* enhance(#2529): cover every workflow with response-language directives + CI lint Every workflow now carries response-language coverage in one of three forms, and a CI lint keeps it that way. - 43 workflows load the new shared reference, `gsd-core/references/response-language-directive.md`, by eager `@`-import. - Lazy-loaded modes/steps/templates, which cannot rely on an eager import, carry an exact inline directive; 35 such paths are pinned by exact path. - Fragments dispatched by a covered parent inherit coverage, proven per file rather than granted per directory. The 45 workflows whose directive covered only "questions, prompts, and explanations" now name inter-tool narration, which is the defect #2529 reports: the running commentary between tool calls stayed English while the answers around it were translated. `scripts/lint-response-language-coverage.cjs` enforces it and fails closed on three independent discovery failures (unreadable catalog, empty catalog, unfollowed symlink). It resolves which reference a workflow imports and applies the same four-predicate test to that file, so a weakened shared reference uncovers its importers instead of passing silently, reported once as a systemic failure rather than 43 times. The walk follows symlinked subtrees with a realpath cycle bound. `lint:ci` invokes it by name. REQ-LANG-03 and REQ-LANG-04 state the contract in docs/FEATURES.md; REQ-LANG-04 names the two forms that satisfy it ("narration", "between tool calls") rather than enumerating class members an author cannot use verbatim, and a test pins that text to what the matcher accepts. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com> * chore(#2529): register the coverage test in the docs-guard lane `107eb8c1` (#3787) landed the docs-guard lane on `next` while this PR was open: a test that reads a `docs/` path must be named in `scripts/docs-guard-registry.cjs` or carry a `docs-guard-exempt` marker, so the guards that read a doc run on the PR that changes it. `tests/response-language-coverage.test.cjs` reads `docs/FEATURES.md` -- it extracts every form REQ-LANG-04 offers an author and runs each through the matcher that enforces it. Registration, not exemption, is the correct side of that gate: a reword of the requirement with no code change is precisely the diff this test exists to catch, and it is the diff the lane would otherwise skip. Registered narrowly (`['docs/FEATURES.md']`) rather than with the `'*'` sentinel, so an unrelated docs change does not pull this test into the lane. Verified: lint-docs-guard-registration 0 violations, tests/ci-docs-guard-registry.test.cjs 51/51, lint:ci exit 0. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com> * chore(#2529): consolidate this PR's emitted-growth acks into its own fragment This PR ripples emitted bytes across 85 workflow paths. Until now each ripple was acknowledged by appending to whichever live fragment owned that path, because two ack sources may never name the same path. `a84f7563` (#3078) swept all 45 fully-spent fragments off `next`. Forty-two of the paths this PR grows were owned by swept fragments, so those keys are now unowned and this PR's own fragment declares them directly -- one path, one source, and no dependence on a fragment that no longer exists. Each adopted entry keeps its measurement and records where it came from. Two paths are handled differently, because the sweep did not free them: - `review.md` is now owned by `3034-parallel-reviewer-lanes.json`, which landed on `next` after the sweep. Its entry is live, so the old route still applies: this PR's note is appended to that entry rather than declared a second time. - `plan-review-convergence.md` keeps the arrangement made in round 24. Result: 3 fragments in the directory, 85 keys in this PR's own, 0 cross-source duplicates. `lint-emitted-drift-ack` exit 0, `tests/emitted-attribution.test.cjs` green. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com> * fix(#2529): move REQ-LANG-03/04 into the feature fragment that now generates them `36375513` (#3845) made docs/FEATURES.md a generated projection of docs/features/*.md, marked "do not edit by hand". This PR wrote REQ-LANG-03 and REQ-LANG-04 straight into the generated file, so the rebase left the requirement present in the projection and absent from its source -- the next regeneration would have deleted both, and `tests/features-index-gate.test.cjs` was already red on the mismatch. Both requirements now live in docs/features/response-language-config.md alongside REQ-LANG-01 and -02. Regenerating produces a docs/FEATURES.md that is byte-identical to the committed one, so the text this PR shipped is unchanged -- only its source of truth moved to where #3840 put it. The docs-guard registration is widened to name the fragment as well as the projection. The requirement's source is the fragment now, and an edit there that skips regeneration would otherwise reach this guard through neither path. Verified: features-index-gate 68/68, lint-docs-guard-registration 0 violations, ci-docs-guard-registry + response-language-coverage 142/142. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com> * chore(#2529): hand the plan-phase ack back to its new live owner `c933184b` (#3825) landed `3172-stated-failing-direction.json` on `next` after fragment had adopted that path when the sweep left it unowned, so the merged tree named it from two sources -- a hard failure in `scripts/lint-emitted-drift-ack.cjs`. The path has a live owner again, so the append route applies: this PR's note joins that entry, carrying its own measurement, and the key is dropped from this PR's fragment (84 keys left, the others untouched). The provenance sentence written for the swept-fragment case is removed rather than reused -- this path was never orphaned, so that account of it would be false. Same shape as `review.md` and `plan-review-convergence.md`: ownership is a property of the merged tree, and a fragment landing upstream after a push can reclaim a key no local check would have flagged. Verified: lint-emitted-drift-ack exit 0, lint:ci exit 0. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com> * fix(#2529): state byte figures that are true against the tree The reference claimed `execute-phase.md` has "2 bytes of headroom under the ceiling named below". That was true when the sentence was written -- the file sat at 93398 against the 93400 comfort assert -- and upstream has since shrunk it to 91493 against a 93600 hard ceiling, so the figure now understates the headroom by three orders of magnitude. The rationale the sentence supports does not depend on the number, so the number is gone rather than refreshed: a restated figure would go stale again on the next upstream edit, and nothing parses it. Audited every other numeric claim this PR ships the same way, mechanically against the merge base: all 82 FILE-delta claims in the ack fragment match the real per-file delta exactly, and the 1,629-byte reference and 63-byte import line check out. One class was imprecise: the 41 notes for workflows whose inline directive was rewritten in place quoted the conversion counterfactual as "+1,692 bytes more loaded context", which is the reference form's whole weight, not the increase over the inline directive those files already carry. Each now names both quantities and the net (+1,605 / +1,609 / +1,584). Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com> * fix(#2529): one rule for pinned vs inherited coverage, and the docs to pick it Review measured that 14 of the 35 pinned fragments would pass by inheritance anyway, and that the PR asserted both readings at once: inheritance is real coverage (so those 14 pins are noise) or it is not (so 30 inheriting fragments are green-but-uncovered). Only one can be true. Inheritance is real: the predicate proves it per file -- the parent must dispatch this exact path from a read/execute context AND be covered itself -- so the parent's directive is in the loaded context by the time the fragment is read. The 14 pins are therefore removed along with the directive lines they pinned, and those files inherit like the 30 structurally identical ones. The rule is now stated where the set is declared, and enforced from the other side by a test: no member of the pinned set may be one that would have inherited. That is what decides the form for the next fragment. - pinned set 35 -> 21; 14 workflow files revert to their base content - `findViolations` no longer returns early on a pinned path: a file that becomes eagerly loaded and takes the shared reference is strictly better off, and the gate must not red that. The reference form is admitted because its own wording is validated in turn; an arbitrary reworded inline line still fails. - the reference-directive cache is keyed by size and mtime, not by path alone, so a rewritten reference re-asked in one process no longer returns the stale verdict - `carriesInlineDirective` names its negation blindness: four independent hits read vocabulary, not polarity - the real-tree scan asserts each source produced files instead of `> 152`, a constant that read as the workflow count and would have passed a scan that lost one of its two directories - the pinned-set size assertion goes the same way: the size follows from the rule, so the rule is what the suite asserts Docs, for the gate that now governs every future workflow: - `docs/contributing/response-language-coverage.md` -- why the narration class is the discriminator, the four coverage forms, the decision order that picks one, the pinned line, and what each failure message means - a row in CONTRIBUTING.md's CI checks table, matching the docs-guard row - `docs/CONFIGURATION.md` points at it from the `response_language` entry Also: the changeset said 45 reworded workflows; it is 44 (42 @-reference + 21 pinned + 44 rewritten = 107 touched). That text ships to CHANGELOG.md. `3707-parse-gap-reporting.json` landed on `next` reclaiming `audit-uat.md` and `progress.md`; both handed back by the append route, leaving 82 keys here. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com> * fix(#2529): correct the reference-taker count, 43 -> 42 The ack notes said the import line is byte-identical "in each of the 43 workflows that take the reference" and that the alternative would be "43 inline copies". The shared reference has 42 importers; the 43rd file in review's table is `execute-phase.md`, which imports the OTHER reference. Corrected in all 41 notes that carry the sentence, across this PR's fragment and the two it appends to. Found by re-running the numeric audit from the previous round after the rebase, which also re-verified all 84 FILE-delta claims against the new base -- all exact. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com> * chore(#2529): migrate the emitted-drift ack from a fragment to commit trailers ADR-3942 (#3954) landed while this PR was open: the acknowledgment is now a commit trailer and tests/emitted-drift-acks/ no longer exists. The fragment is deleted and each key it declared becomes one trailer, reasons unchanged. The four keys this PR had handed to 3034-*, 3172-* and 3707-* under the one-source rule come home here. That rule was the whole reason for the hand-backs, and the trailer model has no shared namespace to collide in -- five of this PR's rounds were spent on exactly those collisions. Emitted-Drift-Ack-Growth: add-backlog.md — #2529 — RESTATED in round 10, superseding this PR's earlier "+63 bytes, prose only" wording, which reported a file delta as if it were the whole cost. The workflow gains the shared response-language directive as a single `@`-reference line. FILE delta: +63 bytes, byte-identical in each of the 42 workflows that take the reference. LOADED-CONTEXT delta: +1,692 bytes per workflow — the 63-byte import line plus the 1,629 bytes of `gsd-core/references/response-language-directive.md`, because an `@`-import in this repo is EAGER (ADR-1610 Decision point 4; docs/ARCHITECTURE.md: moving prose into a file that is still eagerly `@`-imported "shrinks the measured file without shrinking loaded context"). The repo's size gates — the tier hard caps in `tests/workflow-size-budget.test.cjs` and this size ratchet — measure the FILE, not the transitive inline, so they see 63 of those 1,692 bytes; the remaining 1,629 are declared here because no gate reads them. The eager import is accepted on its merits, not hidden: 42 inline copies would be 43 places for the wording to drift, and the reference is the one place it is maintained. Prose only: no step, gate, tool invocation, or subagent dispatch shape changed. Emitted-Drift-Ack-Growth: add-phase.md — #2529 — RESTATED in round 10, superseding this PR's earlier "+63 bytes, prose only" wording, which reported a file delta as if it were the whole cost. The workflow gains the shared response-language directive as a single `@`-reference line. FILE delta: +63 bytes, byte-identical in each of the 42 workflows that take the reference. LOADED-CONTEXT delta: +1,692 bytes per workflow — the 63-byte import line plus the 1,629 bytes of `gsd-core/references/response-language-directive.md`, because an `@`-import in this repo is EAGER (ADR-1610 Decision point 4; docs/ARCHITECTURE.md: moving prose into a file that is still eagerly `@`-imported "shrinks the measured file without shrinking loaded context"). The repo's size gates — the tier hard caps in `tests/workflow-size-budget.test.cjs` and this size ratchet — measure the FILE, not the transitive inline, so they see 63 of those 1,692 bytes; the remaining 1,629 are declared here because no gate reads them. The eager import is accepted on its merits, not hidden: 42 inline copies would be 43 places for the wording to drift, and the reference is the one place it is maintained. Prose only: no step, gate, tool invocation, or subagent dispatch shape changed. Emitted-Drift-Ack-Growth: add-tests.md — #2529 MAJOR 1 (round 10): the workflow's pre-existing inline response-language directive is rewritten IN PLACE so the sentence names inter-tool NARRATION explicitly — narration between tool calls, status updates, progress notes, findings — instead of only "questions, prompts, and explanations". That older wording is the defect #2529 reports (it leaves the running commentary between tool calls in English while the answers around it are translated), and `scripts/lint-response-language-coverage.cjs` had been certifying it as coverage, so the gate legitimised the bug. +87 bytes, prose only: no step, gate, tool invocation, or subagent dispatch shape changed. FILE delta and LOADED-CONTEXT delta are both +87 here, and that identity is the point — the directive was deliberately NOT converted to an `@`-reference, because an `@`-import in this repo is EAGER (ADR-1610 Decision point 4; docs/ARCHITECTURE.md: moving prose into a file that is still eagerly `@`-imported "shrinks the measured file without shrinking loaded context"), so the conversion would have bought a smaller measured file at a cost of 1,692 bytes of loaded context per workflow — the 63-byte import line plus the 1,629-byte reference — against the 87 bytes this inline directive costs, a net +1,605. Stated plainly because the gates cannot state it: the repo's size gates — the tier hard caps in `tests/workflow-size-budget.test.cjs` and this size ratchet — measure the FILE, not the transitive inline, so an `@`-reference conversion would have READ as a smaller change to every gate in the repo while costing 1,605 bytes more loaded context per invocation. Emitted-Drift-Ack-Growth: add-todo.md — #2529 MAJOR 1 (round 10): the workflow's pre-existing inline response-language directive is rewritten IN PLACE so the sentence names inter-tool NARRATION explicitly — narration between tool calls, status updates, progress notes, findings — instead of only "questions, prompts, and explanations". That older wording is the defect #2529 reports (it leaves the running commentary between tool calls in English while the answers around it are translated), and `scripts/lint-response-language-coverage.cjs` had been certifying it as coverage, so the gate legitimised the bug. +87 bytes, prose only: no step, gate, tool invocation, or subagent dispatch shape changed. FILE delta and LOADED-CONTEXT delta are both +87 here, and that identity is the point — the directive was deliberately NOT converted to an `@`-reference, because an `@`-import in this repo is EAGER (ADR-1610 Decision point 4; docs/ARCHITECTURE.md: moving prose into a file that is still eagerly `@`-imported "shrinks the measured file without shrinking loaded context"), so the conversion would have bought a smaller measured file at a cost of 1,692 bytes of loaded context per workflow — the 63-byte import line plus the 1,629-byte reference — against the 87 bytes this inline directive costs, a net +1,605. Stated plainly because the gates cannot state it: the repo's size gates — the tier hard caps in `tests/workflow-size-budget.test.cjs` and this size ratchet — measure the FILE, not the transitive inline, so an `@`-reference conversion would have READ as a smaller change to every gate in the repo while costing 1,605 bytes more loaded context per invocation. Emitted-Drift-Ack-Growth: ai-integration-phase.md — #2529 MAJOR 1 (round 10): the workflow's pre-existing inline response-language directive is rewritten IN PLACE so the sentence names inter-tool NARRATION explicitly — narration between tool calls, status updates, progress notes, findings — instead of only "questions, prompts, and explanations". That older wording is the defect #2529 reports (it leaves the