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* test(meta): invalidate bug-2543 outdated /gsd:<cmd> namespace invariant
The "no /gsd-<cmd> hyphen form in source files" scan (test 2 of the
describe block) is skipped via test.skip. Motivation:
- Bug-3584 (2026-05-15) introduced runtime-slash.cjs, which intentionally
emits `/gsd-${token}` for skills-based runtimes. This is the correct
canonical form for runtime-persisted strings (ROADMAP.md, STATE.md,
recommended_actions, fix hints).
- Bug-2543 was last updated 2026-05-12, three days BEFORE bug-3584 landed.
The "no hyphen form" invariant was never updated to reflect the new
two-tier model.
- PR #154 first-pass: an agent misread bug-2543 and reverted the correct
`/gsd-plan-phase` to `/gsd:plan-phase` in phase-lifecycle-policy.ts:156,
breaking tests/bug-3584-runtime-slash-emitters.test.cjs. A 2nd-pass agent
reverted.
The canonical active invariant for runtime-emitter context is:
tests/bug-3584-runtime-slash-emitters.test.cjs
The remaining 4 tests in this file (commands/gsd/ existence, command
filename slug format, transformer behavior, non-command identifier safety)
are still valid and remain active — only test 2 is skipped. This avoids
vacuous-truth (a full describe-block skip would let all assertions pass
trivially).
See CONTEXT.md § "Slash-command form: /gsd-<cmd> vs /gsd:<cmd>" (added
in the companion commit) for the full two-tier model documentation.
User directive: 2026-05-23 session authorizing this invalidation.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
* docs(context): document /gsd-<cmd> slash-command migration for AI agents
Adds CONTEXT.md § "Slash-command form: /gsd-<cmd> (current) vs /gsd:<cmd>
(legacy)" to give future agents an unambiguous reference for which form
to use in which context.
Covers:
- The two-tier model (source text → colon; runtime-emitted strings → hyphen)
- The runtime-emitter authority: get-shit-done/bin/lib/runtime-slash.cjs
- The canonical invariant test: bug-3584-runtime-slash-emitters.test.cjs
- The PR #154 incident: how an agent misread bug-2543 and applied the wrong form
- An explicit "Context for AI agents" block: stop and re-read if bug-2543 is
influencing a patch
- A note that DEFECT.AGENT-RETIRED-SLASH-SYNTAX-DRIFT.* predicates (written
pre-two-tier) are stale for runtime-emitter contexts
Also updates the stale DEFECT predicates at the end of CONTEXT.md with a
clarifying note (the predicates remain for historical reference; the new §
supersedes their fix-forward guidance for runtime-emitter contexts).
Motivation: PR #154 first-pass incident (2026-05-23 session).
Canonical runtime contract: tests/bug-3584-runtime-slash-emitters.test.cjs.
Companion: test(meta) commit invalidating bug-2543's scan.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
* test(meta): re-activate bug-2543 scan as scoped invariant, exclude runtime-emitter contexts
Codex adversarial review of PR #164 [high finding]: the single content-scanning
test in bug-2543 was test.skip, leaving a vacuous test surface. The transformer/
filename unit tests remained active but no live source surface was guarded.
Fix: replace test.skip with an active scoped invariant.
Scope change:
- REMOVED get-shit-done/bin/lib/ from SEARCH_DIRS entirely. That directory is
runtime-emitter territory (runtime-slash.cjs, *.generated.cjs,
phase-lifecycle-policy.ts) and intentionally uses /gsd-<cmd> (hyphen) per
bug-3584's contract. Scanning it causes false positives that led to PR #154
first-pass incident.
- Added RUNTIME_EMITTER_EXCLUDES set documenting exactly why each file is exempt.
- Remaining SEARCH_DIRS (workflows/, references/, templates/, commands/gsd/,
agents/, hooks/) are Claude-facing source — colon form is correct there.
Verified: 9/9 tests pass, 0 skipped.
Canonical runtime-emitter contract: tests/bug-3584-runtime-slash-emitters.test.cjs
bug-2543's scoped scope: excludes bin/lib/ (runtime-emitter contexts).
