I cannot see Plan files in the path .local/tasks/... in the File tree - Please show them where we can browse them freely

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I cannot see Plan files in the path .local/tasks/… in the File tree - Please show them where we can browse them freely.

I am aware that I can enable the option to show hidden files, but that is poor UX if it is a requirement to show plan files, and also, in my setup, .local/tasks does not show up in the file tree when I enable the show hidden files option.

Agent offers to copy tasks to the /documentation folder, which violates my single version of the truth requirement.

Agent says:

The task planning system is designed by Replit to store plan files specifically in .local/tasks/. That directory is intentionally excluded from the file tree — it’s a system/agent working area, not a project folder. Moving the files to documentation/tasks/ would require either duplicating them (which you’ve ruled out) or trying to point the task system at a non-standard path, which the skill explicitly forbids.

What I’d recommend instead:

The Tasks panel in the Replit sidebar is the intended reading pane for these plans. Click the checklist/tasks icon in the left sidebar — it should show each task with its full description inline. That’s the single source of truth the system is designed around, analogous to how a ticket in Jira or Linear is the canonical view of a spec rather than a file in the repo.

If that panel isn’t surfacing the full description well enough for your needs, that’s worth feeding back to Replit directly — it’s a valid UX gap in their agent task system.

So, I cannot see the Plan files unless Agent offers to open it for me.

I now have a case where Agent insists on showing it to me in the chat instead, leading to a poor UX.

However, the Tasks panel in the Replit sidebar is the intended reading pane for these plans. → But here, i do not see the task numbers, which Replit Agent uses to refer to the numbers.

Unworkable.

@Replit:

Please improve the UX:

  • Show the Tasks in the Tasks panel with leading task numbers.
  • Let users see / read / edit tasks via the file tree
  • Let other AI agents read the Tasks to suggest improvements as well, so Replit can build better apps for us.
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just type “nemo” in the shell and go to the “vnc” tab. hope this is helpful.

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