Consolidates repeated path.join(cwd, '.planning', ...) patterns into
calls to the shared planningPaths() helper from core.cjs.
Modules updated:
- state.cjs: 16 → planningPaths() (2 remain for non-standard paths)
- commands.cjs: 8 → planningPaths() (4 remain for todos dir)
- milestone.cjs: 5 → planningPaths() (3 remain for archive/milestones)
- roadmap.cjs: 4 → planningPaths()
Benefits:
- Single source of truth for .planning/ directory structure
- Easier to change planning dir location in the future
- Consistent path construction across the codebase
- No behavioral changes — pure refactor
797/797 tests pass.
When GSD installs codex_hooks = true under [features], any non-boolean
keys already in that section (e.g. model = "gpt-5.4") cause Codex's
TOML parser to fail with 'invalid type: string, expected a boolean'.
Root cause: TOML sections extend until the next [section] header. If
the user placed model/model_reasoning_effort under [features] (common
since Codex's own config format encourages this), GSD's installer
didn't detect or correct the structural issue.
Fix: After injecting codex_hooks, scan the [features] section for
non-boolean values and move them above [features] to the top level.
This preserves the user's keys while keeping [features] clean for
Codex's strict boolean parser.
Includes 2 regression tests:
- Detects non-boolean keys under [features] (model, model_reasoning_effort)
- Confirms boolean keys (codex_hooks, multi_agent) are not flagged
Closes#1202
gsd-check-update.js scanned ALL .js files in the hooks directory and
flagged any without a gsd-hook-version header as stale. This incorrectly
flagged user-created hooks (e.g. guard-edits-outside-project.js),
producing a persistent 'stale hooks' warning that /gsd:update couldn't
resolve.
Fix: filter hookFiles to f.startsWith('gsd-') && f.endsWith('.js')
since all GSD hooks follow the gsd-* naming convention.
Includes regression test validating the filter excludes user hooks.
Closes#1200
Tests expected 39 skill folders but got 42 after adding add-backlog,
review-backlog, and thread commands. Updated both the hardcoded count
and EXPECTED_SKILLS constant.
Three new commands for managing ideas and cross-session context:
/gsd:add-backlog <description>
Adds a 999.x numbered backlog item to ROADMAP.md. Creates phase directory
immediately so /gsd:discuss-phase and /gsd:plan-phase work on them.
No dependencies, no sequencing — pure parking lot.
/gsd:review-backlog
Lists all 999.x items, lets user promote to active milestone, keep, or
remove. Promotion renumbers to next sequential phase with proper deps.
/gsd:thread [name | description]
Three modes:
- No args: list all threads with status
- Existing name: resume thread, load context
- New description: create thread from current conversation context
Threads live in .planning/threads/ as lightweight markdown files with
Goal, Context, References, and Next Steps sections.
Design:
- Self-contained command files, no core changes needed
- 999.x numbering keeps backlog out of active sequence
- Threads are independent of phases — cross-session knowledge stores
- Both features compose with existing GSD commands
Fixes#1005
Adds workflow.research_questions config toggle (default: false) that
enables web research before asking questions during /gsd:new-project
and /gsd:discuss-phase.
When enabled:
- discuss-phase: searches best practices for each gray area before
presenting questions, showing 2-3 bullet points of findings
- new-project: researches the user's described domain before asking
follow-up questions, weaving findings into the conversation
Added to /gsd:settings as a toggle ('Research Qs' section).
Closes#1186
* fix: universal agent name replacement for non-Claude runtimes (#766)
Adds neutralizeAgentReferences() shared function that all non-Claude
runtime converters call to replace Claude-specific references:
- 'Claude' (standalone agent name) → 'the agent'
- 'CLAUDE.md' → runtime-specific file (AGENTS.md, GEMINI.md, COPILOT.md)
- Removes 'Do NOT load full AGENTS.md' (harmful for AGENTS.md runtimes)
Preserves: 'Claude Code' (product), 'Claude Opus/Sonnet/Haiku' (models),
'claude-' prefixes (packages, CSS classes).
