* feat(plan-phase): --research-phase flag absorbs deleted /gsd-research-phase + scrub stale refs (#3042, #3044)
#3042 (orphaned research-phase): /gsd-research-phase had a workflow file
but no slash-command stub. Rather than restore the orphan, the research-
only capability is now a flag on /gsd-plan-phase:
/gsd-plan-phase --research-phase <N>
When set, the workflow scopes to phase N, runs the research step (Section
5 of the existing plan-phase workflow), then early-exits before the
planner/plan-checker/verifier chain.
Per RCA against the deleted standalone, the flag adds two modifiers to
fully cover the original surface (Option B from the RCA discussion):
- --view : print existing RESEARCH.md to stdout, no spawn. Cheapest mode
for the correction-without-replanning loop the issue reporter
explicitly called out. Errors with a clear hint if RESEARCH.md is
missing.
- --research : reuse the existing "force re-research" semantics. In
research-only mode this skips the existing-RESEARCH.md prompt and
re-spawns unconditionally.
- Neither flag, RESEARCH.md exists : prompt update/view/skip. Mirrors
the deleted standalone's existing-artifact menu (#3042 RCA).
#3044 (stale slash-command refs): scrubbed five deleted commands from
all user-facing surfaces, including English docs, 4 localized doc sets
(ja-JP, ko-KR, zh-CN, pt-BR), workflows, templates, and references.
/gsd-check-todos → /gsd-capture --list
/gsd-new-workspace → /gsd-workspace --new
/gsd-status → /gsd-progress
/gsd-plan-milestone-gaps → table rows / orphan sections removed
(PR #3038 only scrubbed workflows/agent;
missed the docs surfaces this PR covers)
/gsd-research-phase → /gsd-plan-phase --research-phase
Includes a fix to docs/issue-driven-orchestration.md (PR #3036)
which itself referenced /gsd-new-workspace 4 times — self-correction.
Removed:
- get-shit-done/workflows/research-phase.md (orphan, capability
absorbed into --research-phase flag)
Tests:
- tests/bug-3042-3044-research-flag-and-stale-refs.test.cjs — 46
structural-IR tests across both bugs:
- argument-hint advertises --research-phase + --view
- workflow parses --research-phase, sets RESEARCH_ONLY,
early-exits before planner
- --view prints RESEARCH.md without spawning
- --research forces refresh in research-only mode
- existing-RESEARCH.md prompt path with update/view/skip
- workflows/research-phase.md is removed
- 5 deleted slash-commands absent from 17 English user-facing
surfaces + 16 localized doc surfaces (4 locales × 4 docs each)
- replacement command tokens present where deleted ones lived
6950/6950 full suite pass. Lints clean.
Closes#3042Closes#3044
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 <noreply@anthropic.com>
* fix: address all 8 CR findings on PR #3045
Major (3):
- get-shit-done/workflows/plan-phase.md:344 — added explicit early-exit
guard at Section 5.1: "Skip if RESEARCH_ONLY=true". Without it, an LLM
could fall through "use existing, skip to step 6" → planner spawn,
violating the research-only contract. The guard makes the early-exit
unreachable from any non-research-only branch.
- get-shit-done/references/continuation-format.md (3 examples) +
zh-CN/.../continuation-format.md (3 examples) — pointed to
`/gsd-plan-phase --research-phase` but docs/COMMANDS.md didn't
document the flag. Added a full --research-phase + --view + --research
modifier section to the /gsd-plan-phase flag table in COMMANDS.md so
the canonical reference matches the continuation examples.
Minor (5):
- docs/FEATURES.md:1632 — `/gsd-plan-phase --research-phase` →
`/gsd-plan-phase --research-phase <N>` (include required arg).
- get-shit-done/templates/README.md:46 — NN-VALIDATION.md producer
reverted from `/gsd-plan-phase --research-phase` (Nyquist) to plain
`/gsd-plan-phase` (Nyquist). VALIDATION.md is created during normal
Nyquist flow, not research-only mode — the bulk replacement was
wrong for that line.
