msd-core/gsd-core/workflows/execute-plan.md

Execute a phase prompt (PLAN.md) and create the outcome summary (SUMMARY.md).

<required_reading> Read STATE.md before any operation to load project context. Read config.json for planning behavior settings.

@~/.claude/gsd-core/references/git-integration.md </required_reading>

<atomic_close_out_invariant> For each executed plan, the only complete close-out order is: production-code commit(s) -> SUMMARY commit -> STATE/ROADMAP update.

For a synchronous executor, the only legal half-state is mid-production-commits while the executor is still actively working. Once production commits for a plan exist, returning without a committed SUMMARY.md is an illegal partial-plan state. The next execute-phase resume must detect that condition before dispatching another executor.

Async exception — external_job_waiting. When an executor dispatches an async external job (long-running compute) it commits an async-job manifest at .planning/async-jobs/<job>.json and returns without SUMMARY.md. With a manifest recording a non-terminal job for this plan, the SUMMARY-absent state is a legal deferred state (external_job_waiting), not an illegal partial. SUMMARY.md is deferred until the external job reaches a terminal state and its output is verified. Resume reconciles against the manifest and must NOT re-dispatch a fresh executor for a plan with a non-terminal manifest (that would duplicate the external job). The manifest schema is the stability contract in docs/reference/planning-artifacts.md; the scheduler adapter that writes it is a capability (#1164), not core. </atomic_close_out_invariant>

<available_agent_types> Valid GSD subagent types (use exact names — do not fall back to 'general-purpose'):

• gsd-executor — Executes plan tasks, commits, creates SUMMARY.md </available_agent_types>

Load execution context (paths only to minimize orchestrator context):

