t3027: Remove stderr suppression from decompose example in new-task.md

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Summary

• Remove 2>/dev/null from both shell commands in the Step 5.5 decompose example in new-task.md
• The || fallback construct already handles command failures gracefully — suppressing stderr hides valuable debugging info (auth failures, missing deps, syntax errors)

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From PR #2997 review by Gemini Code Assist (medium severity):

The bash example in this section uses 2>/dev/null to suppress errors. This practice hides valuable debugging information, which goes against the repository's general rules. The || construct already handles command failures gracefully.

Closes #3027

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• Bug Fixes
  • Improved error visibility for task classification operations by displaying error messages that were previously hidden, enabling better issue identification and system diagnostics.

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Walkthrough

This PR removes stderr suppression (2>/dev/null) from shell command invocations in the task decomposition helper script. Error messages from the classify script and jq command are now visible, improving debuggability while relying on existing || fallback constructs for graceful error handling.

Changes

Cohort / File(s)	Summary
Shell Script Error Visibility .agents/scripts/commands/new-task.md	Removed 2>/dev/null stderr suppression from CLASSIFY command invocation and TASK_KIND jq extraction, allowing error messages to surface for debugging while maintaining fallback behavior with || operators.

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Possibly related PRs

• t1399: Remove blanket stderr suppression from db() call in todo-sync.sh #2872: Applies the same stderr suppression removal pattern across multiple shell script files to improve error visibility and debuggability.

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Poem

Errors hidden in the dark are hard to find,
But sunlight shows the truth of failed design—
No more 2>/dev/null to cloud the view,
Shell scripts now speak their minds, pure and true! 🔍✨

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Title check	✅ Passed	The PR title directly and specifically describes the main change: removing stderr suppression from the decompose example in new-task.md.
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	The PR fully addresses issue #3027 by removing 2>/dev/null stderr suppression from both shell commands as required, improving debuggability while relying on || fallback for error handling.
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	All changes are directly aligned with the single objective of issue #3027; no unrelated modifications are present in the changeset.
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Inline comments:
In @.agents/scripts/commands/new-task.md:
- Around line 121-122: The call to the helper uses flags incompatible with
cmd_classify(): CLASSIFY=$(/bin/bash "$DECOMPOSE_HELPER" classify --task
"{title}" --quiet) passes --task as an option (which becomes the positional
description) so the helper is classifying the literal string "--task". Change
the invocation to pass the title positionally (e.g., classify "{title}" --quiet)
so cmd_classify() receives the title as its positional description argument,
then preserve existing parsing that sets TASK_KIND via jq on CLASSIFY; update
references to DECOMPOSE_HELPER/classify and CLASSIFY/TASK_KIND accordingly.

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Closing in favour of a clean PR from current main. The 2>/dev/null removal was already merged via #3040; this PR had a merge conflict. The remaining fix (classify positional arg) is in the replacement PR.