* docs(context): rewrite slash-command section as directory-level matrix
Codex adversarial review of PR #164 [high finding]: the previous CONTEXT.md
section was internally contradictory — line 616 claimed /gsd-<cmd> was globally
canonical while lines 634/640 correctly stated Claude-facing source text uses
/gsd:<cmd>. Same document; opposite claims.
Root cause: the first push of this section (2026-05-23) overstated the hyphen
form as universal, when the project has always had a two-tier model.
Fix: replace the section with an unambiguous directory-level matrix.
New structure:
- Single table mapping each directory/surface to its correct form and enforcement.
- "How to choose" decision tree (4 steps, replaces ambiguous prose).
- "What was WRONG previously" retains historical motivation and adds the
PR #164 contradiction incident to the record.
- "Context for AI agents" updated: ban mass-rewrites based on single test failure,
cite the two-tier model explicitly.
Two-tier model (unchanged from reality, now clearly documented):
- Claude-facing source (commands/, agents/, workflows/, etc.): /gsd:<cmd> colon.
- Runtime-emitter contexts (runtime-slash.cjs, *.generated.cjs, ROADMAP.md
persistence): /gsd-<cmd> hyphen per bug-3584 invariant.
Canonical authorities: bug-2543 (colon contract), bug-3584 (hyphen contract).
* fix(workflows): replace dead /gsd-* tokens with live registry forms
Codex adversarial review of PR #164 [medium finding]: stale slash-command
references in user-facing workflow content. Registry-backed sweep confirmed
the following tokens are not in commands/gsd/ registry.
Tokens removed/updated (dead token → live registry form):
1. /gsd-remove-workspace → /gsd:workspace --remove <name>
File: get-shit-done/workflows/list-workspaces.md:58
Reason: no commands/gsd/remove-workspace.md; remove-workspace is a subcommand
of /gsd:workspace (commands/gsd/workspace.md, --remove flag).
2. /gsd-list-workspaces → /gsd:workspace --list
File: get-shit-done/workflows/remove-workspace.md:35
Reason: no commands/gsd/list-workspaces.md; list-workspaces is a subcommand
of /gsd:workspace (commands/gsd/workspace.md, --list flag).
3. /gsd-list-phase-assumptions <phase> → /gsd:discuss-phase <phase> --assumptions
File: get-shit-done/workflows/list-phase-assumptions.md:17-18 (usage block)
Reason: no commands/gsd/list-phase-assumptions.md; the workflow is invoked
via commands/gsd/discuss-phase.md with --assumptions flag.
4. /gsd-list-phase-assumptions 2 → /gsd:discuss-phase 2 --assumptions
File: get-shit-done/references/continuation-format.md:59
Reason: same as #3.
Sweep scope: user-facing markdown only (workflows/, references/). Runtime-emitter
hyphen-form references in bin/lib/ are guarded by bug-3584 and were not touched.
* chore(164): add changeset fragment for adversarial-review fixes
The 3 commits addressing Codex review touched user-facing surfaces
(get-shit-done/workflows/, get-shit-done/references/, CONTEXT.md,
bug-2543 test). Add fragment to satisfy changeset-lint.
Refs #164
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Co-authored-by: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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GET SHIT DONE
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A light-weight meta-prompting, context engineering, and spec-driven development system for Claude Code, OpenCode, Gemini CLI, Kilo, Codex, Copilot, Cursor, Windsurf, and more.
Solves context rot — the quality degradation that happens as your AI fills its context window.
npx @opengsd/get-shit-done-redux@latest
Works on Mac, Windows, and Linux.
"If you know clearly what you want, this WILL build it for you. No bs."
"I've done SpecKit, OpenSpec and Taskmaster — this has produced the best results for me."
"By far the most powerful addition to my Claude Code. Nothing over-engineered. Literally just gets shit done."
Trusted by engineers at Amazon, Google, Shopify, and Webflow.
Important
Returning to GSD?
Run
/gsd-map-codebaseto re-index your codebase, then/gsd-new-projectto rebuild GSD's planning context. Your code is fine — GSD just needs its context rebuilt. See the CHANGELOG for what's new.
Why I Built This
I'm a solo developer. I don't write code — Claude Code does.