_GSD_SHIM_NAME="gsd-tools.cjs"; _GSD_RUNTIME_ROOT="${RUNTIME_DIR:-$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel 2>/dev/null || pwd)}"; GSD_TOOLS="${_GSD_RUNTIME_ROOT}/gsd-core/bin/${_GSD_SHIM_NAME}"; _gsd_at() { for _p; do if [ -f "$_p" ]; then GSD_TOOLS="$_p"; return 0; fi; done; return 1; }; if _gsd_at "${_GSD_RUNTIME_ROOT}/gsd-core/bin/${_GSD_SHIM_NAME}" "${_GSD_RUNTIME_ROOT}/.claude/gsd-core/bin/${_GSD_SHIM_NAME}" "${_GSD_RUNTIME_ROOT}/.codex/gsd-core/bin/${_GSD_SHIM_NAME}"; then gsd_run() { node "$GSD_TOOLS" "$@"; }; elif unset -f gsd_run; _G="$(command -v gsd_run)"; then GSD_TOOLS="$_G"; gsd_run() { "$GSD_TOOLS" "$@"; }; elif _gsd_at "${CLAUDE_CONFIG_DIR:-$HOME/.claude}/gsd-core/bin/${_GSD_SHIM_NAME}" "${HERMES_HOME:-$HOME/.hermes}/gsd-core/bin/${_GSD_SHIM_NAME}" "${CURSOR_CONFIG_DIR:-$HOME/.cursor}/gsd-core/bin/${_GSD_SHIM_NAME}" "${CODEX_HOME:-$HOME/.codex}/gsd-core/bin/${_GSD_SHIM_NAME}" "${GEMINI_CONFIG_DIR:-$HOME/.gemini}/gsd-core/bin/${_GSD_SHIM_NAME}" "${COPILOT_CONFIG_DIR:-$HOME/.copilot}/gsd-core/bin/${_GSD_SHIM_NAME}" "${WINDSURF_CONFIG_DIR:-$HOME/.codeium/windsurf}/gsd-core/bin/${_GSD_SHIM_NAME}" "${AUGMENT_CONFIG_DIR:-$HOME/.augment}/gsd-core/bin/${_GSD_SHIM_NAME}" "${TRAE_CONFIG_DIR:-$HOME/.trae}/gsd-core/bin/${_GSD_SHIM_NAME}" "${QWEN_CONFIG_DIR:-$HOME/.qwen}/gsd-core/bin/${_GSD_SHIM_NAME}" "${CODEBUDDY_CONFIG_DIR:-$HOME/.codebuddy}/gsd-core/bin/${_GSD_SHIM_NAME}" "${CLINE_CONFIG_DIR:-$HOME/.cline}/gsd-core/bin/${_GSD_SHIM_NAME}" "${GROK_AGENTS_HOME:-$HOME/.agents}/gsd-core/bin/${_GSD_SHIM_NAME}" "${ANTIGRAVITY_CONFIG_DIR:-$HOME/.gemini/antigravity}/gsd-core/bin/${_GSD_SHIM_NAME}" "${OPENCODE_CONFIG_DIR:-${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-$HOME/.config}/opencode}/gsd-core/bin/${_GSD_SHIM_NAME}" "${KILO_CONFIG_DIR:-${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-$HOME/.config}/kilo}/gsd-core/bin/${_GSD_SHIM_NAME}"; then gsd_run() { node "$GSD_TOOLS" "$@"; }; else echo "ERROR: gsd-tools.cjs not found at $GSD_TOOLS and gsd_run is not on PATH. Run: npx -y @opengsd/gsd-core@latest --claude --local" >&2; exit 1; fi; GSD_IDENTITY_STATUS=unverified; case "$(gsd_run runtime-identity --raw 2>/dev/null || true)" in '{"packageName":"@opengsd/gsd-core"'*'}') GSD_IDENTITY_STATUS=ok;; esac; export GSD_IDENTITY_STATUS; [ "$GSD_IDENTITY_STATUS" = ok ] || echo "WARNING: \"$GSD_TOOLS\" did not prove it is @opengsd/gsd-core - it is either a different package or an @opengsd/gsd-core older than the runtime-identity verb. See docs/how-to/diagnose-a-foreign-gsd-tools.md" >&2; if [ -n "${CLAUDE_ENV_FILE:-}" ] && [ -n "${GSD_TOOLS:-}" ]; then printf "export PATH='%s':\"\$PATH\"\n" "${GSD_TOOLS%/*}" >> "$CLAUDE_ENV_FILE" 2>/dev/null || true; fi
INIT=$(gsd_run query init.execute-phase "${PHASE}")
if [[ "$INIT" == @file:* ]]; then INIT=$(cat "${INIT#@file:}"); fi

Extract from init JSON: executor_model, commit_docs, sub_repos, phase_dir, phase_number, plans, summaries, incomplete_plans, state_path, config_path, response_language.

If response_language is set: All user-facing output of this workflow — narration between tool calls, status updates, progress notes, findings, questions, prompts, and explanations — MUST be presented in {response_language}. Technical terms, code, file paths, and subagent prompts stay in English — only user-facing output is translated.

