---
title: "overlane task prioritise"
description: "Set a task's priority (P0 to P3) and optionally put it first"
---

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# overlane task prioritise

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Re-ranks a task. Every change is a ledger event (`task.prioritised`). With --top the task goes first within its priority. A repeated identical call changes nothing.

## Usage

```sh
overlane task prioritise task-id --priority P0|P1|P2|P3 [--top] [--reason TEXT] [--dry-run]
```

## Arguments

| Argument | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `task-id` | yes | The task to re-rank |

## Flags

| Flag | Type | Required | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `--priority` | one of `P0`, `P1`, `P2`, `P3` | yes |  | P0 is most urgent, P3 least |
| `--top` | boolean | no |  | Put the task first within its priority |
| `--reason` | string | no |  | Why; kept in the event |
| `--dry-run` | boolean | no |  | Print the requests and file changes this command would make, then stop. Needs no credentials. |

## Examples

```sh
overlane task prioritise task-7 --priority P0 --top
overlane task prioritise task-9 --priority P2 --reason "user said later"
```

## Behavior

- Effect: `write` (changes local or hosted state).
- Needs credentials: yes. Uses the network: yes.
- Supports `--dry-run`: yes. Accepts `--force`: no.
- Machine-readable description: `overlane schema task prioritise`.

## Result

With `--json` (the default when stdout is not a terminal) the command prints this JSON Schema's shape on stdout.

```json
{
  "anyOf": [
    {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "taskId": {
          "type": "string",
          "minLength": 1,
          "maxLength": 128,
          "pattern": "^[A-Za-z0-9][A-Za-z0-9_.:-]*$",
          "description": "task identifier"
        },
        "priority": {
          "type": "string",
          "enum": [
            "P0",
            "P1",
            "P2",
            "P3"
          ]
        },
        "rank": {
          "type": "integer",
          "minimum": -9007199254740991,
          "maximum": 9007199254740991
        },
        "origin": {
          "type": "string",
          "enum": [
            "user",
            "plan",
            "agent",
            "system"
          ]
        },
        "previous": {
          "anyOf": [
            {
              "type": "object",
              "properties": {
                "priority": {
                  "type": "string",
                  "enum": [
                    "P0",
                    "P1",
                    "P2",
                    "P3"
                  ]
                },
                "rank": {
                  "type": "integer",
                  "minimum": -9007199254740991,
                  "maximum": 9007199254740991
                }
              },
              "required": [
                "priority",
                "rank"
              ],
              "additionalProperties": false
            },
            {
              "type": "null"
            }
          ]
        },
        "changed": {
          "type": "boolean"
        },
        "next": {
          "type": "string"
        }
      },
      "required": [
        "taskId",
        "priority",
        "rank",
        "origin",
        "previous",
        "changed",
        "next"
      ],
      "additionalProperties": false
    },
    {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "dryRun": {
          "type": "boolean",
          "const": true
        },
        "service": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "requests": {
          "type": "array",
          "items": {
            "type": "object",
            "properties": {
              "method": {
                "type": "string"
              },
              "path": {
                "type": "string"
              },
              "body": {},
              "note": {
                "type": "string"
              }
            },
            "required": [
              "method",
              "path"
            ],
            "additionalProperties": false
          }
        },
        "commands": {
          "type": "array",
          "items": {
            "type": "string"
          }
        },
        "writes": {
          "type": "array",
          "items": {
            "type": "object",
            "properties": {
              "path": {
                "type": "string"
              },
              "action": {
                "type": "string",
                "enum": [
                  "write",
                  "append",
                  "delete"
                ]
              },
              "description": {
                "type": "string"
              }
            },
            "required": [
              "path",
              "action",
              "description"
            ],
            "additionalProperties": false
          }
        },
        "notes": {
          "type": "array",
          "items": {
            "type": "string"
          }
        }
      },
      "required": [
        "dryRun",
        "requests",
        "commands",
        "writes",
        "notes"
      ],
      "additionalProperties": false
    }
  ]
}
```

See [exit codes](/cli/#exit-codes) for the status the process returns.

Source: https://docs.overlane.app/cli/task-prioritise/index.mdx