running commentary between tool calls in English while the answers around it are translated), and `scripts/lint-response-language-coverage.cjs` had been certifying it as coverage, so the gate legitimised the bug. +87 bytes, prose only: no step, gate, tool invocation, or subagent dispatch shape changed. FILE delta and LOADED-CONTEXT delta are both +87 here, and that identity is the point — the directive was deliberately NOT converted to an `@`-reference, because an `@`-import in this repo is EAGER (ADR-1610 Decision point 4; docs/ARCHITECTURE.md: moving prose into a file that is still eagerly `@`-imported "shrinks the measured file without shrinking loaded context"), so the conversion would have bought a smaller measured file at a cost of 1,692 bytes of loaded context per workflow — the 63-byte import line plus the 1,629-byte reference — against the 87 bytes this inline directive costs, a net +1,605. Stated plainly because the gates cannot state it: the repo's size gates — the tier hard caps in `tests/workflow-size-budget.test.cjs` and this size ratchet — measure the FILE, not the transitive inline, so an `@`-reference conversion would have READ as a smaller change to every gate in the repo while costing 1,605 bytes more loaded context per invocation. Re-homed in round 16: the fragment that carried this sentence (`3423-required-reading.json`) was retired on `next` byddf85287(fix(#3357), #3513), and no fragment on `next` declares this path now. The ack therefore returns to this PR's own fragment, which is the only live source for it — the change to the path is this PR's. Emitted-Drift-Ack-Growth: analyze-dependencies.md — #2529 — RESTATED in round 10, superseding this PR's earlier "+63 bytes, prose only" wording, which reported a file delta as if it were the whole cost. The workflow gains the shared response-language directive as a single `@`-reference line. FILE delta: +63 bytes, byte-identical in each of the 42 workflows that take the reference. LOADED-CONTEXT delta: +1,692 bytes per workflow — the 63-byte import line plus the 1,629 bytes of `gsd-core/references/response-language-directive.md`, because an `@`-import in this repo is EAGER (ADR-1610 Decision point 4; docs/ARCHITECTURE.md: moving prose into a file that is still eagerly `@`-imported "shrinks the measured file without shrinking loaded context"). The repo's size gates — the tier hard caps in `tests/workflow-size-budget.test.cjs` and this size ratchet — measure the FILE, not the transitive inline, so they see 63 of those 1,692 bytes; the remaining 1,629 are declared here because no gate reads them. The eager import is accepted on its merits, not hidden: 42 inline copies would be 43 places for the wording to drift, and the reference is the one place it is maintained. Prose only: no step, gate, tool invocation, or subagent dispatch shape changed. Emitted-Drift-Ack-Growth: audit-fix.md — #2529 — RESTATED in round 10, superseding this PR's earlier "+63 bytes, prose only" wording, which reported a file delta as if it were the whole cost. The workflow gains the shared response-language directive as a single `@`-reference line. FILE delta: +63 bytes, byte-identical in each of the 42 workflows that take the reference. LOADED-CONTEXT delta: +1,692 bytes per workflow — the 63-byte import line plus the 1,629 bytes of `gsd-core/references/response-language-directive.md`, because an `@`-import in this repo is EAGER (ADR-1610 Decision point 4; docs/ARCHITECTURE.md: moving prose into a file that is still eagerly `@`-imported "shrinks the measured file without shrinking loaded context"). The repo's size gates — the tier hard caps in `tests/workflow-size-budget.test.cjs` and this size ratchet — measure the FILE, not the transitive inline, so they see 63 of those 1,692 bytes; the remaining 1,629 are declared here because no gate reads them. The eager import is accepted on its merits, not hidden: 42 inline copies would be 43 places for the wording to drift, and the reference is the one place it is maintained. Prose only: no step, gate, tool invocation, or subagent dispatch shape changed. Re-homed in round 19: this PR declared the path in its own fragment, and `3602-workflow-subagent-model-resolution.json` landed on `next` declaring it too. One path takes exactly one ack source, so the sentence moves here and the key leaves ours. Re-homed from `3602-workflow-subagent-model-resolution.json` in round 26: `a84f7563` (#3078) swept that fragment as all-spent, so this path is unowned and this PR's own fragment declares it directly. Emitted-Drift-Ack-Growth: audit-milestone.md — #2529 — RESTATED in round 10, superseding this PR's earlier "+63 bytes, prose only" wording, which reported a file delta as if it were the whole cost. The workflow gains the shared response-language directive as a single `@`-reference line. FILE delta: +63 bytes, byte-identical in each of the 42 workflows that take the reference. LOADED-CONTEXT delta: +1,692 bytes per workflow — the 63-byte import line plus the 1,629 bytes of `gsd-core/references/response-language-directive.md`, because an `@`-import in this repo is EAGER (ADR-1610 Decision point 4; docs/ARCHITECTURE.md: moving prose into a file that is still eagerly `@`-imported "shrinks the measured file without shrinking loaded context"). The repo's size gates — the tier hard caps in `tests/workflow-size-budget.test.cjs` and this size ratchet — measure the FILE, not the transitive inline, so they see 63 of those 1,692 bytes; the remaining 1,629 are declared here because no gate reads them. The eager import is accepted on its merits, not hidden: 42 inline copies would be 43 places for the wording to drift, and the reference is the one place it is maintained. Prose only: no step, gate, tool invocation, or subagent dispatch shape changed. Re-homed from `2962-zsh-nomatch-for-glob-portability.json` in round 26: `a84f7563` (#3078) swept that fragment as all-spent, so this path is unowned and this PR's own fragment declares it directly. Emitted-Drift-Ack-Growth: audit-uat.md — A live/archived split was added and then reverted on this branch (see `$comment`): the split's extra rule in `initialize`, the narrowed Unparsed-table filter, and the separate 'Unparsed UAT Files in Archived Milestones' informational section are all removed, so the file settles at origin/next 5582 -> 7124 bytes (+1542, final). #2529 — RESTATED in round 10, superseding this PR's earlier "+63 bytes, prose only" wording, which reported a file delta as if it were the whole cost. The workflow gains the shared response-language directive as a single `@`-reference line. FILE delta: +63 bytes, byte-identical in each of the 42 workflows that take the reference. LOADED-CONTEXT delta: +1,692 bytes per workflow — the 63-byte import line plus the 1,629 bytes of `gsd-core/references/response-language-directive.md`, because an `@`-import in this repo is EAGER (ADR-1610 Decision point 4; docs/ARCHITECTURE.md: moving prose into a file that is still eagerly `@`-imported "shrinks the measured file without shrinking loaded context"). The repo's size gates — the tier hard caps in `tests/workflow-size-budget.test.cjs` and this size ratchet — measure the FILE, not the transitive inline, so they see 63 of those 1,692 bytes; the remaining 1,629 are declared here because no gate reads them. The eager import is accepted on its merits, not hidden: 42 inline copies would be 43 places for the wording to drift, and the reference is the one place it is maintained. Prose only: no step, gate, tool invocation, or subagent dispatch shape changed. Emitted-Drift-Ack-Growth: autonomous.md — #2529 — RESTATED in round 10, superseding this PR's earlier "+63 bytes, prose only" wording, which reported a file delta as if it were the whole cost. The workflow gains the shared response-language directive as a single `@`-reference line. FILE delta: +63 bytes, byte-identical in each of the 42 workflows that take the reference. LOADED-CONTEXT delta: +1,692 bytes per workflow — the 63-byte import line plus the 1,629 bytes of `gsd-core/references/response-language-directive.md`, because an `@`-import in this repo is EAGER (ADR-1610 Decision point 4; docs/ARCHITECTURE.md: moving prose into a file that is still eagerly `@`-imported "shrinks the measured file without shrinking loaded context"). The repo's size gates — the tier hard caps in `tests/workflow-size-budget.test.cjs` and this size ratchet — measure the FILE, not the transitive inline, so they see 63 of those 1,692 bytes; the remaining 1,629 are declared here because no gate reads them. The eager import is accepted on its merits, not hidden: 42 inline copies would be 43 places for the wording to drift, and the reference is the one place it is maintained. Prose only: no step, gate, tool invocation, or subagent dispatch shape changed. Re-homed in round 16: `3210-autonomous-precondition-gate.json` landed on `next` in8fc88f66(fix(#3210), #3528) and declares this path today. One path takes exactly one ack source, so the sentence moves here and the key leaves this PR's fragment. Re-homed from `3210-autonomous-precondition-gate.json` in round 26: `a84f7563` (#3078) swept that fragment as all-spent, so this path is unowned and this PR's own fragment declares it directly. Emitted-Drift-Ack-Growth: check-todos.md — #2529 MAJOR 1 (round 10): the workflow's pre-existing inline response-language directive is rewritten IN PLACE so the sentence names inter-tool NARRATION explicitly — narration between tool calls, status updates, progress notes, findings — instead of only "questions, prompts, and explanations". That older wording is the defect #2529 reports (it leaves the running commentary between tool calls in English while the answers around it are translated), and `scripts/lint-response-language-coverage.cjs` had been certifying it as coverage, so the gate legitimised the bug. +87 bytes, prose only: no step, gate, tool invocation, or subagent dispatch shape changed. FILE delta and LOADED-CONTEXT delta are both +87 here, and that identity is the point — the directive was deliberately NOT converted to an `@`-reference, because an `@`-import in this repo is EAGER (ADR-1610 Decision point 4; docs/ARCHITECTURE.md: moving prose into a file that is still eagerly `@`-imported "shrinks the measured file without shrinking loaded context"), so the conversion would have bought a smaller measured file at a cost of 1,692 bytes of loaded context per workflow — the 63-byte import line plus the 1,629-byte reference — against the 87 bytes this inline directive costs, a net +1,605. Stated plainly because the gates cannot state it: the repo's size gates — the tier hard caps in `tests/workflow-size-budget.test.cjs` and this size ratchet — measure the FILE, not the transitive inline, so an `@`-reference conversion would have READ as a smaller change to every gate in the repo while costing 1,605 bytes more loaded context per invocation. Emitted-Drift-Ack-Growth: cleanup.md — #2529 MAJOR 1 (round 10): the workflow's pre-existing inline response-language directive is rewritten IN PLACE so the sentence names inter-tool NARRATION explicitly — narration between tool calls, status updates, progress notes, findings — instead of only "questions, prompts, and explanations". That older wording is the defect #2529 reports (it leaves the running commentary between tool calls in English while the answers around it are translated), and `scripts/lint-response-language-coverage.cjs` had been certifying it as coverage, so the gate legitimised the bug. +87 bytes, prose only: no step, gate, tool invocation, or subagent dispatch shape changed. FILE delta and LOADED-CONTEXT delta are both +87 here, and that identity is the point — the directive was deliberately NOT converted to an `@`-reference, because an `@`-import in this repo is EAGER (ADR-1610 Decision point 4; docs/ARCHITECTURE.md: moving prose into a file that is still eagerly `@`-imported "shrinks the measured file without shrinking loaded context"), so the conversion would have bought a smaller measured file at a cost of 1,692 bytes of loaded context per workflow — the 63-byte import line plus the 1,629-byte reference — against the 87 bytes this inline directive costs, a net +1,605. Stated plainly because the gates cannot state it: the repo's size gates — the tier hard caps in `tests/workflow-size-budget.test.cjs` and this size ratchet — measure the FILE, not the transitive inline, so an `@`-reference conversion would have READ as a smaller change to every gate in the repo while costing 1,605 bytes more loaded context per invocation. Re-homed in round 18: this PR declared the path in its own fragment, and `2142-quick-task-archival.json` landed on `next` declaring it too. One path takes exactly one ack source, so the sentence moves here and the key leaves ours. Re-homed from `2142-quick-task-archival.json` in round 26: `a84f7563` (#3078) swept that fragment as all-spent, so this path is unowned and this PR's own fragment declares it directly. Emitted-Drift-Ack-Growth: code-review-fix.md — #2529 — RESTATED in round 10, superseding this PR's earlier "+63 bytes, prose only" wording, which reported a file delta as if it were the whole cost. The workflow gains the shared response-language directive as a single `@`-reference line. FILE delta: +63 bytes, byte-identical in each of the 42 workflows that take the reference. LOADED-CONTEXT delta: +1,692 bytes per workflow — the 63-byte import line plus the 1,629 bytes of `gsd-core/references/response-language-directive.md`, because an `@`-import in this repo is EAGER (ADR-1610 Decision point 4; docs/ARCHITECTURE.md: moving prose into a file that is still eagerly `@`-imported "shrinks the measured file without shrinking loaded context"). The repo's size gates — the tier hard caps in `tests/workflow-size-budget.test.cjs` and this size ratchet — measure the FILE, not the transitive inline, so they see 63 of those 1,692 bytes; the remaining 1,629 are declared here because no gate reads them. The eager import is accepted on its merits, not hidden: 42 inline copies would be 43 places for the wording to drift, and the reference is the one place it is maintained. Prose only: no step, gate, tool invocation, or subagent dispatch shape changed. Re-homed in round 13: `3190-code-review-fix-auto-rewrite-review.json` landed on `next` in1d5d7795(fix(#3190), #3434) and declares this path too. One path takes exactly one ack source, so the sentence moves here and the key leaves this PR's fragment. Re-homed from `3190-code-review-fix-auto-rewrite-review.json` in round 26: `a84f7563` (#3078) swept that fragment as all-spent, so this path is unowned and this PR's own fragment declares it directly. Emitted-Drift-Ack-Growth: code-review.md — #2529 — RESTATED in round 10, superseding this PR's earlier "+63 bytes, prose only" wording, which reported a file delta as if it were the whole cost. The workflow gains the shared response-language directive as a single `@`-reference line. FILE delta: +63 bytes, byte-identical in each of the 42 workflows that take the reference. LOADED-CONTEXT delta: +1,692 bytes per workflow — the 63-byte import line plus the 1,629 bytes of `gsd-core/references/response-language-directive.md`, because an `@`-import in this repo is EAGER (ADR-1610 Decision point 4; docs/ARCHITECTURE.md: moving prose into a file that is still eagerly `@`-imported "shrinks the measured file without shrinking loaded context"). The repo's size gates — the tier hard caps in `tests/workflow-size-budget.test.cjs` and this size ratchet — measure the FILE, not the transitive inline, so they see 63 of those 1,692 bytes; the remaining 1,629 are declared here because no gate reads them. The eager import is accepted on its merits, not hidden: 42 inline copies would be 43 places for the wording to drift, and the reference is the one place it is maintained. Prose only: no step, gate, tool invocation, or subagent dispatch shape changed. Re-homed in round 19: the fragment that carried this sentence (`3503-diff-base-scope-anchor.json`) was retired on `next` by2fca0e17(enhance(#2554), #3695), and `2554-code-review-depth-overrides.json` declares this path today. One path takes exactly one ack source, so the sentence follows the path to its live owner. Re-homed from `2554-code-review-depth-overrides.json` in round 26: `a84f7563` (#3078) swept that fragment as all-spent, so this path is unowned and this PR's own fragment declares it directly. Emitted-Drift-Ack-Growth: complete-milestone.md — #2529 MAJOR 1 (round 10): the workflow's pre-existing inline response-language directive is rewritten IN PLACE so the sentence names inter-tool NARRATION explicitly — narration between tool calls, status updates, progress notes, findings — instead of only "questions, prompts, and explanations". That older wording is the defect #2529 reports (it leaves the running commentary between tool calls in English while the answers around it are translated), and `scripts/lint-response-language-coverage.cjs` had been certifying it as coverage, so the gate legitimised the bug. +87 bytes, prose only: no step, gate, tool invocation, or subagent dispatch shape changed. FILE delta and LOADED-CONTEXT delta are both +87 here, and that identity is the point — the directive was deliberately NOT converted to an `@`-reference, because an `@`-import in this repo is EAGER (ADR-1610 Decision point 4; docs/ARCHITECTURE.md: moving prose into a file that is still eagerly `@`-imported "shrinks the measured file without shrinking loaded context"), so the conversion would have bought a smaller measured file at a