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Jeremy McSpadden e5ef323b15 feat(#1787): add /gsd:next smart entry workflow (#1798)
* docs: design spec for /gsd smart-entry command

Hybrid approach porting gsd-pi's smart-entry wizard to gsd-core:
deterministic classifier (gsd-tools smart-entry --json) + markdown
command/workflow with AskUserQuestion + --text fallback. Routing-first
('what now?' menu), 10 situations redesigned for gsd-core's phase loop.

* feat: add /gsd-start smart-entry command

State-aware front door adapted from gsd-pi's smart-entry wizard,
redesigned for gsd-core's markdown-first, multi-runtime architecture.

- src/smart-entry.cts: deterministic situation classifier (no-project,
  paused, blocked, verify-failed, needs-first-phase, planning, executing,
  verify-pending, idle-stranded, complete, unknown). Reads STATE.md,
  ROADMAP.md, git, and verify signals; emits JSON the workflow consumes.
- gsd-tools.cjs: wire  case + help listing.
- commands/gsd/start.md + gsd-core/workflows/gsd.md: thin markdown
  dispatcher presenting an AskUserQuestion menu (with --text fallback for
  non-Claude runtimes) and dispatching to existing commands. Falls back
  to /gsd:progress if detection is unavailable.
- help.md: document /gsd:start (parity with bug-2954).
- tests: smart-entry.unit.test.cjs (classifier behavior across all
  situations + priority + JSON shape) and gsd-workflow.structure.test.cjs
  (markdown-layer invariants + every emitted command resolves to a real
  slash command).

Spec: docs/superpowers/specs/2026-06-27-gsd-smart-entry-design.md
Note: command-contract (ADR-0002) requires a gsd:* prefix, so the bare
/gsd from the spec surfaces as /gsd-start.

* refactor: rename smart-entry command to /gsd:next

Rename the command from /gsd:start to /gsd:next per feedback. The
command file is now commands/gsd/next.md (name: gsd:next) and the
backing workflow is gsd-core/workflows/smart-entry.md (named for the
smart-entry classifier and gsd-tools smart-entry subcommand; does not
collide with the existing workflows/next.md, which is the progress
--next sub-workflow). help.md and the spec updated to match.

All affected tests (188) pass; lint:ci clean.

* fix: smart-entry reads real STATE.md schema (nested progress YAML + body Phase field)

Codex review found the classifier misread this repo's own STATE.md: it
looked only for scalar current_phase/total_phases frontmatter and body
fields named 'Current Phase'/'Total Phases', but real STATE.md stores
the phase as body 'Phase: N' and total_phases/percent under a nested
'progress:' YAML object. Both came back null, so active projects
(e.g. this repo at Phase 3 / verifying) wrongly classified as
needs-first-phase.

- detectSignals now reads total_phases + percent from nested progress{}
  first, then scalar fm, then body; current_phase falls back to the
  body 'Phase:' field (parseProsePhaseField lineage).
- Add regression tests against the real schema (nested progress YAML +
  body Phase field) covering verify-pending + executing situations.

Verified against this repo: now classifies verify-pending (was
needs-first-phase). Coverage 93.25% lines / 86.99% branches.

* fix(workflow): tiered fallback when gsd-tools is broken (not just smart-entry)

Live test exposed a self-defeating fallback: when smart-entry --json
failed because gsd-tools itself was broken (missing
markdown-sectionizer.cjs), the workflow fell back to /gsd:progress —
which also depends on gsd-tools and would dead-end too.

Replace the single /gsd:progress fallback with a tiered recovery:
1. Probe gsd_run state-snapshot. If it ALSO errors, the whole tool
   layer is down — read .planning/STATE.md directly with the Read tool
   and synthesize a minimal situation + actions menu so /gsd:next stays
   useful. Surface a rebuild hint.
2. Only if smart-entry alone is missing (older gsd-core), fall back to
   /gsd:progress as before.

Matches the direct-read resilience the live agent already did by hand.

* docs: add gsd-next skill surface

* chore: trigger no-mistakes validation

* no-mistakes(review): Fix smart-entry phase ordering

* no-mistakes(review): Fix decimal smart-entry phase ordering

* no-mistakes(test): Fix smart-entry next test contracts

* no-mistakes(document): Docs synced for smart entry

* chore: add changeset fragment for #1798 (/gsd:next smart-entry workflow)

Co-authored-by: Codesmith <codesmith-bot@users.noreply.github.com>

* fix: shorten next.md description and update golden install parity fixtures

Co-authored-by: Codesmith <codesmith-bot@users.noreply.github.com>

* fix: update /gsd-next refs to /gsd:next in docs and add Smart Entry topic alias

Co-authored-by: Codesmith <codesmith-bot@users.noreply.github.com>

* chore: trigger no-mistakes validation

* fix: regenerate INVENTORY-MANIFEST.json for new /gsd-next files

Full CI caught that adding commands/gsd/next.md + gsd-core/workflows/smart-entry.md
left docs/INVENTORY-MANIFEST.json stale (not in the affected-test scope that
no-mistakes' test gate runs, so it surfaced in CI). Regenerated via
node scripts/gen-inventory-manifest.cjs --write; inventory-manifest-sync
test now passes.