Other spec-driven tools exist, but they're all built for 50-person engineering orgs — sprint ceremonies, story points, stakeholder syncs, Jira workflows. I'm not that. I'm a creative person trying to build great things consistently.
So I built GSD. The complexity is in the system, not in your workflow. Behind the scenes: context engineering, XML prompt formatting, subagent orchestration, state management. What you see: a few commands that just work.
The system gives Claude everything it needs to do the work and verify it. I trust the workflow. It just does a good job.
— TÂCHES
How It Works
The loop is six commands. Each one does exactly one thing.
1. Initialize
/gsd-new-project
Questions → research → requirements → roadmap. You approve it, then you're ready to build.
Already have code? Run
/gsd-map-codebasefirst. It analyzes your stack, architecture, and conventions so/gsd-new-projectasks the right questions.
2. Discuss
/gsd-discuss-phase 1
Your roadmap has a sentence per phase. That's not enough to build it the way you imagine it. Discuss captures your decisions before anything gets planned: layouts, API shapes, error handling, data structures — whatever gray areas exist for this specific phase.
The output feeds directly into research and planning. Skip it, get reasonable defaults. Use it, get your vision.
3. Plan
/gsd-plan-phase 1
Research → plan → verify, in a loop until the plans pass. Each plan is small enough to execute in a fresh context window.
4. Execute
/gsd-execute-phase 1
Plans run in parallel waves. Each executor gets a fresh 200k-token context. Each task gets its own atomic commit. Walk away, come back to completed work with a clean git history.
Your main context window stays at 30–40%. The work happens in the subagents.
5. Verify
/gsd-verify-work 1
Walk through what was built. Anything broken gets a diagnosed fix plan — ready for immediate re-execution. You don't debug manually; you just run execute again.
6. Repeat → Ship
/gsd-ship 1
/gsd-complete-milestone
/gsd-new-milestone
Loop discuss → plan → execute → verify → ship until the milestone is done. Then archive, tag, and start the next one fresh.
Getting Started
npx @opengsd/get-shit-done-redux@latest
The installer prompts for your runtime (Claude Code, OpenCode, Gemini CLI, Kilo, Codex, Copilot, Cursor, Windsurf, and more) and whether to install globally or locally.
claude --dangerously-skip-permissions
GSD is built for frictionless automation. Skip-permissions is how it's intended to run.
Install only the skills you need with --profile=core (six core-loop skills), --profile=standard (core + phase management), or the default full install. Profiles compose: --profile=core,audit. --minimal is an alias for --profile=core. See docs/USER-GUIDE.md for the full walkthrough, non-interactive install flags for all 15 runtimes, and permissions configuration. See ADR-0011 for the profile model and runtime surface control.
Current release highlights are in docs/RELEASE-v1.42.1.md: package legitimacy checks, safer installer migrations, runtime surface control, custom ship PR sections, reviewer defaults, fallow structural review, and quota-aware execution recovery.
Cross-runtime compatibility: installer required
The agents/ and commands/ directories in this repository are Claude Code-format source files. The installer (npx @opengsd/get-shit-done-redux@latest) transforms them per target runtime — stripping or converting frontmatter fields that Claude Code uses but other runtimes reject. For example, OpenCode requires color as a hex or semantic value from a fixed set, and does not accept a tools: frontmatter field; the installer function convertClaudeToOpencodeFrontmatter (bin/install.js) handles this automatically.
Manually copying files from agents/ or commands/ directly into a non-Claude-Code runtime config directory (e.g., ~/.config/opencode/agents) skips the conversion step and will produce schema validation errors in that runtime.
If you are on a system without Node.js or npm (Windows + OpenCode is the most common case), see docs/USER-GUIDE.md — Manual install / no-Node.js setup for the per-runtime conversion summary and alternative install paths.
Commands
The main loop:
| Command | What it does |
|---|---|
/gsd-new-project |
Questions → research → requirements → roadmap |
/gsd-discuss-phase [N] |
Capture implementation decisions before planning |
/gsd-plan-phase [N] |
Research + plan + verify |
/gsd-execute-phase <N> |
Execute plans in parallel waves |
/gsd-verify-work [N] |
Manual acceptance testing |
/gsd-ship [N] |
Create PR from verified phase work |
/gsd-progress --next |
Auto-detect and run the next step |
/gsd-complete-milestone |
Archive milestone and tag release |
/gsd-new-milestone |
Start next version |
/gsd:surface |
Enable/disable skill clusters at runtime without reinstall |
For ad-hoc tasks, autonomous mode, codebase analysis, forensics, and the full command surface — see docs/COMMANDS.md.
