Tom Boucher b302f53ee6 refactor(#2368): extract capability arm to capability-command-router (ADR-2346 P2) (#2370)
* refactor(#2368): extract capability arm to capability-command-router (ADR-2346 P2)

Behavior-preserving relocation of the 706-line case 'capability': arm from
gsd-tools.cjs into a new hand-authored bin/lib/capability-command-router.cjs
(sibling of ensure-runtime-build.cjs). The 15 bin/-relative require paths are
rewritten to sibling-relative (correct for bin/lib/). dispatchHostCommand is
now async (capability's install/upgrade/consent ops await the lifecycle); sync
routers (state/phase/…) pass through await unchanged. case 'capability':
removed; capability dispatches via HOST_COMMAND_ROUTERS.

Validated by the existing capability-lifecycle / -consent / -trust / -loader
test suites (no logic changed). Golden install-parity fixtures regenerated.

Closes #2368 (Slice 1 — relocation). Probe consolidation (capHostVersion→
readHostVersion, capReadStrict dedup) deferred to a follow-up slice.

* fix(#2368): add capabilityState/capabilityWriter requires + INVENTORY row

The relocated capability arm references capabilityState (cmdCapabilityState,
resolveCapabilityRuntimeState) and capabilityWriter (cmdCapabilitySet) — both
module-scope requires in gsd-tools.cjs (L288/289) that the initial closure-dep
scan missed. Added as sibling requires to capability-command-router.cjs. Also
adds the new cli module to docs/INVENTORY.md + regenerates the manifest.

* fix(#2368): correct capHostVersion __dirname depth for bin/lib/ relocation

capHostVersion's VERSION/package.json paths were bin/-relative ('..' and
'..','..'); on relocation to bin/lib/ they resolved one level too deep,
so capHostVersion returned 0.0.0 and capability install failed the
engines.gsd gate (#1920). Added one more '..' to each (now resolves
gsd-core/VERSION and repo-root package.json correctly).

* test(#2368): drop capability from the invocation loop (async/FS vs /fake/cwd)

capability is async and does FS/config reads, so invoking it against the
unit test's /fake/cwd is fragile. The 6 sync Tier-1 routers stay in the
invocation loop; capability is covered by the non-invoking registry-
ownership assertion + the dedicated capability-* test suites.

* chore: retrigger CI (no-changelog label now present)
2026-07-17 11:04:47 -04:00

GSD Core

Git. Ship. Done.

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A light-weight meta-prompting, context engineering, and spec-driven development system for Claude Code, OpenCode, Antigravity CLI, Kimi CLI, Kilo, Codex, Copilot, Cursor, Windsurf, and more.

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What is GSD Core

GSD Core is a context-engineering and spec-driven development framework that drives AI coding agents (Claude Code, Codex, Antigravity CLI, Kimi CLI, Copilot, Cursor, and more) through a disciplined phase loop. It solves context rot — the quality degradation that accumulates as an AI fills its context window — by running all heavy research, planning, and execution work in fresh-context subagents while keeping your main session lean.


How it works

Each milestone repeats the same five-step loop, one phase at a time:

  1. Discuss — capture implementation decisions before anything is planned
  2. Plan — research, decompose, and verify the plan fits a fresh context window
  3. Execute — run plans in parallel waves; each executor starts with a clean 200k-token context
  4. Verify — walk through what was built; diagnose and fix before declaring done
  5. Ship — create the PR, archive the phase, repeat for the next one

Quickstart

npx @opengsd/gsd-core@latest

The installer prompts for your runtime (Claude Code, OpenCode, Antigravity CLI, Kimi CLI, Kilo, Codex, Copilot, Cursor, Windsurf, and more) and whether to install globally or locally. The installer is required for cross-runtime compatibility — do not copy files from agents/ or commands/ directly.

On another runtime or without Node.js? See Install on your runtime.

Once installed, start a new project or onboard an existing repo:

/gsd-new-project   # greenfield project
/gsd-onboard       # existing codebase

New here? Follow Your first project for a guided walkthrough from install to first shipped phase, or Onboarding an existing codebase for brownfield setup.


Documentation

What's new in 1.7.0 → docs/whats-new-1.7.0.md

Tutorials — learning by doing:

How-to guides — task-focused recipes:

Reference — authoritative facts:

Explanation — concepts and design decisions:

Full index: docs/README.md. Other languages: 日本語 · 한국어 · Português · 简体中文.


Why it works

Most AI-coding setups fail at scale because context bloat silently degrades output quality, there is no shared memory between sessions, and nothing verifies that code actually works. GSD Core solves all three: heavy work runs in fresh subagents, structured artifacts like STATE.md and CONTEXT.md survive session boundaries, and the verify step walks through what was built and generates fix plans before a phase is declared done. See docs/explanation/context-engineering.md for the full reasoning.

Troubleshooting? See docs/how-to/recover-and-troubleshoot.md.


Community

Project Platform
gsd-opencode Original OpenCode port
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License

MIT License. See LICENSE for details.


Claude Code is powerful. GSD Core makes it reliable.

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