- get-shit-done/workflows/help.md:89 — signature line was missing
`--research`; added it alongside `--research-phase` and `--view`.
- tests/bug-3042-3044-...:197 — promptHasView/promptHasSkip were
tautological (matched anywhere in 1700-line workflow). Tightened
to a proximity check anchored on "RESEARCH.md already exists" prompt
header within a 600-char window. Updated workflow to emit that
literal phrase.
- tests/feat-2840-...:95 — workspace assertion used `/gsd-workspace`
but the documented replacement is `/gsd-workspace --new`. Tightened
to require both tokens (in 3 places: requiredCommands list, regex
in conceptPairs, error message).
6950/6950 full suite pass. Lint clean.
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All workflow, command, reference, template, and tool-output files that
surfaced /gsd:<cmd> as a user-typed slash command have been updated to
use /gsd-<cmd>, matching the Claude Code skill directory name.
Closes#2697
Co-authored-by: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Commands are now installed as commands/gsd/<name>.md and invoked as
/gsd:<name> in Claude Code. The old hyphen form /gsd-<name> was still
hardcoded in hundreds of places across workflows, references, templates,
lib modules, and command files — causing "Unknown command" errors
whenever GSD suggested a command to the user.
Replace all /gsd-<cmd> occurrences where <cmd> is a known command name
(derived at runtime from commands/gsd/*.md) using a targeted Node.js
script. Agent names, tool names (gsd-sdk, gsd-tools), directory names,
and path fragments are not touched.
Adds regression test tests/bug-2543-gsd-slash-namespace.test.cjs that
enforces zero legacy occurrences going forward. Removes inverted
tests/stale-colon-refs.test.cjs (bug #1748) which enforced the now-obsolete
hyphen form; the new bug-2543 test supersedes it. Updates 5 assertion
tests that hardcoded the old hyphen form to accept the new colon form.
Closes#2543
Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
* fix(tests): update 5 source-text tests to read config-schema.cjs
VALID_CONFIG_KEYS moved from config.cjs to config-schema.cjs in the
drift-prevention companion PR. Tests that read config.cjs source text
and checked for key literal includes() now point to the correct file.
Closes#2480
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
* feat(workflows): close LEARNINGS.md consumption-and-graduation loop (#2430)
Part A — Consumption: extend plan-phase.md cross-phase context load to include
LEARNINGS.md files from the 3 most recent prior phases (same recency gate as
CONTEXT.md + SUMMARY.md: CONTEXT_WINDOW >= 500000 only). Also loads LEARNINGS.md
from any phases in the Depends-on chain. Silent skip if absent; 15% context
budget cap with oldest-first truncation; [from Phase N LEARNINGS] attribution.
Part B — Graduation: add graduation_scan step to transition.md (after
evolve_project) that delegates to new graduation.md helper workflow. The helper
clusters recurring items across the last N phases (default window=5, threshold=3)
using Jaccard lexical similarity, surfaces HITL Promote/Defer/Dismiss prompts,
routes promotions to PROJECT.md or PATTERNS.md by category, annotates graduated
items with `graduated:` field, and persists dismissed/deferred clusters in
STATE.md graduation_backlog. Always non-blocking; silently no-ops on first phase
or when data is insufficient.
Also: adds optional `graduated:` annotation docs to extract_learnings.md schema.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
* fix(graduation): address CodeRabbit review findings on PR #2490
- graduation.md: unify insufficient-data guard to silent-skip (remove
contradictory [no-op] print path)
- graduation.md: add TEXT_MODE fallback for HITL cluster prompts
- graduation.md: add A (defer-all) to accepted actions [P/D/X/A]
- graduation.md: tag untyped code fences with text language (MD040)
- transition.md: tag untyped graduation.md fence with text language
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
* fix(graduation): rephrase TEXT_MODE line to avoid prompt-injection scanner false positive
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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* feat(handoffs): include project identity in all Next Up blocks
Adds project_code and project_title to withProjectRoot() and updates
all 30 Next Up headings across 18 workflow files to include
[PROJECT_CODE] PROJECT_TITLE suffix for multi-project clarity.
