Tom Boucher 58e5a5b581 fix(#3566): read the per-install .gsd-runtime marker above host-wide defaults in the isolation guards (#3589)
* test(#3566): pin per-install .gsd-runtime marker precedence in the isolation guard

Failing-first regression for #3566: resolveRuntimeIdentity must consult the
per-install marker (<install>/gsd-core/.gsd-runtime, written by every install
since #2297) above the host-wide ~/.gsd/defaults.json whose leakage #2840
exists to prevent. In-process block drives the marker through the same
_setInstallRuntimeMarkerForTests seam model-resolver.cts established.

* fix(#3566): read the per-install .gsd-runtime marker above host-wide defaults in the isolation guard

resolveRuntimeIdentity consulted ~/.gsd/defaults.json — the exact host-wide
file whose runtime leakage #2840 exists to prevent — and never the
per-install marker the installer has written for every runtime since #2297.
On a 2-runtime machine the guard confidently resolved the WRONG runtime and
silently went inert when that runtime declares no harnessIsolationFlag.
Precedence is now GSD_RUNTIME > config.json runtime > .gsd-runtime marker >
defaults.json, restoring #2840's design; the defaults rung stays last so
single-runtime and pre-#2297 installs keep #3045 BLOCKER 2 behavior.

* fix(#3566): apply the marker rung to the cursor subagent-start fallback; review fixes

Review finding (spec pass): hooks/gsd-cursor-subagent-start.js's
resolveFallbackIsolation mirrored the Claude hook's exact three-rung chain
and shared the bug — same rung inserted between config.json and the
host-wide defaults, same #2297-pattern seam, in-process regression +
negative controls.

Review finding (standards): dropped the one new raw-text assert.match on
the block reason (CONTRIBUTING test-output rule); the reason-naming
property stays pinned by the pre-existing #3045 row.

* chore(#3566): add changeset fragment

* chore(#3566): backfill changeset pr number

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Co-authored-by: sim <sim@local>
2026-08-17 10:48:32 -04:00

GSD Core

Git. Ship. Done.

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A light-weight meta-prompting, context engineering, and spec-driven development system for Claude Code, OpenCode, Antigravity CLI, Kimi CLI, Kilo, Codex, Copilot, Cursor, Windsurf, and more.

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What is GSD Core

GSD Core is a context-engineering and spec-driven development framework that drives AI coding agents (Claude Code, Codex, Antigravity CLI, Kimi CLI, Copilot, Cursor, and more) through a disciplined phase loop. It solves context rot — the quality degradation that accumulates as an AI fills its context window — by running all heavy research, planning, and execution work in fresh-context subagents while keeping your main session lean.


How it works

Each milestone repeats the same five-step loop, one phase at a time:

  1. Discuss — capture implementation decisions before anything is planned
  2. Plan — research, decompose, and verify the plan fits a fresh context window
  3. Execute — run plans in parallel waves; each executor starts with a clean 200k-token context
  4. Verify — walk through what was built; diagnose and fix before declaring done
  5. Ship — create the PR, archive the phase, repeat for the next one

Quickstart

npx @opengsd/gsd-core@latest

The installer prompts for your runtime (Claude Code, OpenCode, Antigravity CLI, Kimi CLI, Kilo, Codex, Copilot, Cursor, Windsurf, and more) and whether to install globally or locally. The installer is required for cross-runtime compatibility — do not copy files from agents/ or commands/ directly.

On another runtime or without Node.js? See Install on your runtime.

Once installed, start a new project or onboard an existing repo:

/gsd-new-project   # greenfield project
/gsd-onboard       # existing codebase

New here? Follow Your first project for a guided walkthrough from install to first shipped phase, or Onboarding an existing codebase for brownfield setup.


Documentation

What's new in 1.7.0 → docs/whats-new-1.7.0.md

Tutorials — learning by doing:

How-to guides — task-focused recipes:

Reference — authoritative facts:

Explanation — concepts and design decisions:

Full index: docs/README.md. Other languages: 日本語 · 한국어 · Português · 简体中文.


Why it works

Most AI-coding setups fail at scale because context bloat silently degrades output quality, there is no shared memory between sessions, and nothing verifies that code actually works. GSD Core solves all three: heavy work runs in fresh subagents, structured artifacts like STATE.md and CONTEXT.md survive session boundaries, and the verify step walks through what was built and generates fix plans before a phase is declared done. See docs/explanation/context-engineering.md for the full reasoning.

Troubleshooting? See docs/how-to/recover-and-troubleshoot.md.


Community

Project Platform
gsd-opencode Original OpenCode port
Discord Community support

Star History

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License

MIT License. See LICENSE for details.


Claude Code is powerful. GSD Core makes it reliable.

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