# Detect if task was present among cli args

**URL:** <https://discuss.gradle.org/t/detect-if-task-was-present-among-cli-args/21241>\
**Category:** Help/Discuss\
**Created:** [January 20, 2017, 10:23am UTC](https://discuss.gradle.org/t/detect-if-task-was-present-among-cli-args/21241 "2017-01-20T10:23:10Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 20, 2017, 10:23am UTC](https://discuss.gradle.org/t/detect-if-task-was-present-among-cli-args/21241/1 "2017-01-20T10:23:10Z")

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Is there a way to distinguish which tasks were typed in by user and which come from dependencies?  
To make something like this:

```
task myCleanTask {
    onlyIf { explicitlyForcedByUser }
    doSomething()
}
```