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* fix: recurse test discovery so subdir test suites actually run
scripts/run-tests.cjs discovered tests with a flat readdirSync(testDir),
silently excluding tests/observability/ (4 files), tests/dispatch/ (1) and
tests/installer-migrations/ (1) — 94 passing tests — from `npm test` and all
CI lanes. Walk the tree recursively (relative subpaths preserved), classify
suites by basename, and add a fail-on-zero-executed guard for suite/default
runs (escape hatch GSD_ALLOW_EMPTY_SUITE=1) while preserving the empty
--files/--files-from path the CI inert lane relies on.
Unit suite 735 -> 741 files; surfaces ADR-227's observability/dispatch seam.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
* test: retire 5 verified-worthless tests
Adversarial verification confirmed these 5 prove nothing — their coverage is
provided more strictly elsewhere:
- enh-2790 'has a name: field' spot-checks (command-contract enforces /^gsd[:-]/)
- command-routing-hub duplicate construct + duplicate ERROR_KINDS assertions
- no-cjs-sdk-handsync-tooling (guarded files that never existed on main; bug-190
covers the real retired SDK artifacts)
- runtime-artifact-layout cline edge case (subsumed by the explicit-global test
and bug-782-cline-skills-emission)
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
* test: add ADR-218 release version-validation coverage
ADR-218 (reject leading-zero versions like 1.01.0; npm duplicate pre-check) had
zero tests — the logic lived only in release.yml bash. Add a test that extracts
the actual rejection regexes from the workflow and exercises them against a
boundary table (leading-zero/malformed rejected, valid accepted) plus structural
wiring assertions. Goes red if the regex is reverted to [0-9]+.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
* test: redesign weak tests into behavioral, deterministic assertions
Per the ADR test audit, rewrite 27 weak test files (test-only, no source
changes) so each can go red for the defect it guards:
- kill pass-always assert.ok(true) placeholders (research-cli, worktree-baseref,
bug-260 security guard, eslint-rules x24, clusters '|| true')
- replace source-text grep with behavioral calls (install Kilo, sh-hook-paths,
plan-review-convergence) and add a repo-layout governance test
- de-flake real-clock/Math.random coupling (phase last_updated, bug-3707 mtime,
context-utilization property, feat-3594)
- fix independence/shared-state violations (bug-492 singleton, issue-844 tmpRoot,
core reapStaleTempFiles, active-workstream TTY, feat-488 GSD_HOME)
- strengthen property/shape-only tests (research-provider/store classification +
collision) and unconditional plugin.json schema validation (issue-766)
Verified: all 28 files run together 1220 pass / 0 fail / 1 skip.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
* chore: add no-tautological-assert lint rule, error in test suite
New custom ESLint rule (eslint-rules/no-tautological-assert.cjs) bans asserts
that can never fail: assert(true)/assert.ok(<always-truthy literal>),
'cond || true' inside an assert, and equality asserts comparing two identical
literals. Wired as error on tests/**; full sweep confirmed zero existing
violations so the suite stays green. Prevents the placeholder-assert regressions
the audit redesigns just removed. RuleTester coverage added (6 valid, 8 invalid).
Note: no-only-tests was already enforced via eslint-plugin-no-only-tests, so no
duplicate rule was added.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
* chore: gate new allow-test-rule exemptions to require an issue ref
ADR-456 requires any allow-test-rule exemption added after the ADR to carry a
tracking issue number, but nothing enforced it. New ratchet gate
(scripts/lint-allow-test-rule-refs.cjs, wired into lint:ci) fails when a NEW
allow-test-rule comment lacks a #NNN/URL reference; the 323 existing untracked
exemptions are grandfathered in an allowlist that ratchets down as they gain
refs. Red-green verified (novel untracked offender fails; compliant passes).
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
* docs: add ADR test-audit evidence report (#1192)
Full risk-first qa-test-architect audit of the ADR portfolio (37 ADRs + 4
platform lenses, adversarial verification of retire verdicts) that drove the
P0 discovery fix, ADR-218 coverage, 5 retires, 27 redesigns, and the two new
lint gates. Filed as point-in-time evidence under docs/issueevidence/, named
for tracking issue #1192.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
* test: replace pre-existing raw NUL byte with escape in feat-3594 fixture
feat-3594's null-byte parser fixture contained a literal NUL byte (pre-existing
on next at b10e5681 — confirmed: base blob has 1 NUL, this fix has 0), which
made git treat the file as binary and would break grep/editors. Switch to the
\x00 escape; the runtime string value (a real NUL in the parser input) is
unchanged.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
* test: address adversarial-review findings
Codex adversarial pass over the branch:
- capability-registry drift test no longer mutates the committed generated
capability-registry.cjs in place (concurrency hazard) — uses in-memory
checkPipeline comparison instead.
- allow-test-rule ratchet now detects exemptions in ALL comment forms (block
/* */ too, matching no-source-grep) so a block comment can't bypass it;
one newly-surfaced pre-existing offender grandfathered (323->324).
- install.test Kilo case asserts on what install(false,'kilo') actually writes
rather than manually calling configureKiloPermissions (masked the call site).
- issue-766 drops the undeclared transitive ajv dep for explicit structural
assertions from the schema fixture.
- adr-218 test notes the hotfix leading-zero gap is tracked in #1186.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
* fix: address code-review findings (subdir discovery, rule + test gaps)
xhigh code review surfaced 15 confirmed issues, all fixed:
- run-tests.cjs --files now resolves subdir tests by bare basename + handles
Windows backslash paths (ambiguous basenames error clearly).
