Hi everyone,
Not sure if this is the best place to post this, but it was the first that came to mind. I’d like to introduce TaskBeacon, which may be of interest to the NeuroStars community, especially for those using cognitive tasks with neuroimaging tools.
TaskBeacon is an open, community-driven platform for building, sharing, and adapting standardized cognitive tasks.
It combines:
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TAPS – a modular structure for organizing task components (think it as task-BIDS)
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PsyFlow – a lightweight Python framework built on PsychoPy
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GitHub-based workflows – for versioning, collaboration, and task sharing
Over 13 tasks are already available for free, including SST, MID, dot-probe, and resting-state paradigms, some of which have been tested in real EEG studies. I’m also hoping to expand TaskBeacon to host as many tasks as possible.
With TaskBeacon, you can not only access and submit tasks, but also use the MCP server with your LLMs to generate or localize tasks using natural language with an easy setup:
{
"name": "taskbeacon-mcp",
"type": "stdio",
"description": "Local FastMCP server for taskbeacon task operations. Uses uvx for automatic setup.",
"isActive": true,
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"taskbeacon-mcp"
]
}
For MCP, I will be working on visulization of task flowchart.
Looking forward to your feedback and contributions!
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