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# How to verify and ship a phase
**Goal:** Walk executed work through user acceptance testing, diagnose and fix any failures, then open a pull request with an auto-generated body.
**Prerequisites:** The phase has been executed and has `SUMMARY.md` files. If execution is not yet done, see [Execute a phase](execute-a-phase.md).
---
## Run user acceptance testing
```bash
/gsd-verify-work 1
```
GSD reads the phase's `SUMMARY.md` files, extracts user-observable deliverables, and walks you through them one at a time. For each checkpoint it presents what *should* happen and asks whether reality matches.
- `yes` / `y` / empty → pass, move to next test
- Anything else → recorded as an issue, severity inferred from your description
You never need to categorise severity — GSD infers it from your words ("crashes" → blocker, "doesn't work" → major, "looks off" → cosmetic).
Progress is written to `.planning/phases/01-<name>/01-UAT.md` and survives a `/clear`. If a session is interrupted, re-run `/gsd-verify-work 1` and GSD offers to resume from the last checkpoint.
---
## When failures are found: auto-diagnose and fix planning
If any tests report issues, GSD proceeds automatically:
1. **Diagnoses root causes** — spawns parallel debug agents, one per issue, and updates `UAT.md` with root causes.
2. **Plans gap closure** — spawns a `gsd-planner` in gap-closure mode, which reads `UAT.md` (with diagnoses) and writes new `PLAN.md` files.
3. **Verifies the fix plans** — spawns a `gsd-plan-checker` to ensure the plans are executable. If issues are found, the planner and checker iterate up to three times.
4. **Presents next step** — when plans pass the checker:
```
Plans verified and ready for execution.
`/clear` then `/gsd-execute-phase 1 --gaps-only`
```
Run the suggested command to apply fixes, then re-run `/gsd-verify-work 1` to confirm everything passes.
---
## When all tests pass: ship the phase
Once all UAT tests pass (or if this is your first run and no issues are found), the phase is marked complete in `ROADMAP.md` and `STATE.md` automatically.
```bash
/gsd-ship 1
```
GSD runs preflight checks (verification status, clean working tree, branch, remote, `gh` CLI authentication), pushes the branch, and creates a PR:
```bash
/gsd-ship 1 # Ready-for-review PR
/gsd-ship 1 --draft # Draft PR — useful when more phases will follow
```
The PR body is assembled from planning artefacts automatically:
- Phase goal from `ROADMAP.md`
- Per-plan summaries from `SUMMARY.md` files and their key files
- Requirements addressed (REQ-IDs)
- Verification status from `VERIFICATION.md`
- Key decisions from `STATE.md`
No manual body writing required.
---
## Optional: code review before or after shipping
`/gsd-ship` does not run a code review automatically, but you can slot one in at any point:
**Before verification** (catches issues before UAT):
```bash
/gsd-code-review 1 # Standard review
/gsd-code-review 1 --fix # Review then auto-fix Critical + Warning findings
```
**After the PR is open** (to gate on quality before merge):
```bash
/gsd-code-review 1 --depth=deep # Cross-file analysis including import graphs
```
See [Set up cross-AI review](set-up-cross-ai-review.md) to configure Gemini, Codex, or other reviewers for plan review earlier in the cycle.
---
## Optional: create a clean PR branch
If your branch contains `.planning/` commits that you do not want reviewers to see:
```bash
/gsd-pr-branch # Filter against main
/gsd-pr-branch develop # Filter against develop
```
`/gsd-pr-branch` creates a new branch with only code changes — planning artefact commits are excluded. Run this before `/gsd-ship` if your team's review policy excludes planning noise.
---
## Closing a milestone
If this was the last phase in the milestone, run the milestone audit and archive it:
```bash
/gsd-audit-milestone # Verify all requirements shipped
/gsd-complete-milestone # Archive, create git tag
```
`/gsd-complete-milestone` is the natural next step after the PR merges. See the [The phase loop](../explanation/the-phase-loop.md) for how verification and shipping fit into the full project lifecycle.
---
## Related
- [Execute a phase](execute-a-phase.md)
- [Set up cross-AI review](set-up-cross-ai-review.md)
- [The phase loop](../explanation/the-phase-loop.md)
- [Commands](../COMMANDS.md)