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>
* fix(#2636): surface gsd-sdk query failures and add workflow↔handler parity check
Root cause: workflows invoked `gsd-sdk query agent-skills <slug>` with a
trailing `2>/dev/null`, swallowing stderr and exit code. When the installed
`@gsd-build/sdk` npm was stale (pre-query), the call resolved to an empty
string and `agent_skills.<slug>` config was never injected into spawn
prompts — silently. The handler exists on main (sdk/src/query/skills.ts),
so this is a publish-drift + silent-fallback bug, not a missing handler.
Fix:
- Remove bare `2>/dev/null` from every `gsd-sdk query agent-skills …`
invocation in workflows so SDK failures surface to stderr.
- Apply the same rule to other no-fallback calls (audit-open, write-profile,
generate-* profile handlers, frontmatter.get in commands). Best-effort
cleanup calls (config-set workflow._auto_chain_active false) keep
exit-code forgiveness via `|| true` but no longer suppress stderr.
Parity tests:
- New: tests/bug-2636-gsd-sdk-query-silent-swallow.test.cjs — fails if any
`gsd-sdk query agent-skills … 2>/dev/null` is reintroduced.
- Existing: tests/gsd-sdk-query-registry-integration.test.cjs already
asserts every workflow noun resolves to a registered handler; confirmed
passing post-change.
Note: npm republish of @gsd-build/sdk is a separate release concern and is
not included in this PR.
* fix(#2636): address review — restore broken markdown fences and shell syntax
The previous commit's mass removal of '2>/dev/null' suffixes also
collapsed adjacent closing code fences and 'fi' tokens onto the
command line, producing malformed markdown blocks and 'truefi' /
'true fi' shell syntax errors in the workflows.
Repaired sites:
- commands/gsd/quick.md, thread.md (frontmatter.get fences)
- workflows/complete-milestone.md (audit-open fence)
- workflows/profile-user.md (write-profile + generate-* fences)
- workflows/verify-work.md (audit-open --json fence)
- workflows/execute-phase.md (truefi -> true / fi)
- workflows/plan-phase.md, discuss-phase-assumptions.md,
discuss-phase/modes/chain.md (true fi -> true / fi)
All 5450 tests pass.
/gsd:manager's background execute-phase Task fails with
"Stream idle timeout - partial response received" on multi-plan phases
(Claude Code + Opus 4.7 at ~200K+ cache_read) because the long subagent
never emits tokens fast enough between large tool_results — the SSE layer
times out mid-assistant-turn and the harness retries hit the same TTFT
wall after prompt cache TTL expires.
Root cause: no orchestrator-level activity at wave/plan boundaries.
Fix (maintainer-approved A+B):
- A (wave boundary): execute-phase.md now emits a `[checkpoint]`
heartbeat before each wave spawns and after each wave completes.
- B (plan boundary): also emit `[checkpoint]` before each Task()
dispatch and after each executor returns (complete/failed/checkpoint).
Heartbeats are literal assistant-text lines (no tool call) with a
monotonic `{P}/{Q} plans done` counter so partial-transcript recovery
tools can grep progress even when a run dies mid-phase.
Docs: COMMANDS.md /gsd-manager section documents the marker format.
Tests: tests/bug-2410-stream-checkpoint-heartbeats.test.cjs (12 cases)
asserts the heartbeats exist at every boundary and in the right workflow
step. Full suite: 5422 node:test cases pass. Pre-existing vitest
failures on main are unrelated to this change.
Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
* refactor(workflows): extract discuss-phase modes/templates/advisor for progressive disclosure (closes#2551)
Splits 1,347-line workflows/discuss-phase.md into a 495-line dispatcher plus
per-mode files in workflows/discuss-phase/modes/ and templates in
workflows/discuss-phase/templates/. Mirrors the progressive-disclosure
pattern that #2361 enforced for agents.
- Per-mode files: power, all, auto, chain, text, batch, analyze, default, advisor
- Templates lazy-loaded at the step that produces the artifact (CONTEXT.md
template at write_context, DISCUSSION-LOG.md template at git_commit,
checkpoint.json schema when checkpointing)
- Advisor mode gated behind `[ -f $HOME/.claude/get-shit-done/USER-PROFILE.md ]`
— inverse of #2174's --advisor flag (don't pay the cost when unused)
- scout_codebase phase-type→map selection table extracted to
references/scout-codebase.md
- New tests/workflow-size-budget.test.cjs enforces tiered budgets across
all workflows/*.md (XL=1700 / LARGE=1500 / DEFAULT=1000) plus the
explicit <500 ceiling for discuss-phase.md per #2551
- Existing tests updated to read from the new file locations after the
split (functional equivalence preserved — content moved, not removed)
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
* fix(#2607): align modes/auto.md check_existing with parent (Update it, not Skip)
CodeRabbit flagged drift between the parent step (which auto-selects "Update
it") and modes/auto.md (which documented "Skip"). The pre-refactor file had
both — line 182 said "Skip" in the overview, line 250 said "Update it" in the
actual step. The step is authoritative. Fix the new mode file to match.
