fix(#2808): SKILL.md files use hyphen name form (gsd-cmd not gsd:cmd) (#2819)

* fix(#2808): SKILL.md name uses hyphen form for Claude Code autocomplete

skillFrontmatterName() was converting gsd-<cmd> to gsd:<cmd> (colon) so
installed SKILL.md files had name: gsd:add-phase etc. Claude Code surfaces
this name in autocomplete, showing the deprecated colon form to users even
though the hyphen form is canonical everywhere else.

Root cause: the colon form was needed because workflows called
Skill(skill="gsd:<cmd>"). All 4 remaining colon-form Skill() calls in
autonomous.md and execute-phase.md are updated to hyphen form.

skillFrontmatterName() now returns the hyphen dir name unchanged.
Updated 4 existing tests that asserted colon form.

Regression test: tests/bug-2808-skill-hyphen-name.test.cjs

* fix(#2808): address CodeRabbit — bash/text fences, structured test assertions, fail-loud on errors

bin/install.js

@@ -1123,21 +1123,21 @@ function convertClaudeCommandToCopilotSkill(content, skillName, isGlobal = false
 
 /**
  * Map a skill directory name (gsd-<cmd>) to the frontmatter `name:` used
- * by Claude Code as the skill identity. Workflows emit `Skill(skill="gsd:<cmd>")`
+ * by Claude Code as the skill identity. Emits the hyphen form (gsd-<cmd>)
- * (colon form) and Claude Code resolves skills by frontmatter `name:`, not
+ * so Claude Code autocomplete shows the canonical invocation form, not the
- * directory name — so emit colon form here. Directory stays hyphenated for
+ * deprecated colon form. See #2808.
- * Windows path safety. See #2643.
+ *
+ * Historical note: this previously returned `gsd:<cmd>` (colon) because
+ * workflows called Skill(skill="gsd:<cmd>"). Those calls have been updated
+ * to use hyphen form (#2808) so the colon rewrite is no longer needed.
  *
  * Codex must NOT use this helper: its adapter invokes skills as `$gsd-<cmd>`
- * (shell-var syntax) and a colon would terminate the variable name. Codex
+ * (shell-var syntax) — hyphen form is already correct there.
- * keeps the hyphen form via `yamlQuote(skillName)` directly.
  */
 function skillFrontmatterName(skillDirName) {
   if (typeof skillDirName !== 'string') return skillDirName;
-  // Idempotent on already-colon form.
+  // Return the hyphen form as-is (gsd-<cmd>) — canonical since #2808.
-  if (skillDirName.includes(':')) return skillDirName;
+  return skillDirName;
-  // Only rewrite the first hyphen after the `gsd` prefix.
-  return skillDirName.replace(/^gsd-/, 'gsd:');
 }
 
 /**

get-shit-done/workflows/autonomous.md

@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ The discuss step in `--auto` mode MUST NOT loop. If CONTEXT.md already exists af
 **If `INTERACTIVE` is set:** Run the standard discuss-phase skill inline (asks interactive questions, waits for user answers). This preserves user input on all design decisions while keeping plan+execute out of the main context:
 
 ```
-Skill(skill="gsd:discuss-phase", args="${PHASE_NUM}")
+Skill(skill="gsd-discuss-phase", args="${PHASE_NUM}")
 ```
 
 **If `INTERACTIVE` is NOT set:** Execute the smart_discuss step for this phase (batch table proposals, auto-optimized).
@@ -367,12 +367,12 @@ CODE_REVIEW_ENABLED=$(gsd-sdk query config-get workflow.code_review 2>/dev/null
 If `"false"`: display "Code review skipped (workflow.code_review=false)" and proceed to 3d.
 
 ```
-Skill(skill="gsd:code-review", args="${PHASE_NUM}")
+Skill(skill="gsd-code-review", args="${PHASE_NUM}")
 ```
 