* fix: add 'next' to core_loop cluster, update INVENTORY-MANIFEST, fix gates.md ref

Co-authored-by: Codesmith <codesmith-bot@users.noreply.github.com>

* fix: regenerate golden install parity fixtures for /gsd:next

Full CI (shard 3/3) caught that adding commands/gsd/next.md + the
smart-entry workflow/lib made the per-runtime golden install parity
fixtures stale across all 16 runtimes. Regenerated via
UPDATE_GOLDEN=1 node --test tests/golden-install-parity.test.cjs.
All 16 fixtures + inventory-manifest-sync now pass.

* Fix smart-entry verify-failed phase scoping and empty resolve shim step

Scope detectVerifyFailed to STATE.md's current phase so leftover higher
phase directories cannot force verify-failed routing. Move the gsd_run
shim resolver into the workflow resolve step so agents define gsd_run
before the detect step runs smart-entry.

* fix: recapture golden fixtures with updated gates.md hash (/gsd:next)

Co-authored-by: Codesmith <codesmith-bot@users.noreply.github.com>

* fix: recapture all 16 golden fixtures with updated smart-entry.md hash

Co-authored-by: Codesmith <codesmith-bot@users.noreply.github.com>

* chore: regenerate fixtures + inventory manifest after rebase onto next

Rebased onto next which adopted #1837 (package-version normalization to
<VERSION> in golden-install-parity hashes). Recaptured the golden fixture
that needed it (hermes), re-sorted INVENTORY-MANIFEST.json, and regenerated
the gsd-next / ns-workflow skill descriptions to match the command surface.

Co-authored-by: Codesmith <codesmith-bot@users.noreply.github.com>

* refactor(#1787): delegate /gsd:next in-project advancement to gated /gsd:progress --next

Reconciles the /gsd:next smart-entry front door with the existing
/gsd:progress --next engine (davesienkowski review on PR #1798). The
classifier previously recommended /gsd:execute-phase directly for the
`executing` situation, bypassing workflows/next.md Route 0
(resume-incomplete-phase invariant, #160) and Gates 1-3 — reproducing the
duplication that got the old flat /gsd-next removed (#3054), plus a
correctness hazard (executing the recorded current phase while an earlier
phase is silently incomplete).

Now planning/executing/verify-pending recommend `/gsd:progress --next`
(single gated engine); the specific command stays an explicit secondary.
Off-path states (no-project, paused, blocked, verify-failed,
idle-stranded, complete) keep direct recommendations — smart-entry's
distinct value over --next. Adds docs/adr/1787-gsd-next-smart-entry.md and
a regression test locking the delegation contract.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>

* docs(#1787): avoid literal /gsd-next token in ADR (bug-3054 guard)

The repo-invariants #3054 guard bans the removed /gsd-next slash form in
docs surfaces. Refer to the removed command as `gsd-next` (prose) — the
historical reference is unchanged, just the banned token is dropped.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>

* chore: gitignore compiled host-integration-sdk + handshake-serialized .cjs

Pre-existing gap from #1683: these two src/*.cts modules compile to
gsd-core/bin/lib/*.cjs but were omitted from the per-file ignore list, so
`npm run build`/`npm test` left them as untracked build artifacts (dirty
tree + accidental-commit footgun). Adds them alongside their siblings
(host-integration.cjs, mcp-server.cjs, …). Found while finishing #1798.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>

* test(#1787): lock per-situation action invariants for all 11 situations + ADR typo

Adversarial-review follow-ups:
- Add a test asserting every situation's action set has exactly one
  recommended action, 1-4 unique-id /gsd:* actions (previously the
  one-recommended/1-4 invariant was only sampled for 6 of 11 situations).
- Fix ADR typo: /gsd-progress → /gsd:progress.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>

* fix(#1798): split oversized test chunks so a slow shard can't trip the per-chunk timeout

Root-cause of the intermittent `full test (windows-latest, 22, shard 1/3)`
failure. It was NOT a leaked handle (the runner's kill message guesses that,
but --test-force-exit already exits leaks cleanly). Diagnosis:

- Ran every shard-1/3 file WITHOUT --test-force-exit + a 45s kill-timer:
  zero hangs, zero leaks — every file self-exits. So no leaked handle / hang.
- CI activity profile: output kept flowing (slowly) right up to the 600.0s
  kill — a dead hang would go silent. => pure slowness.
- Per-file timing: install-minimal-hooks.test.cjs is a 4987-line / 250-case
  consolidation file doing dozens of real installs — 41s even on a fast Mac
  (much worse on the slow Windows I/O path), plus an install-heavy cluster.