If .planning/ missing: error.

```bash # Use plans/summaries from INIT JSON, or list files (ls .planning/phases/XX-name/*-PLAN.md 2>/dev/null || true) | sort (ls .planning/phases/XX-name/*-SUMMARY.md 2>/dev/null || true) | sort ```

Find first PLAN without matching SUMMARY. Decimal phases supported (01.1-hotfix/).

Exclude external_job_waiting plans from selection. When choosing the first PLAN that lacks a matching SUMMARY, skip any plan whose plan_id matches an async-job manifest in .planning/async-jobs/ (any status) — that plan is external_job_waiting or awaiting reconciliation, never work to (re-)dispatch (re-dispatching would duplicate the external job). Reconcile via the manifest / safe_resume_gate instead.

PHASE=$(echo "$PLAN_PATH" | grep -oE '[0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)*-[0-9]+')
# config settings can be fetched via gsd_run query config-get if needed

Auto-approve: `⚡ Execute {phase}-{plan}-PLAN.md [Plan X of Y for Phase Z]` → parse_segments. Present plan identification, wait for confirmation. ```bash PLAN_START_TIME=$(date -u +"%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ") PLAN_START_EPOCH=$(date +%s) ``` ```bash # Count tasks — match ]' .planning/phases/XX-name/{phase}-{plan}-PLAN.md 2>/dev/null || echo "0") INLINE_THRESHOLD=$(gsd_run query config-get workflow.inline_plan_threshold --raw 2>/dev/null || echo "2") USE_WORKTREES=$(gsd_run query config-get workflow.use_worktrees --raw 2>/dev/null || echo "true") RUNTIME=$(gsd_run query config-get runtime --default claude --raw 2>/dev/null || echo "claude") HUMAN_VERIFY_MODE=$(gsd_run query config-get workflow.human_verify_mode --default end-of-phase --raw 2>/dev/null || echo "end-of-phase") grep -n "type=\"checkpoint" .planning/phases/XX-name/{phase}-{plan}-PLAN.md ```

Primary routing: task count threshold (#1979)

If INLINE_THRESHOLD > 0 AND TASK_COUNT <= INLINE_THRESHOLD: Use Pattern C (inline) regardless of checkpoint type. Small plans execute faster inline — avoids ~14K token subagent spawn overhead and preserves prompt cache. Configure threshold via workflow.inline_plan_threshold (default: 2, set to 0 to always spawn subagents).

Otherwise: Apply checkpoint-based routing below.

Checkpoint-based routing (plans with > threshold tasks):

Checkpoints	Pattern	Execution
None	A (autonomous)	Single subagent: full plan + SUMMARY + commit
Verify-only	B (segmented)	Segments between checkpoints. After none/human-verify → SUBAGENT. After decision/human-action → MAIN
Decision	C (main)	Execute entirely in main context

Resolve isolation now — AFTER the pattern is chosen, and only for a pattern that dispatches (#2584/#2652).

• Pattern C: skip this entirely. It executes inline in the main context and spawns no agent, so there is nothing to isolate. Running the gate here would abort an isolation-none host with a FATAL for a run that was never going to dispatch anything.

• Pattern A: read @gsd-core/references/dispatch-isolation-gate.md and run its Resolve ISOLATION, Single-agent dispatch sites, and Resolve the harness flag blocks in order; they set ISOLATION/HARNESS_FLAG via query dispatch-isolation. ISOLATION — not RUNTIME — gates the worktree decision. Substitute {harnessFlag} in Pattern A's Agent() with $HARNESS_FLAG+comma when ISOLATION = "harness-worktree", else empty. {harnessFlag} is a template placeholder, not a shell variable.

• Pattern B: segments are NOT isolated, and must record that before dispatching. Each segment subagent continues on the working tree the previous segment left behind, so putting them in per-agent worktrees would break the sequence. Record none before the first segment dispatch, or the sentinel still asserts the phase-level harness-worktree and the #3045 PreToolUse guard denies every segment dispatch with exit 2:

  ISOLATION=none
  gsd_run query dispatch-isolation --raw --force-isolation none >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
  

  Segment dispatches therefore carry no {harnessFlag}.

