Interactive configuration of GSD power-user knobs — plan bounce, node repair, subagent timeouts,
inline plan threshold, cross-AI execution, base branch, branch templates, response language,
context window, gitignored search, and graphify build timeout.
This is a companion to `/gsd-settings` — the common-case prompt there covers model profile,
research/plan_check/verifier toggles, branching strategy, UI/AI phase gates, and worktree
isolation. This advanced command covers everything else that is user-settable, grouped into
six sections so each prompt batch stays cognitively scoped. Every answer pre-selects the
current value; numeric-input answers that are non-numeric are rejected and re-prompted.
Read all files referenced by the invoking prompt's execution_context before starting.
Ensure config exists and resolve the workstream-aware config path (mirrors `settings.md`):
```bash
gsd-sdk query config-ensure-section
if [[ -z "${GSD_CONFIG_PATH:-}" ]]; then
if [[ -f .planning/active-workstream ]]; then
WS=$(tr -d '\n\r' < .planning/active-workstream)
GSD_CONFIG_PATH=".planning/workstreams/${WS}/config.json"
else
GSD_CONFIG_PATH=".planning/config.json"
fi
fi
```
All subsequent reads and writes go through `$GSD_CONFIG_PATH`. Never hardcode
`.planning/config.json` — workstream installs must route to their own config file.
```bash
cat "$GSD_CONFIG_PATH"
```
Parse the following current values. If a key is absent, fall back to the documented default
shown in parentheses:
Planning Tuning:
- `workflow.plan_bounce` (default: `false`)
- `workflow.plan_bounce_passes` (default: `2`)
- `workflow.plan_bounce_script` (default: `null`)
- `workflow.subagent_timeout` (default: `600`)
- `workflow.inline_plan_threshold` (default: `3`)
Execution Tuning:
- `workflow.node_repair` (default: `true`)
- `workflow.node_repair_budget` (default: `2`)
- `workflow.auto_prune_state` (default: `false`)
Discussion Tuning:
- `workflow.max_discuss_passes` (default: `3`)
Cross-AI Execution:
- `workflow.cross_ai_execution` (default: `false`)
- `workflow.cross_ai_command` (default: `null`)
- `workflow.cross_ai_timeout` (default: `300`)
Git Customization:
- `git.base_branch` (default: `main`)
- `git.phase_branch_template` (default: `gsd/phase-{phase}-{slug}`)
- `git.milestone_branch_template` (default: `gsd/{milestone}-{slug}`)
Runtime / Output:
- `response_language` (default: `null`)
- `context_window` (default: `200000`)
- `search_gitignored` (default: `false`)
- `graphify.build_timeout` (default: `300`)
Each field's **current value is pre-selected** in the prompt rendering below. When the
current value is absent from the config, render the documented default as the pre-selected
option so the user sees what the effective value is.
**Text mode (`workflow.text_mode: true` or `--text` flag):** Set `TEXT_MODE=true` if `--text` is
in `$ARGUMENTS` OR `text_mode` is true in config. When `TEXT_MODE=true`, replace every
`AskUserQuestion` call below with a plain-text numbered list and ask the user to type the
choice number or free-text value.
**Numeric-input validation.** For any numeric field (`*_passes`, `*_budget`, `*_timeout`,
`*_threshold`, `context_window`, `graphify.build_timeout`), if the user types a value that
is not a non-negative integer, the workflow MUST reject it, state which value was invalid,
and re-prompt that single field. The minimum accepted value is field-specific and is stated
in each field's prompt below — `workflow.plan_bounce_passes` and `workflow.max_discuss_passes`
require `>= 1`; all other numeric fields accept `>= 0`. An empty input means "keep current"
— the existing value is retained. Non-numeric input is never silently coerced.
**Free-text validation.** For branch template fields (`git.phase_branch_template`,
`git.milestone_branch_template`), if the user supplies a non-default value, it MUST be
non-empty and SHOULD contain at least one `{placeholder}`. A template missing placeholders
is rejected with a message explaining the available variables (`{phase}`, `{slug}`,
`{milestone}`) and re-prompted. An empty input means "keep current."
**Null-allowed fields.** For `response_language`, `workflow.plan_bounce_script`,
`workflow.cross_ai_command`: an empty input clears the field (`null`). A non-empty input is
stored verbatim as a string.
