AI Coding Agents Lack Persistent Task and Todo Context Across Sessions
Developers using AI coding agents (Cursor, Codex, Claude Code, and others) must maintain task lists in separate apps, forcing constant context-switching and repetition of task state to the agent each session. The poster built an MCP-based todo tool to give agents direct, persistent access to task context, evidencing demand for agent-native task management.
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