Mechanism: MAX_FILES_PER_CHUNK=180 packed the whole ~171-file shard into ONE
`node --test` chunk, so the entire shard's wall-clock ran against a single
600s per-chunk backstop. On slow Windows runners that single chunk crossed
600s and was killed mid-run — an intermittent false-negative gate that also
hits `next` directly.

Fix: lower MAX_FILES_PER_CHUNK 180 -> 90 so each shard splits into ~2 chunks,
each with its own fresh 600s budget and a fresh node process (also relieves
per-process memory pressure). Verified locally: shard 1/3 now runs as
chunk 1/2 (90 files) + chunk 2/2 (81 files), 5323 tests, 0 fail. Also made the
timeout kill-message name slowness as a cause instead of asserting a leak, so
the next debugger isn't sent hunting a nonexistent handle leak.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>

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Co-authored-by: Cursor Agent <cursoragent@cursor.com>
Co-authored-by: Tom Boucher <trekkie@nomorestars.com>
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# GSD CLI Tools Reference
> Reference for the `gsd-tools` CLI (`gsd-core/bin/gsd-tools.cjs`). For slash commands and user flows, see [Command Reference](COMMANDS.md). Return to [docs index](README.md).
---
## Overview
`gsd-tools.cjs` centralizes config parsing, model resolution, phase lookup, git commits, summary verification, state management, and template operations across GSD commands, workflows, and agents.
| | |
| ------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| **Shipped path** | `gsd-core/bin/gsd-tools.cjs` |
| **Implementation** | 20 domain modules under `gsd-core/bin/lib/` (the directory is authoritative) |
| **Status** | Primary runtime command surface for orchestration, workflows, and automation. |
**Usage (CJS):**
```bash
node gsd-tools.cjs <command> [args] [--raw] [--cwd <path>]
```
**Global flags (CJS):**
| Flag | Description |
| -------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `--raw` | Machine-readable output (JSON or plain text, no formatting) |
| `--cwd <path>` | Override working directory (for sandboxed subagents) |
| `--ws <name>` | Workstream context for `.planning/workstreams/<name>` paths |
---
## State Commands
Manage `.planning/STATE.md` — the project's living memory.
```bash
# Load full project config + state as JSON
node gsd-tools.cjs state load
# Output STATE.md frontmatter as JSON
node gsd-tools.cjs state json
# Update a single field
node gsd-tools.cjs state update <field> <value>
# Get STATE.md content or a specific section
node gsd-tools.cjs state get [section]
# Batch update multiple fields
node gsd-tools.cjs state patch --field1 val1 --field2 val2
# Increment plan counter
node gsd-tools.cjs state advance-plan
# Record execution metrics
node gsd-tools.cjs state record-metric --phase N --plan M --duration Xmin [--tasks N] [--files N]
# Recalculate progress bar
node gsd-tools.cjs state update-progress
# Add a decision
node gsd-tools.cjs state add-decision --summary "..." [--phase N] [--rationale "..."]
# Or from files:
node gsd-tools.cjs state add-decision --summary-file path [--rationale-file path]
# Add/resolve blockers
node gsd-tools.cjs state add-blocker --text "..."
node gsd-tools.cjs state resolve-blocker --text "..."
# Record session continuity
node gsd-tools.cjs state record-session --stopped-at "..." [--resume-file path]
# Phase start — update STATE.md Status/Last activity for a new phase
node gsd-tools.cjs state begin-phase --phase N --name SLUG --plans COUNT
# Agent-discoverable blocker signalling (used by discuss-phase / UI flows)
node gsd-tools.cjs state signal-waiting --type TYPE --question "..." --options "A|B" --phase P
node gsd-tools.cjs state signal-resume
```
### State Snapshot
Structured parse of the full STATE.md:
```bash
node gsd-tools.cjs state-snapshot
```
Returns JSON with: current position, phase, plan, status, decisions, blockers, metrics, last activity.
### Smart Entry
Read-only situation classifier used by `/gsd:next`.
```bash
node gsd-tools.cjs smart-entry # Human summary + recommended route
node gsd-tools.cjs smart-entry --json # Machine-readable result for workflows
```
The JSON result contains `situation`, `recommended`, `summary`, `signals`, and ordered `actions[]`. Detection reads `.planning/STATE.md`, `ROADMAP.md`, latest verification/summary artifacts, and git status; it does not write files or dispatch commands.
---
## Phase Commands
Manage phases — directories, numbering, and roadmap sync.
```bash
# Find phase directory by number
node gsd-tools.cjs find-phase <phase>
# Calculate next decimal phase number for insertions
node gsd-tools.cjs phase next-decimal <phase>
# Append new phase to roadmap + create directory
node gsd-tools.cjs phase add <description>
# Insert decimal phase after existing
node gsd-tools.cjs phase insert <after> <description>
# Remove phase, renumber subsequent
node gsd-tools.cjs phase remove <phase> [--force]