cost of 1,692 bytes of loaded context per workflow — the 63-byte import line plus the 1,629-byte reference — against the 87 bytes this inline directive costs, a net +1,605. Stated plainly because the gates cannot state it: the repo's size gates — the tier hard caps in `tests/workflow-size-budget.test.cjs` and this size ratchet — measure the FILE, not the transitive inline, so an `@`-reference conversion would have READ as a smaller change to every gate in the repo while costing 1,605 bytes more loaded context per invocation. Re-homed in round 15: the fragment carrying it (`3458-audit-open-acknowledge-wiring.json`) was retired on `next` and the path is declared by `3409-unreachable-guard-arms.json` today. One path takes exactly one ack source, so the sentence follows the path to its live owner. Re-homed from `3409-unreachable-guard-arms.json` in round 26: `a84f7563` (#3078) swept that fragment as all-spent, so this path is unowned and this PR's own fragment declares it directly. Emitted-Drift-Ack-Growth: debug.md — #2529 MAJOR 1 (round 10): the workflow's pre-existing inline response-language directive is rewritten IN PLACE so the sentence names inter-tool NARRATION explicitly — narration between tool calls, status updates, progress notes, findings — instead of only "questions, prompts, and explanations". That older wording is the defect #2529 reports (it leaves the running commentary between tool calls in English while the answers around it are translated), and `scripts/lint-response-language-coverage.cjs` had been certifying it as coverage, so the gate legitimised the bug. +87 bytes, prose only: no step, gate, tool invocation, or subagent dispatch shape changed. FILE delta and LOADED-CONTEXT delta are both +87 here, and that identity is the point — the directive was deliberately NOT converted to an `@`-reference, because an `@`-import in this repo is EAGER (ADR-1610 Decision point 4; docs/ARCHITECTURE.md: moving prose into a file that is still eagerly `@`-imported "shrinks the measured file without shrinking loaded context"), so the conversion would have bought a smaller measured file at a cost of 1,692 bytes of loaded context per workflow — the 63-byte import line plus the 1,629-byte reference — against the 87 bytes this inline directive costs, a net +1,605. Stated plainly because the gates cannot state it: the repo's size gates — the tier hard caps in `tests/workflow-size-budget.test.cjs` and this size ratchet — measure the FILE, not the transitive inline, so an `@`-reference conversion would have READ as a smaller change to every gate in the repo while costing 1,605 bytes more loaded context per invocation. Re-homed in round 14: the fragment that carried this sentence (`3149-init-debug-entry-point.json`) was retired on `next` by26f8015c(fix(#3448), #3476), and `3448-debug-autoresume-next-action.json` declares the path today. One path takes exactly one ack source, so the sentence follows the path to its live owner rather than being dropped or re-armed under a retired number. Re-homed from `3448-debug-autoresume-next-action.json` in round 26: `a84f7563` (#3078) swept that fragment as all-spent, so this path is unowned and this PR's own fragment declares it directly. Emitted-Drift-Ack-Growth: diagnose-issues.md — #2529 — RESTATED in round 10, superseding this PR's earlier "+63 bytes, prose only" wording, which reported a file delta as if it were the whole cost. The workflow gains the shared response-language directive as a single `@`-reference line. FILE delta: +63 bytes, byte-identical in each of the workflows that take the reference. LOADED-CONTEXT delta: +1,692 bytes per workflow — the 63-byte import line plus the 1,629 bytes of `gsd-core/references/response-language-directive.md`, because an `@`-import in this repo is EAGER (ADR-1610 Decision point 4; docs/ARCHITECTURE.md: moving prose into a file that is still eagerly `@`-imported "shrinks the measured file without shrinking loaded context"). The repo's size gates — the tier hard caps in `tests/workflow-size-budget.test.cjs` and this size ratchet — measure the FILE, not the transitive inline, so they see 63 of those 1,692 bytes; the remaining 1,629 are declared here because no gate reads them. The eager import is accepted on its merits, not hidden: an inline copy in every workflow would be that many places for the wording to drift, and the reference is the one place it is maintained. Prose only: no step, gate, tool invocation, or subagent dispatch shape changed. Re-homed in round 19: this PR declared the path in its own fragment, and `3602-workflow-subagent-model-resolution.json` landed on `next` declaring it too. One path takes exactly one ack source, so the sentence moves here and the key leaves ours. Re-homed from `3602-workflow-subagent-model-resolution.json` in round 26: `a84f7563` (#3078) swept that fragment as all-spent, so this path is unowned and this PR's own fragment declares it directly. Emitted-Drift-Ack-Growth: discuss-phase.md — #2529 round 36: this workflow's inline directive was rewritten in round 10 to name inter-tool narration, but in the compressed form, and that rewrite came to −1 byte against `next` — so it declared no growth and this key was absent from this PR's ack set until now. Round 36 replaces the compressed clause with the same enumeration the other rewordings carry — narration between tool calls, status updates, progress notes, findings, questions, prompts, and explanations — because `discuss-phase.md` started from the identical upstream sentence as `verify-work.md` and `new-milestone.md` and those two took the full list, so the shorthand was an inconsistency rather than a decision. +87 bytes against `next`, prose only: no step, gate, tool invocation, or subagent dispatch shape changed. The directive stays INLINE rather than becoming an `@`-reference, because an `@`-import in this repo is EAGER (ADR-1610 Decision point 4; docs/ARCHITECTURE.md: moving prose into a file that is still eagerly `@`-imported "shrinks the measured file without shrinking loaded context"), so the conversion would have cost 1,692 bytes of loaded context against the 87 this sentence costs. `commands/gsd/discuss-phase.md` dispatches this workflow lazily (`Read and execute ...`) rather than `@`-importing it, so the 87 bytes land in the installed file and are read once the workflow is dispatched, not on every command invocation. Emitted-Drift-Ack-Growth: discuss-phase-assumptions.md — #2529 MAJOR 1 (round 10): the workflow's pre-existing inline response-language directive is rewritten IN PLACE so the sentence names inter-tool NARRATION explicitly — narration between tool calls, status updates, progress notes, findings — instead of only "questions, prompts, and explanations". That older wording is the defect #2529 reports (it leaves the running commentary between tool calls in English while the answers around it are translated), and `scripts/lint-response-language-coverage.cjs` had been certifying it as coverage, so the gate legitimised the bug. +87 bytes, prose only: no step, gate, tool invocation, or subagent dispatch shape changed. FILE delta and LOADED-CONTEXT delta are both +87 here, and that identity is the point — the directive was deliberately NOT converted to an `@`-reference, because an `@`-import in this repo is EAGER (ADR-1610 Decision point 4; docs/ARCHITECTURE.md: moving prose into a file that is still eagerly `@`-imported "shrinks the measured file without shrinking loaded context"), so the conversion would have bought a smaller measured file at a cost of 1,692 bytes of loaded context per workflow — the 63-byte import line plus the 1,629-byte reference — against the 87 bytes this inline directive costs, a net +1,605. Stated plainly because the gates cannot state it: the repo's size gates — the tier hard caps in `tests/workflow-size-budget.test.cjs` and this size ratchet — measure the FILE, not the transitive inline, so an `@`-reference conversion would have READ as a smaller change to every gate in the repo while costing 1,605 bytes more loaded context per invocation. Re-homed in round 15: `3409-unreachable-guard-arms.json` landed on `next` in #3558 and declares this path too. One path takes exactly one ack source, so the sentence moves here and the key leaves this PR's fragment. Re-homed from `3409-unreachable-guard-arms.json` in round 26: `a84f7563` (#3078) swept that fragment as all-spent, so this path is unowned and this PR's own fragment declares it directly. Emitted-Drift-Ack-Growth: discuss-phase-power.md — #2529 — RESTATED in round 10, superseding this PR's earlier "+63 bytes, prose only" wording, which reported a file delta as if it were the whole cost. The workflow gains the shared response-language directive as a single `@`-reference line. FILE delta: +63 bytes, byte-identical in each of the 42 workflows that take the reference. LOADED-CONTEXT delta: +1,692 bytes per workflow — the 63-byte import line plus the 1,629 bytes of `gsd-core/references/response-language-directive.md`, because an `@`-import in this repo is EAGER (ADR-1610 Decision point 4; docs/ARCHITECTURE.md: moving prose into a file that is still eagerly `@`-imported "shrinks the measured file without shrinking loaded context"). The repo's size gates — the tier hard caps in `tests/workflow-size-budget.test.cjs` and this size ratchet — measure the FILE, not the transitive inline, so they see 63 of those 1,692 bytes; the remaining 1,629 are declared here because no gate reads them. The eager import is accepted on its merits, not hidden: 42 inline copies would be 43 places for the wording to drift, and the reference is the one place it is maintained. Prose only: no step, gate, tool invocation, or subagent dispatch shape changed. Emitted-Drift-Ack-Growth: do.md — #2529 MAJOR 1 (round 10): the workflow's pre-existing inline response-language directive is rewritten IN PLACE so the sentence names inter-tool NARRATION explicitly — narration between tool calls, status updates, progress notes, findings — instead of only "questions, prompts, and explanations". That older wording is the defect #2529 reports (it leaves the running commentary between tool calls in English while the answers around it are translated), and `scripts/lint-response-language-coverage.cjs` had been certifying it as coverage, so the gate legitimised the bug. +87 bytes, prose only: no step, gate, tool invocation, or subagent dispatch shape changed. FILE delta and LOADED-CONTEXT delta are both +87 here, and that identity is the point — the directive was deliberately NOT converted to an `@`-reference, because an `@`-import in this repo is EAGER (ADR-1610 Decision point 4; docs/ARCHITECTURE.md: moving prose into a file that is still eagerly `@`-imported "shrinks the measured file without shrinking loaded context"), so the conversion would have bought a smaller measured file at a cost of 1,692 bytes of loaded context per workflow — the 63-byte import line plus the 1,629-byte reference — against the 87 bytes this inline directive costs, a net +1,605. Stated plainly because the gates cannot state it: the repo's size gates — the tier hard caps in `tests/workflow-size-budget.test.cjs` and this size ratchet — measure the FILE, not the transitive inline, so an `@`-reference conversion would have READ as a smaller change to every gate in the repo while costing 1,605 bytes more loaded context per invocation. Emitted-Drift-Ack-Growth: docs-update.md — #2529 MAJOR 1 (round 10): the workflow's pre-existing inline response-language directive is rewritten IN PLACE so the sentence names inter-tool NARRATION explicitly — narration between tool calls, status updates, progress notes, findings — instead of only "questions, prompts, and explanations". That older wording is the defect #2529 reports (it leaves the running commentary between tool calls in English while the answers around it are translated), and `scripts/lint-response-language-coverage.cjs` had been certifying it as coverage, so the gate legitimised the bug. +83 bytes, prose only: no step, gate, tool invocation, or subagent dispatch shape changed. FILE delta and LOADED-CONTEXT delta are both +83 here, and that identity is the point — the directive was deliberately NOT converted to an `@`-reference, because an `@`-import in this repo is EAGER (ADR-1610 Decision point 4; docs/ARCHITECTURE.md: moving prose into a file that is still eagerly `@`-imported "shrinks the measured file without shrinking loaded context"), so the conversion would have bought a smaller measured file at a cost of 1,692 bytes of loaded context per workflow — the 63-byte import line plus the 1,629-byte reference — against the 83 bytes this inline directive costs, a net +1,609. Stated plainly because the gates cannot state it: the repo's size gates — the tier hard caps in `tests/workflow-size-budget.test.cjs` and this size ratchet — measure the FILE, not the transitive inline, so an `@`-reference conversion would have READ as a smaller change to every gate in the repo while costing 1,609 bytes more loaded context per invocation. Re-homed in round 19: this PR declared the path in its own fragment, and `3602-workflow-subagent-model-resolution.json` landed on `next` declaring it too. One path takes exactly one ack source, so the sentence moves here and the key leaves ours. Re-homed from `3602-workflow-subagent-model-resolution.json` in round 26: `a84f7563` (#3078) swept that fragment as all-spent, so this path is unowned and this PR's own fragment declares it directly. Emitted-Drift-Ack-Growth: edit-phase.md — #2529 — RESTATED in round 10, superseding this PR's earlier "+63 bytes, prose only" wording, which reported a file delta as if it were the whole cost. The workflow gains the shared response-language directive as a single `@`-reference line. FILE delta: +63 bytes, byte-identical in each of the 42 workflows that take the reference. LOADED-CONTEXT delta: +1,692 bytes per workflow — the 63-byte import line plus the 1,629 bytes of `gsd-core/references/response-language-directive.md`, because an `@`-import in this repo is EAGER (ADR-1610 Decision point 4; docs/ARCHITECTURE.md: moving prose into a file that is still eagerly `@`-imported "shrinks the measured file without shrinking loaded context"). The repo's size gates — the tier hard caps in `tests/workflow-size-budget.test.cjs` and this size ratchet — measure the FILE, not the transitive inline, so they see 63 of those 1,692 bytes; the remaining 1,629 are declared here because no gate reads them. The eager import is accepted on its merits, not hidden: 42 inline copies would be 43 places for the wording to drift, and the reference is the one place it is maintained. Prose only: no step, gate, tool invocation, or subagent dispatch shape changed. Re-homed in round 13: `3262-editphase-milestone-scope-guard.json` landed on `next` infd4715f8(fix(#3262), #3446) and declares this path too. One path takes exactly one ack source, so the sentence moves here and the key leaves this PR's fragment. Re-homed from `3262-editphase-milestone-scope-guard.json` in round 26: `a84f7563` (#3078) swept that fragment as all-spent, so this path is unowned and this PR's own fragment declares it directly. Emitted-Drift-Ack-Growth: eval-review.md — #2529 MAJOR 1 (round 10): the workflow's pre-existing inline response-language directive is rewritten IN PLACE so the sentence names inter-tool NARRATION explicitly — narration between tool calls, status updates, progress notes, findings — instead of only "questions, prompts, and explanations". That older wording is the defect #2529 reports (it leaves the running commentary between tool calls in English while the answers around it are translated), and `scripts/lint-response-language-coverage.cjs` had been certifying it as coverage, so the gate legitimised the bug. +87 bytes, prose only: no step, gate, tool invocation, or subagent dispatch shape changed. FILE delta and LOADED-CONTEXT delta are both +87 here, and that identity is the point — the directive was deliberately NOT converted to an `@`-reference, because an `@`-import in this repo is EAGER (ADR-1610 Decision point 4; docs/ARCHITECTURE.md: moving prose into a file that is still eagerly `@`-imported "shrinks the measured file without shrinking loaded context"), so the conversion would have bought a smaller measured file at a cost of 1,692 bytes of loaded context per workflow — the 63-byte import line plus the 1,629-byte reference — against the 87 bytes this inline directive costs, a net +1,605. Stated plainly because the gates cannot state it: the repo's size gates — the tier hard caps in `tests/workflow-size-budget.test.cjs` and this size ratchet — measure the FILE, not the transitive inline, so an `@`-reference conversion would have READ as a smaller change to every gate in the repo while costing 1,605 bytes more loaded context per invocation. Re-homed in round 16: the fragment that carried this sentence (`3423-required-reading.json`) was retired on `next` byddf85287(fix(#3357), #3513), and no fragment on `next` declares this path now. The ack therefore returns to this PR's own fragment, which is the only live source for it — the change to the path is this PR's. Emitted-Drift-Ack-Growth: execute-plan.md — #2529 MAJOR 1 (round 10): the workflow's pre-existing inline response-language directive is rewritten IN PLACE so the sentence names inter-tool NARRATION explicitly — narration between tool calls, status updates, progress notes, findings — instead of only "questions, prompts, and explanations". That older wording is the defect #2529 reports (it leaves the running commentary