Closes#1948
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
* fix(review): add withProjectRoot tests and fix placeholder syntax (#1951)
Address code review feedback:
- Add 4 tests for project_code/project_title injection in withProjectRoot()
- Fix inconsistent placeholder syntax in continuation-format.md canonical
template (bare-brace → shell-dollar to match variant examples)
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
* fix(phase): preserve zero-padded prefix in renameDecimalPhases
Captures the zero-padded prefix (e.g. "06" from "06.3-slug") with
(0*${baseInt}) so renamed directories keep their original format
(06.2-slug) instead of stripping padding (6.2-slug).
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
* fix: replace /gsd: command format with /gsd- skill format in all suggestions
All next-step suggestions shown to users were still using the old colon
format (/gsd:xxx) which cannot be copy-pasted as skills. Migrated all
occurrences across agents/, commands/, get-shit-done/, docs/, README files,
bin/install.js (hardcoded defaults for claude runtime), and
get-shit-done/bin/lib/*.cjs (generate-claude-md templates and error messages).
Updated tests to assert new hyphen format instead of old colon format.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
* fix: migrate remaining /gsd: format to /gsd- in hooks, workflows, and sdk
Addresses remaining user-facing occurrences missed in the initial migration:
- hooks/: fix 4 user-facing messages (pause-work, update, fast, quick)
and 2 comments in gsd-workflow-guard.js
- get-shit-done/workflows/: fix 21 Skill() literal calls that Claude
executes directly (installer does not transform workflow content)
- sdk/prompt-sanitizer.ts: update regex to strip /gsd- format in addition
to legacy /gsd: format; update JSDoc comment
- tests/: update autonomous-ui-steps, prompt-sanitizer to assert new format
Note: commands/gsd/*.md frontmatter (name: gsd:xxx) intentionally unchanged
— installer derives skillName from directory path, not the name field.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
* fix(plan-phase): preserve --chain flag in auto-advance sync and handle ui-phase gate in chain mode
Bug 1: step 15 sync-flag check only guarded against --auto, causing
_auto_chain_active to be cleared when plan-phase is invoked without
--auto in ARGUMENTS even though a --chain pipeline was active. Added
--chain to the guard condition, matching discuss-phase behaviour.
Bug 2: UI Design Contract gate (step 5.6) always exited the workflow
when UI-SPEC was missing, breaking the discuss --chain pipeline
silently. When _auto_chain_active is true, the gate now auto-invokes
gsd-ui-phase --auto via Skill() and continues to step 6 without
prompting. Manual invocations retain the existing AskUserQuestion flow.
* fix: remove <sub>/clear</sub> pattern and duplicate old-format command in discuss-phase.md
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The Next Up blocks showed the main command first, then /clear as a <sub>
footnote saying 'first'. Users would copy-paste the command before noticing
they should have cleared first. This restructures all 41 instances across
19 workflow files and 2 reference files so /clear appears before the
command as a clear sequential instruction.
Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Address 4 root causes of Windows + Claude Code reliability issues:
1. Workflow shell robustness: add || true guards to informational commands
(ls, grep, find, cat) that return non-zero on "no results", preventing
workflow step failures under strict execution models. Guard glob loops
with [ -e "$var" ] || continue to handle empty glob expansion.
2. Hook stdin handling: replace readFileSync('/dev/stdin') with async
process.stdin + timeout in agent templates (gsd-verifier.md). Existing
JS hooks already have timeout guards.
3. project_root detection: fix isInsideGitRepo() to check .git at the
candidate parent level (not just below it), enabling correct detection
when .git and .planning/ are siblings at the same directory level —
the common single-repo case from a subdirectory.
