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Summary

  • Add fetchAllPaginated<T>() generic pagination helper with 50-page safety limit
  • Add fetchAllTasks() and fetchAllTasksByFilter() convenience wrappers
  • Preserve limit parameter: when provided, used as page size and pagination stops after collecting that many items (no performance regression for bounded queries)
  • Update resolveProjectIdentifier() to use paginated getProjects()
  • Extract shared test mock to src/__tests__/helpers/mock-pagination.ts (eliminates copy-paste across test files)
  • Add dedicated pagination test suite with 7 tests

Addresses review feedback from #76

  • limit parameter preservedfetchAllTasksByFilter() accepts optional limit; when provided, fetches only that many items instead of all pages
  • Test mock deduplication — shared mockPaginatedGetTasks() and mockPaginatedGetTasksByFilter() helpers
  • No client-side @Label filtering — relies entirely on API's getTasksByFilter() (consistent with merged PR fix: remove incorrect client-side @label filtering for getTasksByFilter API #69)

Files Changed (10)

  • src/utils/api-helpers.ts — new pagination functions + updated resolveProjectIdentifier
  • src/handlers/task/crud.ts — use fetchAllTasks/fetchAllTasksByFilter
  • src/handlers/task/bulk.ts — use fetchAllTasks
  • src/__tests__/helpers/mock-pagination.ts — new shared test helpers
  • src/__tests__/pagination.test.ts — new test suite (7 tests)
  • 5 existing test files updated for paginated response format

Test plan

  • npm run build — compiles clean
  • npm test — 429 tests pass (25 suites)
  • npm run lint — 0 errors
  • Diff contains ONLY pagination changes (no priority docs, no project names, no API migration)

Extracted from #76 per review feedback — focused on pagination only.

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Add automatic cursor-based pagination to fetch tasks across all pages,
eliminating issues where tasks beyond the first page were missed.

New functions in api-helpers.ts:
- fetchAllPaginated<T>() - generic pagination with 50-page safety limit
- fetchAllTasks() - paginated task fetching with optional limit
- fetchAllTasksByFilter() - paginated filter queries with optional limit

When a limit parameter is provided, it is used as the page size and
pagination stops after collecting that many items, preserving the
existing single-page behavior for callers that want bounded results.

Updated handlers: task/crud.ts, task/bulk.ts
Updated resolveProjectIdentifier() to use paginated getProjects()
Added shared test mock helper: __tests__/helpers/mock-pagination.ts
Added pagination test suite: __tests__/pagination.test.ts (7 tests)
Updated 5 existing test files for paginated response format

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Thanks for splitting this out from #76. The fetchAllPaginated helper is well-designed and the test coverage for it is solid.

A few things need addressing before this can merge:

1. Unbounded pagination is a performance regression (Critical)

When no limit is provided, fetchAllTasks() now pages through ALL tasks (pageSize=200, no maxItems). Previously this returned one page (~50 tasks). For someone with 2,000+ tasks, that's ~10 sequential API calls where there was 1.

Bulk operations (update/delete/complete) arguably need all tasks to find matches, that's fine. But handleGetTasks and findTaskByIdOrName should not silently fetch everything.

Please add a default cap (e.g., 200) when no limit is provided. Callers that genuinely need all tasks (bulk ops) should explicitly opt in.

2. Incomplete migration creates inconsistency

Only task/crud.ts and task/bulk.ts were updated. 12+ other handlers (subtask-handlers.ts, duplicate-handlers.ts, comment-handlers.ts, label-handlers.ts, project-handlers.ts, etc.) still use extractArrayFromResponse() and silently read only the first page.

Either migrate them, or document in the PR description that this is phase 1 and which files are left.

3. Verify getTasksByFilter response shape

The raw Todoist API returns items (not results) for /api/v1/tasks/filter. The SDK may normalize this to results, but please confirm. The as Promise<PaginatedResponse<TodoistTask>> cast would silently produce empty arrays if the field name doesn't match.

4. resolveProjectIdentifier type signature change

The signature went from { getProjects: () => Promise<unknown> } to a specific paginated shape. Does the DryRunWrapper still satisfy this? Please verify.

5. Weakened test assertions

Several existing tests changed from exact toHaveBeenCalledWith({ query, lang, limit }) to expect.objectContaining({ query }). This drops verification of what limit and cursor values are actually passed. Can you restore the specificity or explain why the relaxation is needed?

6. Missing wrapper tests

The 7 fetchAllPaginated tests are good, but there are no tests for fetchAllTasks() or fetchAllTasksByFilter() specifically. These have their own logic (page size calculation, parameter passing) that should be covered.

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