diff --git a/cmd/generate_task.go b/cmd/generate_task.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4cfcd71
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/generate_task.go
@@ -0,0 +1,120 @@
+// Licensed to Preferred Networks, Inc. under one or more contributor
+// license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
+// this work for additional information regarding copyright
+// ownership. Preferred Networks, Inc. licenses this file to you under
+// the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+// not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+// software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+// "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+// KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+// specific language governing permissions and limitations
+// under the License.
+
+package cmd
+
+import (
+	"bufio"
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/pfnet-research/pftaskqueue/pkg/apis/task"
+	"github.com/pfnet-research/pftaskqueue/pkg/util"
+	"gopkg.in/yaml.v2"
+
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+)
+
+// generateTaskCmd represents the generate-task command
+var generateTaskCmd = &cobra.Command{
+	Use:   "generate-task",
+	Short: "Generate Task Yamls From Payloads Text File",
+	Long: `This command generates task yamls from payloads text file.  Task yamls are output into its stdout. Payloads file are expected to be a text file and "one payload per line". All the generated tasks is unnamed.  If you need to name each task, prepare yaml file by yourself and feed it to add-task command.
+
+Assume you have payloads:
+$ cat payload
+param-1
+param-2
+
+Then, you can use the command:
+$ pftaskqueue generate-task --retry-limit 3 --timeout 10m --file payloads
+retryLimit: 3
+payload: payload-1
+timeoutSeconds: 600
+---
+retryLimit: 3
+payload: payload-1
+timeoutSeconds: 600
+
+This command would compose well with add-task command as below:
+$ pftaskqueue generate-task --retry-limit 3 --timeout 10m --file payload | pftaskqueueu add-task [queue-name]
+
+'--file -' consumes stdin instead of file:
+$ cat << EOT | pftaskqueue generate-task --retry-limit 3 --timeout 10m --file -
+payload-1
+payload-2
+EOT
+`,
+	Args: cobra.ExactArgs(0),
+	Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
+		var payloads *bufio.Scanner
+		f, _ := cmd.Flags().GetString("file")
+		log := logger
+		if f == "-" {
+			log = log.With().Str("file", "stdin").Logger()
+			payloads = bufio.NewScanner(os.Stdin)
+		} else {
+			resolvedPath, err := util.ResolveRealAbsPath(f)
+			if err != nil {
+				log.Fatal().Err(err).Msg("Failed to resolve real path")
+			}
+			if util.IsDir(resolvedPath) {
+				log.Fatal().Err(err).Msg("Must be a file")
+			}
+			file, err := os.Open(resolvedPath)
+			if err != nil {
+				log.Fatal().Err(err).Msg("Failed to open file")
+			}
+			log = log.With().Str("file", f).Str("resolvedPath", resolvedPath).Logger()
+			payloads = bufio.NewScanner(file)
+		}
+
+		retryLimit, _ := cmd.Flags().GetInt("retry-limit")
+		timeout, _ := cmd.Flags().GetDuration("timeout")
+		log = log.With().Int("retry-limit", retryLimit).Dur("timeout", timeout).Logger()
+
+		count := int64(1)
+		for payloads.Scan() {
+			log = log.With().Int64("line", count).Logger()
+			taskSpec := &task.TaskSpec{
+				RetryLimit:     retryLimit,
+				TimeoutSeconds: int(timeout.Seconds()),
+				Payload:        payloads.Text(),
+			}
+			bytes, err := yaml.Marshal(taskSpec)
+			if err != nil {
+				log.Fatal().Err(err).Msg("Failed to marshal taskspec to a yaml")
+			}
+			log.Debug().Msg("payload loaded")
+
+			fmt.Printf("---\n%s", string(bytes))
+
+			count = count + 1
+		}
+		if payloads.Err() != nil {
+			logger.Fatal().Err(payloads.Err()).Msg("Error in reading payloads text file")
+		}
+	},
+}
+
+func init() {
+	rootCmd.AddCommand(generateTaskCmd)
+	generateTaskCmd.Flags().StringP("file", "f", "-", "path to read payload text file. if set '-', it reads form stdin.")
+	generateTaskCmd.Flags().Int("retry-limit", 3, "retry limit to set tasks to be generated")
+	generateTaskCmd.Flags().Duration("timeout", 1*time.Minute, "timeout to set tasks to be generated")
+}
diff --git a/pkg/apis/task/task.go b/pkg/apis/task/task.go
index 7a09358..fd87280 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/task/task.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/task/task.go
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ type Task struct {
 }
 
 type TaskSpec struct {
-	Name           string `json:"name" yaml:"name"`
+	Name           string `json:"name" yaml:"name,omitempty"`
 	Payload        string `json:"payload" yaml:"payload"`
 	RetryLimit     int    `json:"retryLimit,omitempty" yaml:"retryLimit,omitempty"`
 	TimeoutSeconds int    `json:"timeoutSeconds,omitempty" yaml:"timeoutSeconds,omitempty"`