# Mark phase complete, update state + roadmap
node gsd-tools.cjs phase complete <phase>
# Evaluate HUMAN-UAT results for a phase (markdown-aware; ignores false-positive contexts)
# Returns JSON: { passed, uat_files[], verification_files[], checks[], blockers[], policy }
node gsd-tools.cjs phase uat-passed <phase> [--require-verification]
# Index plans with waves and status
node gsd-tools.cjs phase-plan-index <phase>
# List phases with filtering
node gsd-tools.cjs phases list [--type planned|executed|all] [--phase N] [--include-archived]
```
---
## Roadmap Commands
Parse and update `ROADMAP.md`.
```bash
# Extract phase section from ROADMAP.md
node gsd-tools.cjs roadmap get-phase <phase>
# Full roadmap parse with disk status
node gsd-tools.cjs roadmap analyze
# Update progress table row from disk
node gsd-tools.cjs roadmap update-plan-progress <N>
```
---
## Config Commands
Read and write `.planning/config.json`.
```bash
# Initialize config.json with defaults
node gsd-tools.cjs config-ensure-section
# Set a config value (dot notation)
node gsd-tools.cjs config-set <key> <value>
# Get a config value
node gsd-tools.cjs config-get <key>
# Set model profile
node gsd-tools.cjs config-set-model-profile <profile>
```
---
## Capability Commands
The capability command family resolves and mutates capability state (ADR-857). One resolved state composes three substrates: the install profile (`.gsd-profile`), the runtime surface (`.gsd-surface.json`), and config gates (`.planning/config.json` `workflow.*`). `enabled = installed && surfaced`; a hook is `active` only when its capability is enabled and its config gate is on.
### `capability state`
```bash
node gsd-tools.cjs capability state [--config-dir <path>] [--raw]
```
Resolves and prints every capability's `installed`, `surfaced`, `enabled`, and per-hook `active` state. Read-only. `--config-dir` selects the runtime config directory (defaults to the resolved Claude home). `--raw` emits JSON.
### `capability set`
```bash
node gsd-tools.cjs capability set <id> [--on | --off] [--gate <key>=<true|false>]... [--config-dir <path>] [--runtime <name>] [--scope <global|project>] [--raw]
```
Mutates one capability, re-resolves, and reports the result. Two axes:
- `--on` / `--off` (aliases `--enable` / `--disable`): the capability on/off switch, applied through the runtime surface. `--off` unsurfaces the capability; the change is reversible and reclaims the surface budget. A capability that owns no skills has no surface footprint — use `--gate` for those.
- `--gate <key>=<true|false>` (repeatable): toggles one of the capability's own config keys (a hook gate) within an enabled capability.
- `--runtime` / `--scope`: materialise the surface change for that runtime's artifact layout.
After writing, the command re-resolves and prints two message classes to stderr: errors (non-zero exit) — unknown capability id, a `--gate` key the capability does not own, a non-boolean gate value, or `--on` for a capability whose skills are not in the install profile; warnings (exit 0) — `--on`/`--off` on a skill-less capability, or a capability left surfaced while every hook is gated off ("present but dead"). Exit status is non-zero only when a requested change could not be applied.
**Examples:**
```bash
# Turn the UI capability off
node gsd-tools.cjs capability set ui --off --config-dir ~/.claude
# Keep the capability on, gate one hook off
node gsd-tools.cjs capability set code-review --gate workflow.code_review=false
```
---
## Teams Status
### `query teams-status`
```bash
node gsd-tools.cjs query teams-status [--active]
```
Read-only detector for claude-code's experimental agent-teams feature (issue #1355). Resolves the runtime via the canonical `GSD_RUNTIME` → `config.runtime` → `'claude'` precedence, then checks `CLAUDE_CODE_EXPERIMENTAL_AGENT_TEAMS`.
**Default (no flags):** prints a JSON object and exits 0:
```json
{
"active": false,
"runtime": "claude",
"env_present": false,
"source": "off: flag absent"
}
```
Fields:
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| `active` | boolean | `true` only when `CLAUDE_CODE_EXPERIMENTAL_AGENT_TEAMS` is strictly truthy (`"1"` or `"true"`, case-insensitive) **and** the resolved runtime is `"claude"` |
| `runtime` | string | The resolved runtime name (e.g. `"claude"`, `"codex"`) |
| `env_present` | boolean | `true` when the env flag is set to a strictly-truthy value |
| `source` | string | One of: `"on: env"`, `"off: flag absent"`, `"off: non-claude"` |
**`--active` flag:** exits 0 if `active` is true, exits 1 otherwise. Prints nothing. Useful in bash conditionals:
```bash
if gsd_run query teams-status --active >/dev/null 2>&1; then
echo "agent-teams is on"
fi
```
This command is strictly read-only — no config writes, no disk mutation.
---
### `query eval.score`
```bash
