Handle missing task CLI config

README.md

@@ -33,4 +33,4 @@ python -m pytest test_task.py
 
 ## Configuration
 
-Copy `config.yaml.example` to `~/.config/task-cli/config.yaml` and customize.
+On first config load, the CLI creates `~/.config/task-cli/config.yaml` with default settings if it is missing. To customize the defaults manually, copy `config.yaml.example` to that path and edit it.

task.py

@@ -10,12 +10,30 @@
 from commands.done import mark_done
 
 
+DEFAULT_CONFIG = """# Default configuration for task CLI
+storage:
+  format: json
+  max_tasks: 1000
+
+display:
+  color: true
+  unicode: true
+"""
+
+
+def get_config_path():
+    """Return the default configuration file path."""
+    return Path.home() / ".config" / "task-cli" / "config.yaml"
+
+
 def load_config():
     """Load configuration from file."""
-    config_path = Path.home() / ".config" / "task-cli" / "config.yaml"
-    # NOTE: This will crash if config doesn't exist - known bug for bounty testing
-    with open(config_path) as f:
-        return f.read()
+    config_path = get_config_path()
+    if not config_path.exists():
+        config_path.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+        config_path.write_text(DEFAULT_CONFIG, encoding="utf-8")
+
+    return config_path.read_text(encoding="utf-8")
 
 
 def main():

test_task.py

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 """Basic tests for task CLI."""
 
-import json
 import pytest
-from pathlib import Path
+
+import task
 from commands.add import add_task, validate_description
 from commands.done import validate_task_id
 
@@ -28,3 +28,16 @@ def test_validate_task_id():
 
     with pytest.raises(ValueError):
         validate_task_id(tasks, 99)
+
+
+def test_load_config_creates_default_when_missing(tmp_path, monkeypatch):
+    """Missing config should be initialized instead of crashing."""
+    monkeypatch.setattr(task.Path, "home", staticmethod(lambda: tmp_path))
+    config_path = tmp_path / ".config" / "task-cli" / "config.yaml"
+
+    assert not config_path.exists()
+
+    config = task.load_config()
+
+    assert config == task.DEFAULT_CONFIG
+    assert config_path.read_text(encoding="utf-8") == task.DEFAULT_CONFIG