BA Task Tracker

About

BA (Task Tracker) is a lightweight, Git-friendly task management system specifically designed for LLM sessions and multi-agent development environments. It facilitates a structured workflow by allowing agents to discover available work, claim ownership of specific issues using unique session IDs, and track tasks through their entire lifecycle. By utilizing a line-based JSONL storage format and built-in dependency tracking (blocking/unblocking), BA ensures clear hand-offs and prevents redundant efforts when multiple AI agents or developers are working on the same codebase, making it an essential tool for complex, collaborative AI projects.

Key Features

• Dependency management with issue blocking and tree visualization
• JSON output support for programmatic integration with other developer tools
• Robust CLI for creating, claiming, transitioning, and documenting tasks
• Ownership-based state machine to prevent multi-agent work conflicts
• Git-friendly JSONL storage for easy version control and human readability
• 9 GitHub stars

Use Cases

• Visualizing task dependencies to determine the optimal order of operations for AI agents
• Managing a local backlog of refactors and technical debt directly in the repository
• Coordinating complex features across multiple concurrent Claude Code sessions