node gsd-tools.cjs query eval.score --covered <N> --total <N> --infra <tooling>,<dataset>,<cicd>,<guardrails>,<tracing>
```
Deterministic scorer for eval-auditor results. Computes coverage, infrastructure, and overall scores from audited inputs. Called by `gsd-eval-auditor` in its `calculate_scores` step — agents must not recompute these values by hand.
**Inputs:**
| Flag | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| `--covered` | integer | Number of eval dimensions scored COVERED |
| `--total` | integer | Total planned eval dimensions |
| `--infra` | string | Comma-separated list of 5 infra component statuses (order: tooling, dataset, cicd, guardrails, tracing); each value is `ok`, `partial`, or `missing` |
**Output JSON:**
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| `coverage_score` | number | `covered / total × 100` |
| `infra_score` | number | `(sum of component weights) / 5 × 100` (`ok`=1, `partial`=0.5, `missing`=0) |
| `overall_score` | number | `(coverage_score × 0.6) + (infra_score × 0.4)` |
| `verdict` | string | `PRODUCTION READY` (80–100) / `NEEDS WORK` (60–<80) / `SIGNIFICANT GAPS` (40–<60) / `NOT IMPLEMENTED` (0–<40) |
**Example:**
```bash
node gsd-tools.cjs query eval.score --covered 3 --total 5 --infra ok,partial,missing,ok,ok
# → {"coverage_score":60,"infra_score":70,"overall_score":64,"verdict":"NEEDS WORK"}
```
This command is strictly read-only — no config writes, no disk mutation.
---
## Model Resolution
```bash
# Get model for agent based on current profile
node gsd-tools.cjs resolve-model <agent-name>
# Raw output returns the selected model ID/tier.
# JSON output also includes profile and, when the active runtime supports it,
# reasoning_effort.
```
Agent names: `gsd-planner`, `gsd-executor`, `gsd-phase-researcher`, `gsd-project-researcher`, `gsd-research-synthesizer`, `gsd-verifier`, `gsd-plan-checker`, `gsd-integration-checker`, `gsd-roadmapper`, `gsd-debugger`, `gsd-codebase-mapper`, `gsd-nyquist-auditor`
---
## Verification Commands
Validate plans, phases, references, and commits.
```bash
# Verify SUMMARY.md file
node gsd-tools.cjs verify-summary <path> [--check-count N]
# Check PLAN.md structure + tasks
node gsd-tools.cjs verify plan-structure <file>
# Check all plans have summaries
node gsd-tools.cjs verify phase-completeness <phase>
# Check @-refs + paths resolve
node gsd-tools.cjs verify references <file>
# Batch verify commit hashes
node gsd-tools.cjs verify commits <hash1> [hash2] ...
# Check must_haves.artifacts
node gsd-tools.cjs verify artifacts <plan-file>
# Check must_haves.key_links
node gsd-tools.cjs verify key-links <plan-file>
```
---
## Validation Commands
Check project integrity.
```bash
# Check phase numbering, disk/roadmap sync
node gsd-tools.cjs validate consistency
# Check .planning/ integrity, optionally repair
node gsd-tools.cjs validate health [--repair]
# Probe context-window utilization for status-line / hook callers (v1.40.0)
node gsd-tools.cjs validate context
# Context utilization as typed JSON surface (#455)
node gsd-tools.cjs validate context --json
```
`validate context` emits a structured envelope with `utilization`, `status`
(`ok` / `warn` / `critical` at the 60 % / 70 % thresholds), and a
`suggestion` string. The same data backs `/gsd-health --context`.
Pass `--json` to receive the typed IR directly (useful in scripts and test assertions).
---
## Template Commands
Template selection and filling.
```bash
# Select summary template based on granularity
node gsd-tools.cjs template select <type>
# Fill template with variables
node gsd-tools.cjs template fill <type> --phase N [--plan M] [--name "..."] [--type execute|tdd] [--wave N] [--fields '{json}']
```
Template types for `fill`: `summary`, `plan`, `verification`
---
## Frontmatter Commands
YAML frontmatter CRUD operations on any Markdown file.
```bash
# Extract frontmatter as JSON
node gsd-tools.cjs frontmatter get <file> [--field key]
# Update single field
node gsd-tools.cjs frontmatter set <file> --field key --value jsonVal
# Merge JSON into frontmatter
node gsd-tools.cjs frontmatter merge <file> --data '{json}'
# Validate required fields
node gsd-tools.cjs frontmatter validate <file> --schema plan|summary|verification
```
---
## Scaffold Commands
Create pre-structured files and directories.
```bash
# Create CONTEXT.md template
node gsd-tools.cjs scaffold context --phase N
# Create UAT.md template
node gsd-tools.cjs scaffold uat --phase N
# Create VERIFICATION.md template
node gsd-tools.cjs scaffold verification --phase N
# Create phase directory
node gsd-tools.cjs scaffold phase-dir --phase N --name "phase name"
```
---
## Init Commands (Compound Context Loading)
Load all context needed for a specific workflow in one call. Returns JSON with project info, config, state, and workflow-specific data.
```bash
node gsd-tools.cjs init execute-phase <phase>
node gsd-tools.cjs init plan-phase <phase>
node gsd-tools.cjs init new-project