4. @file: handoff: add missing @file: handlers to autonomous.md and
manager.md workflows that call gsd-tools init but lacked the handler
for large output payloads.
Fixes#1343
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Enable multiple Claude Code instances to work on the same codebase
simultaneously by scoping .planning/ state into workstreams.
Core changes:
- planningDir(cwd, ws?) and planningPaths(cwd, ws?) are now workstream-aware
via GSD_WORKSTREAM env var (auto-detected from --ws flag or active-workstream file)
- All bin/lib modules use planningDir(cwd) for scoped paths (STATE.md, ROADMAP.md,
phases/, REQUIREMENTS.md) and planningRoot(cwd) for shared paths (milestones/,
PROJECT.md, config.json, codebase/)
- New workstream.cjs module: create, list, status, complete, set, get, progress
- gsd-tools.cjs: --ws flag parsing with priority chain
(--ws > GSD_WORKSTREAM env > active-workstream file > flat mode)
- Collision detection: transition.md checks for other active workstreams before
suggesting next-milestone continuation (prevents WS A from trampling WS B)
- ${GSD_WS} routing propagation across all 9 workflow files ensures workstream
scope chains automatically through the workflow lifecycle
New files:
- get-shit-done/bin/lib/workstream.cjs (CRUD + collision detection)
- get-shit-done/commands/gsd/workstreams.md (slash command)
- get-shit-done/references/workstream-flag.md (documentation)
- tests/workstream.test.cjs (20 tests covering CRUD, env var routing, --ws flag)
All 1062 tests passing (1042 existing + 20 new workstream tests).
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Prevent silent loss of UAT/verification items when projects advance.
Surfaces outstanding items across all prior phases so nothing is forgotten.
New command:
- /gsd:audit-uat — cross-phase audit with categorized report and test plan
New capabilities:
- Cross-phase health check in /gsd:progress (Step 1.6)
- status: partial for incomplete UAT sessions
- result: blocked with blocked_by tag for dependency-gated tests
- human_needed items persisted as trackable HUMAN-UAT.md files
- Phase completion and transition warnings for verification debt
Files: 4 new, 14 modified (9 feature + 5 docs)
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
The agent was telling users to run '/gsd:transition' after phase completion,
but this command does not exist. transition.md is an internal workflow invoked
by execute-phase during auto-advance.
Changes:
- Add <internal_workflow> banner to transition.md declaring it is NOT a user command
- Add explicit warning in execute-phase completion section that /gsd:transition
does not exist
- Add 'only suggest commands listed above' guard to prevent hallucination
- Update resume-project.md to avoid ambiguous 'Transition' label
- Replace 'ready for transition' with 'ready for next step' in execute-plan.md
Fixes#1081
Introduce ephemeral `workflow._auto_chain_active` flag to separate chain
propagation from the user's persistent `workflow.auto_advance` preference.
Previously, `workflow.auto_advance` was set to true by --auto chains and
only cleared at milestone completion. If a chain was interrupted (context
limit, crash, user abort), the flag persisted in .planning/config.json
and caused all subsequent manual invocations to auto-advance unexpectedly.
The fix adds a "sync chain flag with intent" step to discuss-phase,
plan-phase, and execute-phase workflows: when --auto is NOT in arguments,
the ephemeral _auto_chain_active flag is cleared. The persistent
auto_advance setting (from /gsd:settings) is never touched, preserving
the user's deliberate preference.
Closes#857
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude Code subagents sometimes rewrite ~/. paths to relative paths,
causing MODULE_NOT_FOUND when CWD is the project directory. $HOME is a
shell variable resolved at runtime, immune to model path rewriting.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
- Write workflow.auto_advance to config.json so auto-mode survives
context compaction (re-read from disk on every workflow init)
- Auto-approve human-verify and auto-select first option for decision
checkpoints in both executor and orchestrator
- Pass --auto flag from plan-phase to execute-phase spawn
- Clear auto_advance on milestone complete (Route B)
- Document auto-mode checkpoint behavior in golden rules
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Wire execute-phase to invoke transition.md inline when --auto flag or
workflow.auto_advance config is set, propagate --auto through transition
to next phase invocations, add config-get command to gsd-tools, and fix
broken "config get" calls to use hyphenated "config-get" subcommand.