Integrated into: OpenCode, Gemini, Copilot, Antigravity, and Codex
converters. Claude Code converter unchanged (references are correct).
Includes 7 new tests covering all replacement rules.
Closes#766
* fix: use copilot-instructions.md instead of COPILOT.md for Copilot runtime
Addresses review from Solvely-Colin: Copilot's actual instruction file
is copilot-instructions.md, not COPILOT.md. The neutralizer was mapping
CLAUDE.md -> COPILOT.md which would reference a non-existent file.
- install.js: pass 'copilot-instructions.md' to neutralizeAgentReferences
- runtime-converters.test.cjs: update test to validate correct filename
The global HOME override in runGsdTools broke tests in verify-health.test.cjs
on Ubuntu CI: git operations fail when HOME points to a tmpDir that lacks
the runner's .gitconfig.
- runGsdTools now accepts an optional third `env` parameter (default: {})
merged on top of process.env — no behavior change for callers that omit it
- Pass { HOME: tmpDir } only in the 6 tests that need ~/.gsd/ isolation:
brave_api_key detection, defaults.json merging (x2), and config-new-project
tests that assert concrete default values (x3)
New opt-in PreToolUse hook that warns when Claude edits files outside
a GSD workflow context (no active /gsd: command or subagent).
Soft guard — advises, does not block. The edit proceeds but Claude
sees a reminder to use /gsd:fast or /gsd:quick for state tracking.
Enable: set hooks.workflow_guard: true in .planning/config.json
Default: disabled (false)
Allows without warning:
- .planning/ files (GSD state management)
- Config files (.gitignore, .env, CLAUDE.md, settings.json)
- Subagent contexts (executor, planner, etc.)
Includes 3s stdin timeout guard and silent fail-safe.
Closes#678
Code review fixes from codebase pattern analysis:
1. state.cjs: Remove duplicate stateExtractField() definition (lines 12 vs 184).
The second definition shadowed the first with identical logic. Keeps the
original that uses escapeRegex() from core.cjs.
2. init.cjs: Replace Unix-only 'find' pipe with cross-platform fs.readdirSync
recursive walk for code file detection. The execSync('find ... | grep ...')
command fails on Windows where these Unix utilities aren't available.
Removes unused child_process import.
3. state.cjs: Add lockfile-based mutual exclusion to writeStateMd() to prevent
parallel executor agents from overwriting each other's STATE.md changes.
Uses O_EXCL atomic file creation for lock acquisition, stale lock detection
(10s timeout), and spin-wait with jitter. Ensures data integrity during
wave-based parallel execution where multiple agents update STATE.md
concurrently.
All 755 existing tests pass.
New lightweight command for tasks too small to justify planning overhead:
typo fixes, config changes, forgotten commits, simple additions.
- Runs inline in current context (no subagent spawn)
- No PLAN.md or SUMMARY.md generated
- Scope guard: redirects to /gsd:quick if task needs >3 file edits
- Atomic commit with conventional commit format
- Logs to STATE.md quick tasks table if present
Complements /gsd:quick (which spawns planner+executor) for cases where
the planning overhead exceeds the actual work.
Closes#609
Windows users experience plan-phase freezes due to Claude Code stdio
deadlocks with MCP servers. When a subagent hangs, the orchestrator
blocks indefinitely with no timeout or error.
Adds:
- Windows troubleshooting section to plan-phase.md with:
- Orphaned process cleanup (PowerShell commands)
- Stale task directory cleanup (~/.claude/tasks/)
- MCP server reduction advice
- --skip-research fallback to reduce agent chain
- Stale task directory detection to health.md (I002 diagnostic)
- Reports count of stale dirs on --repair
- Safe cleanup guidance
Closes#732
Adds --analyze flag to /gsd:discuss-phase that provides a trade-off
analysis before each question (or question group in --batch mode).
