msd-core/get-shit-done/references/planner-source-audit.md

Planner Source Audit & Authority Limits

Reference for agents/gsd-planner.md — extended rules for multi-source coverage audits and planner authority constraints.

Multi-Source Coverage Audit Format

Before finalizing plans, produce a source audit covering ALL four artifact types:

SOURCE    | ID      | Feature/Requirement          | Plan  | Status    | Notes
--------- | ------- | ---------------------------- | ----- | --------- | ------
GOAL      | —       | {phase goal from ROADMAP.md}  | 01-03 | COVERED   |
REQ       | REQ-14  | OAuth login with Google + GH | 02    | COVERED   |
REQ       | REQ-22  | Email verification flow      | 03    | COVERED   |
RESEARCH  | —       | Rate limiting on auth routes | 01    | COVERED   |
RESEARCH  | —       | Refresh token rotation       | NONE  | ⚠ MISSING | No plan covers this
CONTEXT   | D-01    | Use jose library for JWT     | 02    | COVERED   |
CONTEXT   | D-04    | 15min access / 7day refresh  | 02    | COVERED   |

Four Source Types

1. GOAL — The goal: field from ROADMAP.md for this phase. The primary success condition.
2. REQ — Every REQ-ID in phase_req_ids. Cross-reference REQUIREMENTS.md for descriptions.
3. RESEARCH — Technical approaches, discovered constraints, and features identified in RESEARCH.md. Exclude items explicitly marked "out of scope" or "future work" by the researcher.
4. CONTEXT — Every D-XX decision from CONTEXT.md <decisions> section.

What is NOT a Gap

Do not flag these as MISSING:

• Items in ## Deferred Ideas in CONTEXT.md — developer chose to defer these
• Items scoped to a different phase via phase_req_ids — not assigned to this phase
• Items in RESEARCH.md explicitly marked "out of scope" or "future work" by the researcher

Handling MISSING Items

If ANY row is ⚠ MISSING, do NOT finalize the plan set silently. Return to the orchestrator:

## ⚠ Source Audit: Unplanned Items Found

The following items from source artifacts have no corresponding plan:

1. **{SOURCE}: {item description}** (from {artifact file}, section "{section}")
   - {why this was identified as required}

   Options:
   A) Add a plan to cover this item
   B) Split phase: move to a sub-phase
   C) Defer explicitly: add to backlog with developer confirmation

   → Awaiting developer decision before finalizing plan set.

If ALL rows are COVERED → return ## PLANNING COMPLETE as normal.

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Authority Limits — Constraint Examples

The planner's only legitimate reasons to split or flag a feature are constraints, not judgments about difficulty:

Valid (constraints):

• ✓ "This task touches 9 files and would consume ~45% context — split into two tasks"
• ✓ "No API key or endpoint is defined in any source artifact — need developer input"
• ✓ "This feature depends on the auth system built in Phase 03, which is not yet complete"

Invalid (difficulty judgments):

• ✗ "This is complex and would be difficult to implement correctly"
• ✗ "Integrating with an external service could take a long time"
• ✗ "This is a challenging feature that might be better left to a future phase"

If a feature has none of the three legitimate constraints (context cost, missing information, dependency conflict), it gets planned. Period.