new-task

/verona:new-task

Add a task to an existing agent.

Inputs

1. agent name — must already exist under agents/examples/<name>/ or <state>/agents/<name>/.
2. task id — kebab-case, unique within the agent.
3. trigger — one of:
   • schedule = "<cron-or-friendly>" (e.g. "0 3 * * *", "every 30m")
   • on_message = true (fires on inbound message via Slack/webhook)
   • both (cron + reactive)
4. effort — overrides the agent default; one of low | medium | high | max. Optional.
5. budget_usd — optional per-task cap (only enforced for API-key adapters).
6. allowed_tools — optional array. Common values: Read, Write, Edit, WebFetch, Bash(curl:*).
7. prompt — body for tasks/<task-id>.md. Should explain the task's goal, what tools to use, what to write to memory.

Steps

1. Confirm the agent exists. If not, suggest /verona:new-agent instead.
2. Confirm the task id doesn't already exist in agent.toml.
3. Add a [[tasks]] block to agent.toml with the inputs above.
4. Create tasks/<task-id>.md with the supplied prompt body.
5. Validate by running verona schedule list (if state dir is initialized) — the new task should appear with the expected schedule.
6. Suggest a smoke test: verona schedule run <agent>:<task>.

Things to NOT do

• Don't reorder existing tasks in agent.toml (preserve user ordering).
• Don't change the agent's [agent] block, soul, or memory config — that's /verona:tune-soul and /verona:new-agent territory.
• Don't write to state/.