When active, each question is preceded by:
- 2-3 options with pros/cons based on codebase context
- A recommended approach with reasoning
- Known pitfalls or constraints from prior phases
Composable with existing flags: --batch --analyze gives grouped
questions each with trade-off tables.
Closes#833
Adds a Runtime State Inventory step that fires when a phase involves
renaming, rebranding, refactoring, or migrating strings across a codebase.
The core problem: grep audits find files. They do NOT find runtime state —
ChromaDB collection names, Mem0 user_ids, n8n workflows in SQLite, Windows
Task Scheduler descriptions, pm2 process names, SOPS key names, pip
egg-info directories, etc. These survive a complete file-level rename and
will break the system silently after the code is "done".
Three additions:
1. Pre-Submission Checklist — adds a reminder item so the checklist gate
catches skipped inventories before RESEARCH.md is committed
2. output_format — adds Runtime State Inventory table to the RESEARCH.md
template so the section appears in every rename/refactor phase's output
3. execution_flow Step 2.5 — structured investigation protocol with the
five categories (stored data, live service config, OS-registered state,
secrets/env vars, build artifacts), explicit examples for each, and the
canonical question that frames the whole exercise
Updates all docs to reflect v1.26.0 features and changes:
README.md:
- Add /gsd:ship and /gsd:next to command tables
- Add /gsd:session-report to Session section
- Update workflow to show ship step and auto-advance
- Update inherit profile description for non-Anthropic providers
docs/COMMANDS.md:
- Add /gsd:next command reference with full state detection logic
- Add /gsd:session-report command reference with report contents
docs/FEATURES.md:
- Add Auto-Advance (Next) feature (#14)
- Add Cross-Phase Regression Gate feature (#20)
- Add Requirements Coverage Gate feature (#21)
- Add Session Reporting feature (#24)
- Fix all section numbering (was broken with duplicates)
- Update inherit profile to mention non-Anthropic providers
- Renumber all 39 features consistently
docs/USER-GUIDE.md:
- Add /gsd:ship to workflow diagram
- Add /gsd:next and /gsd:session-report to command tables
- Add HANDOFF.json and reports/ to file structure
- Add troubleshooting for non-Anthropic model providers
- Add recovery entries for session-report and next
- Update example workflow to include ship and session-report
docs/CONFIGURATION.md:
- Update inherit profile to mention non-Anthropic providers
Keep `/gsd-*` command examples slash-prefixed during Cursor conversion while still normalizing legacy `gsd:` syntax, and add regression coverage for Next Up markdown output.
Made-with: Cursor
Prevent Cursor from treating frontmatter quotes as part of skill/subagent identifiers by emitting plain name scalars, and add regression tests to lock the conversion behavior.
Made-with: Cursor
The <evolution> block in templates/project.md defined requirement lifecycle
rules (validate, invalidate, add, log decisions) but these instructions
only existed in the template — they never made it into the generated
PROJECT.md that agents actually read during phase transitions.
Changes:
- new-project.md: Add ## Evolution section to generated PROJECT.md with
the phase transition and milestone review checklists
- new-milestone.md: Ensure ## Evolution section exists in PROJECT.md
(backfills for projects created before this feature)
- execute-phase.md: Add .planning/PROJECT.md to executor <files_to_read>
so executors have project context (core value, requirements, evolution)
- templates/project.md: Add comment noting the <evolution> block is
implemented by transition.md and complete-milestone.md
- docs/ARCHITECTURE.md, docs/FEATURES.md: Note evolution rules in
PROJECT.md descriptions
- CHANGELOG.md: Document the new Evolution section and executor context
Fixes#1039
All 755 tests pass.
Add a cross_reference_todos step to discuss-phase that surfaces relevant
backlog items before scope-setting decisions are made.
