* 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
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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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
Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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
Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
* 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.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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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.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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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.
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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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).
Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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>
- 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.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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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.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Add agent_skills config section that maps agent types to skill directory
paths. At spawn time, workflows load configured skills and inject them
as <agent_skills> blocks in Task() prompts, giving subagents access to
project-specific skill files.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
All code-writing agents (gsd-executor, gsd-debugger) were dispatched
without isolation: "worktree", causing branch pollution when agents
switched branches in the shared working tree during concurrent work.
Added isolation="worktree" to all Task() dispatch sites:
- execute-phase.md: executor agent dispatch
- execute-plan.md: Pattern A executor reference
- quick.md: quick task executor dispatch
- diagnose-issues.md: debugger agent dispatch
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 <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 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>
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
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
After /clear, Claude Code sometimes loses awareness of custom agent types
and falls back to 'general-purpose'. This happens because the model doesn't
re-read .claude/agents/ after context reset.
Added <available_agent_types> sections to:
- execute-phase.md: lists all 12 valid GSD agent types with descriptions
- plan-phase.md: lists the 3 agent types used during planning
The explicit listing in workflow instructions ensures the model always has
an unambiguous reference to valid agent types, regardless of whether
.claude/agents/ was re-read after /clear.
Fixes#949
The offer_next step in execute-phase.md suggests /gsd:transition to users
when auto-advance is disabled. This command does not exist as a registered
skill — transition.md is an internal workflow only invoked inline during
auto-advance chains (line 456).
Replace with /gsd:discuss-phase and /gsd:plan-phase which are the actual
user-facing equivalents for transitioning between phases.
No impact on auto-advance path — that invokes transition.md by file path,
not as a slash command.
Co-authored-by: Piyush Rane <piyush.rane@inmobi.com>
- fix(frontmatter): handle CRLF line endings in extractFrontmatter,
spliceFrontmatter, and parseMustHavesBlock — fixes wave parsing on
Windows where all plans reported as wave 1 (#1085)
- fix(hooks): remove duplicate const cwd declaration in
gsd-context-monitor.js that caused SyntaxError on every PostToolUse
invocation (#1091, #1092, #1094)
- feat(state): add 'state begin-phase' command that updates STATUS,
Last Activity, Current focus, Current Position, and plan counts
when a new phase starts executing (#1102, #1103, #1104)
- docs(workflow): add state begin-phase call to execute-phase workflow
validate_phase step so STATE.md is current from the start
Three additive quality improvements to the execution pipeline:
1. Pre-wave dependency check (execute-phase): Before spawning wave N+1,
verify key-links from prior wave artifacts. Catches cross-plan wiring
gaps before they cascade into downstream failures.
2. Cross-Plan Data Contracts dimension (plan-checker): New Dimension 9
checks that plans sharing data pipelines have compatible transformations.
Flags when one plan strips data another plan needs in original form.
3. Export-level spot check (verify-phase): After Level 3 wiring passes,
spot-check individual exports for actual usage. Catches dead stores
that exist in wired files but are never called.
When gsd-tools init output exceeds 50KB, core.cjs writes to a temp file
and outputs @file:<path>. No workflow handled this prefix, causing agents
to hallucinate /tmp paths that fail on Windows (C:\tmp doesn't exist).
Add @file: resolution line after every INIT=$(node ...) call across all
32 workflow, agent, and reference files.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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>
