Replace the single 747-line /gsd-help reference with a progressive-disclosure dispatcher (#2551 pattern). Newcomers get a one-page tour; returning users get a 10-line refresher with --brief; the complete reference stays available behind --full; /gsd-help <topic> emits one section; and /gsd-help --brief <topic> is a compact scoped lookup (signature + one-line summary). - workflows/help.md becomes a small dispatcher routing on $ARGUMENTS - workflows/help/modes/{brief,default,full,topic}.md hold the tier bodies - commands/gsd/help.md passes $ARGUMENTS through, advertises composable form - docs/COMMANDS.md documents the new flags and topic form - existing tests that read help.md repointed at help/modes/full.md (bug-2836, bug-2950, bug-2954, cursor-reviewer, execute-phase-wave) - new feat-3039-help-tiered test enforces structure, size budgets, dispatcher routing, shim arg passthrough, topic→section coverage, orphan-heading detection, conflict-resolution rules, routing preamble, and compact-scope rule Trek-e review fixes (PR #3040): - topic.md output rules split into 5a/5b/5c — explicit handling for single sections, multi-section "plus" joins, and bold-line sub-block anchors; each rule also takes scope (full vs compact) into account - explicit resolved-routing preamble line emitted by topic.md before content ("**Topic:** `<alias>` → `<heading>` *(scope: full | compact)*") so the user sees which alias matched at which scope (review finding #3) - composable `--brief <topic>` invokes topic.md in compact scope: heading + first `**/gsd:*`** signature line + one-line summary. Dispatcher and topic.md cooperate via $ARGUMENTS pass-through (review finding #4) - full.md capped at LARGE-tier budget (FULL_BUDGET = 1500); the non-recursive workflow-size-budget test does not reach modes/ subdirs - structural <progressive_disclosure> table parse (5-row assertion) replaces substring-soup regex matching — 5 rows = 4 base tiers + composable scope - forward /gsd:* sub-block token coverage + reverse orphan-heading allowlist catch alias-table drift in both directions - four conflict-resolution tests guard dispatcher promises (--brief+--full without topic → --full; --brief <topic> → compact; --full <topic> or bare → full; dispatcher retains --brief when delegating to topic.md) - hardcoded topic lists removed from docs/COMMANDS.md and full.md (drift surfaces reduced from 5 to 2) - topic.md alias bloat trimmed (~75 → ~25 rows); cleanup/update split into distinct sub-block rows under ### Utility Commands - comment-rot ("~750 lines") removed from default.md and full.md - dispatcher size guard tightened from < 100 to <= 40 lines - commands/gsd/help.md <process> block trimmed to one line - MD040 fence languages added to all plain code blocks across mode files Main-merge conflict resolution: - workflows/help.md kept as dispatcher (body lives in help/modes/full.md) - /gsd-<cmd> → /gsd:<cmd> rename from #3452 reapplied to the mode files (full.md, default.md, brief.md, topic.md) — the six namespace routers (/gsd-context, /gsd-ideate, /gsd-manage, /gsd-project, /gsd-quality, /gsd-workflow) and wildcards (/gsd-*) preserved in hyphen form per main's convention - bug-2950 test combines branch's path repointing with main's namespaced replacement strings
GSD Documentation
Comprehensive documentation for the Get Shit Done (GSD) framework — a meta-prompting, context engineering, and spec-driven development system for AI coding agents.
Language versions: English · Português (pt-BR) · 日本語 · 简体中文
Documentation Index
| Document | Audience | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | Contributors, advanced users | System architecture, agent model, data flow, and internal design |
| Installer Migrations | Contributors | Architecture for safe install-time migrations, cleanup, preservation, dry-run planning, and rollback |
| Feature Reference | All users | Feature narratives and requirements for released features (see CHANGELOG for latest additions) |
| v1.42.1 Release Notes | All users | Stable release notes for the 1.42.1 release |
| Command Reference | All users | Stable commands with syntax, flags, options, and examples |
| Configuration Reference | All users | Full config schema, workflow toggles, model profiles, git branching |
| Custom PR Body Sections | All users | How to append project-specific PRD sections to /gsd-ship PR bodies |
| CLI Tools Reference | Contributors, agent authors | gsd-tools.cjs programmatic API for workflows and agents |
| JSON Error Mode | Contributors, agent authors | Machine-readable gsd-tools --json-errors failure envelopes |
| Agent Reference | Contributors, advanced users | Role cards for primary agents — roles, tools, spawn patterns (the agents/ filesystem is authoritative) |
| User Guide | All users | Workflow walkthroughs, troubleshooting, and recovery |
| Issue-Driven Orchestration | All users | Recipe for driving GSD from a tracker issue (GitHub / Linear / Jira) using existing primitives — no new commands or daemon |
| Context Monitor | All users | Context window monitoring hook architecture |
| Discuss Mode | All users | Assumptions vs interview mode for discuss-phase |
| Canary Stream | Contributors, early adopters | dev → @canary dist-tag policy, when to install, rollback path |
Quick Links
- What's new: see v1.42.1 Release Notes, CHANGELOG, and upstream README for release highlights
- Canary preview:
docs/CANARY.md— opt into the early-preview stream fromdev. Active cut:v1.50.0-canary.1 - Getting started: README → install →
/gsd-new-project - Full workflow walkthrough: User Guide
- All commands at a glance: Command Reference
- Configuring GSD: Configuration Reference
- Customizing ship PR bodies: Custom PR Body Sections
- How the system works internally: Architecture
- Contributing or extending: CLI Tools Reference + Agent Reference