---
### Section 1 — Planning Tuning
```text
AskUserQuestion([
{
question: "Run external plan-bounce validator against generated PLAN.md? (current: )",
header: "Plan Bounce",
multiSelect: false,
options: [
{ label: "No (default: false)", description: "Skip external plan validation." },
{ label: "Yes", description: "Pipe each PLAN.md through `plan_bounce_script` and block on non-zero exit." }
]
},
{
question: "How many plan-bounce passes? (current: )",
header: "Bounce Passes",
multiSelect: false,
options: [
{ label: "Keep current", description: "Leave the existing value unchanged." },
{ label: "Enter number", description: "Type an integer >= 1. Non-numeric input is rejected and re-prompted. Default: 2" }
]
},
{
question: "Path to plan-bounce validation script? (current: )",
header: "Bounce Script",
multiSelect: false,
options: [
{ label: "Keep current", description: "Leave existing path unchanged." },
{ label: "Clear (null)", description: "Unset the script path." },
{ label: "Enter path", description: "Type an absolute or repo-relative path. Receives PLAN.md path as first argument." }
]
},
{
question: "Subagent timeout (seconds)? (current: )",
header: "Subagent Timeout",
multiSelect: false,
options: [
{ label: "Keep current", description: "Leave timeout unchanged." },
{ label: "Enter seconds", description: "Integer number of seconds. Non-numeric rejected. Default: 600" }
]
},
{
question: "Inline plan threshold — tasks allowed inline before splitting to PLAN.md? (current: )",
header: "Inline Plan Threshold",
multiSelect: false,
options: [
{ label: "Keep current", description: "Leave threshold unchanged." },
{ label: "Enter number", description: "Integer count. Non-numeric rejected. Default: 3" }
]
}
])
```
### Section 2 — Execution Tuning
```text
AskUserQuestion([
{
question: "Enable autonomous node repair on verification failure? (current: )",
header: "Node Repair",
multiSelect: false,
options: [
{ label: "Yes (default: true)", description: "Executor retries failed tasks up to the repair budget." },
{ label: "No", description: "Stop on first verification failure." }
]
},
{
question: "Maximum node-repair attempts per failed task? (current: )",
header: "Repair Budget",
multiSelect: false,
options: [
{ label: "Keep current", description: "Leave existing budget unchanged." },
{ label: "Enter number", description: "Integer >= 0. Non-numeric rejected. Default: 2" }
]
},
{
question: "Auto-prune stale STATE.md entries at phase boundaries? (current: )",
header: "Auto Prune",
multiSelect: false,
options: [
{ label: "No (default: false)", description: "Prompt before pruning." },
{ label: "Yes", description: "Prune stale entries without prompting." }
]
}
])
```
### Section 3 — Discussion Tuning
```text
AskUserQuestion([
{
question: "Maximum discuss-phase question rounds? (current: )",
header: "Max Discuss Passes",
multiSelect: false,
options: [
{ label: "Keep current", description: "Leave existing value unchanged." },
{ label: "Enter number", description: "Integer >= 1. Non-numeric rejected. Default: 3. Prevents infinite discussion loops in headless mode." }
]
}
])
```
### Section 4 — Cross-AI Execution
```text
AskUserQuestion([
{
question: "Delegate phase execution to an external AI CLI? (current: )",
header: "Cross-AI",
multiSelect: false,
options: [
{ label: "No (default: false)", description: "Use local executor agents." },
{ label: "Yes", description: "Pipe phase prompt to `cross_ai_command` via stdin. Requires command to be set." }
]
},
{
question: "Cross-AI command template? (current: )",
header: "Cross-AI Command",
multiSelect: false,
options: [
{ label: "Keep current", description: "Leave command unchanged." },
{ label: "Clear (null)", description: "Unset the command." },
{ label: "Enter command", description: "Shell command receiving phase prompt via stdin. Must produce SUMMARY.md-compatible output." }
]
},
{
question: "Cross-AI timeout (seconds)? (current: )",
header: "Cross-AI Timeout",
multiSelect: false,
options: [
{ label: "Keep current", description: "Leave timeout unchanged." },
{ label: "Enter seconds", description: "Integer seconds. Non-numeric rejected. Default: 300" }
]
}
])
```
### Section 5 — Git Customization
```text
AskUserQuestion([
{
question: "Git base branch? (current: )",
header: "Base Branch",
multiSelect: false,
options: [
{ label: "Keep current", description: "Leave base branch unchanged." },
{ label: "Enter branch name", description: "e.g., main, master, develop. Integration branch for phase/milestone branches." }
]
},
{
question: "Phase branch template? (current: )",
header: "Phase Template",
multiSelect: false,
options: [
{ label: "Keep current", description: "Leave template unchanged." },
{ label: "Enter template", description: "Non-empty string with at least one placeholder. Available: {phase}, {slug}. Non-default values missing placeholders are rejected." }
]
},
{
question: "Milestone branch template? (current: )",
header: "Milestone Template",
multiSelect: false,
options: [
{ label: "Keep current", description: "Leave template unchanged." },
{ label: "Enter template", description: "Non-empty string. Available placeholders: {milestone}, {slug}. Non-default values missing placeholders are rejected." }
]
}
])
```
### Section 6 — Runtime / Output
```text
AskUserQuestion([
{
question: "Response language for agent output? (current: )",
header: "Language",
multiSelect: false,
options: [
{ label: "Keep current", description: "Leave unchanged." },
{ label: "Clear (null)", description: "Use Claude default (English)." },
{ label: "Enter language", description: "Free-text language name or code (e.g., Japanese, pt, ko). Propagates to spawned agents." }
]
},
{
question: "Context window size (tokens)? (current: )",
header: "Context Window",
multiSelect: false,
options: [
{ label: "Keep current", description: "Leave unchanged." },
{ label: "Enter number", description: "Integer. Non-numeric rejected. Default: 200000. Use 1000000 for 1M-context models. Values >= 500000 enable adaptive enrichment." }
]
},
{
question: "Include gitignored files in broad searches? (current: )",
header: "Search Gitignored",
multiSelect: false,
options: [
{ label: "No (default: false)", description: "Respect .gitignore during searches." },
{ label: "Yes", description: "Add --no-ignore to broad searches (includes .planning/)." }
]
},
{
question: "Graphify build timeout (seconds)? (current: )",
header: "Graphify Timeout",
multiSelect: false,
options: [
{ label: "Keep current", description: "Leave timeout unchanged." },
{ label: "Enter seconds", description: "Integer seconds. Non-numeric rejected. Default: 300" }
]
}
])
```
Merge the new settings into the existing config at `$GSD_CONFIG_PATH`. This merge is the
core correctness invariant: **preserve every unrelated key** — do not clobber siblings.