 Parse status from REVIEW.md frontmatter. If "clean" or "skipped": proceed to 3d. If findings found: auto-invoke:
-```
+```text
-Skill(skill="gsd:code-review-fix", args="${PHASE_NUM} --auto")
+Skill(skill="gsd-code-review-fix", args="${PHASE_NUM} --auto")
 ```
 
 **Error handling:** If either Skill fails, catch the error, display as non-blocking, and proceed to 3d.

get-shit-done/workflows/execute-phase.md

@@ -1095,7 +1095,7 @@ If `CODE_REVIEW_ENABLED` is `"false"`: display "Code review skipped (workflow.co
 
 **Invoke review:**
 ```
-Skill(skill="gsd:code-review", args="${PHASE_NUMBER}")
+Skill(skill="gsd-code-review", args="${PHASE_NUMBER}")
 ```
 
 **Check results using deterministic path (not glob):**

tests/bug-2643-skill-frontmatter-name.test.cjs

@@ -3,12 +3,15 @@
 process.env.GSD_TEST_MODE = '1';
 
 /**
- * Bug #2643: workflows emit Skill(skill="gsd:<cmd>") but flat-skills install
+ * Bug #2643 / #2808: skill frontmatter name parity.
- * registers `gsd-<cmd>` as the frontmatter `name:`. Claude Code uses the
- * frontmatter name (not dir name) as the skill identity — so the emitted
- * `name:` must match the colon form used by workflow Skill() calls.
  *
- * The directory name stays hyphenated for Windows path safety.
+ * Original (#2643): workflows emitted Skill(skill="gsd:<cmd>") and the
+ * installer registered colon form in SKILL.md name: to match.
+ *
+ * Updated (#2808): workflows now use Skill(skill="gsd-<cmd>") (hyphen),
+ * and the installer emits name: gsd-<cmd> (hyphen). Claude Code autocomplete
+ * now shows the canonical hyphen form instead of the deprecated colon form.
+ * The directory name (gsd-<cmd>) is unchanged.
  */
 
 const { test, describe } = require('node:test');
@@ -37,7 +40,15 @@ function collectFiles(dir, results) {
   return results;
 }
 
-function extractSkillNames(content) {
+function extractSkillNamesHyphen(content) {
+  const names = new Set();
+  const rx = /Skill\(skill=['"]gsd-([a-z0-9-]+)['"]/gi;
+  let m;
+  while ((m = rx.exec(content)) !== null) names.add('gsd-' + m[1]);
+  return names;
+}
+
+function extractSkillNamesColon(content) {
   const names = new Set();
   const rx = /Skill\(skill=['"]gsd:([a-z0-9-]+)['"]/gi;
   let m;
@@ -45,28 +56,58 @@ function extractSkillNames(content) {
   return names;
 }
 
-describe('skill frontmatter name parity (#2643)', () => {
+describe('skill frontmatter name parity (#2643 / #2808)', () => {
-  test('skillFrontmatterName helper emits colon form', () => {
+  test('skillFrontmatterName helper emits hyphen form (#2808)', () => {
     assert.strictEqual(typeof skillFrontmatterName, 'function');
-    assert.strictEqual(skillFrontmatterName('gsd-execute-phase'), 'gsd:execute-phase');
+    assert.strictEqual(skillFrontmatterName('gsd-execute-phase'), 'gsd-execute-phase');
-    assert.strictEqual(skillFrontmatterName('gsd-plan-phase'), 'gsd:plan-phase');
+    assert.strictEqual(skillFrontmatterName('gsd-plan-phase'), 'gsd-plan-phase');
-    assert.strictEqual(skillFrontmatterName('gsd:next'), 'gsd:next');
+    assert.strictEqual(skillFrontmatterName('gsd-next'), 'gsd-next');
   });
 
-  test('convertClaudeCommandToClaudeSkill emits name: gsd:<cmd>', () => {
+  test('convertClaudeCommandToClaudeSkill emits name: gsd-<cmd> (hyphen)', () => {
     const input = '---\nname: old\ndescription: test\n---\n\nBody.';
     const result = convertClaudeCommandToClaudeSkill(input, 'gsd-execute-phase');