between tool calls in English while the answers around it are translated), and `scripts/lint-response-language-coverage.cjs` had been certifying it as coverage, so the gate legitimised the bug. +87 bytes, prose only: no step, gate, tool invocation, or subagent dispatch shape changed. FILE delta and LOADED-CONTEXT delta are both +87 here, and that identity is the point — the directive was deliberately NOT converted to an `@`-reference, because an `@`-import in this repo is EAGER (ADR-1610 Decision point 4; docs/ARCHITECTURE.md: moving prose into a file that is still eagerly `@`-imported "shrinks the measured file without shrinking loaded context"), so the conversion would have bought a smaller measured file at a cost of 1,692 bytes of loaded context per workflow — the 63-byte import line plus the 1,629-byte reference — against the 87 bytes this inline directive costs, a net +1,605. Stated plainly because the gates cannot state it: the repo's size gates — the tier hard caps in `tests/workflow-size-budget.test.cjs` and this size ratchet — measure the FILE, not the transitive inline, so an `@`-reference conversion would have READ as a smaller change to every gate in the repo while costing 1,605 bytes more loaded context per invocation. Re-homed in round 14: the fragment that carried this sentence (`2652-quick-diagnose-dispatch-isolation.json`) was retired on `next` by362d0434(fix(#3370), #3478), and `3370-execute-phase-gate-conflation.json` declares the path today. One path takes exactly one ack source, so the sentence follows the path to its live owner rather than being dropped or re-armed under a retired number. Re-homed from `3370-execute-phase-gate-conflation.json` in round 26: `a84f7563` (#3078) swept that fragment as all-spent, so this path is unowned and this PR's own fragment declares it directly. Emitted-Drift-Ack-Growth: explore.md — #2529 — RESTATED in round 10, superseding this PR's earlier "+63 bytes, prose only" wording, which reported a file delta as if it were the whole cost. The workflow gains the shared response-language directive as a single `@`-reference line. FILE delta: +63 bytes, byte-identical in each of the 42 workflows that take the reference. LOADED-CONTEXT delta: +1,692 bytes per workflow — the 63-byte import line plus the 1,629 bytes of `gsd-core/references/response-language-directive.md`, because an `@`-import in this repo is EAGER (ADR-1610 Decision point 4; docs/ARCHITECTURE.md: moving prose into a file that is still eagerly `@`-imported "shrinks the measured file without shrinking loaded context"). The repo's size gates — the tier hard caps in `tests/workflow-size-budget.test.cjs` and this size ratchet — measure the FILE, not the transitive inline, so they see 63 of those 1,692 bytes; the remaining 1,629 are declared here because no gate reads them. The eager import is accepted on its merits, not hidden: 42 inline copies would be 43 places for the wording to drift, and the reference is the one place it is maintained. Prose only: no step, gate, tool invocation, or subagent dispatch shape changed. Re-homed from `2229-explore-claim-disposition.json` in round 26: `a84f7563` (#3078) swept that fragment as all-spent, so this path is unowned and this PR's own fragment declares it directly. Emitted-Drift-Ack-Growth: extract-learnings.md — #2529 — RESTATED in round 10, superseding this PR's earlier "+63 bytes, prose only" wording, which reported a file delta as if it were the whole cost. The workflow gains the shared response-language directive as a single `@`-reference line. FILE delta: +63 bytes, byte-identical in each of the 42 workflows that take the reference. LOADED-CONTEXT delta: +1,692 bytes per workflow — the 63-byte import line plus the 1,629 bytes of `gsd-core/references/response-language-directive.md`, because an `@`-import in this repo is EAGER (ADR-1610 Decision point 4; docs/ARCHITECTURE.md: moving prose into a file that is still eagerly `@`-imported "shrinks the measured file without shrinking loaded context"). The repo's size gates — the tier hard caps in `tests/workflow-size-budget.test.cjs` and this size ratchet — measure the FILE, not the transitive inline, so they see 63 of those 1,692 bytes; the remaining 1,629 are declared here because no gate reads them. The eager import is accepted on its merits, not hidden: 42 inline copies would be 43 places for the wording to drift, and the reference is the one place it is maintained. Prose only: no step, gate, tool invocation, or subagent dispatch shape changed. Emitted-Drift-Ack-Growth: fast.md — #2529 — RESTATED in round 10, superseding this PR's earlier "+63 bytes, prose only" wording, which reported a file delta as if it were the whole cost. The workflow gains the shared response-language directive as a single `@`-reference line. FILE delta: +63 bytes, byte-identical in each of the 42 workflows that take the reference. LOADED-CONTEXT delta: +1,692 bytes per workflow — the 63-byte import line plus the 1,629 bytes of `gsd-core/references/response-language-directive.md`, because an `@`-import in this repo is EAGER (ADR-1610 Decision point 4; docs/ARCHITECTURE.md: moving prose into a file that is still eagerly `@`-imported "shrinks the measured file without shrinking loaded context"). The repo's size gates — the tier hard caps in `tests/workflow-size-budget.test.cjs` and this size ratchet — measure the FILE, not the transitive inline, so they see 63 of those 1,692 bytes; the remaining 1,629 are declared here because no gate reads them. The eager import is accepted on its merits, not hidden: 42 inline copies would be 43 places for the wording to drift, and the reference is the one place it is maintained. Prose only: no step, gate, tool invocation, or subagent dispatch shape changed. Re-homed in round 18: this PR declared the path in its own fragment, and `3585-planning-commit-guard.json` landed on `next` declaring it too. One path takes exactly one ack source, so the sentence moves here and the key leaves ours. Re-homed from `3585-planning-commit-guard.json` in round 26: `a84f7563` (#3078) swept that fragment as all-spent, so this path is unowned and this PR's own fragment declares it directly. Emitted-Drift-Ack-Growth: forensics.md — #2529 — RESTATED in round 10, superseding this PR's earlier "+63 bytes, prose only" wording, which reported a file delta as if it were the whole cost. The workflow gains the shared response-language directive as a single `@`-reference line. FILE delta: +63 bytes, byte-identical in each of the 42 workflows that take the reference. LOADED-CONTEXT delta: +1,692 bytes per workflow — the 63-byte import line plus the 1,629 bytes of `gsd-core/references/response-language-directive.md`, because an `@`-import in this repo is EAGER (ADR-1610 Decision point 4; docs/ARCHITECTURE.md: moving prose into a file that is still eagerly `@`-imported "shrinks the measured file without shrinking loaded context"). The repo's size gates — the tier hard caps in `tests/workflow-size-budget.test.cjs` and this size ratchet — measure the FILE, not the transitive inline, so they see 63 of those 1,692 bytes; the remaining 1,629 are declared here because no gate reads them. The eager import is accepted on its merits, not hidden: 42 inline copies would be 43 places for the wording to drift, and the reference is the one place it is maintained. Prose only: no step, gate, tool invocation, or subagent dispatch shape changed. Emitted-Drift-Ack-Growth: graduation.md — #2529 MAJOR 1 (round 10): the workflow's pre-existing inline response-language directive is rewritten IN PLACE so the sentence names inter-tool NARRATION explicitly — narration between tool calls, status updates, progress notes, findings — instead of only "questions, prompts, and explanations". That older wording is the defect #2529 reports (it leaves the running commentary between tool calls in English while the answers around it are translated), and `scripts/lint-response-language-coverage.cjs` had been certifying it as coverage, so the gate legitimised the bug. +87 bytes, prose only: no step, gate, tool invocation, or subagent dispatch shape changed. FILE delta and LOADED-CONTEXT delta are both +87 here, and that identity is the point — the directive was deliberately NOT converted to an `@`-reference, because an `@`-import in this repo is EAGER (ADR-1610 Decision point 4; docs/ARCHITECTURE.md: moving prose into a file that is still eagerly `@`-imported "shrinks the measured file without shrinking loaded context"), so the conversion would have bought a smaller measured file at a cost of 1,692 bytes of loaded context per workflow — the 63-byte import line plus the 1,629-byte reference — against the 87 bytes this inline directive costs, a net +1,605. Stated plainly because the gates cannot state it: the repo's size gates — the tier hard caps in `tests/workflow-size-budget.test.cjs` and this size ratchet — measure the FILE, not the transitive inline, so an `@`-reference conversion would have READ as a smaller change to every gate in the repo while costing 1,605 bytes more loaded context per invocation. Emitted-Drift-Ack-Growth: health.md — #2529 MAJOR 1 (round 10): the workflow's pre-existing inline response-language directive is rewritten IN PLACE so the sentence names inter-tool NARRATION explicitly — narration between tool calls, status updates, progress notes, findings — instead of only "questions, prompts, and explanations". That older wording is the defect #2529 reports (it leaves the running commentary between tool calls in English while the answers around it are translated), and `scripts/lint-response-language-coverage.cjs` had been certifying it as coverage, so the gate legitimised the bug. +87 bytes, prose only: no step, gate, tool invocation, or subagent dispatch shape changed. FILE delta and LOADED-CONTEXT delta are both +87 here, and that identity is the point — the directive was deliberately NOT converted to an `@`-reference, because an `@`-import in this repo is EAGER (ADR-1610 Decision point 4; docs/ARCHITECTURE.md: moving prose into a file that is still eagerly `@`-imported "shrinks the measured file without shrinking loaded context"), so the conversion would have bought a smaller measured file at a cost of 1,692 bytes of loaded context per workflow — the 63-byte import line plus the 1,629-byte reference — against the 87 bytes this inline directive costs, a net +1,605. Stated plainly because the gates cannot state it: the repo's size gates — the tier hard caps in `tests/workflow-size-budget.test.cjs` and this size ratchet — measure the FILE, not the transitive inline, so an `@`-reference conversion would have READ as a smaller change to every gate in the repo while costing 1,605 bytes more loaded context per invocation. Re-homed in round 13: the fragment that carried this sentence (`2573-state-head-freshness.json`) was retired on `next` by7ddcc198(fix(#3309)), and `3309-health-docs-generated.json` declares the path today. One path takes exactly one ack source, so the sentence follows the path to its live owner rather than being dropped or re-armed under a retired number. Re-homed from `3309-health-docs-generated.json` in round 26: `a84f7563` (#3078) swept that fragment as all-spent, so this path is unowned and this PR's own fragment declares it directly. Emitted-Drift-Ack-Growth: help.md — #2529 — RESTATED in round 10, superseding this PR's earlier "+63 bytes, prose only" wording, which reported a file delta as if it were the whole cost. The workflow gains the shared response-language directive as a single `@`-reference line. FILE delta: +63 bytes, byte-identical in each of the 42 workflows that take the reference. LOADED-CONTEXT delta: +1,692 bytes per workflow — the 63-byte import line plus the 1,629 bytes of `gsd-core/references/response-language-directive.md`, because an `@`-import in this repo is EAGER (ADR-1610 Decision point 4; docs/ARCHITECTURE.md: moving prose into a file that is still eagerly `@`-imported "shrinks the measured file without shrinking loaded context"). The repo's size gates — the tier hard caps in `tests/workflow-size-budget.test.cjs` and this size ratchet — measure the FILE, not the transitive inline, so they see 63 of those 1,692 bytes; the remaining 1,629 are declared here because no gate reads them. The eager import is accepted on its merits, not hidden: 42 inline copies would be 43 places for the wording to drift, and the reference is the one place it is maintained. Prose only: no step, gate, tool invocation, or subagent dispatch shape changed. Emitted-Drift-Ack-Growth: import.md — #2529 MAJOR 1 (round 10): the workflow's pre-existing inline response-language directive is rewritten IN PLACE so the sentence names inter-tool NARRATION explicitly — narration between tool calls, status updates, progress notes, findings — instead of only "questions, prompts, and explanations". That older wording is the defect #2529 reports (it leaves the running commentary between tool calls in English while the answers around it are translated), and `scripts/lint-response-language-coverage.cjs` had been certifying it as coverage, so the gate legitimised the bug. +87 bytes, prose only: no step, gate, tool invocation, or subagent dispatch shape changed. FILE delta and LOADED-CONTEXT delta are both +87 here, and that identity is the point — the directive was deliberately NOT converted to an `@`-reference, because an `@`-import in this repo is EAGER (ADR-1610 Decision point 4; docs/ARCHITECTURE.md: moving prose into a file that is still eagerly `@`-imported "shrinks the measured file without shrinking loaded context"), so the conversion would have bought a smaller measured file at a cost of 1,692 bytes of loaded context per workflow — the 63-byte import line plus the 1,629-byte reference — against the 87 bytes this inline directive costs, a net +1,605. Stated plainly because the gates cannot state it: the repo's size gates — the tier hard caps in `tests/workflow-size-budget.test.cjs` and this size ratchet — measure the FILE, not the transitive inline, so an `@`-reference conversion would have READ as a smaller change to every gate in the repo while costing 1,605 bytes more loaded context per invocation. Re-homed in round 18: this PR declared the path in its own fragment, and `3576-references-canonical-cites.json` landed on `next` declaring it too. One path takes exactly one ack source, so the sentence moves here and the key leaves ours. Re-homed from `3576-references-canonical-cites.json` in round 26: `a84f7563` (#3078) swept that fragment as all-spent, so this path is unowned and this PR's own fragment declares it directly. Emitted-Drift-Ack-Growth: inbox.md — #2529 MAJOR 1 (round 10): the workflow's pre-existing inline response-language directive is rewritten IN PLACE so the sentence names inter-tool NARRATION explicitly — narration between tool calls, status updates, progress notes, findings — instead of only "questions, prompts, and explanations". That older wording is the defect #2529 reports (it leaves the running commentary between tool calls in English while the answers around it are translated), and `scripts/lint-response-language-coverage.cjs` had been certifying it as coverage, so the gate legitimised the bug. +87 bytes, prose only: no step, gate, tool invocation, or subagent dispatch shape changed. FILE delta and LOADED-CONTEXT delta are both +87 here, and that identity is the point — the directive was deliberately NOT converted to an `@`-reference, because an `@`-import in this repo is EAGER (ADR-1610 Decision point 4; docs/ARCHITECTURE.md: moving prose into a file that is still eagerly `@`-imported "shrinks the measured file without shrinking loaded context"), so the conversion would have bought a smaller measured file at a cost of 1,692 bytes of loaded context per workflow — the 63-byte import line plus the 1,629-byte reference — against the 87 bytes this inline directive costs, a net +1,605. Stated plainly because the gates cannot state it: the repo's size gates — the tier hard caps in `tests/workflow-size-budget.test.cjs` and this size ratchet — measure the FILE, not the transitive inline, so an `@`-reference conversion would have READ as a smaller change to every gate in the repo while costing 1,605 bytes more loaded context per invocation. Emitted-Drift-Ack-Growth: ingest-docs.md — #2529 MAJOR 1 (round 10): the workflow's pre-existing inline response-language directive is rewritten IN PLACE so the sentence names inter-tool NARRATION explicitly — narration between tool calls, status updates, progress notes, findings — instead of only "questions, prompts, and explanations". That older wording is the defect #2529 reports (it leaves the running commentary between tool calls in English while the answers around it are translated), and `scripts/lint-response-language-coverage.cjs` had been certifying it as coverage, so the gate legitimised the bug. +87 bytes, prose only: no step, gate, tool invocation, or subagent dispatch shape changed. FILE delta and LOADED-CONTEXT delta are both +87 here, and that identity is the point — the directive was deliberately NOT converted to an `@`-reference, because an `@`-import in this repo is EAGER (ADR-1610 Decision point 4; docs/ARCHITECTURE.md: moving prose into a file that is still eagerly `@`-imported "shrinks the measured file without shrinking loaded context"), so the conversion would have bought a smaller measured file at a cost of 1,692 bytes of loaded context per workflow — the 63-byte import line plus the 1,629-byte reference — against the 87 bytes this inline directive costs, a net +1,605. Stated plainly because the gates cannot state it: the repo's size gates — the tier hard caps in `tests/workflow-size-budget.test.cjs` and this size ratchet — measure the FILE, not the transitive inline, so an `@`-reference conversion would have READ as a smaller change to every gate in the repo while costing 1,605 bytes more loaded context per invocation. Re-homed from `2658-trae-instruction-file-path.json` in round 26: `a84f7563` (#3078) swept that fragment as all-spent, so this path is unowned and this PR's own fragment declares it directly. Emitted-Drift-Ack-Growth: insert-phase.md — #2529 — RESTATED in round 10, superseding this PR's earlier "+63 bytes, prose only" wording, which reported a file delta as if it were the whole cost. The workflow gains the shared response-language directive as a single `@`-reference line. FILE delta: +63 bytes, byte-identical in each of the 42 workflows that take the reference. LOADED-CONTEXT delta: +1,692 bytes per workflow — the 63-byte import line plus the 1,629 bytes of `gsd-core/references/response-language-directive.md`, because an `@`-import in this repo is EAGER (ADR-1610 Decision point 4; docs/ARCHITECTURE.md: moving prose into a file that is still eagerly `@`-imported "shrinks the measured file without shrinking loaded context"). The repo's size gates — the tier hard caps in `tests/workflow-size-budget.test.cjs` and this size ratchet — measure the FILE, not the transitive inline, so they see 63 of those 1,692 bytes; the remaining 1,629 are declared here because no gate reads them. The eager import is accepted on its merits, not hidden: 42 inline copies would be 43 places for the wording to drift, and the reference is the one place it is maintained. Prose only: no step, gate, tool invocation, or subagent dispatch shape changed. Emitted-Drift-Ack-Growth: list-phase-assumptions.md — #2529 — RESTATED in round 10, superseding this PR's earlier "+63 bytes, prose only" wording, which reported a file delta as if it were the whole cost. The workflow gains the shared response-language directive as a single `@`-reference line. FILE delta: +63 bytes, byte-identical in each of the 42 workflows that take the reference. LOADED-CONTEXT delta: +1,692 bytes per workflow — the 63-byte import line plus the 1,629 bytes of `gsd-core/references/response-language-directive.md`, because an `@`-import in this repo is EAGER (ADR-1610 Decision point 4; docs/ARCHITECTURE.md: moving prose into a file that is still eagerly `@`-imported "shrinks the measured file without shrinking loaded context"). The repo's size gates — the tier hard caps in `tests/workflow-size-budget.test.cjs` and this size ratchet — measure the FILE, not the transitive inline, so they see 63 of those 1,692 bytes; the remaining 1,629 are declared here because no gate reads them. The eager import is accepted on its merits, not hidden: 42 inline copies would be 43 places for the wording to drift, and the reference is the one place it is maintained. Prose only: no step, gate, tool invocation, or subagent dispatch shape changed. Emitted-Drift-Ack-Growth: list-seeds.md — #2529 — RESTATED in round 10, superseding this PR's earlier "+63 bytes, prose only" wording, which reported a file delta as if it were the whole cost. The workflow gains the shared response-language directive as a single `@`-reference line. FILE delta: +63 bytes, byte-identical in each of the 42 workflows that take the reference. LOADED-CONTEXT delta: +1,692 bytes per workflow — the 63-byte import line plus the 1,629 bytes of `gsd-core/references/response-language-directive.md`, because an `@`-import in this repo is EAGER (ADR-1610 Decision point 4; docs/ARCHITECTURE.md: moving prose into a file that is still eagerly `@`-imported "shrinks the measured file without shrinking loaded context"). The repo's size gates — the tier hard caps in `tests/workflow-size-budget.test.cjs` and this size ratchet — measure the FILE, not the transitive inline, so they see 63 of those 1,692 bytes; the remaining 1,629 are declared here because no gate reads them. The eager import is accepted on its merits, not hidden: 42 inline copies would be 43 places for the wording to drift, and the reference is the one place it is maintained. Prose only: no step, gate, tool invocation, or subagent dispatch shape changed. Emitted-Drift-Ack-Growth: list-workspaces.md — #2529 — RESTATED in round 10, superseding this PR's earlier "+63 bytes, prose only" wording, which reported a file delta as if it were the whole cost. The workflow gains the shared response-language directive as a single `@`-reference line. FILE delta: +63 bytes, byte-identical in each of the 42 workflows that take the reference. LOADED-CONTEXT delta: +1,692 bytes per workflow — the 63-byte import line plus the 1,629 bytes of `gsd-core/references/response-language-directive.md`, because an `@`-import in this repo is EAGER (ADR-1610 Decision point 4; docs/ARCHITECTURE.md: moving prose into a file that is still eagerly `@`-imported "shrinks the measured file without shrinking loaded context"). The repo's size gates — the tier hard caps in `tests/workflow-size-budget.test.cjs` and this size ratchet — measure the FILE, not the transitive inline, so they see 63 of those 1,692 … * fix(#2529): read the catalog-relative dispatch spelling, and the plural of "output" Two false positives in the coverage lint, both surfaced by this round's work rather than by a red gate finding them for us. #3552 landed `execute-phase/steps/protected-branch.md` on next while this PR was open, dispatched from execute-phase.md's `"none"` arm with the path written RELATIVE to the catalog. `namesFragmentAsEntryPoint` only ever looked for the `gsd-core/workflows/`-rooted spelling, so it read a live dispatch as no dispatch and the new fragment as uncovered. It now accepts both spellings and matches the relative one on a path boundary, so `vendor/<path>` cannot vouch for `<path>`. Recognizing that spelling makes one pin redundant: execute-phase.md dispatches executor-isolation-dispatch.md the same way, so the fragment inherits and its own copy of the sentence comes back out. That is the rule round 29 encoded, enforced by the test that measures it rather than by hand. `output` was the one term in USER_OUTPUT_RE without an `s?`, so "translate all outputs, including narration between tool calls" read as uncovered. The new property tests caught it on their first run. Those properties pin the rule the hand-written cases are instances of: four signals on ONE line accept, dropping any one rejects, spreading them across lines rejects. The vocabulary is written out in the test rather than read back from the script's regexes, per CONTRIBUTING.md "Fixture provenance (#2371)" -- a generator seeded from the matcher can only re-derive what the matcher already believes, and that independence is what caught the plural. Both new properties are mutation-verified: dropping the narration predicate reds the necessity property, and collapsing the document to a single line reds the cross-line one. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com> * enhance(#2529): spell the narration enumeration out in the last two shorthand directives discuss-phase.md and plan-phase.md were the only two of this PR's 44 rewordings that abbreviated the inserted clause to "narration between tool calls included" instead of naming the output classes the way the rest of them do. Both forms satisfy the lint's four predicates, so nothing was broken -- but the point of #2529 is that an author reading one workflow should not have to infer what the neighbouring one means by "included". Both abbreviations were size decisions rather than wording ones, and both reasons have since expired because next shrank the files. discuss-phase.md sat 25 bytes under the 32,000-byte #717 dispatcher budget and now has 1,825; plan-phase.md sat 87 bytes under the 94,519-byte ADR-857 capstone ratchet against a +108 clause and now has 3,180. Neither budget is raised here and no unrelated prose is trimmed; workflow-size-budget and phase6-capstone-conformance both pass. discuss-phase.md started from the identical upstream sentence as verify-work.md and new-milestone.md ("All user-facing questions, prompts, and explanations in this workflow"), and those two received the full enumeration; it now matches them exactly. plan-phase.md keeps its own scope word ("orchestrator output") and its subagent pass-through instruction, both upstream's, and only trades the shorthand for the enumeration. The shorthand now appears nowhere in the catalog. The two remaining variants (plan-review-convergence.md, spec-phase.md) keep upstream's own verb and scope and end on "report prose", which is what those workflows actually emit -- rewriting those would change a directive's strength, not its wording. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com> * fix(#2529): match the workflow extension case-insensitively in coverage discovery `findMarkdownFilesRecursive` filtered on `entry.name.endsWith('.md')`, so `SETTINGS.MD` — the same file to Windows and macOS, a different one to Linux — was skipped on the only platform whose verdict gates the merge. The direction of that failure is the problem: a workflow the walk declines to see is a workflow this lint certifies by omission, which is the same vacuous pass `main()` already refuses when discovery returns nothing at all. The filter is now an allowlist keyed on the lowercased `path.extname`. `.mdx` stays out on purpose: admitting an extension states what a workflow IS, and that claim has a second half — `inheritsParentCoverage` resolves a fragment's parent as `<workflow>.md`. An `.mdx` entry belongs here next to the parent resolution it would have to move with, not ahead of it. Two tests: an uppercase-extension file is discovered AND lands as a violation rather than an exemption, and every admitted extension is spelled so the lowercasing match can reach it (an uppercase or dotless entry would be dead configuration that reads like coverage). Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com> * enhance(#2529): cover the quick-batch workflow that #3676 landed uncovered `next` gained `quick-batch.md` and nine step fragments in2f64e6230(#3676, PR #4212) with no response-language directive, so the merge result reds this PR's own lint with 10 violations. The lint is doing exactly what it exists to do; the coverage is what has to move. `quick-batch.md` takes the shared @-reference on line 1, the same as the other 42 top-level workflows, and eight of the nine fragments then inherit through its `read and execute` stubs. The ninth does not: `quick-batch/steps/plan-checker-loop.md` is dispatched by a SIBLING fragment (`planner-wave.md:134`) and named in the parent only inside a parenthetical with no dispatch verb, which is the shape round 29's rule already covers for `execute-phase/steps/regression-gate-run.md` and `plan-phase/steps/prd-express-path.md`. It carries the pinned inline directive and joins `EXACT_INLINE_DIRECTIVE_WORKFLOWS`; the comment above that set now names four such fragments instead of three. Coverage: 163 workflows. `FULL_BUDGET` in tests/skill-frontmatter-contract.test.cjs moves 844 -> 846. The same commit grew `help/modes/full.md` from 834 to 844 lines, landing it exactly on the ceiling with zero slack, and the two lines this PR adds there are its pinned directive and the blank separating it. That is a coverage contract every workflow carries, not the content creep the budget guards. The #597 ratchet rule holds: actualMax 846, slack 0, well inside LARGE_GRACE. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com> Emitted-Drift-Ack-Growth: quick-batch.md — #2529: the workflow arrived on `next` in2f64e6230(#3676, PR #4212) with no response-language directive, so this PR's lint reds on the merge result; covering it is the PR's whole contract, not an optional extra. It gains the shared directive as a single eager `@`-reference line, the identical form the other 42 top-level workflows take. FILE delta: +62 bytes, as the gate measures it. LOADED-CONTEXT delta: +1,691 bytes — the import line plus the 1,629 bytes of `gsd-core/references/response-language-directive.md`, because an `@`-import in this repo is EAGER (ADR-1610 Decision point 4; docs/ARCHITECTURE.md: moving prose into a file that is still eagerly `@`-imported "shrinks the measured file without shrinking loaded context"). The repo's size gates read the FILE and not the transitive inline, so they see 62 of those 1,691 bytes; the remaining 1,629 are declared here because no gate reads them. Prose only: no step, gate, tool invocation, or subagent dispatch shape changed. Nine `quick-batch/steps/*` fragments are covered without a byte of their own — eight inherit through the parent's dispatch stubs, and the ninth takes the pinned inline sentence, which the emitted surface does not measure. * fix(#2529): scope row 48 by what a diff says, not by which paths it names `tests/gsd-quick-batch-quick-regression.test.cjs` treats any branch touching a `quick-batch` path as #3676 phase work, then forbids it from editing ordinary `quick.md`. This PR covers EVERY workflow with the shared response-language directive — quick-batch.md and its fragments included — so the scope check turned true, and the row read this PR's one-line directive on `quick.md` as a phase violation. That is the false positive the row's own #3730 note already scoped away from, arriving by the other door: not an unrelated branch that misses the surface, but a catalog-wide sweep that touches all of it. A path now counts as phase work only when its diff says something other than the coverage contract, and the two accepted directive forms are read from `scripts/lint-response-language-coverage.cjs` rather than restated, so a reworded contract cannot leave the carve-out matching prose the lint no longer recognizes. A file the branch ADDED still counts — every line is new, which is what a real #3676-phase branch looks like. The invariant is unweakened in the direction that matters: a phase branch that edits `commands/gsd/quick.md`, `gsd-core/workflows/quick.md` or anything under `quick/steps/` for any reason other than the directive still fails the row. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com> --------- Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com> Co-authored-by: Tom Boucher <trekkie@nomorestars.com>
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<available_agent_types> Valid GSD subagent types (use exact names — do not fall back to 'general-purpose'):
- gsd-doc-writer — Writes and updates project documentation files
- gsd-doc-verifier — Verifies factual claims in docs against the live codebase </available_agent_types>
_GSD_SHIM_NAME="gsd-tools.cjs"; _GSD_RUNTIME_ROOT="${RUNTIME_DIR:-$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel 2>/dev/null || pwd)}"; GSD_TOOLS="${_GSD_RUNTIME_ROOT}/gsd-core/bin/${_GSD_SHIM_NAME}"; _gsd_at() { for _p; do if [ -f "$_p" ]; then GSD_TOOLS="$_p"; return 0; fi; done; return 1; }; if _gsd_at "${_GSD_RUNTIME_ROOT}/gsd-core/bin/${_GSD_SHIM_NAME}" "${_GSD_RUNTIME_ROOT}/.claude/gsd-core/bin/${_GSD_SHIM_NAME}" "${_GSD_RUNTIME_ROOT}/.codex/gsd-core/bin/${_GSD_SHIM_NAME}"; then gsd_run() { node "$GSD_TOOLS" "$@"; }; elif unset -f gsd_run; _G="$(command -v gsd_run)"; then GSD_TOOLS="$_G"; gsd_run() { "$GSD_TOOLS" "$@"; }; elif _gsd_at "${CLAUDE_CONFIG_DIR:-$HOME/.claude}/gsd-core/bin/${_GSD_SHIM_NAME}" "${HERMES_HOME:-$HOME/.hermes}/gsd-core/bin/${_GSD_SHIM_NAME}" "${CURSOR_CONFIG_DIR:-$HOME/.cursor}/gsd-core/bin/${_GSD_SHIM_NAME}" "${CODEX_HOME:-$HOME/.codex}/gsd-core/bin/${_GSD_SHIM_NAME}" "${GEMINI_CONFIG_DIR:-$HOME/.gemini}/gsd-core/bin/${_GSD_SHIM_NAME}" "${COPILOT_CONFIG_DIR:-$HOME/.copilot}/gsd-core/bin/${_GSD_SHIM_NAME}" "${WINDSURF_CONFIG_DIR:-$HOME/.codeium/windsurf}/gsd-core/bin/${_GSD_SHIM_NAME}" "${AUGMENT_CONFIG_DIR:-$HOME/.augment}/gsd-core/bin/${_GSD_SHIM_NAME}" "${TRAE_CONFIG_DIR:-$HOME/.trae}/gsd-core/bin/${_GSD_SHIM_NAME}" "${QWEN_CONFIG_DIR:-$HOME/.qwen}/gsd-core/bin/${_GSD_SHIM_NAME}" "${CODEBUDDY_CONFIG_DIR:-$HOME/.codebuddy}/gsd-core/bin/${_GSD_SHIM_NAME}" "${CLINE_CONFIG_DIR:-$HOME/.cline}/gsd-core/bin/${_GSD_SHIM_NAME}" "${GROK_AGENTS_HOME:-$HOME/.agents}/gsd-core/bin/${_GSD_SHIM_NAME}" "${ANTIGRAVITY_CONFIG_DIR:-$HOME/.gemini/antigravity}/gsd-core/bin/${_GSD_SHIM_NAME}" "${OPENCODE_CONFIG_DIR:-${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-$HOME/.config}/opencode}/gsd-core/bin/${_GSD_SHIM_NAME}" "${KILO_CONFIG_DIR:-${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-$HOME/.config}/kilo}/gsd-core/bin/${_GSD_SHIM_NAME}"; then gsd_run() { node "$GSD_TOOLS" "$@"; }; else echo "ERROR: gsd-tools.cjs not found at $GSD_TOOLS and gsd_run is not on PATH. Run: npx -y @opengsd/gsd-core@latest --claude --local" >&2; exit 1; fi; GSD_IDENTITY_STATUS=unverified; case "$(gsd_run runtime-identity --raw 2>/dev/null || true)" in '{"packageName":"@opengsd/gsd-core"'*'}') GSD_IDENTITY_STATUS=ok;; esac; export GSD_IDENTITY_STATUS; [ "$GSD_IDENTITY_STATUS" = ok ] || echo "WARNING: \"$GSD_TOOLS\" did not prove it is @opengsd/gsd-core - it is either a different package or an @opengsd/gsd-core older than the runtime-identity verb. See docs/how-to/diagnose-a-foreign-gsd-tools.md" >&2; if [ -n "${CLAUDE_ENV_FILE:-}" ] && [ -n "${GSD_TOOLS:-}" ]; then printf "export PATH='%s':\"\$PATH\"\n" "${GSD_TOOLS%/*}" >> "$CLAUDE_ENV_FILE" 2>/dev/null || true; fi
INIT=$(gsd_run query docs-init)
if [[ "$INIT" == @file:* ]]; then INIT=$(cat "${INIT#@file:}"); fi
AGENT_SKILLS=$(gsd_run query agent-skills gsd-doc-writer)