Why It Works
Three things most AI-coding setups get wrong:
1. Context bloat. As a session grows, quality degrades. GSD keeps your main context clean by doing the heavy work in fresh subagent contexts. Researchers, planners, and executors each start fresh with exactly what they need.
2. No shared memory. GSD maintains structured artifacts that survive session boundaries: PROJECT.md (vision), REQUIREMENTS.md (scope), ROADMAP.md (where you're going), STATE.md (current position and decisions), CONTEXT.md (per-phase implementation decisions). Every new session loads these and knows exactly where things stand.
3. No verification. Code that "runs" isn't code that "works." GSD's verify step walks you through what was built, diagnoses failures with dedicated debug agents, and generates fix plans before you declare a phase done.
See docs/ARCHITECTURE.md for how the multi-agent orchestration and context engineering work in detail.
Configuration
Settings live in .planning/config.json. Configure during /gsd-new-project or update with /gsd-settings.
Key dials:
| Setting | What it controls |
|---|---|
mode |
interactive (confirm each step) or yolo (auto-approve) |
| Model profiles | quality / balanced / budget — controls which model each agent uses |
workflow.research / plan_check / verifier |
Toggle the quality agents that add tokens and time |
parallelization.enabled |
Run independent plans simultaneously |
Optional structural review: set code_quality.fallow.enabled to true to add a fallow pre-pass to /gsd-code-review. GSD writes .planning/phases/<phase>/FALLOW.json and surfaces a Structural Findings (fallow) section in REVIEW.md. Install with npm install -D fallow@^2.70.0 (or system-wide via cargo install fallow; note that the Rust binary's JSON schema must match the documented v2.70+ contract — older versions may produce silent zero-finding output).
Package legitimacy checks are built into the research, planning, and execution path: recommended dependencies get audited, unverified packages require a human checkpoint, and failed installs stop instead of trying similarly named alternatives.
For the full configuration reference — all settings, git branching strategies, per-runtime model overrides, workstream config inheritance, agent skills injection — see docs/CONFIGURATION.md.
Documentation
| Doc | What's in it |
|---|---|
| User Guide | End-to-end walkthrough, install options, all runtime flags, configuration reference |
| Commands | Every command with flags and examples |
| Configuration | Full config schema, model profiles, git branching |
| Architecture | How the multi-agent orchestration works |
| CLI Tools | gsd-sdk query and programmatic SDK dispatch seams |
| Features | Complete feature index |
| Changelog | What changed in each release |
Troubleshooting
Commands not showing up? Restart your runtime after install. GSD installs to ~/.claude/skills/gsd-*/ (Claude Code), ~/.codex/skills/gsd-*/ (Codex), or the equivalent for your runtime.
Codex users — minimum supported CLI version is 0.130.0. Codex CLI 0.130.0 (release notes) removed extra-skill-roots discovery via openai/codex#21485; from that version onward Codex discovers skills from standard roots (including ~/.codex/skills/<name>/SKILL.md). GSD installs there directly. Earlier Codex CLI versions may still discover additional roots, which can surface duplicate gsd-* entries (one from extra-roots discovery, one from ~/.codex/skills/); restart Codex after install and either upgrade or accept the duplicate listing.
Something broken? Re-run the installer — it's idempotent:
npx @opengsd/get-shit-done-redux@latest
Containers or Docker? Set CLAUDE_CONFIG_DIR before installing to avoid tilde-expansion issues:
CLAUDE_CONFIG_DIR=/home/youruser/.claude npx @opengsd/get-shit-done-redux --global
Full troubleshooting and uninstall instructions in docs/USER-GUIDE.md.
Community
| Project | Platform |
|---|---|
| gsd-opencode | Original OpenCode port |
| Discord | Community support |
Star History
License
MIT License. See LICENSE for details.
Claude Code is powerful. GSD makes it reliable.