msd-core/get-shit-done/workflows/settings-advanced.md

Interactive configuration of GSD power-user knobs — plan bounce, node repair, subagent timeouts, inline plan threshold, cross-AI execution, base branch, branch templates, response language, context window, gitignored search, graphify build timeout, and runtime model tier overrides.

This is a companion to /gsd-settings — the common-case prompt there covers model profile, research/plan_check/verifier toggles, branching strategy, UI/AI phase gates, and worktree isolation. This advanced command covers everything else that is user-settable, grouped into seven sections so each prompt batch stays cognitively scoped. Every answer pre-selects the current value; numeric-input answers that are non-numeric are rejected and re-prompted.

<required_reading> Read all files referenced by the invoking prompt's execution_context before starting. </required_reading>

Ensure config exists and resolve the workstream-aware config path (mirrors `settings.md`):

gsd-sdk query config-ensure-section
if [[ -z "${GSD_CONFIG_PATH:-}" ]]; then
  if [[ -f .planning/active-workstream ]]; then
    WS=$(tr -d '\n\r' < .planning/active-workstream)
    GSD_CONFIG_PATH=".planning/workstreams/${WS}/config.json"
  else
    GSD_CONFIG_PATH=".planning/config.json"
  fi
fi

All subsequent reads and writes go through $GSD_CONFIG_PATH. Never hardcode .planning/config.json — workstream installs must route to their own config file.

```bash cat "$GSD_CONFIG_PATH" ```

Parse the following current values. If a key is absent, fall back to the documented default shown in parentheses:

Planning Tuning:

• workflow.plan_bounce (default: false)
• workflow.plan_bounce_passes (default: 2)
• workflow.plan_bounce_script (default: null)
• workflow.subagent_timeout (default: 600)
• workflow.inline_plan_threshold (default: 3)

Execution Tuning:

• workflow.node_repair (default: true)
• workflow.node_repair_budget (default: 2)
• workflow.auto_prune_state (default: false)

Discussion Tuning:

• workflow.max_discuss_passes (default: 3)

Cross-AI Execution:

• workflow.cross_ai_execution (default: false)
• workflow.cross_ai_command (default: null)
• workflow.cross_ai_timeout (default: 300)

Git Customization:

• git.base_branch (default: main)
• git.phase_branch_template (default: gsd/phase-{phase}-{slug})
• git.milestone_branch_template (default: gsd/{milestone}-{slug})

Runtime / Output:

• response_language (default: null)
• context_window (default: 200000)
• search_gitignored (default: false)
• graphify.build_timeout (default: 300)

Runtime Model Tiers:

• runtime (default: null — reads as "claude")
• model_profile_overrides.<runtime>.opus (default: built-in for the runtime, or absent)
• model_profile_overrides.<runtime>.sonnet (default: built-in for the runtime, or absent)
• model_profile_overrides.<runtime>.haiku (default: built-in for the runtime, or absent)

Each field's current value is pre-selected in the prompt rendering below. When the current value is absent from the config, render the documented default as the pre-selected option so the user sees what the effective value is.

Text mode (workflow.text_mode: true or --text flag): Set TEXT_MODE=true if --text is in $ARGUMENTS OR text_mode is true in config. When TEXT_MODE=true, replace every AskUserQuestion call below with a plain-text numbered list and ask the user to type the choice number or free-text value.

Numeric-input validation. For any numeric field (*_passes, *_budget, *_timeout, *_threshold, context_window, graphify.build_timeout), if the user types a value that is not a non-negative integer, the workflow MUST reject it, state which value was invalid, and re-prompt that single field. The minimum accepted value is field-specific and is stated in each field's prompt below — workflow.plan_bounce_passes and workflow.max_discuss_passes require >= 1; all other numeric fields accept >= 0. An empty input means "keep current" — the existing value is retained. Non-numeric input is never silently coerced.

Free-text validation. For branch template fields (git.phase_branch_template, git.milestone_branch_template), if the user supplies a non-default value, it MUST be non-empty and SHOULD contain at least one {placeholder}. A template missing placeholders is rejected with a message explaining the available variables ({phase}, {slug}, {milestone}) and re-prompted. An empty input means "keep current."

Null-allowed fields. For response_language, workflow.plan_bounce_script, workflow.cross_ai_command: an empty input clears the field (null). A non-empty input is stored verbatim as a string.