Refs: PR #2607 review comment 3127783430
* test(#2607): harden discuss-phase regression tests after #2551 split
CodeRabbit identified four test smells where the split weakened coverage:
- workflow-size-budget: assertion was unreachable (entered if-block on match,
then asserted occurrences === 0 — always failed). Now unconditional.
- bug-2549-2550-2552: bounded-read assertion checked concatenated source, so
src.includes('3') was satisfied by unrelated content in scout-codebase.md
(e.g., "3-5 most relevant files"). Now reads parent only with a stricter
regex. Also asserts SCOUT_REF exists.
- chain-flag-plan-phase: filter(existsSync) silently skipped a missing
modes/chain.md. Now fails loudly via explicit asserts.
- discuss-checkpoint: same silent-filter pattern across three sources. Now
asserts each required path before reading.
Refs: PR #2607 review comments 3127783457, 3127783452, plus nitpicks for
chain-flag-plan-phase.test.cjs:21-24 and discuss-checkpoint.test.cjs:22-27
* docs(#2607): fix INVENTORY count, context.md placeholders, scout grep portability
- INVENTORY.md: subdirectory note said "50 top-level references" but the
section header now says 51. Updated to 51.
- templates/context.md: footer hardcoded XX-name instead of declared
placeholders [X]/[Name], which would leak sample text into generated
CONTEXT.md files. Now uses the declared placeholders.
- references/scout-codebase.md: no-maps fallback used grep -rl with
"\\|" alternation (GNU grep only — silent on BSD/macOS grep). Switched
to grep -rlE with extended regex for portability.
Refs: PR #2607 review comments 3127783404, 3127783448, plus nitpick for
scout-codebase.md:32-40
* docs(#2607): label fenced examples + clarify overlay/advisor precedence
- analyze.md / text.md / default.md: add language tags (markdown/text) to
fenced example blocks to silence markdownlint MD040 warnings flagged by
CodeRabbit (one fence in analyze.md, two in text.md, five in default.md).
- discuss-phase.md: document overlay stacking rules in discuss_areas — fixed
outer→inner order --analyze → --batch → --text, with a pointer to each
overlay file for mode-specific precedence.
- advisor.md: add tie-breaker rules for NON_TECHNICAL_OWNER signals — explicit
technical_background overrides inferred signals; otherwise OR-aggregate;
contradictory explanation_depth values resolve by most-recent-wins.
Refs: PR #2607 review comments 3127783415, 3127783437, plus nitpicks for
default.md:24, discuss-phase.md:345-365, and advisor.md:51-56
* fix(#2607): extract codebase_drift_gate body to keep execute-phase under XL budget
PR #2605 added 80 lines to execute-phase.md (1622 -> 1702), pushing it over
the XL_BUDGET=1700 line cap enforced by tests/workflow-size-budget.test.cjs
(introduced by this PR). Per the test's own remediation hint and #2551's
progressive-disclosure pattern, extract the codebase_drift_gate step body to
get-shit-done/workflows/execute-phase/steps/codebase-drift-gate.md and leave
a brief pointer in the workflow. execute-phase.md is now 1633 lines.
Budget is NOT relaxed; the offending workflow is tightened.
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* feat: auto-remap codebase after significant phase execution (#2003)
Adds a post-phase structural drift detector that compares the committed tree
against `.planning/codebase/STRUCTURE.md` and either warns or auto-remaps
the affected subtrees when drift exceeds a configurable threshold.
## Summary
- New `bin/lib/drift.cjs` — pure detector covering four drift categories:
new directories outside mapped paths, new barrel exports at
`(packages|apps)/*/src/index.*`, new migration files, and new route
modules. Prioritizes the most-specific category per file.
- New `verify codebase-drift` CLI subcommand + SDK handler, registered as
`gsd-sdk query verify.codebase-drift`.
- New `codebase_drift_gate` step in `execute-phase` between
`schema_drift_gate` and `verify_phase_goal`. Non-blocking by contract —
any error logs and the phase continues.
- Two new config keys: `workflow.drift_threshold` (int, default 3) and
`workflow.drift_action` (`warn` | `auto-remap`, default `warn`), with
enum/integer validation in `config-set`.
- `gsd-codebase-mapper` learns an optional `--paths <p1,p2,...>` scope hint
for incremental remapping; agent/workflow docs updated.
- `last_mapped_commit` lives in YAML frontmatter on each
`.planning/codebase/*.md` file; `readMappedCommit`/`writeMappedCommit`
round-trip helpers ship in `drift.cjs`.