-    assert.match(result, /^---\nname: gsd:execute-phase\n/);
+    // Parse the frontmatter block structurally: extract the name: field value.
+    const frontmatterMatch = result.match(/^---\n([\s\S]*?)\n---/);
+    assert.ok(frontmatterMatch, 'output must have a frontmatter block delimited by ---');
+    const frontmatterLines = frontmatterMatch[1].split('\n');
+    const nameEntry = frontmatterLines.find((l) => l.startsWith('name:'));
+    assert.ok(nameEntry, 'frontmatter must contain a name: field');
+    const nameValue = nameEntry.replace(/^name:\s*/, '').trim();
+    assert.strictEqual(
+      nameValue,
+      'gsd-execute-phase',
+      `frontmatter name: must be 'gsd-execute-phase' (hyphen form), got '${nameValue}'`
+    );
   });
 
-  test('every workflow Skill(skill="gsd:<cmd>") resolves to an emitted skill name', () => {
+  test('no workflow uses deprecated Skill(skill="gsd:<cmd>") colon form', () => {
+    const workflowFiles = collectFiles(WORKFLOWS_DIR);
+    const colonRefs = [];
+    for (const f of workflowFiles) {
+      const src = fs.readFileSync(f, 'utf-8');
+      for (const n of extractSkillNamesColon(src)) {
+        colonRefs.push(path.basename(f) + ': ' + n);
+      }
+    }
+    assert.deepStrictEqual(
+      colonRefs,
+      [],
+      'deprecated colon-form Skill() calls found (update to hyphen): ' + colonRefs.join(', ')
+    );
+  });
+
+  test('every workflow Skill(skill="gsd-<cmd>") resolves to an emitted skill name', () => {
     const workflowFiles = collectFiles(WORKFLOWS_DIR);
     const referenced = new Set();
     for (const f of workflowFiles) {
       const src = fs.readFileSync(f, 'utf-8');
-      for (const n of extractSkillNames(src)) referenced.add(n);
+      for (const n of extractSkillNamesHyphen(src)) referenced.add(n);
     }
-    assert.ok(referenced.size > 0, 'expected at least one Skill(skill="gsd:<cmd>") reference');
+    assert.ok(
+      referenced.size > 0,
+      `expected at least one Skill(skill="gsd-<cmd>") reference in workflows under ${WORKFLOWS_DIR}`
+    );
 
     const emitted = new Set();
     const cmdFiles = fs.readdirSync(COMMANDS_DIR).filter(f => f.endsWith('.md'));

tests/bug-2808-skill-hyphen-name.test.cjs

@@ -0,0 +1,116 @@
+/**
+ * Regression test for bug #2808
+ *
+ * All 85 GSD SKILL.md files declared `name: gsd:<cmd>` (colon), the deprecated
+ * form. Claude Code surfaces the `name:` frontmatter field in autocomplete, so
+ * users saw `/gsd:add-phase` suggestions instead of the canonical `/gsd-add-phase`.
+ *
+ * Root cause: skillFrontmatterName() in bin/install.js converted hyphenated
+ * skill dir names to colon form (gsd-add-phase → gsd:add-phase) because
+ * workflows called Skill(skill="gsd:<cmd>"). That was the original fix for
+ * #2643. Since then, workflows have been updated to use hyphen form (#2808).
+ *
+ * Fix: skillFrontmatterName() now returns the hyphen form unchanged.
+ * Four workflow Skill() colon calls updated to hyphen.
+ *
+ * This test verifies:
+ * 1. skillFrontmatterName returns hyphen form (not colon).
+ * 2. Installed SKILL.md would emit name: gsd-<cmd> (not gsd:<cmd>).
+ * 3. No workflow contains a Skill(skill="gsd:<cmd>") colon call.
+ */
+
+'use strict';
+
+process.env.GSD_TEST_MODE = '1';
+
+const { describe, test } = require('node:test');
+const assert = require('node:assert/strict');
+const fs = require('node:fs');
+const path = require('node:path');
+
+const ROOT = path.join(__dirname, '..');
