* fix(#4623): keep repo-wide planning docs out of the verification digest, and accept --files on verification.fingerprint Two defects in the covered-input fingerprint (#4155), one issue. 1. `computeCoveredDigest` hashed the whole bytes of every declared path uniformly, so `.planning/ROADMAP.md` and `.planning/REQUIREMENTS.md` — which every phase rewrites as ordinary bookkeeping, and which the closing phase's own `phase.complete` / `requirements mark-complete` rewrite AFTER the verifier ran — flipped every phase that declared them to `stale` on zero implementation change, and from there `isPhaseComplete` → `init.manager` → `complete-milestone`'s `ALL_PHASES_VERIFIED` gate. Fingerprint v2 leaves any direct child of a planning root out of the hash: `.planning/` itself, plus the phase's own planning root (the parent of its `phases/`, so `planningDir`'s `<project>/` and `workstreams/<ws>/` layouts are covered without the digest knowing what a workstream is — `sharedPlanningRoots` / `isSharedPlanningDoc`, defined by position rather than a name list so the set cannot drift; a root is accepted only when the phase dir sits under a `phases/` directory inside `.planning/`). Such a path is still validated exactly as every other covered path (confined, present, a regular file — the fail-closed contract is unchanged); only its bytes are ignored, and a declaration made only of shared documents fails closed like an empty one. A stored digest names its version, and `readVerificationStatus` now recomputes under THAT version (`parseFingerprintVersion`, `KNOWN_FINGERPRINT_VERSIONS`): a legacy v1 report keeps v1 semantics until it is re-fingerprinted, so the upgrade alone stales nothing; a version this build cannot recompute fails closed. 2. `verification.fingerprint` received a raw positional slice, so `--files a`, `--files "a,b"` and `--files a --files b` all put the literal token into the covered set and failed closed as "a covered file is missing, unreadable, or escapes the project root" — the message that convinced the reporting project the digest was permanently unrecomputable. `parseFingerprintFileArgs` accepts every form (plus `--files=a,b`, freely mixed with bare positionals), treats any other `--flag` and an empty `--files` value as usage errors that say so, and the phase-dir argument must now be an existing directory: omitting it used to take the first covered file as the phase dir and print a plausible digest over the rest at exit 0. Regression tests (tests/verification-status.test.cjs, #4623 block): the cross-phase case from the report, the same-phase `requirements mark-complete` / `phase.complete` cases from the thread, a workstream-scoped root, v1-preserved / unknown-version-stale, the fail-closed cases (missing, directory, escaping symlink, all-shared), every `--files` form against the bare form, the unknown-flag / empty-value / omitted-phase-dir errors, and AC5's zero-file error. Verified failing against the pre-fix source: 29 of 34 fail, the 7 that pass pin behaviour the fix must leave unchanged. Docs: CONTEXT.md Verification Module, agents/gsd-verifier.md's covered_files instruction (rewritten in place — the file sits 21 bytes under its LARGE hard cap), gsd-core/templates/verification-report.md. Fixes #4623 Emitted-Drift-Ack-Growth: gsd-verifier.md — the #4155 covered_files instruction now states that planning-root docs are digest-inert (#4623); +18 bytes, under the LARGE cap Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5.1 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01DCMY8P8s6dp4g3Rxu3nNAi * chore(#4623): set changeset fragment pr to 4749 --------- Co-authored-by: Claude Fable 5.1 <noreply@anthropic.com> Co-authored-by: Tom Boucher <trekkie@nomorestars.com>
GSD Canonical Artifact Registry
This directory contains the template files for every artifact that GSD workflows officially produce. The table below is the authoritative index: if a .planning/ root file is not listed here, gsd-health will flag it as W019 (unrecognized artifact).
Agents should query this file before treating a .planning/ file as authoritative. If the file name does not appear below, it is not a canonical GSD artifact.
