and ensuring consistent help information throughout the CLI, regardless of the entry point used.