Runtime-aware dispatch (#2508 Phase 4). GSD workflows dispatch specialized subagents by role. Before dispatching on a built-in-only runtime (kimi-code — three built-ins only), resolve the role to a built-in via gsd_run query resolve-dispatch-type --requested <role> --raw. On named-dispatch runtimes (Claude/OpenCode/…) the role is returned unchanged; on kimi-code it maps to coder/explore/plan by role-suffix. The persona rides ${AGENT_SKILLS_<ROLE>} (Phase 3) regardless. See @gsd-core/references/runtime-aware-dispatch.md.

Pattern A: init_agent_tracking → capture EXPECTED_BASE=$(git rev-parse HEAD) → before spawning, run the #2649 pre-dispatch worktree base-check (mirrors execute-phase #683/#1369 and quick #1941): if ISOLATION = "harness-worktree", run gsd_run query worktree.base-check --mode "$ISOLATION" --pick shouldDegrade (#3659: the mode is what stops worktree.baseRef:"head" from suppressing the comparison — the harness does not honor that setting); if it returns true, print its --pick message to stderr, emit the ⚠ [#2649] Worktree fork base diverged from orchestrator HEAD — auto-degrading to sequential mode for this plan to avoid a base-mismatch halt. warning, and treat ISOLATION as "none" for this dispatch (spawn without {harnessFlag}), then re-record the degrade before spawning — run gsd_run query dispatch-isolation --raw --force-isolation none >/dev/null 2>&1 || true. That re-record is mandatory, not bookkeeping: the resolve step already persisted harness-worktree to the run-scoped sentinel, the degrade above happens where the resolver cannot see it, and the shipped PreToolUse isolation guard (#3045) reads that sentinel at the instant of the Agent() call — a stale harness-worktree against a dispatch that correctly omits {harnessFlag} is denied with exit 2, so the plan does not run at all. See Re-record after every degrade in gsd-core/references/dispatch-isolation-gate.md. Claude Code's isolation="worktree" forks from origin/HEAD, not live local HEAD; without this gate a plan whose commit advanced local HEAD past a stale origin/HEAD hits the verify-only guard's exit 42 mid-execution with no auto-degrade. → print Spawning executor agent (runs in a subagent — no output until it returns, ~1–5 min; expected, not a freeze) → spawn Agent(subagent_type="gsd-executor", model=executor_model) with prompt: execute plan at [path], autonomous, all tasks + SUMMARY + commit, follow deviation/auth rules, honor checkpoint gate semantics (#3370) — gate="blocking" (the default) is auto-approvable in auto-mode per the executor's own checkpoint protocol, gate="blocking-human" always surfaces to a human; add no instruction overriding that protocol — report: plan name, tasks, SUMMARY path, commit hash → track agent_id → wait → update tracking → report. Include {harnessFlag} only when ISOLATION = "harness-worktree" and the #2649 base-check did not degrade — never hardcode isolation="worktree", which is Claude Code's own literal and wrong on any other harness-worktree host. When dispatching with {harnessFlag}, embed the <worktree_branch_check> block from gsd-core/references/worktree-branch-check.md into the prompt, substituting {EXPECTED_BASE} with the captured base SHA. That guard is verify-only and fail-closed (#48) and stays active as a backstop whether or not the base-check degraded: it asserts a per-agent agent-* / worktree-agent-* branch and the exact base, forbids git update-ref self-recovery (#2924), and on any mismatch prints FATAL: and exit 42 so the orchestrator can recover — the sub-agent never rewrites a worktree it did not create. This supersedes the former self-recovery (#2015), whose destructive base rewrite could fail silently under a deny rule; the base-drift it addressed affects all platforms, and base correction is now the orchestrator's responsibility.

Pattern B: Execute segment-by-segment. Autonomous segments: spawn subagent for assigned tasks only (no SUMMARY/commit). Checkpoints: main context. After all segments: aggregate, create SUMMARY, commit. See segment_execution. Segments run unisolated on the main working tree by design — each continues where the previous one stopped — so dispatch them WITHOUT {harnessFlag}, and only after the ISOLATION=none re-record above has run (#2652/#3045).

Pattern C: Execute in main using standard flow (step name="execute").

Fresh context per subagent preserves peak quality. Main context stays lean.

