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Task management for solo builders with endless ideas and a talent for forgetting. Hiro Task Manager adds superpowers to your task lists with AI-agent access control.

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Installation

This quickstart guide covers Local Setup on a single machine. For Server/Client Setup, see Advanced setup.

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0. Pre-requisites

  • You need either bun or node.js, Not both.
  • You can replace all bun/bunx commands below with npm/npx commands.
If you are getting Command not found: bun error, follow instructions on Bun’s website to add Bun to your PATH.

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1. Install

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2. First time setup

Run hirotaskmanager in a terminal, preferrably a PowerShell window on Windows.
You will be prompted through an interactive wizard:
  • Select [s] - Server mode
  • Accept all defaults, change the port if you are using port 3001
  • A browser window will open, create your passphrase, and login using it.
  • A Recovery Key is printed once on the terminal. Store it safely

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3. Add Skills

Hiro Task Manager uses the skills package to install and update skills. Install the skill from our repo:
Or Install the skill from hirotaskmanager folder:
You will have the option to:
  • Install the skill globally or to a specific project.
  • Install to Cursor, Codex, Claude Code, OpenCode and 41 more agents.

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CLI Usage Demo

This is not intended for human use, it only reflects the capabilities of the CLI tool and how AI Agents may intuitively use it.

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Manage the server

Start/Stop Hiro Task Manager:

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Create a board

boards list Response

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Create a list

lists list Response

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Create a task

Note: board describe command will help you get relevant board information. tasks list Response

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Prompt Demo

Since the CLI tool is meant for AI Agents, all the above can be created with a simple prompt

Create a board called 'Baymax Upgrade', add a list 'Combat Tools', and add a task 'improve punch accuracy' as a feature, pick suitable emojis, task description as a markdown checklist.

Open in Cursor

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Updates

When new versions of hirotaskmanager are released, update both the taskmanager and the hirotaskmanager skill.

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Uninstall

Note: use npm uninstall instead of bun remove if you are using node.js. Currently, you still need to manually remove ~/.taskmanager folder, which includes your databases and other files.

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What’s next?

  • Concepts — boards, lists, tasks, CLI access policy.
  • Advanced setup — VPS install, split server/CLI, hardened single-host, dev workflow.
  • hirotm CLI — global flags and subcommand reference.