## Tests
- 55 new tests in `tests/drift-detection.test.cjs` covering:
classification, threshold gating at 2/3/4 elements, warn vs. auto-remap
routing, affected-path scoping, `--paths` sanitization (traversal,
absolute, shell metacharacter rejection), frontmatter round-trip,
defensive paths (missing STRUCTURE.md, malformed input, non-git repos),
CLI JSON output, and documentation parity.
- Full suite: 5044 pass / 0 fail.
## Documentation
- `docs/CONFIGURATION.md` — rows for both new keys.
- `docs/ARCHITECTURE.md` — section on the post-execute drift gate.
- `docs/AGENTS.md` — `--paths` flag on `gsd-codebase-mapper`.
- `docs/USER-GUIDE.md` — user-facing behavior note + toggle commands.
- `docs/FEATURES.md` — new 27a section with REQ-DRIFT-01..06.
- `docs/INVENTORY.md` + `docs/INVENTORY-MANIFEST.json` — drift.cjs listed.
- `get-shit-done/workflows/execute-phase.md` — `codebase_drift_gate` step.
- `get-shit-done/workflows/map-codebase.md` — `parse_paths_flag` step.
- `agents/gsd-codebase-mapper.md` — `--paths` directive under parse_focus.
## Design decisions
- **Frontmatter over sidecar JSON** for `last_mapped_commit`: keeps the
baseline attached to the file, survives git moves, survives per-doc
regeneration, no extra file lifecycle.
- **Substring match against STRUCTURE.md** for `isPathMapped`: the map is
free-form markdown, not a structured manifest; any mention of a path
prefix counts as "mapped territory". Cheap, no parser, zero false
negatives on reasonable maps.
- **Category priority migration > route > barrel > new_dir** so a file
matching multiple rules counts exactly once at the most specific level.
- **Empty-tree SHA fallback** (`4b825dc6…`) when `last_mapped_commit` is
absent — semantically correct (no baseline means everything is drift)
and deterministic across repos.
- **Four layers of non-blocking** — detector try/catch, CLI try/catch, SDK
handler try/catch, and workflow `|| echo` shell fallback. Any single
layer failing still returns a valid skipped result.
- **SDK handler delegates to `gsd-tools.cjs`** rather than re-porting the
detector to TypeScript, keeping drift logic in one canonical place.
Closes#2003
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
* docs(mapper): tag --paths fenced block as text (CodeRabbit MD040)
Comment 3127255172.
* docs(config): use /gsd- dash command syntax in drift_action row (CodeRabbit)
Comment 3127255180. Matches the convention used by every other command
reference in docs/CONFIGURATION.md.
* fix(execute-phase): initialize AGENT_SKILLS_MAPPER + tag fenced blocks
Two CodeRabbit findings on the auto-remap branch of the drift gate:
- 3127255186 (must-fix): the mapper Task prompt referenced
${AGENT_SKILLS_MAPPER} but only AGENT_SKILLS (for gsd-executor) is
loaded at init_context (line 72). Without this fix the literal
placeholder string would leak into the spawned mapper's prompt.
Add an explicit gsd-sdk query agent-skills gsd-codebase-mapper step
right before the Task spawn.
- 3127255183: tag the warn-message and Task() fenced code blocks as
text to satisfy markdownlint MD040.
* docs(map-codebase): wire PATH_SCOPE_HINT through every mapper prompt
CodeRabbit (review id 4158286952, comment 3127255190) flagged that the
parse_paths_flag step defined incremental-remap semantics but did not
inject a normalized variable into the spawn_agents and sequential_mapping
mapper prompts, so incremental remap could silently regress to a
whole-repo scan.
- Define SCOPED_PATHS / PATH_SCOPE_HINT in parse_paths_flag.
- Inject ${PATH_SCOPE_HINT} into all four spawn_agents Task prompts.
- Document the same scope contract for sequential_mapping mode.
* fix(drift): writeMappedCommit tolerates missing target file
CodeRabbit (review id 4158286952, drift.cjs:349-355 nitpick) noted that
readMappedCommit returns null on ENOENT but writeMappedCommit threw — an
asymmetry that breaks first-time stamping of a freshly produced doc that
the caller has not yet written.
- Catch ENOENT on the read; treat absent file as empty content.
- Add a regression test that calls writeMappedCommit on a non-existent
path and asserts the file is created with correct frontmatter.
Test was authored to fail before the fix (ENOENT) and passes after.
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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>
When model_profile is "inherit", execute-phase was passing the literal string
"inherit" to Task(model=), causing fallback to the default model. The workflow
now documents that executor_model=="inherit" requires omitting the model= parameter
entirely so Claude Code inherits the orchestrator model automatically.