```bash if [ ! -f .planning/agent-history.json ]; then echo '{"version":"1.0","max_entries":50,"entries":[]}' > .planning/agent-history.json fi # #3795: read a SURVIVING id before clearing it — the clear used to run # first, so the check below was always false and the resume prompt at this # step's tail was never offered. if [ -f .planning/current-agent-id.txt ]; then INTERRUPTED_ID=$(cat .planning/current-agent-id.txt) echo "Found interrupted agent: $INTERRUPTED_ID" fi rm -f .planning/current-agent-id.txt ```

If interrupted: ask user to resume (Task resume parameter) or start fresh.

Tracking protocol: On spawn: write agent_id to current-agent-id.txt, append to agent-history.json: {"agent_id":"[id]","task_description":"[desc]","phase":"[phase]","plan":"[plan]","segment":[num|null],"timestamp":"[ISO]","status":"spawned","completion_timestamp":null}. On completion: status → "completed", set completion_timestamp, delete current-agent-id.txt. Prune: if entries > max_entries, remove oldest "completed" (never "spawned").

Run for Pattern A/B before spawning. Pattern C: skip.

Pattern B only (verify-only checkpoints). Skip for A/C.

1. Parse segment map: checkpoint locations and types

2. Per segment:

   • Subagent route: spawn gsd-executor for assigned tasks only. Prompt: task range, plan path, read full plan for context, execute assigned tasks, track deviations, NO SUMMARY/commit. Track via agent protocol.
   • Main route: execute tasks using standard flow (step name="execute")

3. Critical ordering — write and commit SUMMARY.md as one atomic block. Do NOT emit narrative output between the Write tool call and the commit tool call. Truncation at this boundary is a known failure mode (see #2070 rescue logic in execute-phase.md step 5.5).

   After ALL segments: aggregate files/deviations/decisions → create SUMMARY.md → self-check:

   • Verify key-files.created exist on disk with [ -f ]
   • Check git log --oneline --all --grep="{phase}-{plan}" returns ≥1 commit
   • Re-run ALL <acceptance_criteria> from every task — if any fail, fix before finalizing SUMMARY
   • Re-run the plan-level <verification> commands — log results in SUMMARY
   • Append ## Self-Check: PASSED or ## Self-Check: FAILED to SUMMARY Then commit (no narrative between Write and commit).

   Known Claude Code bug (classifyHandoffIfNeeded): If any segment agent reports "failed" with classifyHandoffIfNeeded is not defined, this is a Claude Code runtime bug — not a real failure. Run spot-checks; if they pass, treat as successful.

```bash cat .planning/phases/XX-name/{phase}-{plan}-PLAN.md ``` This IS the execution instructions. Follow exactly. If plan references CONTEXT.md: honor user's vision throughout.

If plan contains <interfaces> block: These are pre-extracted type definitions and contracts. Use them directly — do NOT re-read the source files to discover types. The planner already extracted what you need.

```bash gsd_run query phases.list --type summaries --raw # Extract the second-to-last summary from the JSON result ```

Text mode (workflow.text_mode: true in config or --text flag): Set TEXT_MODE=true if --text is present in $ARGUMENTS OR text_mode from init JSON is true. When TEXT_MODE is active, replace every AskUserQuestion call with a plain-text numbered list and ask the user to type their choice number. This is required for non-Claude runtimes (OpenAI Codex, Antigravity, etc.) where AskUserQuestion is not available. If previous SUMMARY has unresolved "Issues Encountered" or "Next Phase Readiness" blockers: AskUserQuestion(header="Previous Issues", options: "Proceed anyway" | "Address first" | "Review previous").

Deviations are normal — handle via rules below.