# #2994: dedicated init.docs-update call — additive to docs-init above, carries
# only the section_manifest field (gates dispatch_monorepo_packages).
INIT_DOCS_UPDATE=$(gsd_run query init.docs-update)
if [[ "$INIT_DOCS_UPDATE" == @file:* ]]; then INIT_DOCS_UPDATE=$(cat "${INIT_DOCS_UPDATE#@file:}"); fi
DOC_VERIFIER_MODEL=$(gsd_run query resolve-model gsd-doc-verifier --raw)
Extract from init JSON:
doc_writer_model— model string for the doc-writer spawns (never hardcode a model name); the doc-verifier spawn resolves its ownDOC_VERIFIER_MODELcommit_docs— whether to commit generated files when doneexisting_docs— array of{path, has_gsd_marker}objects for existing Markdown filesproject_type— object with boolean signals:has_package_json,has_api_routes,has_cli_bin,is_open_source,has_deploy_config,is_monorepo,has_testsdoc_tooling— object with booleans:docusaurus,vitepress,mkdocs,storybookmonorepo_workspaces— array of workspace glob patterns (empty if not a monorepo)section_manifest— parsed fromINIT_DOCS_UPDATE(notINIT); gates thedispatch-monorepo-packagessection belowproject_root— absolute path to the project rootresponse_language— if set, present all user-facing output of this workflow in that language — narration between tool calls, status updates, progress notes, findings, questions, prompts, and explanations; technical terms, code, file paths, and subagent prompts stay in English
Primary type classification (first match wins):
| Condition | primary_type |
|---|---|
is_monorepo is true |
"monorepo" |
has_cli_bin is true AND has_api_routes is false |
"cli-tool" |
has_api_routes is true AND is_open_source is false |
"saas" |
is_open_source is true AND has_api_routes is false |
"open-source-library" |
| (none of the above) | "generic" |
Conditional doc signals (D-02 union rule — check independently after primary classification):
After determining primary_type, check each signal independently regardless of the primary type. A CLI tool that is also open source with API routes still gets all three conditional docs.
| Signal | Conditional Doc |
|---|---|
has_api_routes is true |
Queue API.md |
is_open_source is true |
Queue CONTRIBUTING.md |
has_deploy_config is true |
Queue DEPLOYMENT.md |
Present the classification result:
Project type: {primary_type}
Conditional docs queued: {list or "none"}
Always-on docs (queued for every project, no exceptions):
- README
- ARCHITECTURE
- GETTING-STARTED
- DEVELOPMENT
- TESTING
- CONFIGURATION
Conditional docs (add only if signal matched in classify_project):
- API (if
has_api_routes) - CONTRIBUTING (if
is_open_source) - DEPLOYMENT (if
has_deploy_config)
IMPORTANT: CHANGELOG.md is NEVER queued. The doc queue is built exclusively from the 9 known doc types listed above. Do not derive the queue from existing_docs directly — existing_docs is only used in the next step to determine create vs update mode.
Doc queue limit: Maximum 9 docs. Always-on (6) + up to 3 conditional = at most 9.
CONTRIBUTING.md confirmation (new file only):
If CONTRIBUTING.md is in the conditional queue AND does NOT appear in the existing_docs array from init JSON:
- If
--forceis present in$ARGUMENTS: skip this check, include CONTRIBUTING.md in the queue.
Text mode (workflow.text_mode: true in config or --text flag): Set TEXT_MODE=true if --text is present in $ARGUMENTS OR text_mode from init JSON is true. When TEXT_MODE is active, replace every AskUserQuestion call with a plain-text numbered list and ask the user to type their choice number. This is required for non-Claude runtimes (OpenAI Codex, Gemini CLI, etc.) where AskUserQuestion is not available.
2. Otherwise, use AskUserQuestion to confirm:
AskUserQuestion([{
question: "This project appears to be open source (LICENSE file detected). CONTRIBUTING.md does not exist yet. Would you like to create one?",
header: "Contributing",
multiSelect: false,
options: [
{ label: "Yes, create it", description: "Generate CONTRIBUTING.md with project guidelines" },
{ label: "No, skip it", description: "This project does not need a CONTRIBUTING.md" }
]
}])
If the user selects "No, skip it": remove CONTRIBUTING.md from the doc queue.
If CONTRIBUTING.md already exists in existing_docs: skip this prompt entirely, include it for update.
Existing non-canonical docs (review queue):
After assembling the canonical doc queue above, scan the existing_docs array from init JSON for files that do NOT match any canonical path in the queue (neither primary nor fallback path from the resolve_modes table). These are hand-written docs like docs/api/endpoint-map.md or docs/frontend/pages/not-found.md.
For each non-canonical existing doc found:
- Add to a separate
review_queue - These will be passed to gsd-doc-verifier in the verify_docs step for accuracy checking
- If inaccuracies are found, they will be dispatched to gsd-doc-writer in
fixmode for surgical corrections
If non-canonical docs are found, display them in the queue presentation:
Existing docs queued for accuracy review:
- docs/api/endpoint-map.md (hand-written)
- docs/api/README.md (hand-written)
- docs/frontend/pages/not-found.md (hand-written)
If none found, omit this section from the queue presentation.
Documentation gap detection (missing non-canonical docs):
After assembling the canonical and review queues, analyze the codebase to identify areas that should have documentation but don't. This ensures the command creates complete project documentation, not just the 9 canonical types.
-
Scan the codebase for undocumented areas:
- Use Glob/Grep to discover significant source directories (e.g.,
src/components/,src/pages/,src/services/,src/api/,lib/,routes/) - Compare against existing docs: for each major source directory, check if corresponding documentation exists in the docs tree
- Look at the project's existing doc structure for patterns — if the project has
docs/frontend/components/,docs/services/, etc., these indicate the project's documentation conventions
- Use Glob/Grep to discover significant source directories (e.g.,
-
Identify gaps based on project conventions:
- If the project has a
docs/directory with grouped subdirectories, each source module area that has a corresponding docs subdirectory but is missing documentation files represents a gap - If the project has frontend components/pages but no component docs, flag this
- If the project has service modules but no service docs, flag this
- Skip areas that are already covered by canonical docs (e.g., don't flag missing API docs if
docs/API.mdis already in the canonical queue)
- If the project has a
-
Present discovered gaps to the user:
AskUserQuestion([{
question: "Found {N} documentation gaps in the codebase. Which should be created?",
header: "Doc gaps",
multiSelect: true,
options: [
{ label: "{area}", description: "{why it needs docs — e.g., '5 components in src/components/ with no docs'}" },
...up to 4 options (group related gaps if more than 4)
]
}])
- For each gap the user selects:
- Add to the generation queue with mode =
"create" - Set the output path to match the project's existing doc directory structure
- The gsd-doc-writer will receive a
doc_assignmentwithtype: "custom"and a description of what to document, using the project's source files as content discovery targets
- Add to the generation queue with mode =
If no gaps are detected, omit this section entirely.
Present the assembled queue to the user before proceeding:
Present the mode resolution table from resolve_modes (shown above), followed by:
{If non-canonical docs found, show as a table:}
Existing docs queued for accuracy review:
| Path | Type |
|------|------|
| {path} | hand-written |
| ... | ... |
CHANGELOG.md: excluded (out of scope)
The mode resolution table IS the queue presentation — it shows every doc with its resolved path, mode, and source. Do not duplicate the list in a separate format.
Then confirm with AskUserQuestion:
AskUserQuestion([{
question: "Doc queue assembled ({N} docs). Proceed with generation?",
header: "Doc queue",
multiSelect: false,
options: [
{ label: "Proceed", description: "Generate all {N} docs in the queue" },
{ label: "Abort", description: "Cancel doc generation" }
]
}])
If the user selects "Abort": exit the workflow. Otherwise continue to resolve_modes.
For each doc in the assembled queue, determine whether to create (new file) or update (existing file).Doc type to canonical path mapping (defaults):
| Type | Default Path | Fallback Path |
|---|---|---|
readme |
README.md |
— |
architecture |
docs/ARCHITECTURE.md |
ARCHITECTURE.md |
getting_started |
docs/GETTING-STARTED.md |
GETTING-STARTED.md |
development |
docs/DEVELOPMENT.md |
DEVELOPMENT.md |
testing |
docs/TESTING.md |
TESTING.md |
api |
docs/API.md |
API.md |
configuration |
docs/CONFIGURATION.md |
CONFIGURATION.md |
deployment |
docs/DEPLOYMENT.md |
DEPLOYMENT.md |
contributing |
CONTRIBUTING.md |
— |
Structure-aware path resolution:
Before applying the default path table, inspect the project's existing docs directory structure to detect whether the project uses grouped subdirectories or flat files. This determines how ALL new docs are placed.
Step 1: Detect the project's docs organization pattern.
List subdirectories under docs/ from the existing_docs paths. If the project has 2+ subdirectories (e.g., docs/architecture/, docs/api/, docs/guides/, docs/frontend/), the project uses a grouped structure. If docs are only flat files directly in docs/ (e.g., docs/ARCHITECTURE.md), it uses a flat structure.
Step 2: Resolve paths based on the detected pattern.
If GROUPED structure detected:
Every doc type MUST be placed in an appropriate subdirectory — no doc should be left flat in docs/ when the project organizes into groups. Use the following resolution logic:
| Type | Subdirectory resolution (in priority order) |
|---|---|
architecture |
existing docs/architecture/ → create docs/architecture/ if not present |
getting_started |
existing docs/guides/ → existing docs/getting-started/ → create docs/guides/ |
development |
existing docs/guides/ → existing docs/development/ → create docs/guides/ |
testing |
existing docs/testing/ → existing docs/guides/ → create docs/testing/ |
api |
existing docs/api/ → create docs/api/ if not present |
configuration |
existing docs/configuration/ → existing docs/guides/ → create docs/configuration/ |
deployment |
existing docs/deployment/ → existing docs/guides/ → create docs/deployment/ |
For each type, check the resolution chain left-to-right. Use the first existing subdirectory. If none exist, create the rightmost option.
The filename within the subdirectory should be contextual — e.g., docs/guides/getting-started.md, docs/architecture/overview.md, docs/api/reference.md — rather than docs/architecture/ARCHITECTURE.md. Match the naming style of existing files in that subdirectory (lowercase-kebab, UPPERCASE, etc.).
If FLAT structure detected (or no docs/ directory):
Use the default path table above as-is (e.g., docs/ARCHITECTURE.md, docs/TESTING.md).
Step 3: Store each resolved path and create directories.
For each doc type, store the resolved path as resolved_path. Then create all necessary directories:
mkdir -p {each unique directory from resolved paths}
Mode resolution logic:
For each doc type in the queue:
- Check if the
resolved_pathappears in theexisting_docsarray from the init JSON - If not found at resolved path, check the default and fallback paths from the table
- If found at any path: mode =
"update"— use the Read tool to load the current file content (will be passed asexisting_contentin the doc_assignment block). Use the found path as the output path (do not move existing docs). - If not found: mode =
"create"— no existing content to load. Use theresolved_path.
Ensure docs/ directory exists:
Before proceeding to the next step, create the docs/ directory and any resolved subdirectories if they do not exist:
mkdir -p docs/
Output a mode resolution table:
Present a table showing the resolved path, mode, and source for every doc in the queue:
Mode resolution:
| Doc | Resolved Path | Mode | Source |
|-----|---------------|------|--------|
| readme | README.md | update | found at README.md |
| architecture | docs/architecture/overview.md | create | new directory |
| getting_started | docs/guides/getting-started.md | update | found, hand-written |
| development | docs/guides/development.md | create | matched docs/guides/ |
| testing | docs/guides/testing.md | create | matched docs/guides/ |
| configuration | docs/guides/configuration.md | create | matched docs/guides/ |
| api | docs/api/reference.md | create | new directory |
| deployment | docs/guides/deployment.md | update | found, hand-written |
This table MUST be shown to the user — it is the primary confirmation of where files will be written and whether existing files will be updated. It appears as part of the queue presentation BEFORE the AskUserQuestion confirmation.
Track the resolved mode and file path for each queued doc. For update-mode docs, store the loaded file content — it will be passed to the agent in the next steps.
CRITICAL: Persist the work manifest.
After resolve_modes completes, write ALL work items to .planning/tmp/docs-work-manifest.json. This is the single source of truth for every subsequent step — the orchestrator MUST read this file at each step instead of relying on memory.
mkdir -p .planning/tmp
Write the manifest using the Write tool:
{
"canonical_queue": [
{
"type": "readme",
"resolved_path": "README.md",
"mode": "create|update|supplement",
"preservation_mode": null,
"wave": 1,
"status": "pending"
}
],
"review_queue": [
{
"path": "docs/frontend/components/button.md",
"type": "hand-written",
"status": "pending_review"
}
],
"gap_queue": [
{
"description": "Frontend components in src/components/",
"output_path": "docs/frontend/components/overview.md",
"status": "pending"
}
],
"created_at": "{ISO timestamp}"
}
Every subsequent step (dispatch, collect, verify, fix_loop, report) MUST begin by reading .planning/tmp/docs-work-manifest.json and update the status field for items it processes. This prevents the orchestrator from "forgetting" any work item across the multi-step workflow.
