msd-core/commands/gsd/quick.md

name, description, argument-hint, allowed-tools

name	description	argument-hint	allowed-tools
gsd:quick	Execute a quick task with GSD guarantees (atomic commits, state tracking) but skip optional agents		Read Write Edit Glob Grep Bash Task AskUserQuestion

Execute small, ad-hoc tasks with GSD guarantees (atomic commits, STATE.md tracking) while skipping optional agents (research, plan-checker, verifier).

Quick mode is the same system with a shorter path:

• Spawns gsd-planner (quick mode) + gsd-executor(s)
• Skips gsd-phase-researcher, gsd-plan-checker, gsd-verifier
• Quick tasks live in .planning/quick/ separate from planned phases
• Updates STATE.md "Quick Tasks Completed" table (NOT ROADMAP.md)

Use when: You know exactly what to do and the task is small enough to not need research or verification.

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@.planning/STATE.md **Step 1: Pre-flight validation**

Check that an active GSD project exists:

if [ ! -f .planning/ROADMAP.md ]; then
  echo "Quick mode requires an active project with ROADMAP.md."
  echo "Run /gsd:new-project first."
  exit 1
fi

If validation fails, stop immediately with the error message.

Quick tasks can run mid-phase - validation only checks ROADMAP.md exists, not phase status.

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Step 2: Get task description

Prompt user interactively for the task description:

AskUserQuestion(
  header: "Quick Task",
  question: "What do you want to do?",
  followUp: null
)

Store response as $DESCRIPTION.

If empty, re-prompt: "Please provide a task description."

Generate slug from description:

slug=$(echo "$DESCRIPTION" | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]' | sed 's/[^a-z0-9]/-/g' | sed 's/--*/-/g' | sed 's/^-//;s/-$//' | cut -c1-40)

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Step 3: Calculate next quick task number

Ensure .planning/quick/ directory exists and find the next sequential number:

# Ensure .planning/quick/ exists
mkdir -p .planning/quick

# Find highest existing number and increment
last=$(ls -1d .planning/quick/[0-9][0-9][0-9]-* 2>/dev/null | sort -r | head -1 | xargs -I{} basename {} | grep -oE '^[0-9]+')

if [ -z "$last" ]; then
  next_num="001"
else
  next_num=$(printf "%03d" $((10#$last + 1)))
fi

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Step 4: Create quick task directory

Create the directory for this quick task:

QUICK_DIR=".planning/quick/${next_num}-${slug}"
mkdir -p "$QUICK_DIR"

Report to user:

Creating quick task ${next_num}: ${DESCRIPTION}
Directory: ${QUICK_DIR}

Store $QUICK_DIR for use in orchestration.

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Step 5: Orchestration (spawn planner and executor)

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Step 6: Update STATE.md

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Step 7: Commit artifacts

<success_criteria>

• ROADMAP.md validation passes
• User provides task description
• Slug generated (lowercase, hyphens, max 40 chars)
• Next number calculated (001, 002, 003...)
• Directory created at .planning/quick/NNN-slug/
• PLAN.md created by planner
• SUMMARY.md created by executor
• STATE.md updated with quick task row
• Artifacts committed </success_criteria>