1. Read @context files from prompt
2. MCP tools: If CLAUDE.md or project instructions reference MCP tools (e.g. jCodeMunch for code navigation), prefer them over Grep/Glob when available. Fall back to Grep/Glob if MCP tools are not accessible.
3. Per task:
   • Task-content resolution: If this task is NOT type="checkpoint:*" AND it carries a tracker-id attribute, run gsd_run task resolve-content --plan "<plan path>" --task-id "<tracker-id>" --raw BEFORE anything else for this task — before the read_first gate below, since read_first is itself a field this call can resolve. A type="checkpoint:*" task NEVER enters this resolution, regardless of whether it carries a tracker-id attribute — its interactive structure always stays sourced from PLAN.md (ADR-3646 Decision 1); see the type="checkpoint:*" bullet below. A non-zero exit is a HARD HALT: surface the tracker-id, the tracker prefix, and the command's stderr, and STOP — do NOT proceed to read this task's inline PLAN.md content as a fallback (that defeats the point of the seam: see ADR-3646). On exit 0 with resolved: true, the returned content object SUPERSEDES this task's <read_first>/<action>/<verify>/<acceptance_criteria>/<done> for every remaining bullet in this step — every gate below reads from the resolved content instead of PLAN.md. On exit 0 with resolved: false (for any reason), proceed exactly as today and read the task's inline PLAN.md content. A task with no tracker-id attribute, or a checkpoint task, is unaffected — this step is unconditional but resolves to a no-op instantly for the common case.
   • MANDATORY read_first gate: If the task has a <read_first> field (or the resolved content carries one), you MUST read every listed file BEFORE making any edits. This is not optional. Do not skip files because you "already know" what's in them — read them. The read_first files establish ground truth for the task.
   • type="auto": if tdd="true" → TDD execution. Implement with deviation rules + auth gates. Verify done criteria. Commit (see task_commit). Track hash for Summary.
   • type="tracer": execute like type="auto" (production-quality, real <verify>, commit), then run the tracer feedback gate BEFORE any expansion task — an early integration checkpoint. Evaluate in order (#3299). First, gate="blocking-human" → STOP → return a checkpoint:human-verify via checkpoint_protocol — every mode, auto included (golden rule 6, checkpoints.md). Next, Auto mode active (AUTO_CHAIN or AUTO_CFG): re-run the tracer <verify>; on failure HALT and surface (deviation) — do NOT start expansion tasks. Next, HUMAN_VERIFY_MODE is end-of-phase (default) AND the tracer's <verify> carries only <automated> (no <human-check>) → re-run the tracer <verify>; on failure HALT and surface as a deviation exactly as in the auto-mode branch — never a checkpoint; on success log ⚡ Tracer verified end-to-end — expanding and continue to expansion, do NOT synthesize a checkpoint. Otherwise (mid-flight, or the tracer carries genuine human-observable evidence) → STOP → return a checkpoint:human-verify for the tracer via checkpoint_protocol before expansion.
   • type="checkpoint:*": STOP → checkpoint_protocol → wait for user → continue only after confirmation.
   • HARD GATE — acceptance_criteria verification: After completing each task, if it has <acceptance_criteria> (inline or resolved), you MUST run a verification loop before proceeding:
     1. For each criterion: execute the grep, file check, or CLI command that proves it passes
     2. Log each result as PASS or FAIL with the command output
     3. If ANY criterion fails: fix the implementation immediately, then re-run ALL criteria
     4. Repeat until all criteria pass — you are BLOCKED from starting the next task until this gate clears
     5. If a criterion cannot be satisfied after 2 fix attempts, log it as a deviation with reason — do NOT silently skip it This is not advisory. A task with failing acceptance criteria is an incomplete task.
4. Run <verification> checks
5. Confirm <success_criteria> met
6. Document deviations in Summary

<authentication_gates>

Authentication Gates

Auth errors during execution are NOT failures — they're expected interaction points.

Indicators: "Not authenticated", "Unauthorized", 401/403, "Please run {tool} login", "Set {ENV_VAR}"

Protocol:

1. Recognize auth gate (not a bug)
2. STOP task execution
3. Create dynamic checkpoint:human-action with exact auth steps
4. Wait for user to authenticate
5. Verify credentials work
6. Retry original task
7. Continue normally

Example: vercel --yes → "Not authenticated" → checkpoint asking user to vercel login → verify with vercel whoami → retry deploy → continue

In Summary: Document as normal flow under "## Authentication Gates", not as deviations.