Skip conditions (check in order):
- If
--forceis present in$ARGUMENTS: treat all docs as mode: regenerate, skip to detect_runtime_capabilities. - If
--verify-onlyis present in$ARGUMENTS: skip to verify_only_report (do not continue to detect_runtime_capabilities). - If no docs in the queue have
has_gsd_marker: falsein theexisting_docsarray: skip to detect_runtime_capabilities.
For each queued doc where has_gsd_marker is false (hand-written doc detected):
Present the following choice using AskUserQuestion if available, or inline prompt otherwise:
{filename} appears to be hand-written (no GSD marker found).
How should this file be handled?
[1] preserve -- Skip entirely. Leave unchanged.
[2] supplement -- Append only missing sections. Existing content untouched.
[3] regenerate -- Overwrite with a fresh GSD-generated doc.
Record each decision. Update the doc queue:
preservedecisions: remove the doc from the queue entirelysupplementdecisions: set mode tosupplementin the doc_assignment block; includeexisting_content(full file content)regeneratedecisions: set mode tocreate(treat as a fresh write)
Fallback when AskUserQuestion is unavailable: Default all hand-written docs to preserve (safest default). Display message:
AskUserQuestion unavailable — hand-written docs preserved by default.
Use --force to regenerate all docs, or re-run in Claude Code to get per-file prompts.
After all decisions recorded, continue to detect_runtime_capabilities.
**Read the work manifest first:** `Read .planning/tmp/docs-work-manifest.json` — use `canonical_queue` items with `wave: 1` for this step.Spawn 3 parallel gsd-doc-writer agents for Wave 1 docs: README, ARCHITECTURE, CONFIGURATION (each runs in a subagent — no output until they return, ~1–5 min; expected, not a freeze).
These are foundational docs with no cross-references needed, making them ideal for parallel generation.
Use run_in_background=true for all three to enable parallel execution.
Agent 1: README
Runtime-aware dispatch (#2508 Phase 4). GSD workflows dispatch specialized subagents by role. Before dispatching on a built-in-only runtime (kimi-code — three built-ins only), resolve the role to a built-in via
gsd_run query resolve-dispatch-type --requested <role> --raw. On named-dispatch runtimes (Claude/OpenCode/…) the role is returned unchanged; on kimi-code it maps tocoder/explore/planby role-suffix. The persona rides${AGENT_SKILLS_<ROLE>}(Phase 3) regardless. See @gsd-core/references/runtime-aware-dispatch.md.
Model omission (#2517). Omit the
modelparameter entirely when the value it would carry (doc_writer_model,DOC_VERIFIER_MODEL) is"inherit"or empty. An empty value 404s on runtimes without native tier aliases — the default on non-Claude runtimes. Omitting it inherits the orchestrator's model. See @gsd-core/references/model-profile-resolution.md.
Agent(
subagent_type="gsd-doc-writer",
model="{doc_writer_model}",
run_in_background=true,
description="Generate README.md for target project",
prompt="<doc_assignment>
type: readme
mode: {create|update|supplement}
preservation_mode: {preserve|supplement|regenerate|null}
project_context: {INIT JSON}
{existing_content: | (include full file content here if mode is update or supplement, else omit this line)}
</doc_assignment>
{AGENT_SKILLS}
Write the doc file directly. Return confirmation only — do not return doc content."
)
Agent 2: ARCHITECTURE
Agent(
subagent_type="gsd-doc-writer",
model="{doc_writer_model}",
run_in_background=true,
description="Generate ARCHITECTURE.md for target project",
prompt="<doc_assignment>
type: architecture
mode: {create|update|supplement}
preservation_mode: {preserve|supplement|regenerate|null}
project_context: {INIT JSON}
{existing_content: | (include full file content here if mode is update or supplement, else omit this line)}
</doc_assignment>
{AGENT_SKILLS}
Write the doc file directly. Return confirmation only — do not return doc content."
)
Agent 3: CONFIGURATION
Agent(
subagent_type="gsd-doc-writer",
model="{doc_writer_model}",
run_in_background=true,
description="Generate CONFIGURATION.md for target project",
prompt="<doc_assignment>
type: configuration
mode: {create|update|supplement}
preservation_mode: {preserve|supplement|regenerate|null}
project_context: {INIT JSON}
{existing_content: | (include full file content here if mode is update or supplement, else omit this line)}
note: Apply VERIFY markers to any infrastructure claim not discoverable from the repository.
</doc_assignment>
{AGENT_SKILLS}
Write the doc file directly. Return confirmation only — do not return doc content."
)
CRITICAL: Agent prompts must contain ONLY the <doc_assignment> block, the ${AGENT_SKILLS} variable, and the return instruction. Do not include project planning context, workflow prose, or any internal tooling references in agent prompts.
ORCHESTRATOR RULE — CODEX RUNTIME: After calling all Wave 1 Agent() calls above with
run_in_background=true, do NOT generate any documentation independently while the subagents are active. Wait for all Wave 1 agents to complete before proceeding. This prevents duplicate work and wasted context.
Continue to collect_wave_1.
**Read the work manifest first:** `Read .planning/tmp/docs-work-manifest.json` — update `status` to `"completed"` or `"failed"` for each Wave 1 item after collection. Write the updated manifest back to disk.Wait for all 3 Wave 1 background agents to finish, then read each agent's output file to collect confirmations.
Each Agent(...) call above with run_in_background=true returns an async_launched result that carries an outputFile path (and canReadOutputFile: true). Each agent's completion arrives as a message in this conversation when it finishes — do NOT issue a separate blocking call to wait. Once all 3 agents have reported completion, read their output files in parallel (single message with 3 Read calls):
Read tool:
file_path: "{outputFile from README agent result}"
Read tool:
file_path: "{outputFile from ARCHITECTURE agent result}"
Read tool:
file_path: "{outputFile from CONFIGURATION agent result}"
Allow up to 5 minutes (300000 ms) for the slowest agent to finish before treating it as failed.
Expected confirmation format from each agent:
## Doc Generation Complete
**Type:** {type}
**Mode:** {mode}
**File written:** `{path}` ({N} lines)
Ready for orchestrator summary.
After collection, verify the Wave 1 files exist on disk using the resolved_path from each manifest entry:
ls -la {resolved_path_1} {resolved_path_2} {resolved_path_3} 2>/dev/null
If any agent failed or its file is missing:
- Note the failure
- Continue with the successful docs (do NOT halt Wave 2 for a single failure)
- The missing doc will be noted in the final report
Continue to dispatch_wave_2.
**Read the work manifest first:** `Read .planning/tmp/docs-work-manifest.json` — use `canonical_queue` items with `wave: 2` for this step.Spawn agents for all queued Wave 2 docs: GETTING-STARTED, DEVELOPMENT, TESTING, and any conditional docs (API, DEPLOYMENT, CONTRIBUTING) that were queued in build_doc_queue.
Wave 2 agents can reference Wave 1 outputs for cross-referencing — include the wave_1_outputs field in each doc_assignment block.
Use run_in_background=true for all Wave 2 agents to enable parallel execution within the wave.
Agent: GETTING-STARTED
Agent(
subagent_type="gsd-doc-writer",
model="{doc_writer_model}",
run_in_background=true,
description="Generate GETTING-STARTED.md for target project",
prompt="<doc_assignment>
type: getting_started
mode: {create|update|supplement}
preservation_mode: {preserve|supplement|regenerate|null}
project_context: {INIT JSON}
{existing_content: | (include full file content here if mode is update or supplement, else omit this line)}
wave_1_outputs:
- README.md
- docs/ARCHITECTURE.md
- docs/CONFIGURATION.md
</doc_assignment>
{AGENT_SKILLS}
Write the doc file directly. Return confirmation only — do not return doc content."
)
Agent: DEVELOPMENT
Agent(
subagent_type="gsd-doc-writer",
model="{doc_writer_model}",
run_in_background=true,
description="Generate DEVELOPMENT.md for target project",
prompt="<doc_assignment>
type: development
mode: {create|update|supplement}
preservation_mode: {preserve|supplement|regenerate|null}
project_context: {INIT JSON}
{existing_content: | (include full file content here if mode is update or supplement, else omit this line)}
wave_1_outputs:
- README.md
- docs/ARCHITECTURE.md
- docs/CONFIGURATION.md
</doc_assignment>
{AGENT_SKILLS}
Write the doc file directly. Return confirmation only — do not return doc content."
)
Agent: TESTING
Agent(
subagent_type="gsd-doc-writer",
model="{doc_writer_model}",
run_in_background=true,
description="Generate TESTING.md for target project",
prompt="<doc_assignment>
type: testing
mode: {create|update|supplement}
preservation_mode: {preserve|supplement|regenerate|null}
project_context: {INIT JSON}
{existing_content: | (include full file content here if mode is update or supplement, else omit this line)}
wave_1_outputs:
- README.md
- docs/ARCHITECTURE.md
- docs/CONFIGURATION.md
</doc_assignment>
{AGENT_SKILLS}
Write the doc file directly. Return confirmation only — do not return doc content."
)
Conditional Agent: API (only if has_api_routes was true — spawn only if API.md was queued)
Agent(
subagent_type="gsd-doc-writer",
model="{doc_writer_model}",
run_in_background=true,
description="Generate API.md for target project",
prompt="<doc_assignment>
type: api
mode: {create|update|supplement}
preservation_mode: {preserve|supplement|regenerate|null}
project_context: {INIT JSON}
{existing_content: | (include full file content here if mode is update or supplement, else omit this line)}
wave_1_outputs:
- README.md
- docs/ARCHITECTURE.md
- docs/CONFIGURATION.md
</doc_assignment>
{AGENT_SKILLS}
Write the doc file directly. Return confirmation only — do not return doc content."
)
Conditional Agent: DEPLOYMENT (only if has_deploy_config was true — spawn only if DEPLOYMENT.md was queued)
Agent(
subagent_type="gsd-doc-writer",
model="{doc_writer_model}",
run_in_background=true,
description="Generate DEPLOYMENT.md for target project",
prompt="<doc_assignment>
type: deployment
mode: {create|update|supplement}
preservation_mode: {preserve|supplement|regenerate|null}
project_context: {INIT JSON}
{existing_content: | (include full file content here if mode is update or supplement, else omit this line)}
note: Apply VERIFY markers to any infrastructure claim not discoverable from the repository.
wave_1_outputs:
- README.md
- docs/ARCHITECTURE.md
- docs/CONFIGURATION.md
</doc_assignment>
{AGENT_SKILLS}
Write the doc file directly. Return confirmation only — do not return doc content."
)
Conditional Agent: CONTRIBUTING (only if is_open_source was true — spawn only if CONTRIBUTING.md was queued)
Agent(
subagent_type="gsd-doc-writer",
model="{doc_writer_model}",
run_in_background=true,
description="Generate CONTRIBUTING.md for target project",
prompt="<doc_assignment>
type: contributing
mode: {create|update|supplement}
preservation_mode: {preserve|supplement|regenerate|null}
project_context: {INIT JSON}
{existing_content: | (include full file content here if mode is update or supplement, else omit this line)}
wave_1_outputs:
- README.md
- docs/ARCHITECTURE.md
- docs/CONFIGURATION.md
</doc_assignment>
{AGENT_SKILLS}
Write the doc file directly. Return confirmation only — do not return doc content."
)
CRITICAL: Agent prompts must contain ONLY the <doc_assignment> block, the ${AGENT_SKILLS} variable, and the return instruction. Do not include project planning context, workflow prose, or any internal tooling references in agent prompts.
ORCHESTRATOR RULE — CODEX RUNTIME: After calling all Wave 2 Agent() calls above with
run_in_background=true, do NOT generate any documentation independently while the subagents are active. Wait for all Wave 2 agents to complete before proceeding. This prevents duplicate work and wasted context.
Continue to collect_wave_2.
**Read the work manifest first:** `Read .planning/tmp/docs-work-manifest.json` — update `status` to `"completed"` or `"failed"` for each Wave 2 item after collection. Write the updated manifest back to disk.Wait for all Wave 2 background agents to finish, then read each agent's output file to collect confirmations.
Each Agent(...) call above with run_in_background=true returns an async_launched result that carries an outputFile path (and canReadOutputFile: true). Each agent's completion arrives as a message in this conversation when it finishes — do NOT issue a separate blocking call to wait. Once all Wave 2 agents have reported completion, read their output files in parallel (single message with N Read calls — one per spawned Wave 2 agent):
Read tool:
file_path: "{outputFile from GETTING-STARTED agent result}"
Read tool:
file_path: "{outputFile from DEVELOPMENT agent result}"
Read tool:
file_path: "{outputFile from TESTING agent result}"
# Add one Read call per conditional agent spawned (API, DEPLOYMENT, CONTRIBUTING)
Allow up to 5 minutes (300000 ms) for the slowest agent to finish before treating it as failed.
After collection, verify all Wave 2 files exist on disk using the resolved_path from each manifest entry:
ls -la {resolved_path for each wave 2 item} 2>/dev/null
If any agent failed or its file is missing, note the failure and continue. Missing docs will be reported in the final report.
Continue to dispatch_monorepo_packages (if monorepo_workspaces is non-empty) or commit_docs.
If section_manifest (from INIT_DOCS_UPDATE) is null or "dispatch-monorepo-packages" is in its included list: read and execute gsd-core/workflows/docs-update/steps/dispatch-monorepo-packages.md. Otherwise skip — do not read the file; continue to commit_docs.
When the Task tool is unavailable, generate docs sequentially in the current context. This step replaces dispatch_wave_1, collect_wave_1, dispatch_wave_2, and collect_wave_2.
IMPORTANT: Do NOT use browser_subagent, Explore, or any browser-based tool. Use only file system tools (Read, Bash, Write, Grep, Glob, or equivalent tools available in your runtime).
Read agents/gsd-doc-writer.md instructions once before beginning. Follow the create_mode or update_mode instructions from that agent for each doc, using the same doc_assignment fields as the parallel path.
Wave 1 (sequential — complete all three before starting Wave 2):
For each Wave 1 doc, construct the equivalent doc_assignment block and generate the file inline:
-
README — mode from resolve_modes; for update/supplement mode, include existing_content
- Construct doc_assignment:
type: readme,mode: {create|update|supplement},preservation_mode: {value|null},project_context: {INIT JSON},existing_content:(if update/supplement) - Explore the codebase (Read, Grep, Glob, Bash) following gsd-doc-writer create_mode / update_mode instructions
- Write the file to the resolved path (README.md)
- Construct doc_assignment:
-
ARCHITECTURE — mode from resolve_modes; for update/supplement mode, include existing_content
- Construct doc_assignment:
type: architecture,mode: {create|update|supplement},preservation_mode: {value|null},project_context: {INIT JSON},existing_content:(if update/supplement) - Explore the codebase following gsd-doc-writer instructions
- Write the file to the resolved path (docs/ARCHITECTURE.md, or ARCHITECTURE.md if found at root as fallback)
- Construct doc_assignment:
-
CONFIGURATION — mode from resolve_modes; for update/supplement mode, include existing_content
- Construct doc_assignment:
type: configuration,mode: {create|update|supplement},preservation_mode: {value|null},project_context: {INIT JSON},existing_content:(if update/supplement) - Apply VERIFY markers to any infrastructure claim not discoverable from the repository
- Explore the codebase following gsd-doc-writer instructions
- Write the file to the resolved path (docs/CONFIGURATION.md, or CONFIGURATION.md if found at root as fallback)
- Construct doc_assignment:
Wave 2 (sequential — begin only after all Wave 1 docs are written):
Wave 2 docs can reference Wave 1 outputs since they are already written. Include wave_1_outputs in each doc_assignment.
