diff --git a/.task.cfg.mk b/.task.cfg.mk
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index ea34919..0000000
--- a/.task.cfg.mk
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-USAGE={a.bold}{a.cyan} viv tasks{a.end}:\n
-PHONIFY=1
-HELP_SEP={a.b_blue}>>>{a.end}
-
--include .task.mk
-$(if $(wildcard .task.mk),,.task.mk: ; curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/daylinmorgan/task.mk/v23.1.2/task.mk -o .task.mk)
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
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index c7a3768..0000000
--- a/Makefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-VERSION ?= $(shell git describe --tags --always --dirty=-dev | sed 's/^v//g')
-
-venv: ## generate environment
-	pdm install
-
-assets/viv-help.svg:
-	FORCE_COLOR=1 viv --help | yartsu -t 'viv --help' -w 70 -o $@
-
-.PHONY: dev-install
-dev-install:
-	ln -sf $(PWD)/src/viv/viv.py ~/.local/share/viv/viv.py
-
-examples/black: .FORCE
-	rm -f $@
-	viv shim black -y -s -f -o $@
-
-clean: ## remove build artifacts
-	rm -rf build dist
-
-EXAMPLES = cli.py sys_path.py exe_specific.py frozen_import.py named_env.py scrape.py
-generate-example-vivens: ##
-	for f in $(EXAMPLES); \
-		do python examples/$$f; done
-
-
-.FORCE:
-.PHONY: .FORCE
--include .task.cfg.mk
diff --git a/task b/task
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index 0000000..2fbba76
--- /dev/null
+++ b/task
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# VERSION = $(git describe --tags --always --dirty=-dev | sed 's/^v//g')
+
+function task:venv {
+	: "setup up pdm venv"
+	pdm install
+}
+
+function task:dev-install {
+	: "symlink development version"
+	ln -sf "$(PWD)/src/viv/viv.py" ~/.local/share/viv/viv.py
+}
+
+function task:_black {
+	: "generate black example shim"
+	rm -f examples/black
+	viv shim black -y -s -f -o examples/black
+}
+
+function task:clean {
+	: "clean build artifacts"
+	rm -rf build dist
+}
+
+function task:examples {
+	: "run examples to generate vivenvs"
+	examples="cli sys_path exe_specific frozen_import named_env scrape"
+	for f in $examples; do
+		python "examples/$f.py"
+	done
+}
+
+function task:_help-logo {
+	FORCE_COLOR=1 viv --help | yartsu -t 'viv --help' -w 70 -o assets/viv-help.svg
+}
+
+# ---- do-task boilerplate ----
+function task:help {
+	: "Show this help"
+	echo "do:";w=$(("$(compgen -A function | wc -L)" - 3));while read -r name; do [[ ! $name =~ ^task:_ ]] && [[ $name =~ ^task: ]] && paste <(printf '\033[1;32m%*s\033[0m\n' "$w" "${name#task:}") <(type "$name" | sed -nEe 's/^[[:space:]]*: ?"(.*)";/\1/p'); done < <(compgen -A function)
+}
+while read -r name; do [[ $name == "task:$1" ]] && { shift; task="$name"; }; done < <(compgen -A function)
+[[ -n "$1" && -z "$task" ]] && printf "\033[1;31m%s\033\0[m is not a task\n" "$1"
+"${task:-task:help}" "$@" && exit "$?"