+const { convertClaudeCommandToClaudeSkill, skillFrontmatterName } =
+  require(path.join(ROOT, 'bin', 'install.js'));
+
+const WORKFLOWS_DIR = path.join(ROOT, 'get-shit-done', 'workflows');
+const COMMANDS_DIR = path.join(ROOT, 'commands', 'gsd');
+
+function walkMd(dir) {
+  const files = [];
+  try {
+    for (const e of fs.readdirSync(dir, { withFileTypes: true })) {
+      const full = path.join(dir, e.name);
+      if (e.isDirectory()) files.push(...walkMd(full));
+      else if (e.name.endsWith('.md')) files.push(full);
+    }
+  } catch (err) {
+    assert.fail(`failed to read markdown files from ${dir}: ${err.message}`);
+  }
+  return files;
+}
+
+describe('bug-2808: SKILL.md name: uses hyphen form', () => {
+  test('skillFrontmatterName returns hyphen form (not colon)', () => {
+    assert.strictEqual(skillFrontmatterName('gsd-add-phase'), 'gsd-add-phase');
+    assert.strictEqual(skillFrontmatterName('gsd-plan-phase'), 'gsd-plan-phase');
+    assert.strictEqual(skillFrontmatterName('gsd-autonomous'), 'gsd-autonomous');
+  });
+
+  test('generated SKILL.md contains name: gsd-<cmd> (not gsd:<cmd>)', () => {
+    const cmdFiles = fs.readdirSync(COMMANDS_DIR).filter(f => f.endsWith('.md'));
+    assert.ok(cmdFiles.length > 0, 'expected GSD command files');
+
+    for (const cmd of cmdFiles) {
+      const base = cmd.replace(/\.md$/, '');
+      const skillDirName = 'gsd-' + base;
+      const src = fs.readFileSync(path.join(COMMANDS_DIR, cmd), 'utf-8');
+      const skillContent = convertClaudeCommandToClaudeSkill(src, skillDirName);
+
+      // Parse frontmatter structurally: extract name: line from the --- block.
+      const fmMatch = skillContent.match(/^---\n([\s\S]*?)\n---/);
+      assert.ok(fmMatch, `${cmd}: generated skill content must have a frontmatter block`);
+      const fmLines = fmMatch[1].split('\n');
+      const nameEntry = fmLines.find((l) => l.startsWith('name:'));
+      assert.ok(nameEntry, `${cmd}: generated SKILL.md is missing required name: field`);
+
+      const name = nameEntry.replace(/^name:\s*/, '').trim();
+      assert.ok(
+        !name.includes(':'),
+        `${cmd}: SKILL.md name should be hyphen form, got "${name}"`
+      );
+      assert.ok(
+        name.startsWith('gsd-'),
+        `${cmd}: SKILL.md name should start with gsd-, got "${name}"`
+      );
+    }
+  });
+
+  test('no workflow contains Skill(skill="gsd:<cmd>") colon form', () => {
+    const workflowFiles = walkMd(WORKFLOWS_DIR);
+    assert.ok(
+      workflowFiles.length > 0,
+      `expected workflow markdown files under ${WORKFLOWS_DIR}`
+    );
+    const colonCalls = [];
+    for (const f of workflowFiles) {
+      const src = fs.readFileSync(f, 'utf-8');
+      // Strip HTML comments to avoid matching commented-out examples.
+      const stripped = src.replace(/<!--[\s\S]*?-->/g, '');
+      // Scan each line for Skill() calls using the colon form.
+      // Parsing line-by-line is more precise than a multi-line regex
+      // and avoids false positives from incidental matches in prose.
+      for (const line of stripped.split('\n')) {
+        const colonCallRe = /Skill\(skill=['"]gsd:([a-z0-9-]+)['"]/gi;
+        let m;
+        while ((m = colonCallRe.exec(line)) !== null) {
+          colonCalls.push(`${path.basename(f)}: Skill(skill="gsd:${m[1]}")`);
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    assert.deepStrictEqual(