- affected-tests-lib.cjs listTestFiles made recursive — the targeted CI lane was
silently dropping changed subdir tests (same false-green class the audit fixed).
- no-tautological-assert now catches 'true || cond' and empty []/{} equality.
- verify-test-quality: restore provenance-classification coverage, tighten the
writeFile circular-detection check, guard the module-level file read.
- sh-hook-paths: cover the global-install .sh delegation branch (#2045 guard).
- active-workstream null-guard runs deterministically (no longer skipped on TTY).
- adr-218 structural guards tightened (major/minor leading-zero; needs: membership).
- repo-layout AGENTS.md guard no longer false-alarms on equivalent refactors.
- cross-ai ordering guard fails red when the step is missing.
- issue-766 parses required fields from the schema fixture (auto-enforced).
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
* test: stub USERPROFILE alongside HOME in feat-488 (Windows parity)
The feat-488 redesign stubbed process.env.HOME but not USERPROFILE; os.homedir()
resolves from USERPROFILE on Windows, so the home stub was not hermetic there —
caught by windows-test-parity-guard (stubsHomeNoUserProfile). Save/set/restore
USERPROFILE symmetrically with HOME (delete-if-originally-undefined).
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
* chore: reconcile allow-test-rule allowlist after rebase onto next
Rebasing onto current next pulled in merged PR #1170, which added
inventory-headings-countfree.test.cjs (a baseline allow-test-rule exemption) and
deleted inventory-counts.test.cjs. Grandfather the former and prune the latter so
the ratchet matches the merged tree. No new debt from this PR.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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GSD Core documentation
Documentation is organised into four quadrants: tutorials help you learn by doing, how-to guides solve specific tasks, reference states authoritative facts, and explanation explores concepts and design decisions.
Language versions: English · Português (pt-BR) · 日本語 · 简体中文
Tutorials
- Your first project — install to first shipped phase, one guaranteed path
- Onboarding an existing codebase — bring GSD Core to a brownfield repo
How-to guides
- Install on your runtime — runtime-specific install steps for all 16 supported runtimes
- Install a minimal GSD and add skills later — install only the core skills, then grow the surface with profiles and
/gsd:surface - Discuss a phase — capture implementation decisions before planning begins
- Resolve edge-coverage findings — turn the spec phase's surfaced domain-boundary edges into covered, dismissed, or backstopped spec decisions
- Plan a phase — run research, decompose work, and verify plan quality
- Execute a phase — run plans in parallel waves with fresh-context subagents
- Verify and ship — walk through completed work, diagnose failures, and create the PR
- Run phases autonomously — use autonomous mode for unattended phase execution
- Handle quick and fast tasks — use
/gsd-quickand/gsd-fastfor ad-hoc work outside the phase loop - Configure model profiles — switch between quality, balanced, and budget model tiers
- Set up cross-AI review — configure a second AI to review code produced by the primary agent
- Work in parallel with workstreams — run independent lines of work simultaneously using workstreams
- Isolate work with workspaces — use workspaces to sandbox experimental or risky changes
- Debug a failed execution — diagnose and recover from broken or incomplete phase execution
- Spike and sketch — use
/gsd-spikeand/gsd-sketchfor exploratory work before committing to a plan - Design a UI phase — use the UI phase loop for frontend and visual work
- Develop a Capability for GSD 1.5+ — add feature Capabilities, hook fragments, and registry entries
- Drive GSD from a tracker issue — start a phase from a GitHub, Linear, or Jira issue
- Migrate from GSD 2 — upgrade an existing GSD 2 project to GSD Core
- Update GSD — re-run the installer to pick up the latest release
- Clean up get-shit-done-cc — remove leftover old-package artifacts that cause a spurious
⬆ /gsd:updateindicator after migrating to@opengsd/gsd-core - Fix the worktree base-mismatch (exit 42) error — resolve the branch-divergence condition that halts parallel phase execution
- Recover and troubleshoot — fix common problems, rebuild context, and uninstall
Reference
- Commands — every command with flags and examples
- Configuration — full config schema, model profiles, git branching strategies
- CLI tools —
gsd-tools.cjsprogrammatic API for workflows and agents - Features — complete feature index
- Inventory — installed skills and surface map
- STATE.md schema — field-by-field reference for
.planning/STATE.md - CONTEXT.md schema — field-by-field reference for
.planning/phases/<N>/CONTEXT.md - PLAN.md schema — field-by-field reference for
.planning/phases/<N>/PLAN.md - Planning artifacts — all
.planning/files and their roles - Review and verification capabilities — code review, security, and Nyquist capability ownership and hook contracts
Explanation
- Context engineering — how context rot forms and how GSD Core prevents it
- The phase loop — design rationale for the Discuss → Plan → Execute → Verify → Ship cycle
- Multi-agent orchestration — how subagents are spawned, scoped, and coordinated
- Security model — trust boundaries, permissions, and safe automation
- Architecture — system architecture, agent model, and data flow
- Discuss modes — assumptions mode vs interview mode for
/gsd-discuss-phase - Context monitoring — context window monitoring hook architecture
- Issue-driven orchestration — recipe for driving GSD from a tracker issue using existing primitives
Related
- Root README — landing page, quickstart, and documentation overview
- Changelog — release history