A GSD verification gate resolves a project's test command and runs it. vitest defaults to WATCH mode in an interactive TTY — exactly where a user runs `gsd-execute-phase` — so a resolved `npm test`/`pnpm test` backed by vitest never exited and the orchestrator waited indefinitely. Recovery needed the user to manually prompt "something blocking?". Fix — one shared helper + a bounded, surfacing timeout on the test-command gates: - New pure module src/normalize-test-command.cts + `gsd-tools query normalize-test-command` verb: rewrites a resolved command to a best-effort one-shot form (direct vitest → `vitest run`; jest `--watch` → `--watchAll=false`; a package-manager `test` script whose package.json runner is watch-vitest → `CI=true` prefix; handles `--dir`; already-one-shot commands unchanged — never double-flagged). Named `normalize-test-command` (not `test-*`) so the file does not match node --test's default `test-*` discovery glob. - The three gates that HUNG or silently-continued route through that ONE helper and bound execution with `timeout $(config-get workflow.test_gate_timeout)` (new config key, default 600s): the regression gate (extracted to execute-phase/steps/regression-gate.md since execute-phase.md is size-frozen — it shrank 93528→93132; ABORTS on exit 124), the post-merge gate, and the audit-fix gate (previously an UNBOUNDED `eval`). All name watch/dev mode on 124. - verify-phase's gate was ALREADY bounded (a fixed `timeout 300`, not a hang), so it only gains the normalizer (so a watch runner exits fast) + a watch-mode hint on 124, staying under its frozen 40960-byte tier cap. Security hardening (review): the normalizer only rewrites a runner named as a standalone command TOKEN (so `run-vitest.js`/`make test-vitest`/paths are never mangled), is length-capped and uses only linear-time split-based scanning (no super-linear backtracking on an adversarial `workflow.test_command`), and reads package.json only when it is a regular file (never blocks on a FIFO via `--dir`). Config key `workflow.test_gate_timeout` (seconds, default 600) registered in the schema manifest + templates/config.json + docs/CONFIGURATION.md (mirrors workflow.cross_ai_timeout). New module registered in .gitignore, eslint ignores, inventory manifest/index. All 16 golden-install-parity fixtures + workflow size baseline regenerated for the changed shipped files; bin/lib is excluded from the parity manifest. Tests: tests/normalize-test-command.test.cjs (normalizer units incl. security hardening) and tests/test-gate-watch-mode.test.cjs (the three core gates route through the shared helper + configured timeout + exit-124 watch-mode hint; verify-phase asserted as normalize-only/already-bounded). tests/execute-phase-active-flags.test.cjs repointed at the extracted step; tests/planner-language-regression.test.cjs allowlist comment updated. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
GSD Canonical Artifact Registry
This directory contains the template files for every artifact that GSD workflows officially produce. The table below is the authoritative index: if a .planning/ root file is not listed here, gsd-health will flag it as W019 (unrecognized artifact).
Agents should query this file before treating a .planning/ file as authoritative. If the file name does not appear below, it is not a canonical GSD artifact.
.planning/ Root Artifacts
These files live directly at .planning/ — not inside phase subdirectories.
| File | Template | Produced by | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
PROJECT.md |
project.md |
/gsd:new-project |
Project identity, goals, requirements summary |
ROADMAP.md |
roadmap.md |
/gsd:new-milestone, /gsd:new-project |
Phase plan with milestones and progress tracking |
STATE.md |
state.md |
/gsd:new-project, /gsd:health --repair |
Current session state, active phase, last activity |
REQUIREMENTS.md |
requirements.md |
/gsd:new-milestone |
Functional requirements with traceability |
MILESTONES.md |
milestone.md |
/gsd:complete-milestone |
Log of completed milestones with accomplishments |
BACKLOG.md |
(inline) | /gsd-add-backlog |
Pending ideas and deferred work |
LEARNINGS.md |
(inline) | /gsd:extract-learnings, /gsd:execute-phase |
Phase retrospective learnings for future plans |
THREADS.md |
(inline) | /gsd:thread |
Persistent discussion threads |
config.json |
config.json |
/gsd:new-project, /gsd:health --repair |
Project-specific GSD configuration |
CLAUDE.md |
claude-md.md |
/gsd-profile |
Auto-assembled Claude Code context file |
RETROSPECTIVE.md |
(inline) | /gsd:complete-milestone |
Living milestone retrospective updated at each milestone close |
Version-stamped artifacts (pattern: vX.Y-*.md)
| Pattern | Produced by | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
vX.Y-MILESTONE-AUDIT.md |
/gsd:audit-milestone |
Milestone audit report before archiving |
These files are archived to .planning/milestones/ by /gsd:complete-milestone. Finding them at the .planning/ root after completion indicates the archive step was skipped.
Phase Subdirectory Artifacts (.planning/phases/NN-name/)
These files live inside a phase directory. They are NOT checked by W019 (which only inspects the .planning/ root).
| File Pattern | Template | Produced by | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
NN-MM-PLAN.md |
phase-prompt.md |
/gsd:plan-phase |
Executable implementation plan |
NN-MM-SUMMARY.md |
summary.md |
/gsd:execute-phase |
Post-execution summary with learnings |
NN-CONTEXT.md |
context.md |
/gsd:discuss-phase |
Scoped discussion decisions for the phase |
NN-RESEARCH.md |
research.md |
/gsd:plan-phase, /gsd:plan-phase --research-phase <N> |
Technical research for the phase |
NN-VALIDATION.md |
VALIDATION.md |
/gsd:plan-phase (Nyquist) |
Validation architecture (Nyquist method) |
NN-UAT.md |
UAT.md |
/gsd:validate-phase |
User acceptance test results |
NN-PATTERNS.md |
(inline) | /gsd:plan-phase (pattern mapper) |
Analog file mapping for the phase |
NN-UI-SPEC.md |
UI-SPEC.md |
/gsd:ui-phase |
UI design contract |
NN-SECURITY.md |
SECURITY.md |
/gsd:secure-phase |
Security threat model |
NN-AI-SPEC.md |
AI-SPEC.md |
/gsd:ai-integration-phase |
AI integration spec with eval strategy |
NN-DEBUG.md |
DEBUG.md |
/gsd:debug |
Debug session log |
NN-REVIEWS.md |
(inline) | /gsd:review |
Cross-AI review feedback |
Milestone Archive (.planning/milestones/)
Files archived by /gsd:complete-milestone. These are never checked by W019.
| File Pattern | Source |
|---|---|
vX.Y-ROADMAP.md |
Snapshot of ROADMAP.md at milestone close |
vX.Y-REQUIREMENTS.md |
Snapshot of REQUIREMENTS.md at milestone close |
vX.Y-MILESTONE-AUDIT.md |
Moved from .planning/ root |
vX.Y-phases/ |
Archived phase directories (if --archive-phases used) |
Adding a New Canonical Artifact
When a new workflow produces a .planning/ root file:
- Add the file name to
CANONICAL_EXACTingsd-core/bin/lib/artifacts.cjs - Add a row to the
.planning/Root Artifacts table above - Add the template to
gsd-core/templates/if one exists