* test(#4600): pin explicit-flag-overrides-gate precedence * fix(#4600): explicit --converge overrides the convergence feature gate PLAN_STRATEGY=converge is set only by an explicit --converge/--cross-ai, so gating it on workflow.plan_review_convergence made an explicit operator flag lose to a config default and stop the run with a question-shaped success. The config remains the default for non-flag invocation; the flag now wins, and the step says so instead of gate-and-exit. * test(#4600): pin the precedence contract sentences as written * fix(#4600): keep the precedence sentence on one line The pinned contract phrase wrapped across a line break, so the writer-contract assertion could not match it. * fix(#4600): document the flag-overrides-gate precedence on user surfaces commands/gsd/autonomous.md and docs/COMMANDS.md still said --converge requires workflow.plan_review_convergence=true; both now state the override. Changeset typed Changed with the docs update alongside. * docs(#4600): backfill changeset PR number * fix(#4600): restore the convergence gate mention in user surfaces * test(#4600): pin the dispatched convergence run against the config gate * fix(#4600): override the convergence gate on the dispatched run Emitted-Drift-Ack-Growth: autonomous.md — #4600: the converge dispatch appends --override-gate inside the PLAN_STRATEGY conditional, and the precedence sentences replace the stale fail-fast instruction Emitted-Drift-Ack-Growth: plan-review-convergence.md — #4600: config gate 1.5 honors an explicit --override-gate dispatch (token-anchored) while the standalone veto and config-get default are preserved --------- Co-authored-by: sim <sim@local>
GSD Core
Git. Ship. Done.
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A light-weight meta-prompting, context engineering, and spec-driven development system for Claude Code, OpenCode, Antigravity CLI, Kimi CLI, Kilo, Codex, Copilot, Cursor, Windsurf, and more.
What is GSD Core
GSD Core is a context-engineering and spec-driven development framework that drives AI coding agents (Claude Code, Codex, Antigravity CLI, Kimi CLI, Copilot, Cursor, and more) through a disciplined phase loop. It solves context rot — the quality degradation that accumulates as an AI fills its context window — by running all heavy research, planning, and execution work in fresh-context subagents while keeping your main session lean.
How it works
Each milestone repeats the same five-step loop, one phase at a time:
- Discuss — capture implementation decisions before anything is planned
- Plan — research, decompose, and verify the plan fits a fresh context window
- Execute — run plans in parallel waves; each executor starts with a clean 200k-token context
- Verify — walk through what was built; diagnose and fix before declaring done
- Ship — create the PR, archive the phase, repeat for the next one
Quickstart
npx @opengsd/gsd-core@latest
The installer prompts for your runtime (Claude Code, OpenCode, Antigravity CLI, Kimi CLI, Kilo, Codex, Copilot, Cursor, Windsurf, and more) and whether to install globally or locally. The installer is required for cross-runtime compatibility — do not copy files from agents/ or commands/ directly.
On another runtime or without Node.js? See Install on your runtime.
Once installed, start a new project or onboard an existing repo:
/gsd-new-project # greenfield project
/gsd-onboard # existing codebase
New here? Follow Your first project for a guided walkthrough from install to first shipped phase, or Onboarding an existing codebase for brownfield setup.
Documentation
What's new in 1.7.0 → docs/whats-new-1.7.0.md
Tutorials — learning by doing:
How-to guides — task-focused recipes:
Reference — authoritative facts:
Explanation — concepts and design decisions:
Full index: docs/README.md. Other languages: 日本語 · 한국어 · Português · 简体中文.
Why it works
Most AI-coding setups fail at scale because context bloat silently degrades output quality, there is no shared memory between sessions, and nothing verifies that code actually works. GSD Core solves all three: heavy work runs in fresh subagents, structured artifacts like STATE.md and CONTEXT.md survive session boundaries, and the verify step walks through what was built and generates fix plans before a phase is declared done. See docs/explanation/context-engineering.md for the full reasoning.
Troubleshooting? See docs/how-to/recover-and-troubleshoot.md.
Community
| Project | Platform |
|---|---|
| gsd-opencode | Original OpenCode port |
| Discord | Community support |
Star History
License
MIT License. See LICENSE for details.
Claude Code is powerful. GSD Core makes it reliable.