Implementation:
- New 'todo match-phase <N>' CLI command (commands.cjs) that scores
pending todos against a phase's ROADMAP goal using three heuristics:
keyword overlap, area match, and file path overlap
- New cross_reference_todos step in discuss-phase.md between
load_prior_context and scout_codebase
- CONTEXT.md template gains 'Folded Todos' subsection in <decisions>
and 'Reviewed Todos (not folded)' subsection in <deferred>
Design:
- No AI call for matching — pure keyword/area/file heuristics for speed
- Silent skip when todo_count is 0 or no matches (no workflow slowdown)
- Auto mode folds all todos with score >= 0.4 automatically
- Scoring: keywords (up to 0.6), area match (0.3), file overlap (0.4)
Tests: 5 new tests covering empty state, keyword matching, unrelated
todo exclusion, area matching, and score sorting.
Closes#1111
OpenCode does not recognize 'model: inherit' as a valid model identifier —
it throws ProviderModelNotFoundError when spawning any GSD subagent.
Changes:
- Remove 'model: inherit' injection for OpenCode agents in install.js
- Strip 'model:' field entirely during OpenCode frontmatter conversion
(OpenCode uses its configured default model when no model is specified)
- Update tests to verify model: inherit is NOT added
This fixes all 15 GSD agent definitions and the gsd-set-profile command
for OpenCode users.
Fixes#1156
Add regression_gate step between executor completion and verification
in execute-phase workflow. Runs prior phases' test suites to catch
cross-phase regressions before they compound.
- Discovers prior VERIFICATION.md files and extracts test file paths
- Detects project test runner (jest/vitest/cargo/pytest)
- Reports pass/fail with options to fix, continue, or abort
- Skips silently for first phase or when no prior tests exist
Changes:
- execute-phase.md: New regression_gate step
- CHANGELOG.md: Document regression gate feature
- docs/FEATURES.md: Add REQ-EXEC-09
Fixes#945
Co-authored-by: TÂCHES <afromanguy@me.com>
Add step 13 (Requirements Coverage Gate) to plan-phase workflow.
After plans pass the checker, verifies all phase requirements are
covered by at least one plan before declaring planning complete.
- Extracts REQ-IDs from plan frontmatter and compares against
phase_req_ids from ROADMAP
- Cross-checks CONTEXT.md features against plan objectives to
detect silently dropped scope
- Reports gaps with options: re-plan, defer, or proceed
- Skips when phase_req_ids is null/TBD (no requirements mapped)
Fixes#984
Co-authored-by: TÂCHES <afromanguy@me.com>
Enhance /gsd:pause-work to write .planning/HANDOFF.json alongside
.continue-here.md. The JSON provides machine-readable state that
/gsd:resume-work can parse for precise resumption.
HANDOFF.json includes:
- Task position (phase, plan, task number, status)
- Completed and remaining tasks with commit hashes
- Blockers with type classification (technical/human_action/external)
- Human actions pending (API keys, approvals, manual testing)
- Uncommitted files list
- Context notes for mental model restoration
Resume-work changes:
- HANDOFF.json is primary resumption source (highest priority)
- Surfaces blockers and human actions immediately on session start
- Validates uncommitted files against git status
- Deletes HANDOFF.json after successful resumption
- Falls back to .continue-here.md if no JSON exists
Also checks for placeholder content in SUMMARY.md files to catch
false completions (frontmatter claims complete but body has TBD).
Fixes#940
* feat: /gsd:ship command for PR creation from verified phase work (#829)
New command that bridges local completion → merged PR, closing the
plan → execute → verify → ship loop.