Closes#2516
The guard at the worktree-merge resurrection block was inverting the
intended logic: it deleted any .planning/ file absent from PRE_MERGE_FILES,
which includes brand-new files (e.g. SUMMARY.md just created by the
executor). A genuine resurrection is a file that was previously tracked on
main, deliberately removed, and then re-introduced by the merge. Detecting
that requires a git history check — not just tree membership.
Fix: replace the PRE_MERGE_FILES grep guard with a `git log --follow
--diff-filter=D` check that only removes the file if it has a deletion
event in main's ancestry.
Closes#2501
* fix(execute-phase): post-merge deletion audit for bulk file deletions (closes#2384)
Two data-loss incidents were caused by worktree merges bringing in bulk
file deletions silently. The pre-merge check (HEAD...WT_BRANCH) catches
deletions on the worktree branch, but files deleted during the merge
itself (e.g., from merge conflict resolution or stale branch state) were
not audited post-merge.
Adds a post-merge audit immediately after git merge --no-ff succeeds:
- Counts files deleted outside .planning/ in the merge commit
- If count > 5 and ALLOW_BULK_DELETE!=1: reverts the merge with
git reset --hard HEAD~1 and continues to the next worktree
- Logs the full file list and an escape-hatch instruction
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
* fix(test): tighten post-merge deletion audit assertions (CodeRabbit #2483)
Replace loose substring checks with exact regex assertions:
- assert.match against 'git diff --diff-filter=D --name-only HEAD~1 HEAD'
- assert.match against threshold gate + ALLOW_BULK_DELETE override condition
- assert.match against git reset --hard HEAD~1 revert
- assert.match against MERGE_DEL_COUNT grep -vc for non-.planning count
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
* fix(inventory): update workflow count to 81 (graduation.md added in #2490)
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Adds step 10.5 to gsd-new-milestone that scans pending todos against the
approved roadmap and tags matches with `resolves_phase: N` in their YAML
frontmatter. Adds a `close_phase_todos` step to execute-phase that moves
tagged todos to `completed/` when the phase completes — closing the loop
automatically with no manual cleanup.
Co-authored-by: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
#2388 (plan-phase silently renames feature branch): add explicit Git
Branch Invariant section to plan-phase.md prohibiting branch
creation/rename/switch during planning; phase slug changes are
plan-level only and must not affect the git branch.
#2431 (worktree teardown silently swallows errors): replace
`git worktree remove --force 2>/dev/null || true` with a lock-aware
block in quick.md and execute-phase.md that detects locked worktrees,
attempts unlock+retry, and surfaces a user-visible recovery message
when removal still fails.
#2396 (hardcoded test commands bypass Makefile): add a three-tier
test command resolver (project config → Makefile/Justfile → language
sniff) in execute-phase.md, verify-phase.md, and audit-fix.md.
Makefile with a `test:` target now takes priority over npm/cargo/go.
#2376 (OpenCode @$HOME not mapped on Windows): add platform guard in
bin/install.js so OpenCode on win32 uses the absolute path instead of
`$HOME/...`, which OpenCode does not expand in @file references on
Windows.
Tests: 29 new assertions across 4 regression test files (all passing).
Co-authored-by: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
* feat(handoffs): include project identity in all Next Up blocks
Adds project_code and project_title to withProjectRoot() and updates
all 30 Next Up headings across 18 workflow files to include
[PROJECT_CODE] PROJECT_TITLE suffix for multi-project clarity.
Closes#1948
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
* fix(review): add withProjectRoot tests and fix placeholder syntax (#1951)
Address code review feedback:
- Add 4 tests for project_code/project_title injection in withProjectRoot()
- Fix inconsistent placeholder syntax in continuation-format.md canonical
template (bare-brace → shell-dollar to match variant examples)
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
* fix(phase): preserve zero-padded prefix in renameDecimalPhases
Captures the zero-padded prefix (e.g. "06" from "06.3-slug") with
(0*${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: Brandon Higgins <brandonscotthiggins@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Three gaps in the orchestrator file-protection block (#1756, #2040):
1. quick.md never received the pre-merge deletion guard added to
execute-phase.md in #2040. Added the same DELETIONS check: if the
worktree branch deletes any tracked .planning/ files, block the merge
with a clear message rather than silently losing those files.
2. Both workflows deleted STATE_BACKUP and ROADMAP_BACKUP on merge
conflict — destroying the recovery files at exactly the moment they
were needed. Changed conflict handler to: preserve both backup paths,
print restore instructions, and break (halt) instead of continue
(silently advancing to the next worktree).
3. Neither workflow used --no-ff. Without it a fast-forward merge
produces no merge commit, so HEAD~1 in the resurrection check points
to the worktree's parent rather than main's pre-merge HEAD. Added
--no-ff to both git merge calls so HEAD~1 is always reliable.
