Claude Code Tasks: Stop Babysitting Your AI Agent

What if you could hand off your entire development plan to an AI agent and walk away? Claude Code Tasks lets you do exactly that by creating a plan, splitting it into prioritized tasks, and let the agent execute while you focus on something else. In this tutorial, I'll show you how to use Claude Code's new Tasks primitive to build a complete Spring Boot application from a PRD (Product Requirements Document). We'll explore how tasks handle dependencies, work across sub-agents, and help you avoid context window degradation. By the end, you'll understand how to move from manual human-in-the-loop development to a more autonomous workflow. • How to create a PRD (Product Requirements Document) that Claude can convert into actionable tasks • Understanding task dependencies with blocked/blocked-by relationships for proper execution order • Using sub-agents to avoid context window pollution on larger projects • Why upfront planning dramatically improves AI agent output quality • How to refine your workflow by capturing learnings in Claude MD and skills files Timestamps 0:00 - What are Claude Code Tasks? 1:15 - Why Vibe Coding Doesn't Work 2:30 - The Software Development Lifecycle Approach 3:45 - Creating a PRD (Product Requirements Doc) 5:00 - Tarek's Tweet: Tasks vs To-Dos 6:30 - Task Dependencies & Blockers Explained 7:30 - Community Projects: Ralph, GSD, Beads 8:15 - Setting Up Our Spring Boot Project 9:30 - Examining the PRD Structure 10:45 - Converting PRD to Tasks in Claude 12:00 - Task JSON Files & Priority System 13:30 - Letting Claude Execute the Tasks 15:00 - Sub-Agents & Context Window Management 17:00 - Debugging: Flyway Migration Issues 19:00 - Reviewing the Generated Code 20:30 - Testing the Running Application 21:30 - Key Takeaways & What's Next (Agent Swarms) 🔗 Related Links Tarek's Tweet on Tasks: https://x.com/trq212/status/2014480496013803643 Compound Engineering Plugin: https://github.com/EveryInc/compound-engineering-plugin Ralph (Workflow Automatio