Workflow (workflows/ship.md):
1. Preflight: verification passed, clean tree, correct branch, gh auth
2. Push branch to remote
3. Auto-generate rich PR body from planning artifacts:
- Phase goal from ROADMAP.md
- Changes from SUMMARY.md files
- Requirements addressed (REQ-IDs)
- Verification status
- Key decisions
4. Create PR via gh CLI (supports --draft)
5. Optional code review request
6. Update STATE.md with shipping status
Files:
- commands/gsd/ship.md: New command entry point
- get-shit-done/workflows/ship.md: Full workflow implementation
- get-shit-done/workflows/help.md: Add ship to help output
- docs/COMMANDS.md: Command reference
- docs/FEATURES.md: Feature spec with REQ-SHIP-01 through 05
- docs/USER-GUIDE.md: Add to command table
- CHANGELOG.md: Document new command
Fixes#829
* fix(tests): update expected skill count from 39 to 40 for new ship command
The Copilot install E2E tests hardcode the expected number of skill
directories and manifest entries. Adding commands/gsd/ship.md increased
the count from 39 to 40.
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
Two gaps in the standard workflow cycle caused planning document drift:
1. PROJECT.md was never updated during discuss → plan → execute → verify.
Only transition.md (optional) and complete-milestone evolved it.
Added an 'update_project_md' step to execute-phase.md that evolves
PROJECT.md after phase completion: moves requirements to Validated,
updates Current State, bumps Last Updated timestamp.
2. cmdPhaseComplete() in phase.cjs advanced 'Current Phase' but never
incremented 'Completed Phases' counter or recalculated 'percent'.
Added counter increment and percentage recalculation based on
completed/total phases ratio.
Addresses the workflow-level gaps identified in #956:
- PROJECT.md evolution in execute-phase (gap #2)
- completed_phases counter not incremented (gap #1 table row 3)
- percent never recalculated (gap #1 table row 4)
Fixes#956
Copilot's subagent spawning (Task API) may not properly return completion
signals to the orchestrator, causing it to hang indefinitely waiting for
agents that have already finished their work.
Added <runtime_compatibility> section to execute-phase.md with:
- Runtime-specific subagent spawning guidance (Claude Code, Copilot, others)
- Fallback rule: if agent completes work but orchestrator doesn't get the
signal, treat as success based on spot-checks (SUMMARY.md exists, commits
present)
- Sequential inline execution fallback for runtimes without reliable Task API
Fixes#1128
When GSD hits a blocking decision point (AskUserQuestion, next action prompt),
external watchers have no way to detect it. Users monitoring multiple auto
sessions must visually check each terminal.
Added:
- state signal-waiting: writes .planning/WAITING.json (or .gsd/WAITING.json)
with type, question, options, timestamp, and phase info
- state signal-resume: removes WAITING.json when user answers
Signal file format:
{ status, type, question, options[], since, phase }
External tools can watch for this file via fswatch, polling, or inotify.
Complements the existing remote-questions extension (Slack/Discord).
Fixes#1034
Adds --interactive flag to /gsd:execute-phase that changes execution from
autonomous subagent delegation to sequential inline execution with user
checkpoints between tasks.
Interactive mode:
- Executes plans sequentially inline (no subagent spawning)
- Presents each plan to user: Execute, Review first, Skip, Stop
- Pauses after each task for user intervention
- Dramatically lower token usage (no subagent overhead)
- Maintains full GSD planning/tracking structure
Changes:
- execute-phase.md: new check_interactive_mode step with full interactive flow
- execute-phase command: documented --interactive flag in argument-hint and context
Use cases:
- Small phases (1-3 plans, no complex dependencies)
- Bug fixes and verification gap closure
- Learning GSD workflow
- When user wants to pair-program with Claude under GSD structure
Fixes#963
GSD executor agents ignore MCP tools (e.g. jCodeMunch) even when CLAUDE.md
explicitly instructs their use. Agents default to Grep/Glob because those
are explicitly referenced in workflow patterns.
Added MCP tool instructions to:
- execute-phase.md: <mcp_tools> section in executor agent prompt telling
agents to prefer MCP tools over Grep/Glob when available
- execute-plan.md: Step 2 in execute section with MCP tool fallback guidance
Agents now:
1. Check if CLAUDE.md references MCP tools
2. Prefer MCP tools for code navigation when accessible
3. Fall back to Grep/Glob if MCP tools are not available
Fixes#973