---

Section 1 — Planning Tuning

AskUserQuestion([
  {
    question: "Run external plan-bounce validator against generated PLAN.md? (current: <value or false>)",
    header: "Plan Bounce",
    multiSelect: false,
    options: [
      { label: "No (default: false)", description: "Skip external plan validation." },
      { label: "Yes", description: "Pipe each PLAN.md through `plan_bounce_script` and block on non-zero exit." }
    ]
  },
  {
    question: "How many plan-bounce passes? (current: <value or 2>)",
    header: "Bounce Passes",
    multiSelect: false,
    options: [
      { label: "Keep current", description: "Leave the existing value unchanged." },
      { label: "Enter number", description: "Type an integer >= 1. Non-numeric input is rejected and re-prompted. Default: 2" }
    ]
  },
  {
    question: "Path to plan-bounce validation script? (current: <value or null>)",
    header: "Bounce Script",
    multiSelect: false,
    options: [
      { label: "Keep current", description: "Leave existing path unchanged." },
      { label: "Clear (null)", description: "Unset the script path." },
      { label: "Enter path", description: "Type an absolute or repo-relative path. Receives PLAN.md path as first argument." }
    ]
  },
  {
    question: "Subagent timeout (seconds)? (current: <value or 600>)",
    header: "Subagent Timeout",
    multiSelect: false,
    options: [
      { label: "Keep current", description: "Leave timeout unchanged." },
      { label: "Enter seconds", description: "Integer number of seconds. Non-numeric rejected. Default: 600" }
    ]
  },
  {
    question: "Inline plan threshold — tasks allowed inline before splitting to PLAN.md? (current: <value or 3>)",
    header: "Inline Plan Threshold",
    multiSelect: false,
    options: [
      { label: "Keep current", description: "Leave threshold unchanged." },
      { label: "Enter number", description: "Integer count. Non-numeric rejected. Default: 3" }
    ]
  }
])

Section 2 — Execution Tuning

AskUserQuestion([
  {
    question: "Enable autonomous node repair on verification failure? (current: <value or true>)",
    header: "Node Repair",
    multiSelect: false,
    options: [
      { label: "Yes (default: true)", description: "Executor retries failed tasks up to the repair budget." },
      { label: "No", description: "Stop on first verification failure." }
    ]
  },
  {
    question: "Maximum node-repair attempts per failed task? (current: <value or 2>)",
    header: "Repair Budget",
    multiSelect: false,
    options: [
      { label: "Keep current", description: "Leave existing budget unchanged." },
      { label: "Enter number", description: "Integer >= 0. Non-numeric rejected. Default: 2" }
    ]
  },
  {
    question: "Auto-prune stale STATE.md entries at phase boundaries? (current: <value or false>)",
    header: "Auto Prune",
    multiSelect: false,
    options: [
      { label: "No (default: false)", description: "Prompt before pruning." },
      { label: "Yes", description: "Prune stale entries without prompting." }
    ]
  }
])

Section 3 — Discussion Tuning

AskUserQuestion([
  {
    question: "Maximum discuss-phase question rounds? (current: <value or 3>)",
    header: "Max Discuss Passes",
    multiSelect: false,
    options: [
      { label: "Keep current", description: "Leave existing value unchanged." },
      { label: "Enter number", description: "Integer >= 1. Non-numeric rejected. Default: 3. Prevents infinite discussion loops in headless mode." }
    ]
  }
])

Section 4 — Cross-AI Execution

AskUserQuestion([
  {
    question: "Delegate phase execution to an external AI CLI? (current: <value or false>)",
    header: "Cross-AI",
    multiSelect: false,
    options: [
      { label: "No (default: false)", description: "Use local executor agents." },
      { label: "Yes", description: "Pipe phase prompt to `cross_ai_command` via stdin. Requires command to be set." }
    ]
  },
  {
    question: "Cross-AI command template? (current: <value or null>)",
    header: "Cross-AI Command",
    multiSelect: false,
    options: [
      { label: "Keep current", description: "Leave command unchanged." },
      { label: "Clear (null)", description: "Unset the command." },
      { label: "Enter command", description: "Shell command receiving phase prompt via stdin. Must produce SUMMARY.md-compatible output." }
    ]
  },
  {
    question: "Cross-AI timeout (seconds)? (current: <value or 300>)",
    header: "Cross-AI Timeout",
    multiSelect: false,
    options: [
      { label: "Keep current", description: "Leave timeout unchanged." },
      { label: "Enter seconds", description: "Integer seconds. Non-numeric rejected. Default: 300" }