node gsd-tools.cjs init new-milestone
node gsd-tools.cjs init quick <description>
node gsd-tools.cjs init resume
node gsd-tools.cjs init verify-work <phase>
node gsd-tools.cjs init phase-op <phase>
node gsd-tools.cjs init todos [area]
node gsd-tools.cjs init milestone-op
node gsd-tools.cjs init map-codebase
node gsd-tools.cjs init progress
# Workstream-scoped init (`--ws` flag)
node gsd-tools.cjs init execute-phase <phase> --ws <name>
node gsd-tools.cjs init plan-phase <phase> --ws <name>
```
**Large payload handling:** When output exceeds ~50KB, the CLI writes to a temp file and returns `@file:/tmp/gsd-init-XXXXX.json`. Workflows check for the `@file:` prefix and read from disk:
```bash
INIT=$(node gsd-tools.cjs init execute-phase "1")
if [[ "$INIT" == @file:* ]]; then INIT=$(cat "${INIT#@file:}"); fi
```
---
## Milestone Commands
```bash
# Archive milestone
node gsd-tools.cjs milestone complete <version> [--name <name>] [--no-archive-phases]
# Mark requirements as complete
node gsd-tools.cjs requirements mark-complete <ids>
# Accepts: REQ-01,REQ-02 or REQ-01 REQ-02 or [REQ-01, REQ-02]
```
---
## Agent Skills
Emit the skill block for a given agent type.
```bash
# Emit raw XML skill block (default — safe for shell expansion)
node gsd-tools.cjs agent-skills <agent-type>
# Emit typed JSON surface (#455) — { agent_type, block, skills_count, warnings, configured, reason, source, degraded }
node gsd-tools.cjs agent-skills <agent-type> --json
```
The `--json` flag returns a typed IR object suitable for structured consumption and test assertions, while the default (no flag) preserves the raw XML output that workflow shell expansions rely on.
**`--json` field reference** (as of #1415, Resolution Provenance P2):
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| `agent_type` | `string` | The agent type that was queried. |
| `block` | `string` | The `<agent_skills>` XML block, or `""` when empty. |
| `skills_count` | `number` | Number of skill paths configured for this agent type. |
| `warnings` | `string[]` | Per-path warnings for skills that were skipped (missing `SKILL.md`, unsafe path, etc.). Empty when all configured paths resolved. |
| `configured` | `boolean` | `true` when the agent type appears in `agent_skills` in the config; `false` when the key is absent entirely. |
| `reason` | `string` | Resolution reason: `"resolved"` (block non-empty), `"not_configured"` (agent not in `agent_skills` — silent), `"configured_empty"` (configured but paths list is empty — emits stderr WARNING), `"configured_unresolved"` (configured with paths but all failed to resolve — emits stderr WARNING). |
| `source` | `string` | Config provenance: `"root"` (`.planning/config.json`), `"workstream"` (workstream-scoped config), `"global-defaults"` (`~/.gsd/defaults.json`), `"builtin-defaults"` (no project config). |
| `degraded` | `boolean` | `true` when a workstream was requested but its config.json was absent and the command fell back to root config; `false` otherwise. |
The command anchors to the project root via `findProjectRoot` before loading config, so invoking it from a descendant subdirectory resolves the same config as the project root.
---
## Skill Manifest
Pre-compute and cache skill discovery for faster command loading.
```bash
# Generate skill manifest (writes to .claude/skill-manifest.json)
node gsd-tools.cjs skill-manifest
# Generate with custom output path
node gsd-tools.cjs skill-manifest --output <path>
```
Returns JSON mapping of all available GSD skills with their metadata (name, description, file path, argument hints). Used by the installer and session-start hooks to avoid repeated filesystem scans.
---
## Utility Commands
```bash
# Convert text to URL-safe slug
node gsd-tools.cjs generate-slug "Some Text Here"
# → some-text-here
# Get timestamp
node gsd-tools.cjs current-timestamp [full|date|filename]
# Count and list pending todos
node gsd-tools.cjs list-todos [area]
# List captured seeds (optionally filter by status: dormant|active|triggered)
node gsd-tools.cjs list-seeds [status]
# Check file/directory existence
node gsd-tools.cjs verify-path-exists <path>
# Aggregate all SUMMARY.md data
node gsd-tools.cjs history-digest
# Extract structured data from SUMMARY.md
node gsd-tools.cjs summary-extract <path> [--fields field1,field2]
# Project statistics
node gsd-tools.cjs stats [json|table]
# Progress rendering (human-readable)
node gsd-tools.cjs progress [json|table|bar]
# Progress as typed JSON surface (#455)
node gsd-tools.cjs progress --json
# Complete a todo
node gsd-tools.cjs todo complete <filename>
# UAT audit — scan all phases for unresolved items
node gsd-tools.cjs audit-uat
# Cross-artifact audit queue — scan `.planning/` for unresolved audit items
node gsd-tools.cjs audit-open [--json]
# Reverse-migrate a GSD-2 project into the current structure (backs `/gsd-import --from-gsd2`)
node gsd-tools.cjs from-gsd2 [--path <dir>] [--force] [--dry-run]
