update_status
Change a task's status
How to use it
update_status is exposed by the Agent Pm MCP server. Add the server to your MCP client (Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf and others), and the update_status tool becomes available to the model automatically. See the full listing for setup details and every tool this server provides.
FULL AGENT PM LISTINGOther tools in Agent Pm (25)
The specific action to perform
Add a dependency between tasks
Add a subtask to a task
Purpose: Get the result of a completed project brief interview operation.
Purpose: Get the status of a project brief interview operation.
Remove all subtasks from a task
Add a new task
Remove a task
Break down a task into subtasks
Expand all pending tasks
Returns tasks filtered by priority
or filterbypriority: Targeted task lists
Automatically fix dependency issues
List tasks, optionally filtered by status
Find the next task to work on
View a specific task by ID
"apm-artifacts/resources/reports/task-complexity-report.md"
"apm-artifacts/resources/reports/task-complexity-report.json"
Root directory of the project
Remove a dependency between tasks
Remove a subtask from a task
false (whether to use Perplexity AI for research-backed analysis)
5 (tasks with complexity ≥ 5 will be recommended for expansion)
Update a task's details
Check for dependency issues