    ]
  }
])

Section 5 — Git Customization

AskUserQuestion([
  {
    question: "Git base branch? (current: <value or main>)",
    header: "Base Branch",
    multiSelect: false,
    options: [
      { label: "Keep current", description: "Leave base branch unchanged." },
      { label: "Enter branch name", description: "e.g., main, master, develop. Integration branch for phase/milestone branches." }
    ]
  },
  {
    question: "Phase branch template? (current: <value or gsd/phase-{phase}-{slug}>)",
    header: "Phase Template",
    multiSelect: false,
    options: [
      { label: "Keep current", description: "Leave template unchanged." },
      { label: "Enter template", description: "Non-empty string with at least one placeholder. Available: {phase}, {slug}. Non-default values missing placeholders are rejected." }
    ]
  },
  {
    question: "Milestone branch template? (current: <value or gsd/{milestone}-{slug}>)",
    header: "Milestone Template",
    multiSelect: false,
    options: [
      { label: "Keep current", description: "Leave template unchanged." },
      { label: "Enter template", description: "Non-empty string. Available placeholders: {milestone}, {slug}. Non-default values missing placeholders are rejected." }
    ]
  }
])

Section 6 — Runtime / Output

AskUserQuestion([
  {
    question: "Response language for agent output? (current: <value or null>)",
    header: "Language",
    multiSelect: false,
    options: [
      { label: "Keep current", description: "Leave unchanged." },
      { label: "Clear (null)", description: "Use Claude default (English)." },
      { label: "Enter language", description: "Free-text language name or code (e.g., Japanese, pt, ko). Propagates to spawned agents." }
    ]
  },
  {
    question: "Context window size (tokens)? (current: <value or 200000>)",
    header: "Context Window",
    multiSelect: false,
    options: [
      { label: "Keep current", description: "Leave unchanged." },
      { label: "Enter number", description: "Integer. Non-numeric rejected. Default: 200000. Use 1000000 for 1M-context models. Values >= 500000 enable adaptive enrichment." }
    ]
  },
  {
    question: "Include gitignored files in broad searches? (current: <value or false>)",
    header: "Search Gitignored",
    multiSelect: false,
    options: [
      { label: "No (default: false)", description: "Respect .gitignore during searches." },
      { label: "Yes", description: "Add --no-ignore to broad searches (includes .planning/)." }
    ]
  },
  {
    question: "Graphify build timeout (seconds)? (current: <value or 300>)",
    header: "Graphify Timeout",
    multiSelect: false,
    options: [
      { label: "Keep current", description: "Leave timeout unchanged." },
      { label: "Enter seconds", description: "Integer seconds. Non-numeric rejected. Default: 300" }
    ]
  }
])

Section 7 — Runtime Model Tiers

This section lets the user inspect and override the built-in model IDs GSD resolves for each profile tier (opus / sonnet / haiku) on their configured runtime.

Step A — Show current runtime and built-in defaults:

Read runtime from the config (or treat as "claude" if absent). Look up the built-in tier map from the table below. For each tier, also read the current override from model_profile_overrides.<runtime>.<tier> if present.

Built-in tier defaults by runtime:

Runtime	opus	sonnet	haiku
claude	claude-opus-4-7	claude-sonnet-4-6	claude-haiku-4-5
codex	gpt-5.4	gpt-5.3-codex	gpt-5.4-mini
gemini	gemini-3-pro	gemini-3-flash	gemini-2.5-flash-lite
qwen	qwen3-max-2026-01-23	qwen3-coder-plus	qwen3-coder-next
opencode	anthropic/claude-opus-4-7	anthropic/claude-sonnet-4-6	anthropic/claude-haiku-4-5
copilot	claude-opus-4-7	claude-sonnet-4-6	claude-haiku-4-5
hermes	anthropic/claude-opus-4-7	anthropic/claude-sonnet-4-6	anthropic/claude-haiku-4-5
Group B (kilo, cline, cursor, windsurf, augment, trae, codebuddy, antigravity)	(no built-in default — your runtime handles model selection)

Display a table to the user showing the effective configuration:

Runtime model tiers — runtime: <current runtime or "claude (default)">

| Tier   | Built-in default                  | Current override (if any)         |
|--------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
| opus   | <built-in or "(no built-in)">     | <override value or "(none)">      |
| sonnet | <built-in or "(no built-in)">     | <override value or "(none)">      |
| haiku  | <built-in or "(no built-in)">     | <override value or "(none)">      |

For Group B runtimes (those without a built-in default), show (no built-in default — your runtime handles model selection) in the built-in column.

