task-master-ai@0.40.1

eyaltoledano/claude-task-mastertask-master-ai@0.40.1Dec 28, 2025by github-actions[bot]

AI Summary

Patch release improves CLI startup speed by 2x and adds smarter project root detection with boundary markers for monorepo support.

Key Highlights

2x CLI startup speed improvement
Smarter project root detection with boundary markers (.git, package.json, lock files)
Monorepo support (lerna.json, nx.json, turbo.json)
Improved JSON schemas for AI-related commands
Reasoning effort validation for OpenAI models

New Features

Faster CLI startup
Project boundary detection
Monorepo support
Improved JSON schemas

Full Release Notes

### Patch Changes

-   [#1523](https://github.com/eyaltoledano/claude-task-master/pull/1523) [`fc1a79f`](https://github.com/eyaltoledano/claude-task-master/commit/fc1a79f2565b0d8c24f009aec2c473a335262ae2) Thanks [@Crunchyman-ralph](https://github.com/Crunchyman-ralph)! - Codex cli Validate reasoning effort against model capabilities
    -   Add provider-level reasoning effort validation for OpenAI models
    -   Automatically cap unsupported effort levels (e.g., 'xhigh' on gpt-5.1 and gpt-5 becomes 'high')

-   [#1549](https://github.com/eyaltoledano/claude-task-master/pull/1549) [`98087ac`](https://github.com/eyaltoledano/claude-task-master/commit/98087acae91fad7345bdb4c253d4dfd0d584f81e) Thanks [@Crunchyman-ralph](https://github.com/Crunchyman-ralph)! - Improve CLI startup speed by 2x

-   [#1545](https://github.com/eyaltoledano/claude-task-master/pull/1545) [`a0007a3`](https://github.com/eyaltoledano/claude-task-master/commit/a0007a3575305c367c8561584aa0dbd181f5e1cc) Thanks [@Crunchyman-ralph](https://github.com/Crunchyman-ralph)! - Smarter project root detection with boundary markers
    -   Prevents Task Master from incorrectly detecting `.taskmaster` folders in your home directory when working inside a different project
    -   Now stops at project boundaries (`.git`, `package.json`, lock files) instead of searching all the way up to the filesystem root
    -   Adds support for monorepo markers (`lerna.json`, `nx.json`, `turbo.json`) and additional lock files (`bun.lockb`, `deno.lock`)

-   [#1523](https://github.com/eyaltoledano/claude-task-master/pull/1523) [`fc1a79f`](https://github.com/eyaltoledano/claude-task-master/commit/fc1a79f2565b0d8c24f009aec2c473a335262ae2) Thanks [@Crunchyman-ralph](https://github.com/Crunchyman-ralph)! - Improve json schemas for ai-related commands making it more compatible with openai models
    -   Fixes #1541 #1542

-   [#1542](https://github.com/eyaltoledano/claude-task-master/pull/1542) [`b817d6f`](https://github.com/eyaltoledano/claude-task-master/commit/b817d6f9f278c84785ec468f9b305e70c47266f6) Thanks [@mdimitrovg](https://github.com/mdimitrovg)! - Fixed vertex-ai authentication when using service account and vertex location env variable.