Apply each selected value via `gsd-sdk query config-set ` so the central
validator (`isValidConfigKey`) accepts the write and the deep-merge preserves unrelated
keys and sibling sub-objects.
```bash
# Example — only write keys the user changed. "Keep current" selections are skipped.
gsd-sdk query config-set workflow.plan_bounce_passes 5
gsd-sdk query config-set workflow.subagent_timeout 900
gsd-sdk query config-set git.base_branch main
gsd-sdk query config-set context_window 1000000
```
Conceptual shape after merge (unchanged top-level keys like `model_profile`,
`granularity`, `mode`, `brave_search`, `agent_skills.*`, `hooks.context_warnings`, and
anything not listed in Sections 1–6 MUST survive the update):
```json
{
...existing_config,
"workflow": {
...existing_workflow,
"plan_bounce": ,
"plan_bounce_passes": ,
"plan_bounce_script": ,
"subagent_timeout": ,
"inline_plan_threshold": ,
"node_repair": ,
"node_repair_budget": ,
"auto_prune_state": ,
"max_discuss_passes": ,
"cross_ai_execution": ,
"cross_ai_command": ,
"cross_ai_timeout":
},
"git": {
...existing_git,
"base_branch": ,
"phase_branch_template": ,
"milestone_branch_template":
},
"response_language": ,
"context_window": ,
"search_gitignored": ,
"graphify": {
...existing_graphify,
"build_timeout":
}
}
```
Never emit a full overwrite of the file that omits keys the user did not touch. Always
route each write through `gsd-sdk query config-set` so sibling preservation is handled by
the central setter.
Display:
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| Setting | Value |
|--------------------------------|-------|
| workflow.plan_bounce | {on/off} |
| workflow.plan_bounce_passes | {n} |
| workflow.plan_bounce_script | {path/null} |
| workflow.subagent_timeout | {seconds} |
| workflow.inline_plan_threshold | {n} |
| workflow.node_repair | {on/off} |
| workflow.node_repair_budget | {n} |
| workflow.auto_prune_state | {on/off} |
| workflow.max_discuss_passes | {n} |
| workflow.cross_ai_execution | {on/off} |
| workflow.cross_ai_command | {cmd/null} |
| workflow.cross_ai_timeout | {seconds} |
| git.base_branch | {branch} |
| git.phase_branch_template | {template} |
| git.milestone_branch_template | {template} |
| response_language | {lang/null} |
| context_window | {tokens} |
| search_gitignored | {on/off} |
| graphify.build_timeout | {seconds} |
These settings apply to future /gsd-plan-phase, /gsd-execute-phase, /gsd-discuss-phase,
and /gsd-ship runs.
For common-case toggles (model profile, research/plan_check/verifier, branching strategy,
UI/AI phase gates), use /gsd-settings.
```
- [ ] Current config read from resolved `$GSD_CONFIG_PATH`
- [ ] Six sections rendered (Planning, Execution, Discussion, Cross-AI, Git, Runtime)
- [ ] Every field pre-selected to its current value (or documented default if absent)
- [ ] Numeric inputs validated — non-numeric rejected and re-prompted
- [ ] Branch-template inputs validated — non-default must contain a placeholder
- [ ] Null-allowed fields accept an empty input as a clear
- [ ] Writes routed through `gsd-sdk query config-set` so unrelated keys are preserved
- [ ] Confirmation table rendered listing all 19 fields