+      colonCalls,
+      [],
+      'deprecated colon-form Skill() calls found — update to gsd-<cmd>: ' + colonCalls.join(', ')
+    );
+  });
+});

tests/claude-skills-migration.test.cjs

@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ describe('convertClaudeCommandToClaudeSkill', () => {
     );
   });
 
-  test('emits colon-form name (gsd:<cmd>) from hyphen-form dir (#2643)', () => {
+  test('emits hyphen-form name (gsd-<cmd>) from hyphen-form dir (#2808)', () => {
     const input = [
       '---',
       'name: gsd:next',
@@ -80,9 +80,9 @@ describe('convertClaudeCommandToClaudeSkill', () => {
     ].join('\n');
 
     // Directory name is gsd-next (hyphen, Windows-safe), frontmatter name is
-    // gsd:next (colon) so Claude Code resolves `/gsd:next` against the skill.
+    // gsd-next (hyphen, #2808) so Claude Code autocomplete shows canonical form.
     const result = convertClaudeCommandToClaudeSkill(input, 'gsd-next');
-    assert.ok(result.includes('name: gsd:next'), 'frontmatter name uses colon form');
+    assert.ok(result.includes('name: gsd-next'), 'frontmatter name uses hyphen form (#2808)');
   });
 
   test('preserves body content unchanged', () => {

tests/qwen-skills-migration.test.cjs

@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ describe('Qwen Code: convertClaudeCommandToClaudeSkill', () => {
     );
   });
 
-  test('emits colon-form name (gsd:<cmd>) from hyphen-form dir (#2643)', () => {
+  test('emits hyphen-form name (gsd-<cmd>) from hyphen-form dir (#2808)', () => {
     const input = [
       '---',
       'name: gsd:next',
@@ -77,9 +77,9 @@ describe('Qwen Code: convertClaudeCommandToClaudeSkill', () => {
     ].join('\n');
 
     // Directory name is gsd-next (hyphen, Windows-safe), frontmatter name is
-    // gsd:next (colon) so Claude Code resolves `/gsd:next` against the skill.
+    // gsd-next (hyphen, #2808 — canonical invocation form for Claude Code autocomplete).
     const result = convertClaudeCommandToClaudeSkill(input, 'gsd-next');
-    assert.ok(result.includes('name: gsd:next'), 'frontmatter name uses colon form');
+    assert.ok(result.includes('name: gsd-next'), 'frontmatter name uses hyphen form (#2808)');
   });
 
   test('preserves body content unchanged', () => {
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ describe('Qwen Code: copyCommandsAsClaudeSkills', () => {
 
     // Verify content
     const content = fs.readFileSync(skillPath, 'utf8');
-    assert.ok(content.includes('name: gsd:quick'), 'frontmatter name uses colon form (#2643)');
+    assert.ok(content.includes('name: gsd-quick'), 'frontmatter name uses hyphen form (#2808)');
     assert.ok(content.includes('description:'), 'description present');
     assert.ok(content.includes('allowed-tools:'), 'allowed-tools preserved');
     assert.ok(content.includes('<objective>'), 'body content preserved');
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ describe('Qwen Code: SKILL.md format validation', () => {
     assert.ok(fmMatch, 'has frontmatter block');
 
     const fmLines = fmMatch[1].split('\n');
-    const hasName = fmLines.some(l => l.startsWith('name: gsd:review'));
+    const hasName = fmLines.some(l => l.startsWith('name: gsd-review'));
     const hasDesc = fmLines.some(l => l.startsWith('description:'));
     const hasAgent = fmLines.some(l => l.startsWith('agent:'));
     const hasTools = fmLines.some(l => l.startsWith('allowed-tools:'));