</authentication_gates>

<deviation_rules>

Deviation Rules

Apply deviation rules from the gsd-executor agent definition (single source of truth):

• Rules 1-3 (bugs, missing critical, blockers): auto-fix, test, verify, track as deviations
• Rule 4 (architectural changes): STOP, present decision to user, await approval
• Scope boundary: do not auto-fix pre-existing issues unrelated to current task
• Fix attempt limit: max 3 retries per deviation before escalating
• Priority: Rule 4 (STOP) > Rules 1-3 (auto) > unsure → Rule 4

</deviation_rules>

<deviation_documentation>

Documenting Deviations

Summary MUST include deviations section. None? → ## Deviations from Plan\n\nNone - plan executed exactly as written.

Per deviation: [Rule N - Category] Title — Found during: Task X | Issue | Fix | Files modified | Verification | Commit hash

End with: Total deviations: N auto-fixed (breakdown). Impact: assessment.

</deviation_documentation>

<tdd_plan_execution>

TDD Execution

For type: tdd plans — RED-GREEN-REFACTOR:

1. Infrastructure (first TDD plan only): detect project, install framework, config, verify empty suite
2. Cycle (#3990: stated ONCE; #4267: cited correctly): execute RED → GREEN → REFACTOR exactly as specified in the canonical ~/.claude/gsd-core/references/tdd.md reference — the "Red-Green-Refactor Cycle" section's commit-scope contract (test({phase}-{plan}) → feat({phase}-{plan}) → refactor({phase}-{plan}), RED must fail, GREEN must pass, REFACTOR commits only on change), the "Gate Enforcement Rules" section's "Fail-Fast Rules" subsection, and the "Error Handling" section. The reference is the single source; do not improvise a variant. </tdd_plan_execution>

<precommit_failure_handling>

Pre-commit Hook Failure Handling

Your commits may trigger pre-commit hooks. Auto-fix hooks handle themselves transparently — files get fixed and re-staged automatically.

If running as a parallel executor agent (spawned by execute-phase): Run commits normally — let pre-commit hooks run. Do NOT use --no-verify by default (#2924). Hooks should run so issues surface at the introducing commit, and silent bypass violates project CLAUDE.md guidance. If a project explicitly opts out via workflow.worktree_skip_hooks=true, the orchestrator will surface that flag in the prompt; absent that signal, hooks run normally. If a hook fails, follow the sequential-mode handling below.

If running as the sole executor (sequential mode): If a commit is BLOCKED by a hook:

1. The git commit command fails with hook error output
2. Read the error — it tells you exactly which hook and what failed
3. Fix the issue (type error, lint violation, secret leak, etc.)
4. git add the fixed files
5. Retry the commit
6. Budget 1-2 retry cycles per commit </precommit_failure_handling>

<task_commit>

Task Commit Protocol

Canonical per-task commit rules live in agents/gsd-executor.md (<task_commit_protocol>). Follow that section for staging, {type}({phase}-{plan}) messages, commit-to-subrepo when sub_repos is set, post-commit checks, and untracked-file handling — do not duplicate or paraphrase the full protocol here (single source of truth).

Orchestrator note: After each task, the spawned executor reports commit hashes; this workflow does not re-specify commit semantics beyond pointing at the executor.

</task_commit>

On `type="checkpoint:*"`: automate everything possible first. Checkpoints are for verification/decisions only.

Display: ### CHECKPOINT: [Type] heading → Progress {X}/{Y} → Task name → type-specific content → --- → **YOUR ACTION: [signal]**

Type	Content	Resume signal
human-verify (90%)	What was built + verification steps (commands/URLs)	"approved" or describe issues
decision (9%)	Decision needed + context + options with pros/cons	"Select: option-id"
human-action (1%)	What was automated + ONE manual step + verification plan	"done"

After response: verify if specified. Pass → continue. Fail → inform, wait. WAIT for user — do NOT hallucinate completion.

