Vibe Speccing
Generate a structured, type-aware description and acceptance criteria that the author can edit before saving.
Shape the work. Review the next move.
Use Vibe Speccing to draft a specification, Vibe Breakdown to propose child work, and Decisions to review AI recommendations against the current state of a task.
Why it matters
Make the work clearer, not heavier.
The expensive gap is often between knowing what to build and defining it clearly enough to execute. A rough idea needs a useful description, acceptance criteria, and a sensible breakdown before the team can estimate or schedule it. Taskonio uses AI to reduce that blank-page and decomposition work while keeping engineering judgment in control.
Designed around the way real teams decide and deliver.
Vibe Breakdown
Turn an epic or item into a proposed set of typed child items rather than an unstructured task dump.
Decisions
Compare current and proposed task values, read the reasoning, and approve, reject, or skip each recommendation.
A closer look
How taskonio ai works in Taskonio.
01
Move from a blank page to a structured spec
Vibe Speccing generates a description and acceptance criteria from the title and context of the work. The result enters Taskonio’s markdown editor as a starting point, not a locked answer.
- Generate descriptions and acceptance criteria
- Use the output on epics, items, and sub-items
- Edit the complete result before saving it
02
Make the output aware of the work type
A bug needs different context than an experiment or feature. Vibe Speccing adapts its structure according to the selected item type instead of forcing every request into the same generic ticket template.
- Tailored output for tasks, bugs, stories, features, improvements, experiments, and ideas
- Formatting follows the intent of the work
- The author keeps final responsibility for accuracy and scope
03
Break epics and items into typed child work
Vibe Breakdown reads an epic or item description and proposes child items with titles, descriptions, and types. Use it to move from an initiative to items or from an item to more specific sub-items.
- Epic → Item and Item → Sub-item breakdowns
- Suggestions can use all seven Taskonio item types
- Review the proposed structure before it changes the workspace
04
Experiment safely with draft-first AI
Generated work remains clearly separated from live team work. Rename suggestions, change their types, rewrite descriptions, remove unnecessary items, reorder the set, or add your own work before applying it.
- No silent creation of team-visible tasks
- A deliberate review and apply step
- AI assistance stays optional across the core product workflow
05
Review recommendations in Decisions
Decisions puts AI recommendations in a review queue. See the task, the context and reasoning, and a comparison of current and proposed values before deciding whether a change belongs in your workspace.
- Compare only changed values or inspect the full recommendation
- Open the full task when you need more context
- Approve, reject, or skip a decision instead of accepting a batch blindly
- Track the remaining queue and review progress
06
Bring planning into the vibe coding workflow
AI-assisted coding shortens the path from intent to implementation. Vibe Speccing and Vibe Breakdown apply the same principle one step earlier: structure the intent and decompose it into reviewable work before code generation begins.
- Use AI to reduce specification setup rather than replace judgment
- Create a clearer handoff from idea to executable work
- Keep human review at the point where scope becomes real
07
Connect Taskonio to your agent through MCP
Use the Taskonio MCP server with Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf, or another compatible client. Your agent can work with tasks, workspaces, sprints, planning sessions, and Taskonio AI tools after you authorize access.
- Connect through Streamable HTTP and OAuth 2.1 with PKCE
- Choose which Taskonio organization the client can access
- Keep planning and task context available in the agent workflow
How it works
From setup to useful work.
- 01
Describe the intent
Create an epic, item, or sub-item with enough context to explain what the team is trying to achieve.
- 02
Generate a draft
Use Vibe Speccing for a structured description or Vibe Breakdown for proposed child work.
- 03
Review before applying
Edit the language, types, order, and scope, then deliberately save or apply only the work the team accepts.
Taskonio’s approach
AI assistance at the planning bottleneck
Taskonio concentrates AI on specification and decomposition, while the existing sprint, Kanban, view, and hierarchy workflows continue to work independently.
- Specification
- Vibe Speccing drafts structured descriptions and acceptance criteria.
- Type awareness
- Output adapts to seven different kinds of product and engineering work.
- Decomposition
- Vibe Breakdown proposes typed child work at two hierarchy transitions.
- Control
- Every generated result stays editable and requires explicit approval.
- Optionality
- Core task management and planning workflows do not depend on AI.
- MCP integration
- Compatible agents can work with authorized Taskonio tasks, workspaces, sprints, and planning tools.
- Decisions
- Review a queue of recommendations with current and proposed task values and supporting reasoning.
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ExploreQuestions
Know before you switch.
Is AI required to use Taskonio?
No. Sprint planning, Kanban, backlogs, hierarchy, custom views, and item details work independently of Vibe Speccing and Vibe Breakdown.
Can AI create work without approval?
No. Generated suggestions remain drafts until someone reviews and deliberately applies them.
Can Vibe Breakdown work on an item as well as an epic?
Yes. Use it on an epic to propose items or on an item to propose sub-items.
What if a suggestion does not fit?
You can remove it, rewrite it, reorder it, change its type, or add your own work before applying the draft.
Does Vibe Speccing change by item type?
Yes. It adapts its proposed structure for tasks, bugs, stories, features, improvements, experiments, and ideas.
Where can we use Vibe Speccing?
Vibe Speccing works on epics, items, and sub-items and produces editable markdown content with acceptance criteria.
Can Taskonio connect to an external AI agent?
Yes. Taskonio provides an MCP server for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf, and other compatible clients. You authorize access through Taskonio before the client can use its tools.
What is Decisions in Taskonio?
Decisions is a review queue for AI recommendations. It shows the task context, reasoning, and current versus proposed values, with controls to approve, reject, or skip each recommendation.
Stop starting from a blank page
Describe the intent, generate a structured draft, and keep your team in control of what becomes real work.