Closes#2208
Co-authored-by: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
* feat(sdk): add typed query foundation and gsd-sdk query (Phase 1)
Add sdk/src/query registry and handlers with tests, GSDQueryError, CLI query wiring, and supporting type/tool-scoping hooks. Update CHANGELOG. Vitest 4 constructor mock fixes in milestone-runner tests.
Made-with: Cursor
* fix(2137): skip worktree isolation when .gitmodules detected
When a project contains git submodules, worktree isolation cannot
correctly handle submodule commits — three separate gaps exist in
worktree setup, executor commit protocol, and merge-back. Rather
than patch each gap individually, detect .gitmodules at phase start
and fall back to sequential execution, which handles submodules
transparently (Option B).
Affected workflows: execute-phase.md, quick.md
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Replace `git show HEAD:.planning/STATE.md` with `cp .planning/STATE.md`
in the worktree merge-back protection logic of execute-phase.md and
quick.md. The git show approach exits 128 when STATE.md has uncommitted
changes or is not yet in HEAD's committed tree, leaving an empty backup
and causing the post-merge restore guard to silently skip — zeroing or
staling the file. Using cp reads the actual working-tree file (including
orchestrator updates that haven't been committed yet), which is exactly
what "main always wins" should protect.
* feat(workflow): add opt-in TDD pipeline mode (workflow.tdd_mode)
Add workflow.tdd_mode config key (default: false) that enables
red-green-refactor as a first-class phase execution mode. When
enabled, the planner aggressively applies type: tdd to eligible
tasks and the executor enforces RED/GREEN/REFACTOR gate sequence
with fail-fast on unexpected GREEN before RED. An end-of-phase
collaborative review checkpoint verifies gate compliance.
Closes#1871
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
* fix(test): allowlist plan-phase.md in prompt injection scan
plan-phase.md exceeds 50K chars after TDD mode integration.
This is legitimate orchestration complexity, not prompt stuffing.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
* ci: trigger CI run
* ci: trigger CI run
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When CONTEXT_WINDOW < 200000, executor and planner agent prompts strip
extended examples and anti-pattern lists into reference files for
on-demand @ loading, reducing static overhead by ~40% while preserving
behavioral correctness for standard (200K-500K) and enriched (500K+) tiers.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Add optional cross-AI delegation step that lets execute-phase delegate
plans to external AI runtimes via stdin-based prompt delivery. Activated
by --cross-ai flag, plan frontmatter cross_ai: true, or config key
workflow.cross_ai_execution. Adds 3 config keys, template defaults,
and 18 tests.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Closes#2070
Two-layer fix for the bug where executor agents in worktree isolation mode
could leave SUMMARY.md uncommitted, then have it silently destroyed by
`git worktree remove --force` during post-wave cleanup.
Layer 1 — Clarify executor instruction (execute-phase.md):
Added explicit REQUIRED note to the <parallel_execution> block making
clear that SUMMARY.md MUST be committed before the agent returns,
and that the git_commit_metadata step in execute-plan.md handles the
SUMMARY.md-only commit path automatically in worktree mode.
Layer 2 — Orchestrator safety net (execute-phase.md):
Before force-removing each worktree, check for any uncommitted SUMMARY.md
files. If found, commit them on the worktree branch and re-merge into the
main branch before removal. This prevents data loss even when an executor
skips the commit step due to misinterpreting the "do not modify
orchestrator files" instruction.
Co-authored-by: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
* fix(worktree): use reset --hard in worktree_branch_check to correctly set base (#2015)
The worktree_branch_check in execute-phase.md and quick.md used
git reset --soft as the fallback when EnterWorktree created a branch
from main/master instead of the current feature branch HEAD. --soft
moves the HEAD pointer but leaves working tree files from main unchanged,
so the executor worked against stale code and produced commits containing
the entire feature branch diff as deletions.
Fix: replace git reset --soft with git reset --hard in both workflow files.
--hard resets both the HEAD pointer and the working tree to the expected
base commit. It is safe in a fresh worktree that has no user changes.
Adds 4 regression tests (2 per workflow) verifying that the check uses
--hard and does not contain --soft.
* fix(worktree): executor deletion verification and pre-merge deletion block (#1977)
- Remove Windows-only qualifier from worktree_branch_check in execute-plan.md
(the EnterWorktree base-branch bug affects all platforms, not just Windows)
- Add post-commit --diff-filter=D deletion check to gsd-executor.md task_commit_protocol
so unexpected file deletions are flagged immediately after each task commit
- Add pre-merge --diff-filter=D deletion guard to execute-phase.md worktree cleanup
so worktree branches containing file deletions are blocked before fast-forward merge
- Add regression test tests/worktree-safety.test.cjs covering all three behaviors
Fixes#1977
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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The worktree_branch_check in execute-phase.md and quick.md used
git reset --soft as the fallback when EnterWorktree created a branch
from main/master instead of the current feature branch HEAD. --soft
moves the HEAD pointer but leaves working tree files from main unchanged,
so the executor worked against stale code and produced commits containing
the entire feature branch diff as deletions.
