/tasks
A Claude Code slash command, read out of the shipped bundle. No mined inventory carries it: everything below comes from what this site has written about it.
View and manage background work in the current session, including subagents that have finished. Also available as /bashes
Anthropic's own wording. Read off Commands, captured 2026-09-28.
In the changelogs
13Releases whose published page names /tasks.
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v2.1.304
Background hint can point to
/workflowsinstead of/tasksThe "Running in background" hint can now suggest
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v2.1.302
Short hints for workflows and cloud sessions, plus a new built-in plugin entry
A feature list now notes that /tasks lists running workflows, cloud notices gain short hints, and an easel plugin is built in
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v2.1.302
New hint pointing to
/tasksfor background work and dynamic workflowsClaude Code can show "Running in background · /tasks to view", or a version mentioning running dynamic workflows
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v2.1.301
Shorter notice when automatic replies fail to resume
When automatic replies to artifact comments do not resume, Claude Code can now show a short message pointing you to
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v2.1.285
Background tasks dialog groups self-managed tasks into one row
The background tasks dialog now shows self-managed tasks as one row that expands into the individual tasks when selected
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v2.1.273
TUI-switch refusal message drops the artifact-comment-monitor case
The /tui refusal message no longer calls out artifact-comment auto-replies as a separate case from other background work
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v2.1.247
Artifact watch explanations get non-CLI wording, and can be rebuilt from the journal
Artifact watch messages now drop terminal-only advice when you're not in a terminal.
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v2.1.247
Artifact comment watchers can be restored after a headless resume
Artifact comment watchers can be restored after a headless resume by rescanning the transcript.
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v2.1.238
Warning when two live sessions of the same conversation both answer artifact comments
If two live sessions both auto-reply to artifact comments, you get a warning telling you to end one.
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v2.1.238
Clearer reasons when auto-replies cannot be resumed
Auto-reply resume failures now say whether arming is still in progress or watch state was incomplete.
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v2.1.234
/tui and /update refuse to restart when session state would be lost, and say what is holding them up
/tui and /update now refuse to restart when it would lose session state, naming the exact blocker.
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v2.1.232
Busy-session refusals now tell you how to stop the work
When background work blocks a restart or /tui switch, you're now pointed at /tasks to stop it.
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v0.2.53
Background Task Management
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First cited
4The earliest release whose published evidence quoted /tasks was v2.1.232, 13 Aug 2026. That is the oldest release this project wrote about it, so it is a floor on the name's age and not the release that introduced it. It is not a presence reading: which builds carried the name is the table below.
Presence across releases
0The miner has never read a build containing this name. It is here because a changelog entry of ours names it, which is evidence that it existed and not evidence of which releases carried it. The inventory starts at v2.1.138 and everything older than that was never mined.
Read out of the published npm bundle release by release, and out of Anthropic's own documentation as this site captured it. Nothing on this page is a description anybody here wrote about what the slash command does. All slash commands.