gest 0.3.3

Manage agent-generated artifacts and task backlogs alongside your project
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Gest

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Manage agent-generated artifacts and task backlogs alongside your project.

[!WARNING] Gest is in early development. Commands, file formats, and configuration may change without notice between releases.

Gest is a CLI tool for tracking tasks and artifacts generated during AI-assisted development. Data is stored as plain files — TOML for tasks, Markdown with YAML frontmatter for artifacts — and can live inside your repo (.gest/) or in an external data directory.

Quick Start

gest init                                    # initialize global store
gest task create "Implement auth middleware"
gest artifact create --source auth-spec.md
gest search "auth"

Use gest init --local to store data inside the repo (.gest/) instead of the global data directory.

Documentation

Full documentation is available at https://gest.aaronmallen.dev.

Commands

Command Description
gest init Initialize gest (--local for in-repo .gest/ directory)
gest task Create, list, show, update, tag, link, and manage tasks
gest artifact Create, list, show, update, tag, archive, and manage artifacts
gest iteration Manage iterations (group tasks into phased execution plans)
gest search Search across tasks and artifacts
gest serve Start a local web dashboard for browsing and managing entities
gest config View and modify configuration
gest generate Generate shell completions and man pages
gest self-update Update gest to the latest GitHub release
gest version Print version and check for updates

Run gest --help or gest <command> --help for full details.

Configuration

Gest loads configuration from global (~/.config/gest/) and project-level TOML files. Run gest config show to see the resolved configuration and its source files.

Installation

Quick Install (macOS and Linux)

curl -fsSL https://gest.aaronmallen.dev/install | sh

[!TIP] This installs gest to ~/.local/bin. Make sure it's in your PATH:

export PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH"

Pin a specific version or change the install directory:

GEST_VERSION=0.0.1 GEST_INSTALL_PATH=/usr/local/bin \
  curl -fsSL https://gest.aaronmallen.dev/install | sh

Cargo

cargo install gest

Or with cargo-binstall for a pre-built binary:

cargo binstall gest

Status

Early development. See docs for design documents and process guides.

License

MIT