allow agent to run compound tasks

[meganrogge]

fix #258241

Screen.Recording.2025-08-12.at.6.17.19.PM.mov

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Pull Request Overview

This PR enables agents to run compound tasks by adding support for handling task dependencies. The changes allow the task execution tools to resolve and track multiple terminals when running tasks that have dependencies.

Key changes:

• Added support for resolving task dependencies and handling multiple terminals
• Updated task execution tools to track output from all related terminals
• Modified the task service API to handle multiple tasks/terminals instead of single instances

Reviewed Changes

Copilot reviewed 8 out of 8 changed files in this pull request and generated 3 comments.

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File	Description
runTaskTool.ts	Updated to resolve dependency tasks and handle multiple terminals for compound task execution
getTaskOutputTool.ts	Modified to get output from all terminals associated with a task and its dependencies
createAndRunTaskTool.ts	Enhanced to track multiple terminals and aggregate results from compound tasks
taskHelpers.ts	Added resolveDependencyTasks function and updated getTaskForTool to support parent tasks
taskSystem.ts	Changed interface from single terminal to multiple terminals support
taskService.ts	Updated service interface to handle arrays of tasks/terminals
terminalTaskSystem.ts	Implemented logic to return multiple terminal resources for task arrays
abstractTaskService.ts	Updated to delegate to new multi-terminal API

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[meganrogge]

demo.mov