[FEATURE] Task queue for queuing multiple prompts/tasks

Open 💬 10 comments Opened Mar 11, 2026 by KoreanThinker

Problem

There's no way to queue up multiple tasks and have them execute sequentially or in parallel. When working on a complex project, I often know the next 3-5 things Claude needs to do, but I have to wait for each one to finish before giving the next instruction.

OpenAI Codex CLI already ships this as a core feature — users can queue tasks and they run in sandboxed environments.

Proposed Solution

  • Allow users to queue multiple prompts/tasks
  • Execute them sequentially (or optionally in parallel with worktree isolation)
  • Show queue status and results when done
  • Persist queue across rate limit resets

Prior Issues (all auto-closed by stale bot, not by team decision)

  • #535 — "The ability to queue up messages" (27+ upvotes, auto-closed)
  • #15854 — "Programmatic access to message queue" (auto-closed)
  • #1314 — "Queue for when Max limit refreshes" (auto-closed)
  • #7244 — "/wait command for scheduled execution" (auto-closed)

These were all closed by GitHub Actions bot due to inactivity, not because the feature was reviewed and rejected. The demand is clearly there.

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