# Git commit with config checks
node gsd-tools.cjs commit <message> [--files f1 f2] [--amend] [--no-verify] [--respect-staged]
```
> `--no-verify`: Skips pre-commit hooks. Used by parallel executor agents during wave-based execution to avoid build lock contention (e.g., cargo lock fights in Rust projects). The orchestrator runs hooks once after each wave completes. Do not use `--no-verify` during sequential execution — let hooks run normally.
> `--files <paths>` **staging behaviour**: by default, `--files` runs `git add -- <path>` for each named file before committing. This overwrites any per-hunk staging set up via `git add -p`. Pass `--respect-staged` to skip the `git add` step and commit only what is already in the index within the requested pathspec. If nothing is staged within that scope, the command returns `{ committed: false, reason: 'nothing staged' }` without error. The trailing `-- <paths>` pathspec on the commit is applied under both modes, so files staged outside the `--files` scope are never included (#3061 invariant).
# Web search (requires Brave API key)
node gsd-tools.cjs websearch <query> [--limit N] [--freshness day|week|month]
```
---
## Worktree Commands
Diagnose and configure the worktree fork base used by Claude Code's `isolation="worktree"` executor dispatch. These commands address the branch-divergence condition described in [Fix the worktree base-mismatch (exit 42) error](how-to/fix-worktree-base-mismatch.md).
```bash
# Check whether the current HEAD has diverged from the worktree fork base.
# Returns JSON: { shouldDegrade, reason, message, headSha, forkRef, forkSha }
node gsd-tools.cjs worktree base-check
# Write worktree.baseRef:"head" into .claude/settings.local.json (no-clobber).
# Returns JSON: { changed, skipped, previous, baseRef, file }
node gsd-tools.cjs worktree set-baseref
```
**`worktree base-check`** reads `worktree.baseRef` from a three-layer cascade — `.claude/settings.local.json`, then `.claude/settings.json`, then the user/global `settings.json` under `CLAUDE_CONFIG_DIR` (or `~/.claude`) — and compares the current `HEAD` SHA against `origin/HEAD`. Project-level settings take precedence over the user/global layer, so a machine-wide `worktree.baseRef:"head"` set via `/config` is honored when no project override exists. The `shouldDegrade` field is `true` when the execute-phase orchestrator will fall back to sequential execution. Possible `reason` values:
| `reason` | `shouldDegrade` | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| `baseref-head` | `false` | `worktree.baseRef:"head"` is set; no mismatch possible |
| `head-matches-fork` | `false` | HEAD and `origin/HEAD` are the same commit |
| `head-diverged-from-fork` | `true` | Branch is ahead of or diverged from `origin/HEAD` |
| `fork-ref-unknown` | `true` | `origin/HEAD` could not be resolved |
| `no-head` | `false` | Not in a git repo (no `HEAD`) |
**`worktree set-baseref`** applies a no-clobber write of `worktree.baseRef:"head"` to `.claude/settings.local.json`. If the file already contains an explicit `baseRef` value other than `"head"`, the existing value is preserved and `skipped:"explicit-other"` is returned. Malformed JSON causes an error rather than a silent overwrite. Both fresh installs and upgrades of GSD Core run this automatically when `workflow.use_worktrees` is enabled (the default); the command is also available for manual use — for example, to apply the setting when worktrees were toggled on after installation, or to re-apply it after a settings change.
### Wave-manifest recording
The execute-phase orchestrator records each spawned executor's worktree identity into a wave cleanup manifest so the matching `cleanup-wave` reader can later merge and remove exactly those worktrees.
```bash
# Append a validated per-agent entry to the wave cleanup manifest.
# Returns JSON: { ok, reason, entry, manifest_path } (exit 0), or
# { ok:false, reason, hint } with a non-zero exit on a rejected entry.
node gsd-tools.cjs worktree record-agent \
--manifest <path> --agent-id <id> --path <worktree> --branch <branch> --base <sha>
```
**`worktree record-agent`** appends one `{agent_id, worktree_path, branch, expected_base}` entry to an already-initialized manifest, validating every field **at write time using the same rules the `cleanup-wave` reader enforces** — `--branch` must match the disposable `^worktree-agent-[A-Za-z0-9._/-]+$` namespace, and `--path`/`--branch`/`--base` must be non-empty. `--agent-id` is required (write-strict), even though the reader treats it as optional. A missing or garbled field — or a duplicate `(worktree_path, branch)` the reader would dedup away — fails loudly with a recovery hint and a non-zero exit **without** writing, instead of appending an under-populated or silently-dropped entry. Whitespace-only `--path`/`--base` are rejected (values are trimmed). The on-disk manifest shape is unchanged (the reader re-derives `allowed_bases`); the orchestrator still initializes the empty `{orchestrator_root, worktrees: []}` shell inline before any agent is recorded.
---