Step B — Let the user choose a runtime (optional):

AskUserQuestion([
  {
    question: "Which runtime do you want to configure tier overrides for? (current: <runtime or 'claude'>)",
    header: "Runtime Selection",
    multiSelect: false,
    options: [
      { label: "Keep current (<runtime>)", description: "Configure overrides for the current runtime." },
      { label: "claude", description: "Claude Code / Anthropic CLI." },
      { label: "codex", description: "OpenAI Codex CLI." },
      { label: "gemini", description: "Gemini CLI." },
      { label: "qwen", description: "Qwen CLI." },
      { label: "opencode", description: "OpenCode (uses anthropic/ prefix)." },
      { label: "copilot", description: "GitHub Copilot." },
      { label: "hermes", description: "Hermes (uses anthropic/ prefix)." },
      { label: "Other (Group B or custom)", description: "kilo, cline, cursor, windsurf, augment, trae, codebuddy, antigravity, or a custom runtime string. Overrides are honored even though no built-in map exists." }
    ]
  }
])

If "Other" is selected, prompt the user to enter the runtime name as a free-text string. If the selected runtime differs from the stored runtime key, update runtime via gsd-sdk query config-set runtime <value> before proceeding to Step C.

Step C — Configure tier overrides for the selected runtime:

AskUserQuestion([
  {
    question: "Override for opus tier? Built-in: <opus default or '(no built-in)'>  Current: <override or '(none)'>",
    header: "Opus Override",
    multiSelect: false,
    options: [
      { label: "Keep current", description: "Leave unchanged (uses built-in default if no override)." },
      { label: "Clear override", description: "Remove any existing override; fall back to built-in." },
      { label: "Enter model ID", description: "Type the exact model ID string to use for opus-tier agents on this runtime." }
    ]
  },
  {
    question: "Override for sonnet tier? Built-in: <sonnet default or '(no built-in)'>  Current: <override or '(none)'>",
    header: "Sonnet Override",
    multiSelect: false,
    options: [
      { label: "Keep current", description: "Leave unchanged." },
      { label: "Clear override", description: "Remove any existing override; fall back to built-in." },
      { label: "Enter model ID", description: "Type the exact model ID string to use for sonnet-tier agents on this runtime." }
    ]
  },
  {
    question: "Override for haiku tier? Built-in: <haiku default or '(no built-in)'>  Current: <override or '(none)'>",
    header: "Haiku Override",
    multiSelect: false,
    options: [
      { label: "Keep current", description: "Leave unchanged." },
      { label: "Clear override", description: "Remove any existing override; fall back to built-in." },
      { label: "Enter model ID", description: "Type the exact model ID string to use for haiku-tier agents on this runtime." }
    ]
  }
])

Step D — Apply the changes:

For each tier where the user chose "Enter model ID":

gsd-sdk query config-set model_profile_overrides.<runtime>.<tier> "<model-id>"

For each tier where the user chose "Clear override", remove the key by setting it to null:

gsd-sdk query config-set model_profile_overrides.<runtime>.<tier> null

"Keep current" selections are skipped entirely. Never write a key the user did not explicitly change.

Merge the new settings into the existing config at `$GSD_CONFIG_PATH`. This merge is the core correctness invariant: **preserve every unrelated key** — do not clobber siblings.

Apply each selected value via gsd-sdk query config-set <key> <value> so the central validator (isValidConfigKey) accepts the write and the deep-merge preserves unrelated keys and sibling sub-objects.