Fix: replace git reset --soft with git reset --hard in both workflow files.
--hard resets both the HEAD pointer and the working tree to the expected
base commit. It is safe in a fresh worktree that has no user changes.
Adds 4 regression tests (2 per workflow) verifying that the check uses
--hard and does not contain --soft.
Co-authored-by: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
When a phase completes, the offer_next step now checks whether CONTEXT.md
already exists for the next phase before presenting options.
- If CONTEXT.md is absent: /gsd-discuss-phase is the recommended first step
- If CONTEXT.md exists: /gsd-plan-phase is the recommended first step
Adds regression test asserting conditional routing is present.
Closes#2002
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* fix(worktree): use hard reset to correct file tree when branch base is wrong (#1981)
The worktree_branch_check mitigation detects when EnterWorktree creates
branches from main instead of the current feature branch, but used
git reset --soft to correct it. This only fixed the commit pointer —
the working tree still contained main's files, causing silent data loss
on merge-back when the agent's commits overwrote feature branch code.
Changed to git reset --hard which safely corrects both pointer and file
tree (the check runs before any agent work, so no changes to lose).
Also removed the broken rebase --onto attempt in execute-phase.md that
could replay main's commits onto the feature branch, and added post-reset
verification that aborts if the correction fails.
Updated documentation from "Windows" to "all platforms" since the
upstream EnterWorktree bug affects macOS, Linux, and Windows alike.
Closes#1981
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* fix(worktree): update settings.md worktree description to say cross-platform
Aligns with the workflow file updates — the EnterWorktree base-branch
bug affects all platforms, not just Windows.
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* feat: harness engineering improvements — post-merge test gate, shared file isolation, behavioral verification
Three improvements inspired by Anthropic's harness engineering research
(March 2026) and real-world pain points from parallel worktree execution:
1. Post-merge test gate (execute-phase.md)
- Run project test suite after merging each wave's worktrees
- Catches cross-plan integration failures that individual Self-Checks miss
- Addresses the Generator self-evaluation blind spot (agents praise own work)
2. Shared file isolation (execute-phase.md)
- Executors no longer modify STATE.md or ROADMAP.md in parallel mode
- Orchestrator updates tracking files centrally after merge
- Eliminates the #1 source of merge conflicts in parallel execution
3. Behavioral verification (verify-phase.md)
- Verifier runs project test suite and CLI commands, not just grep
- Follows Anthropic's Generator/Evaluator separation principle
- Tests actual behavior against success criteria, not just file existence
Real-world evidence: In a session executing 37 plans across 8 phases with
parallel worktrees, we observed:
- 4 test failures after merge that all Self-Checks missed (models.py type loss)
- STATE.md/ROADMAP.md conflicts on every single parallel merge
- Verifier reporting PASSED while merged code had broken imports
References:
- Anthropic Engineering Blog: Harness Design for Long-Running Apps (2026-03-24)
- Issue #1451: Massive git worktree problem
- Issue #1413: Autonomous execution without manual context clearing
* fix: address review feedback — test runner detection, parallel isolation, edge cases
- Replace hardcoded jest/vitest with `npm test` (reads project's scripts.test)
- Add Go detection to post-merge test gate (was only in verify-phase)
- Add 5-minute timeout to post-merge test gate to prevent pipeline stalls
- Track cumulative wave failures via WAVE_FAILURE_COUNT for cross-wave awareness
- Guard orchestrator tracking commit against unchanged files (prevent empty commits)
- Align execute-plan.md with parallel isolation model (skip STATE.md/ROADMAP.md
updates when running in parallel mode, orchestrator handles centrally)
- Scope behavioral verification CLI checks: skip when no fixtures/test data exist,
mark as NEEDS HUMAN instead of inventing inputs
* fix: pass PARALLEL_MODE to executor agents to activate shared file isolation
The executor spawn prompt in execute-phase.md instructed agents not to
modify STATE.md/ROADMAP.md, but execute-plan.md gates this behavior on
PARALLEL_MODE which was never defined in the executor context. This adds
the variable to the spawn prompt and wraps all three shared-file steps
(update_current_position, update_roadmap, git_commit_metadata) with
explicit conditional guards.
* fix: replace unreliable PARALLEL_MODE env var with git worktree auto-detection
Address PR #1486 review feedback (trek-e):
1. PARALLEL_MODE was never reliably set — the <env> block instructed the LLM
to export a bash variable, but each Bash tool call runs in a fresh shell
so the variable never persisted. Replace with self-contained worktree
detection: `[ -f .git ]` returns true in worktrees (.git is a file) and
false in main repos (.git is a directory). Each bash block detects
independently with no external state dependency.