## Graphify
Build, query, and inspect the project knowledge graph in `.planning/graphs/`. Requires `graphify.enabled: true` in `config.json` (see [Configuration Reference](CONFIGURATION.md#graphify-settings)).
```bash
# Build or rebuild the knowledge graph
node gsd-tools.cjs graphify build
# Search the graph for a term
node gsd-tools.cjs graphify query <term>
# Show graph freshness and statistics
node gsd-tools.cjs graphify status
# Show changes since the last build
node gsd-tools.cjs graphify diff
# Write a named snapshot of the current graph
node gsd-tools.cjs graphify snapshot [name]
```
User-facing entry point: `/gsd-graphify` (see [Command Reference](COMMANDS.md#gsd-graphify)).
---
## Module Architecture
| Module | File | Exports |
|--------|------|---------|
| Core | `lib/core.cjs` | `error()`, `output()`, `parseArgs()`, shared utilities, compatibility re-exports |
| State | `lib/state.cjs` | All `state` subcommands, `state-snapshot` |
| Phase | `lib/phase.cjs` | Phase CRUD, `find-phase`, `phase-plan-index`, `phases list` |
| Planning Workspace | `lib/planning-workspace.cjs` | Planning seam: `planningDir`, `planningPaths`, active workstream routing, `.planning/.lock` |
| Roadmap | `lib/roadmap.cjs` | Roadmap parsing, phase extraction, progress updates |
| Config | `lib/config.cjs` | Config read/write, section initialization |
| Verify | `lib/verify.cjs` | All verification and validation commands |
| Template | `lib/template.cjs` | Template selection and variable filling |
| Frontmatter | `lib/frontmatter.cjs` | YAML frontmatter CRUD |
| Init | `lib/init.cjs` | Compound context loading for all workflows |
| Milestone | `lib/milestone.cjs` | Milestone archival, requirements marking |
| Commands | `lib/commands.cjs` | Misc: slug, timestamp, todos, scaffold, stats, websearch |
| Model Profiles | `lib/model-profiles.cjs` | Profile resolution table |
| UAT | `lib/uat.cjs` | Cross-phase UAT/verification audit |
| Profile Output | `lib/profile-output.cjs` | Developer profile formatting |
| Profile Pipeline | `lib/profile-pipeline.cjs` | Session analysis pipeline |
| Graphify | `lib/graphify.cjs` | Knowledge graph build/query/status/diff/snapshot (backs `/gsd-graphify`) |
| Learnings | `lib/learnings.cjs` | Extract learnings from phases/SUMMARY artifacts (backs `/gsd-extract-learnings`) |
| Audit | `lib/audit.cjs` | Phase/milestone audit queue handlers; `audit-open` helper |
| GSD2 Import | `lib/gsd2-import.cjs` | Reverse-migration importer from GSD-2 projects (backs `/gsd-import --from-gsd2`) |
| Intel | `lib/intel.cjs` | Queryable codebase intelligence index (backs `/gsd-map-codebase --query`) |
| Capability State | `lib/capability-state.cjs` | Capability-state resolver — composes install profile, surface, and config into per-capability `enabled`/`active` view |
| Capability Writer | `lib/capability-writer.cjs` | Capability-state writer (ADR-1213) — write-side inverse; projects `--on`/`--off`/`--gate` onto surface + config substrates then re-resolves |
| Worktree Base Ref | `lib/worktree-base-ref.cjs` | Worktree fork-base detection and `worktree base-check` / `set-baseref` commands (#683) |
---
## Reviewer CLI Routing
`review.models.<cli>` maps a reviewer flavor to a bare model id injected into the CLI's `--model` (or `-m`) flag by the code-review workflow. Set via [`/gsd-config --integrations`](COMMANDS.md#gsd-config) or directly:
```bash
node gsd-tools.cjs config-set review.models.codex "gpt-5"
node gsd-tools.cjs config-set review.models.gemini "gemini-2.5-pro"
node gsd-tools.cjs config-set review.models.opencode "claude-sonnet-4"
node gsd-tools.cjs config-set review.models.claude "" # clear — fall back to session model
```
Slugs are validated against `[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+`; empty or path-containing slugs are rejected. See [`docs/CONFIGURATION.md`](CONFIGURATION.md#code-review-cli-routing) for the full field reference.
## Secret Handling
API keys configured via `/gsd-settings` (`brave_search`, `firecrawl`, `exa_search`) are written plaintext to `.planning/config.json` but are masked (`****<last-4>`) in every `config-set` / `config-get` output, confirmation table, and interactive prompt. See `gsd-core/bin/lib/secrets.cjs` for the masking implementation. The `config.json` file itself is the security boundary — protect it with filesystem permissions and keep it out of git (`.planning/` is gitignored by default).
---
## Related
- [Commands](COMMANDS.md)
- [Configuration](CONFIGURATION.md)
- [Architecture](ARCHITECTURE.md)
- [Fix the worktree base-mismatch (exit 42) error](how-to/fix-worktree-base-mismatch.md)
- [docs index](README.md)