.planning/ Root Artifacts
These files live directly at .planning/ — not inside phase subdirectories.
| File | Template | Produced by | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
PROJECT.md |
project.md |
/gsd:new-project |
Project identity, goals, requirements summary |
ROADMAP.md |
roadmap.md |
/gsd:new-milestone, /gsd:new-project |
Phase plan with milestones and progress tracking |
STATE.md |
state.md |
/gsd:new-project, /gsd:health --repair |
Current session state, active phase, last activity |
REQUIREMENTS.md |
requirements.md |
/gsd:new-milestone |
Functional requirements with traceability |
MILESTONES.md |
milestone.md |
/gsd:complete-milestone |
Log of completed milestones with accomplishments |
BACKLOG.md |
(inline) | /gsd-add-backlog |
Pending ideas and deferred work |
LEARNINGS.md |
(inline) | /gsd:extract-learnings, /gsd:execute-phase (gated: features.global_learnings) |
Phase retrospective learnings for future plans |
THREADS.md |
(inline) | /gsd:thread |
Persistent discussion threads |
config.json |
config.json |
/gsd:new-project, /gsd:health --repair |
Project-specific GSD configuration |
CLAUDE.md |
(inline) | /gsd-profile |
Auto-assembled Claude Code context file |
RETROSPECTIVE.md |
(inline) | /gsd:complete-milestone |
Living milestone retrospective updated at each milestone close |
WINDOWS.md |
(none) | broken-windows ledger (src/broken-windows.cts) |
Tracked known-broken items pending resolution (#3224) |
STATE-ARCHIVE.md |
(none) | state.cts's cmdStatePrune |
Pruned historical STATE.md entries |
milestone.lock |
(none) | src/milestone-lock.cts |
Persistent milestone (phase + session) claim, unlike the transient STATE.md.lock/WAITING.json (#3311) |
state.json |
(none) | src/state-contract.cts |
Machine-readable state contract published at step boundaries (#3227) |
skill-manifest.json |
(none) | init.cts's cmdSkillManifest --write |
Project-scoped skill manifest (#3964) |
PATTERNS.md |
(inline) | /gsd:extract-learnings (graduation, workflows/graduation.md, patterns target) |
Graduated cross-phase patterns -- distinct from the per-phase NN-PATTERNS.md below (#4282) |
Version-stamped artifacts (pattern: vX.Y-*.md)
| Pattern | Produced by | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
vX.Y-MILESTONE-AUDIT.md |
/gsd:audit-milestone |
Milestone audit report before archiving |
These files are archived to .planning/milestones/ by /gsd:complete-milestone. Finding them at the .planning/ root after completion indicates the archive step was skipped.
Phase Subdirectory Artifacts (.planning/phases/NN-name/)
These files live inside a phase directory. They are NOT checked by W019 (which only inspects the .planning/ root).
| File Pattern | Template | Produced by | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
NN-MM-PLAN.md |
phase-prompt.md |
/gsd:plan-phase |
Executable implementation plan |
NN-MM-SUMMARY.md |
summary.md |
/gsd:execute-phase |
Post-execution summary with learnings |
NN-CONTEXT.md |
context.md |
/gsd:discuss-phase |
Scoped discussion decisions for the phase |
NN-RESEARCH.md |
research.md |
/gsd:plan-phase, /gsd:plan-phase --research-phase <N> |
Technical research for the phase |
NN-VALIDATION.md |
VALIDATION.md |
/gsd:plan-phase (Nyquist) |
Validation architecture (Nyquist method) |
NN-UAT.md |
UAT.md |
/gsd:validate-phase |
User acceptance test results |
NN-PATTERNS.md |
(inline) | /gsd:plan-phase (pattern mapper) |
Analog file mapping for the phase |
NN-UI-SPEC.md |
UI-SPEC.md |
/gsd:ui-phase |
UI design contract |
NN-SECURITY.md |
SECURITY.md |
/gsd:secure-phase |
Security threat model |
NN-AI-SPEC.md |
AI-SPEC.md |
/gsd:ai-integration-phase |
AI integration spec with eval strategy |
NN-DEBUG.md |
DEBUG.md |
/gsd:debug |
Debug session log |
NN-REVIEWS.md |
(inline) | /gsd:review |
Cross-AI review feedback |
Milestone Archive (.planning/milestones/)
Files archived by /gsd:complete-milestone. These are never checked by W019.
| File Pattern | Source |
|---|---|
vX.Y-ROADMAP.md |
Snapshot of ROADMAP.md at milestone close |
vX.Y-REQUIREMENTS.md |
Snapshot of REQUIREMENTS.md at milestone close |
vX.Y-MILESTONE-AUDIT.md |
Moved from .planning/ root |
vX.Y-phases/ |
Archived phase directories (if --archive-phases used) |
Adding a New Canonical Artifact
When a new workflow produces a .planning/ root file:
- Add the file name to
CANONICAL_EXACTingsd-core/bin/lib/artifacts.cjs - Add a row to the
.planning/Root Artifacts table above - Add the template to
gsd-core/templates/if one exists