2. TEST_EXIT only checked for timeout (124) — test failures (non-zero,
non-124) were silently ignored, making the "If tests fail" prose
unreachable. Add full if/elif/else handling: 0=pass, 124=timeout,
else=fail with WAVE_FAILURE_COUNT increment.
3. Add Go detection to regression_gate (was missing go.mod check).
Replace hardcoded npx jest/vitest with npm test for consistency.
4. Renumber steps from 4/4b/4c/5/5/5b to 4a/4b/4c/4d/5/6/7/8/9.
* fix: address remaining review blockers — timeout, tracking guard, shell safety
- verify-phase.md: wrap behavioral_verification test suite in timeout 300
- execute-phase.md: gate tracking update on TEST_EXIT=0, skip on failure/timeout
- Quote all TEST_EXIT variables, add default initialization
- Add else branch for unrecognized project types
- Renumber steps to align with upstream (5.x series)
* fix: rephrase worktree success_criteria to satisfy substring test guard
The worktree mode success_criteria line literally contained "STATE.md"
and "ROADMAP.md" inside a prohibition ("No modifications to..."), but
the test guard in execute-phase-worktree-artifacts.test.cjs uses a
substring check and cannot distinguish prohibition from requirement.
Rephrase to "shared orchestrator artifacts" so the substring check
passes while preserving the same intent.
* feat(references): add gates taxonomy with 4 canonical gate types
Define pre-flight, revision, escalation, and abort gates as the
canonical validation checkpoint types used across GSD workflows.
Includes a gate matrix mapping each workflow phase to its gate type,
checked artifacts, and failure behavior. Cross-referenced from
plan-phase and execute-phase workflows.
Closes#1715
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
* fix(agents): add gates.md reference to plan-checker and verifier per approved scope (#1715)
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
* fix(agents): move gates.md to required_reading blocks and add stall detection (#1715)
- Move gates.md @-reference from <role> prose into <required_reading> blocks
in gsd-plan-checker.md and gsd-verifier.md so it loads as context
- Add stall-detection to Revision Gate recovery description
- Fix /gsd-next → next for consistent workflow naming in Gate Matrix
- Update tests to verify required_reading placement and stall detection
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Three locations in execute-phase.md and quick.md used raw `git add
.planning/` commands that bypassed the commit_docs config check. When
users set commit_docs: false during project setup, these raw git
commands still staged and committed .planning/ files.
Add commit_docs guards (via gsd-tools.cjs config-get) around all raw
git add .planning/ invocations. The gsd-tools.cjs commit wrapper
already respects this flag — these were the only paths that bypassed it.
Fixes#1783
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When a worktree branch outlives a milestone transition, git merge
silently overwrites STATE.md and ROADMAP.md with stale content and
resurrects archived phase directories. Fix by backing up orchestrator
files before merge, restoring after, and detecting resurrected files.
Fixes#1761
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* feat(state): add programmatic gates for STATE.md consistency
Adds four enforcement gates to prevent STATE.md drift:
- `state validate`: detects drift between STATE.md and filesystem
- `state sync`: reconstructs STATE.md from actual project state
- `state planned-phase`: records state after plan-phase completes
- Performance Metrics update in `phase complete`
Also fixes ghost `state update-position` command reference in
execute-phase.md (command didn't exist in CLI dispatcher).
Closes#1627
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
* fix(state): By Phase table regex ate next section when table body was empty
The lazy [\s\S]*? with a $ lookahead in byPhaseTablePattern would
match past blank lines and capture the next ## section header as table
body when no data rows existed. Replaced with a precise row-matching
pattern ((?:[ \t]*\|[^\n]*\n)*) that only captures pipe-delimited
lines. Added regression assertion to verify row placement.
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* feat(i18n): add response_language config for cross-phase language consistency
Adds `response_language` config key that propagates through all init
outputs via withProjectRoot(). Workflows read this field and instruct
agents to present user-facing questions in the configured language,
solving the problem of language preference resetting at phase boundaries.
Usage: gsd-tools config-set response_language "Portuguese"
Closes#1399
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
* test(security): allowlist discuss-phase.md for size threshold
discuss-phase.md legitimately exceeds 50K chars due to power mode
and i18n directives — not prompt stuffing.
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* 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.
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* 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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Address review feedback: LLMs cannot enforce timing between tool calls.
Replace "stagger by ~2 seconds" with concrete, enforceable pattern:
dispatch each Task() one at a time with run_in_background: true. The
round-trip latency of each tool call provides natural spacing for
worktree creation, while agents still run in parallel once created.