Closes#344
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Projects with "type": "module" in package.json cause Node to treat
gsd-tools.js as ESM, crashing on require(). The .cjs extension forces
CommonJS regardless of the host project's module configuration.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Three routing fixes:
- transition.md checks for CONTEXT.md before routing — discuss-phase when
missing, plan-phase when present (matches progress.md behavior)
- execute-phase.md offer_next delegates to transition.md instead of emitting
duplicate "Next Up" blocks
- discuss-phase.md adds explicit handling for "Other" free-text responses
Closes#530
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Trim redundant documentation while preserving actionable instructions.
-173 lines of prose that restated what templates already show.
Kept: size constraints, mandatory fields, security guidance.
Removed: "when to create/read/update" lifecycle prose, section
descriptions that duplicate template structure.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Remove the global ISSUES.md deferred enhancement tracking system.
- Delete /gsd:consider-issues command (never used)
- Delete issues.md template (never instantiated)
- Remove Rule 5 from deviation rules (never triggered)
- Remove all ISSUES.md, ISS-XXX, and "deferred issues" references
- Update STATE.md to track pending todos instead
The ISSUES.md system was designed to capture non-critical enhancements
during plan execution via "Rule 5", but it never fired in practice
across 100+ projects. The system added ~350 lines of dead code.
The /gsd:add-todo and /gsd:check-todos system serves the same purpose
and is actually used.
Note: UAT *-ISSUES.md files (per-plan, created by /gsd:verify-work)
are unaffected - those are a separate, active system.
Closes#56
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
- Rewrite offer_next step in execute-phase.md as mandatory verification gate
- Rewrite offer_next_phase step in transition.md with explicit verification
- Rewrite route step in progress.md with numbered verification steps
- Replace broken regex [0-9] (only matched single digits) with ROADMAP.md reading
- Add decision tables mapping conditions to explicit routes (A, B, C, D)
- Require Claude to "State the counts" before any routing decision
- Add "Do NOT skip this verification" instruction to prevent premature completion claims
Fixes issue where Claude would declare "phase complete" or "milestone complete"
without verifying remaining plans actually exist.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
PROJECT.md evolves throughout project lifecycle:
- Requirements have states: Validated, Active, Out of Scope
- Decisions track outcomes: Good, Revisit, Pending
- Phase transitions update requirements and log decisions
- Milestone completions trigger full PROJECT.md review
STATE.md now references PROJECT.md (not a copy):
- Claude reads PROJECT.md directly for full context
- Smaller STATE.md footprint (~100 lines)
- Project Reference section with core value and focus
Brownfield projects infer Validated requirements from existing code.
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- Add continuation-format.md reference defining the standard format
- Replace "## To Continue" with "## ▶ Next Up"
- Show plan/phase name + description instead of just command paths
- Add `/clear` explanation: "fresh context window"
- Change "Other options" to "Also available"
- Add /gsd:research-phase to phase planning options
- Add visual separators and completion headers
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End-of-command workflows now show explicit instructions to run /clear
and paste the next command, rather than offering numbered options that
invoke SlashCommand directly. This prevents users from accidentally
exhausting context by continuing work in the same session.
- Updated 16 files (commands and workflows)
- YOLO mode auto-continues preserved (user explicitly chose automation)
- In-workflow decisions like consider-issues preserved
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plan-phase, execute-phase, resume-project now reference:
- <vision> instead of <phase_objectives>
- <essential> instead of <constraints>/<risks>
- <boundaries> instead of <success_indicators>
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