- GETTING-STARTED — mode from resolve_modes; include wave_1_outputs: [README.md, docs/ARCHITECTURE.md, docs/CONFIGURATION.md]
- DEVELOPMENT — mode from resolve_modes; include wave_1_outputs
- TESTING — mode from resolve_modes; include wave_1_outputs
- API (only if queued) — mode from resolve_modes; include wave_1_outputs
- DEPLOYMENT (only if queued) — Apply VERIFY markers to any infrastructure claim not discoverable from the repository; include wave_1_outputs
- CONTRIBUTING (only if queued) — mode from resolve_modes; include wave_1_outputs
Monorepo per-package READMEs (only if monorepo_workspaces is non-empty):
After all 9 root-level docs are written, generate per-package READMEs sequentially:
For each resolved package directory (from workspace glob expansion) that contains a package.json:
- Determine mode: if
{package_dir}/README.mdexists, mode =update; else mode =create - Construct doc_assignment:
type: readme,mode: {create|update},scope: per_package,package_dir: {absolute path},project_context: {INIT JSON with project_root set to package directory},existing_content:(if update) - Follow gsd-doc-writer instructions for per_package scope
- Write the file to
{package_dir}/README.md
Continue to verify_docs.
Verify factual claims in ALL docs — both canonical (generated) and non-canonical (existing hand-written) — against the live codebase.CRITICAL: Read the work manifest first.
Read .planning/tmp/docs-work-manifest.json
Extract canonical_queue (items with status: "completed") and review_queue (items with status: "pending_review"). Both queues are verified in this step.
Skip condition: If --verify-only is present in $ARGUMENTS, this step was already handled by verify_only_report (early exit). Skip.
Phase 1: Verify canonical docs (generated/updated docs)
For each doc in canonical_queue that was successfully written to disk:
-
Print:
◆ Spawning doc verifier for {doc_path}... (runs in a subagent — no output until it returns, ~1–5 min; expected, not a freeze)Spawn thegsd-doc-verifieragent (or invoke sequentially if Task tool is unavailable) with a<verify_assignment>block:<verify_assignment> doc_path: {relative path to the doc file, e.g. README.md} project_root: {project_root from init JSON} </verify_assignment> -
After the verifier completes, read the result JSON from
.planning/tmp/verify-{doc_filename}.json. -
Update the manifest: set
status: "verified"for each canonical doc processed.
Phase 2: Verify non-canonical docs (existing hand-written docs)
This is NOT optional. Every doc in review_queue MUST be verified.
For each doc in review_queue from the manifest:
- Print:
◆ Spawning doc verifier for {doc_path}... (runs in a subagent — no output until it returns, ~1–5 min; expected, not a freeze)Spawn thegsd-doc-verifieragent with the same<verify_assignment>block as above. - Read the result JSON from
.planning/tmp/verify-{doc_filename}.json. - Update the manifest: set
status: "verified"for each review_queue doc processed.
Non-canonical docs with failures ARE eligible for the fix_loop. When a non-canonical doc has claims_failed > 0, dispatch it to gsd-doc-writer in fix mode with the failures array — the writer's fix mode does surgical corrections on specific lines regardless of doc type (no template needed). The writer MUST NOT restructure, rephrase, or reformat any content beyond the failing claims.
Phase 3: Present combined verification summary
Collect ALL results (canonical + non-canonical) into a single verification_results array:
Verification results:
Canonical docs (generated):
| Doc | Claims | Passed | Failed |
|------------------------|--------|--------|--------|
| README.md | 12 | 10 | 2 |
| docs/architecture/overview.md | 8 | 8 | 0 |
Existing docs (reviewed):
| Doc | Claims | Passed | Failed |
|------------------------|--------|--------|--------|
| docs/frontend/components/button.md | 5 | 4 | 1 |
| docs/services/api.md | 8 | 8 | 0 |
Total: {total_checked} claims checked, {total_failed} failures
Write the updated manifest back to disk.
If all docs have claims_failed === 0: skip fix_loop, continue to scan_for_secrets.
If any doc (canonical OR non-canonical) has claims_failed > 0: continue to fix_loop.
Correct flagged inaccuracies by re-sending failing docs to the doc-writer in fix mode. Per D-06, max 2 iterations. Per D-05, halt immediately on regression.
Skip condition: If all docs passed verification (no failures), skip this step.
Iteration tracking:
MAX_FIX_ITERATIONS = 2iteration = 0previous_passed_docs= set of doc_paths where claims_failed === 0 after initial verification
For each iteration (while iteration < MAX_FIX_ITERATIONS and there are docs with failures):
-
For each doc with
claims_failed > 0in the latest verification_results: a. Read the current file content from disk. Record the pre-fix line count:PRE_FIX_LINES=$(wc -l < "{doc_path}" 2>/dev/null || echo 0)b. Spawn
gsd-doc-writeragent (or invoke sequentially) with a fix assignment:<doc_assignment> type: {original doc type from the queue, e.g. readme} mode: fix doc_path: {relative path} project_context: {INIT JSON} existing_content: {current file content read from disk} failures: - line: {line} claim: "{claim}" expected: "{expected}" actual: "{actual}" </doc_assignment>c. One agent spawn per doc with failures. Do not batch multiple docs into one spawn. d. Post-fix truncation guard: After the fix agent completes, check for file corruption:
POST_FIX_LINES=$(wc -l < "{doc_path}" 2>/dev/null || echo 0)If
POST_FIX_LINESis less than 10% ofPRE_FIX_LINES(i.e. the file shrank by more than 90%), the fix agent corrupted the file via a full-file Write. Restore it immediately:- Write the
existing_contentcaptured in step 1a back to"{doc_path}"using the Write tool - Log:
WARNING: Fix agent corrupted {doc_path} ({POST_FIX_LINES} lines after fix, was {PRE_FIX_LINES}). Restored from pre-fix content. Failures for this doc require manual correction. - Mark this doc as
"fix-corrupted"in the manifest; it will appear in remaining failures at the end - Do NOT attempt to fix this doc again this iteration. It is still included in the step 2 re-verification (so its failures are counted) but no further fix agent will be dispatched for it in this iteration.
- Write the
-
After all fix agents complete, re-verify ALL docs (not just the ones that were fixed):
- Re-run the same verification process as verify_docs step.
- Read updated result JSONs from
.planning/tmp/verify-{doc_filename}.json.
-
Regression detection (D-05): For each doc in the new verification_results:
- If this doc was in
previous_passed_docs(passed in the prior round) AND now hasclaims_failed > 0, this is a REGRESSION. - If regression detected: HALT the loop immediately. Present:
Continue to scan_for_secrets (do not attempt further fixes).
REGRESSION DETECTED -- halting fix loop. {doc_path} previously passed verification but now has {claims_failed} failures after fix iteration {iteration + 1}. This means the fix introduced new errors. Remaining failures require manual review.
- If this doc was in
-
Update
previous_passed_docswith docs that now pass. -
Increment
iteration.
After loop exhaustion (iteration === MAX_FIX_ITERATIONS and failures remain):
Present remaining failures:
Fix loop completed ({MAX_FIX_ITERATIONS} iterations). Remaining failures:
| Doc | Failed Claims |
|-------------------|---------------|
| {doc_path} | {count} |
These failures require manual correction. Review the verification output in .planning/tmp/verify-*.json for details.
Continue to scan_for_secrets.
**Reached when `--verify-only` is present in `$ARGUMENTS`.** This is an early-exit step — do not proceed to dispatch, generation, commit, or report steps after this step.Invoke the gsd-doc-verifier agent in read-only mode for each file in existing_docs from the init JSON:
-
For each doc in
existing_docs: a. Spawngsd-doc-verifier(or invoke sequentially if Task tool is unavailable), passingmodel="{DOC_VERIFIER_MODEL}"as the Task/Agent call'smodelparameter — not part of the<verify_assignment>prompt — sodynamic_routing/model_profiletiers apply instead of the caller's session model (#3602). Omit the parameter entirely when the value is"inherit"or empty (#2517). Each spawn carries:<verify_assignment> doc_path: {doc.path} project_root: {project_root from init JSON} </verify_assignment>b. Read the result JSON from
.planning/tmp/verify-{doc_filename}.json. -
Also count VERIFY markers in each doc: grep for
<!-- VERIFY:in the file content.
Present a combined summary table:
--verify-only audit:
| File | Claims Checked | Passed | Failed | VERIFY Markers |
|--------------------------|----------------|--------|--------|----------------|
| README.md | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 |
| docs/ARCHITECTURE.md | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| docs/CONFIGURATION.md | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Total: {total_checked} claims checked, {total_failed} failures, {total_markers} VERIFY markers requiring manual review
If any failures exist, show details:
Failed claims:
README.md:34 - "src/cli/index.ts" (expected: file exists, actual: file not found)
docs/CONFIGURATION.md:12 - "npm run deploy" (expected: script in package.json, actual: script not found)
Display note:
To fix failures automatically: /gsd:docs-update (runs generation + fix loop)
To regenerate all docs from scratch: /gsd:docs-update --force
Clean up temp files: remove .planning/tmp/verify-*.json files.
End workflow — do not proceed to any dispatch, commit, or report steps.
CRITICAL SECURITY CHECK: Scan all generated/updated doc files for accidentally leaked secrets before committing. Per D-07, this runs once after the fix loop completes, before commit_docs.Build the file list from the generation queue -- include all docs that were written to disk (created, updated, supplemented, or fixed). Do not hardcode a static list; use the actual list of files that were generated or modified.
Run secret pattern detection:
# Check for common API key patterns in generated docs
grep -E '(sk-[a-zA-Z0-9]{20,}|sk_live_[a-zA-Z0-9]+|sk_test_[a-zA-Z0-9]+|ghp_[a-zA-Z0-9]{36}|gho_[a-zA-Z0-9]{36}|glpat-[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+|AKIA[A-Z0-9]{16}|xox[baprs]-[a-zA-Z0-9-]+|-----BEGIN.*PRIVATE KEY|eyJ[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+\.eyJ[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+\.)' \
{space-separated list of generated doc files} 2>/dev/null \
&& SECRETS_FOUND=true || SECRETS_FOUND=false
If SECRETS_FOUND=true:
SECURITY ALERT: Potential secrets detected in generated documentation!
Found patterns that look like API keys or tokens in:
{show grep output}
This would expose credentials if committed.
Action required:
1. Review the flagged lines above
2. Remove any real secrets from the doc files
3. Re-run /gsd:docs-update to regenerate clean docs
Then confirm with AskUserQuestion:
AskUserQuestion([{
question: "Potential secrets detected in generated docs. How would you like to proceed?",
header: "Security",
multiSelect: false,
options: [
{ label: "Safe to proceed", description: "I've reviewed the flagged lines — no real secrets, commit the docs" },
{ label: "Abort commit", description: "Skip committing — I'll clean up the docs first" }
]
}])
If the user selects "Abort commit": skip commit_docs and continue to report. If "Safe to proceed": continue to commit_docs.
If SECRETS_FOUND=false:
Continue to commit_docs.
Only run this step if `commit_docs` is `true` from the init JSON. If `commit_docs` is false, skip to report.Assemble the list of files that were actually generated (do not include files that failed or were skipped):
gsd_run query commit "docs: generate project documentation" \
--files README.md docs/ARCHITECTURE.md docs/CONFIGURATION.md docs/GETTING-STARTED.md docs/DEVELOPMENT.md docs/TESTING.md
# Append any conditional docs that were generated:
# --files ... docs/API.md docs/DEPLOYMENT.md CONTRIBUTING.md
# Append per-package READMEs if monorepo dispatch ran:
# --files ... packages/core/README.md packages/cli/README.md
Only include files that were successfully written to disk. Do not include failed or skipped docs.
Continue to report.
**Read the work manifest first:** `Read .planning/tmp/docs-work-manifest.json` — use the manifest to compile the complete report covering all canonical docs, review_queue results, and gap_queue results. The manifest is the source of truth for what was processed.Present a completion summary to the user.
Summary format:
Documentation generation complete.
Project type: {primary_type}
Generated docs:
| File | Mode | Lines |
|--------------------------|--------|-------|
| README.md | create | 87 |
| docs/ARCHITECTURE.md | update | 124 |
| docs/GETTING-STARTED.md | create | 63 |
| docs/DEVELOPMENT.md | create | 71 |
| docs/TESTING.md | create | 58 |
| docs/CONFIGURATION.md | create | 45 |
[conditional docs if generated]
{If monorepo per-package READMEs were generated:}
Per-package READMEs:
| Package | Mode | Lines |
|---------------------|--------|-------|
| packages/core | create | 42 |
| packages/cli | create | 38 |
{If any docs failed or were skipped:}
Skipped / failed:
- docs/API.md: agent did not complete
{If preservation_check ran:}
Preservation decisions:
- {filename}: {preserve|supplement|regenerate}
{If docs/DEPLOYMENT.md or docs/CONFIGURATION.md were generated:}
VERIFY markers: {N} markers placed in docs/DEPLOYMENT.md and/or docs/CONFIGURATION.md for infrastructure claims that require manual verification.
{If review_queue was non-empty:}
Existing doc accuracy review:
| Doc | Claims Checked | Passed | Failed | Fixed |
|-----|----------------|--------|--------|-------|
| docs/api/endpoint-map.md | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
{For any remaining unfixed failures after fix_loop:}
Remaining inaccuracies could not be auto-corrected — manual review recommended for flagged items above.
{If commit_docs was true:}
All generated files committed.
Remind the user they can fact-check generated docs:
Run `/gsd:docs-update --verify-only` to fact-check generated docs against the codebase.
End workflow.
<success_criteria>
- docs-init JSON loaded and all fields extracted
- Project type correctly classified from project_type signals
- Doc queue contains all always-on docs plus only the conditional docs matching project signals
- CHANGELOG.md was NOT generated or queued
- Each doc was generated in correct mode (create for new, update for existing)
- Wave 1 docs (README, ARCHITECTURE, CONFIGURATION) completed before Wave 2 started
- Generated docs contain zero GSD methodology content
- docs/DEPLOYMENT.md and docs/CONFIGURATION.md use VERIFY markers for undiscoverable claims (if generated)
- All generated files committed (if commit_docs is true)
- Hand-written docs (no GSD marker) prompted for preserve/supplement/regenerate before dispatch (unless --force)
- --force flag skipped preservation prompts and regenerated all docs
- --verify-only flag reported doc status without generating files
- Per-package READMEs generated for monorepo workspaces (if applicable)
- verify_docs step checked all generated docs against the live codebase
- fix_loop ran at most 2 iterations and halted on regression
- scan_for_secrets ran before commit and blocked on detected patterns
- --verify-only invokes gsd-doc-verifier for full fact-checking (not just VERIFY marker count) </success_criteria>