Explicitly warn against sending multiple Task() calls in a single
message (which causes simultaneous git worktree add).
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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.
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- Add severity column (blocking/advisory) to Critical Anti-Patterns table
in .continue-here.md template in pause-work.md
- Document that blocking anti-patterns trigger a mandatory understanding
check when discuss-phase or execute-phase resumes work
- Add check_blocking_antipatterns step to discuss-phase.md: parses
.continue-here.md for blocking rows and requires three-question
understanding demonstration before proceeding
- Add identical enforcement step to execute-phase.md
- Tests: tests/anti-pattern-enforcement.test.cjs (12 assertions, all pass)
Closes#1491
* fix: correct STATE.md progress counter fields during plan/phase completion (#1589)
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
* ci: re-run CI with Windows pointer lifecycle fix in main
* fix: orchestrator owns STATE.md/ROADMAP.md writes in parallel worktree mode (#1571)
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
* fix: detect files_modified overlap and enforce wave ordering for dependent plans (#1587)
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
* fix: trim gsd-planner.md below 50000-char prompt-injection limit
The assign_waves section added in this branch pushed agents/gsd-planner.md
to 50271 chars, triggering the security scanner's prompt-stuffing check on
all CI platforms. Condense prose while preserving all logic and validation
rules; file is now 49754 chars.
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When EnterWorktree creates a branch from main instead of the current HEAD
(a known issue on Windows), executor agents now detect the mismatch and
reset their branch base to the correct commit before starting work.
- execute-phase: capture EXPECTED_BASE before spawning, inject
<worktree_branch_check> block into executor prompts
- execute-plan: document Pattern A worktree_branch_check requirement
- quick.md: inject worktree_branch_check into executor prompt
- diagnose-issues: inject worktree_branch_check into debugger prompts
- settings: add workflow.use_worktrees option so Windows users can
disable worktree isolation via /gsd:settings without editing files
Closes#1510
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Read context_window config (default 200000) in execute-phase and plan-phase workflows. When >= 500000 (1M-class models), subagent prompts include richer context: executor agents receive CONTEXT.md, RESEARCH.md, and prior wave SUMMARYs; verifier agents receive all PLANs, SUMMARYs, and REQUIREMENTS.md; planner receives prior phase CONTEXT.md for cross-phase decision consistency.
At 200k (default), behavior is unchanged.
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Both the gsd-executor and gsd-verifier Task() invocations were missing
the required `description` parameter, causing InputValidationError when
spawning agents in parallel during /gsd:execute-phase.
GSD agents silently skip database schema push — verification passes but
production breaks because TypeScript types come from config, not the live
database. This adds two layers of protection:
1. Plan-phase template detection (step 5.7): When the planner detects
schema-relevant file patterns in the phase scope, it injects a mandatory
[BLOCKING] schema push task into the plan with the appropriate push
command for the detected ORM.
2. Post-execution drift detection gate: After execution completes but
before verification marks success, scans for schema-relevant file
changes and checks if a push command was executed. Blocks verification
with actionable guidance if drift is detected.
Supports Payload CMS, Prisma, Drizzle, Supabase, and TypeORM.
Override with GSD_SKIP_SCHEMA_CHECK=true.
Fixes#1381
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Executor agents spawned with isolation="worktree" committed to temporary
branches in separate working trees, but no step existed to merge those
changes back or clean up. This left orphan worktrees and unmerged
branches after every execution.
Changes:
- execute-phase.md: add step 4.5 "Worktree cleanup" after wave
completion — merges worktree branch, removes worktree, deletes temp
branch. Handles merge conflicts gracefully.
- quick.md: add worktree cleanup step after executor returns, before
summary verification
- Both workflows skip cleanup when workflow.use_worktrees is false
- Both workflows skip silently when no worktrees are found
Closes#1496
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Adds `workflow.use_worktrees` config option (default: `true`) that
allows users to disable git worktree isolation for executor agents.
When set to `false`:
- Executor agents run without `isolation="worktree"`
- Plans execute sequentially on the main working tree
- No worktree merge ordering issues or orphaned worktrees
- Normal git hooks run (no --no-verify needed)
This provides an escape hatch for solo developers and users who
experience worktree merge conflicts, as worktree ordering issues
are inherently difficult when parallel agents modify overlapping
files.
Usage:
/gsd:settings → set workflow.use_worktrees to false
Or directly:
gsd-tools config-set workflow.use_worktrees false
Changes:
- config.cjs: add workflow.use_worktrees to valid keys
- planning-config.md: document the option
- execute-phase.md: read config, conditional worktree + sequential mode
- execute-plan.md: conditional worktree in Pattern A
- quick.md: conditional worktree for quick executor
- diagnose-issues.md: conditional worktree for debug agents
- 2 new tests (config set + workflow structural check)
Closes#1451
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