# Example — only write keys the user changed. "Keep current" selections are skipped.
gsd-sdk query config-set workflow.plan_bounce_passes 5
gsd-sdk query config-set workflow.subagent_timeout 900
gsd-sdk query config-set git.base_branch main
gsd-sdk query config-set context_window 1000000
# Runtime model tier examples:
gsd-sdk query config-set runtime gemini
gsd-sdk query config-set model_profile_overrides.gemini.opus gemini-3-ultra
gsd-sdk query config-set model_profile_overrides.gemini.haiku null

Conceptual shape after merge (unchanged top-level keys like model_profile, granularity, mode, brave_search, agent_skills.*, hooks.context_warnings, and anything not listed in Sections 1–7 MUST survive the update):

{
  ...existing_config,
  "workflow": {
    ...existing_workflow,
    "plan_bounce": <new|existing>,
    "plan_bounce_passes": <new|existing>,
    "plan_bounce_script": <new|existing|null>,
    "subagent_timeout": <new|existing>,
    "inline_plan_threshold": <new|existing>,
    "node_repair": <new|existing>,
    "node_repair_budget": <new|existing>,
    "auto_prune_state": <new|existing>,
    "max_discuss_passes": <new|existing>,
    "cross_ai_execution": <new|existing>,
    "cross_ai_command": <new|existing|null>,
    "cross_ai_timeout": <new|existing>
  },
  "git": {
    ...existing_git,
    "base_branch": <new|existing>,
    "phase_branch_template": <new|existing>,
    "milestone_branch_template": <new|existing>
  },
  "response_language": <new|existing|null>,
  "context_window": <new|existing>,
  "search_gitignored": <new|existing>,
  "graphify": {
    ...existing_graphify,
    "build_timeout": <new|existing>
  },
  "runtime": <new|existing|null>,
  "model_profile_overrides": {
    ...existing_model_profile_overrides,
    "<runtime>": {
      ...existing_runtime_overrides,
      "opus": <new|existing|null>,
      "sonnet": <new|existing|null>,
      "haiku": <new|existing|null>
    }
  }
}

Never emit a full overwrite of the file that omits keys the user did not touch. Always route each write through gsd-sdk query config-set so sibling preservation is handled by the central setter.

Display:

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| Setting                                    | Value |
|--------------------------------------------|-------|
| workflow.plan_bounce                       | {on/off} |
| workflow.plan_bounce_passes                | {n} |
| workflow.plan_bounce_script                | {path/null} |
| workflow.subagent_timeout                  | {seconds} |
| workflow.inline_plan_threshold             | {n} |
| workflow.node_repair                       | {on/off} |
| workflow.node_repair_budget                | {n} |
| workflow.auto_prune_state                  | {on/off} |
| workflow.max_discuss_passes                | {n} |
| workflow.cross_ai_execution                | {on/off} |
| workflow.cross_ai_command                  | {cmd/null} |
| workflow.cross_ai_timeout                  | {seconds} |
| git.base_branch                            | {branch} |
| git.phase_branch_template                  | {template} |
| git.milestone_branch_template              | {template} |
| response_language                          | {lang/null} |
| context_window                             | {tokens} |
| search_gitignored                          | {on/off} |
| graphify.build_timeout                     | {seconds} |
| runtime                                    | {runtime/null} |
| model_profile_overrides.<runtime>.opus     | {model/built-in/null} |
| model_profile_overrides.<runtime>.sonnet   | {model/built-in/null} |
| model_profile_overrides.<runtime>.haiku    | {model/built-in/null} |

These settings apply to future /gsd-plan-phase, /gsd-execute-phase, /gsd-discuss-phase,
and /gsd-ship runs.

For common-case toggles (model profile, research/plan_check/verifier, branching strategy,
UI/AI phase gates), use /gsd-settings.

<success_criteria>

• Current config read from resolved $GSD_CONFIG_PATH
• Seven sections rendered (Planning, Execution, Discussion, Cross-AI, Git, Runtime/Output, Runtime Model Tiers)
• Every field pre-selected to its current value (or documented default if absent)
• Numeric inputs validated — non-numeric rejected and re-prompted
• Branch-template inputs validated — non-default must contain a placeholder
• Null-allowed fields accept an empty input as a clear
• Writes routed through gsd-sdk query config-set so unrelated keys are preserved
• Section 7 shows current runtime and built-in tier table
• Group B runtimes display "(no built-in default — your runtime handles model selection)"
• Override set/clear/keep paths all work correctly for each tier
• Confirmation table rendered listing all 23 fields (19 + runtime + 3 tier overrides) </success_criteria>