Command Utility

/dr-status

Check current task status, progress, and backlog summary

Overview

/dr-status is a read-only command that shows you the current state of your Datarim workspace at a glance. It displays all active tasks with their complexity levels and pipeline stages, the overall backlog summary, recently completed tasks, and suggests the next action.

Usage

/dr-status

What It Shows

  1. All Active Tasks — from ## Active Tasks in activeContext.md. For each task: ID, description, complexity level, current phase, and progress. Shown as a numbered list for easy reference. If no active tasks, says so explicitly.
  2. Backlog Summary — count of pending items and in-progress items, with the highest priority items listed.
  3. Recently Completed — from ## Recently Completed section.
  4. Next Steps — suggestion for what command to run next based on the current state.

Arguments

None.

Output

Display only. This command does not modify any files.

Files Read

  • datarim/activeContext.md — active tasks and recently completed
  • datarim/tasks.md — task details and implementation plans
  • datarim/progress.md — implementation progress
  • datarim/backlog.md — pending and in-progress items

Example Session

> /dr-status

=== ACTIVE TASKS ===
  1. AUTH-0001 — Implement user authentication
     Complexity: Level 3 | Phase: DO | Progress: 5/8 (62%)
  2. UI-0012 — Dashboard dark mode
     Complexity: Level 2 | Phase: PLAN | Progress: planning

=== BACKLOG ===
  Pending: 5 items
  In progress: 2 items (AUTH-0001, UI-0012)

  Highest priority pending:
    1. NOTIF-0001 (P1) — WebSocket server setup
    2. API-0003 (P2) — Rate limiting middleware

=== RECENTLY COMPLETED ===
  INFRA-0004 — Deploy pipeline setup (2026-04-15)

=== NEXT STEPS ===
  Continue AUTH-0001: /dr-next
  Check task progress: /dr-do

Related Commands

  • /dr-next — resume work on a specific task
  • /dr-init — start a new task from the backlog
  • /dr-help — full command reference