diff --git a/src/loaders/Plan.cpp b/src/loaders/Plan.cpp
index a412d42..dcada4c 100644
--- a/src/loaders/Plan.cpp
+++ b/src/loaders/Plan.cpp
@@ -89,6 +89,9 @@ void Plan::get_task(Task & result, std::string provided_name, bool verbose)
 }
 
 /// Plan::load_definitions - Load the units corresponding to each task in plan from the given Suite.
+///
+/// \param unit_definitions - The Suite to load definitions from.
+/// \param verbose - Whether to print verbose information to STDOUT.
 void Plan::load_definitions( Suite unit_definitions, bool verbose )
 {
     // placeholder Unit
diff --git a/src/loaders/Task.cpp b/src/loaders/Task.cpp
index dbb1860..2a269e2 100644
--- a/src/loaders/Task.cpp
+++ b/src/loaders/Task.cpp
@@ -7,7 +7,13 @@ class Task_InvalidDataStructure: public std::runtime_error { public:
 
 /// Task::Task() - Constructor for the Task class.  The Task is the building block of a Plan indicating of which Unit to
 /// execute, and its dependencies on other units to have already been completed successfully.
-Task::Task() {}
+Task::Task() {
+    // it hasn't executed yet.
+    this->complete = false;
+
+    // it hasn't been matched with a definition yet.
+    this->defined = false;
+}
 
 /// Task::load_root() - loads json values to private members
 ///
@@ -56,4 +62,15 @@ void Task::load_definition( Unit selected_unit, bool verbose )
     {
         std::cout << "Loaded definition \"" << selected_unit.get_name() << "\" for task \"" << this->get_name() << "\"." << std::endl;
     }
+    this->defined = true;
+}
+
+/// Task::is_complete - Indicator if the task executed successfully.
+bool Task::is_complete() {
+    return this->complete;
+}
+
+/// Task::has_definition - Indicator if the task has attached its definition from a Suite.
+bool Task::has_definition() {
+    return this->defined;
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/loaders/Task.h b/src/loaders/Task.h
index d4efd08..e5679ca 100644
--- a/src/loaders/Task.h
+++ b/src/loaders/Task.h
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ class Task
         // the status of this task
         bool complete;
 
+        // the readiness of this task to execute
+        bool defined;
+
     public:
         // constructor
         Task();
@@ -32,6 +35,7 @@ class Task
         void load_definition( Unit definition, bool verbose );
 
         bool is_complete();
+        bool has_definition();
 
         // fetch the name of a task
         std::string get_name();