See ~/.claude/gsd-core/references/checkpoints.md for details.

When spawned via Task and hitting checkpoint: return structured state (cannot interact with user directly).

Required return: 1) Completed Tasks table (hashes + files) 2) Current Task (what's blocking) 3) Checkpoint Details (user-facing content) 4) Awaiting (what's needed from user)

Orchestrator parses → presents to user → spawns fresh continuation with your completed tasks state. You will NOT be resumed. In main context: use checkpoint_protocol above.

If verification fails:

Check if node repair is enabled (default: on):

NODE_REPAIR=$(gsd_run query config-get workflow.node_repair --raw 2>/dev/null || echo "true")

If NODE_REPAIR is true: invoke @./.claude/gsd-core/workflows/node-repair.md with:

• FAILED_TASK: task number, name, done-criteria
• ERROR: expected vs actual result
• PLAN_CONTEXT: adjacent task names + phase goal
• REPAIR_BUDGET: workflow.node_repair_budget from config (default: 2)

Node repair will attempt RETRY, DECOMPOSE, or PRUNE autonomously. Only reaches this gate again if repair budget is exhausted (ESCALATE).

If NODE_REPAIR is false OR repair returns ESCALATE: STOP. Present: "Verification failed for Task [X]: [name]. Expected: [criteria]. Actual: [result]. Repair attempted: [summary of what was tried]." Options: Retry | Skip (mark incomplete) | Stop (investigate). If skipped → SUMMARY "Issues Encountered".

```bash PLAN_END_TIME=$(date -u +"%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ") PLAN_END_EPOCH=$(date +%s)

DURATION_SEC=$(( PLAN_END_EPOCH - PLAN_START_EPOCH )) DURATION_MIN=$(( DURATION_SEC / 60 ))

if $DURATION_MIN -ge 60 ; then HRS=$(( DURATION_MIN / 60 )) MIN=$(( DURATION_MIN % 60 )) DURATION="${HRS}h ${MIN}m" else DURATION="${DURATION_MIN} min" fi

</step>

<step name="generate_user_setup">
```bash
grep -A 50 "^user_setup:" .planning/phases/XX-name/{phase}-{plan}-PLAN.md | head -50

If user_setup exists: create {phase}-USER-SETUP.md using the template at ~/.claude/gsd-core/templates/user-setup.md (or its ~/.claude/gsd-core/templates/user-setup.compact.md variant — resolve per ~/.claude/gsd-core/references/compact-content-gate.md §"Streams 1b and 4"). Per service: env vars table, account setup checklist, dashboard config, local dev notes, verification commands. Status "Incomplete". Set USER_SETUP_CREATED=true. If empty/missing: skip.

**Critical ordering — write and commit SUMMARY.md as one atomic block.** Do NOT emit narrative output between the Write tool call and the commit tool call. Truncation at this boundary is a known failure mode (see #2070 rescue logic in execute-phase.md step 5.5).

Create {phase}-{plan}-SUMMARY.md at .planning/phases/XX-name/. Use the template at ~/.claude/gsd-core/templates/summary.md (or summary.compact.md — same compact-content-gate.md resolution as the USER-SETUP template above).

Frontmatter: phase, plan, subsystem, tags | requires/provides/affects | tech-stack.added/patterns | key-files.created/modified | key-decisions | requirements-completed (MUST copy requirements array from PLAN.md frontmatter verbatim) | duration ($DURATION), completed ($PLAN_END_TIME date).

Coverage block (#1602): Populate the coverage: frontmatter block — one entry per shipped deliverable (the structured form of each ## Accomplishments bullet). For each deliverable, aggregate the task-level <verify> results and tests:

• A task whose <verify> command passed or whose matching test passed → a verification entry with kind + ref (tests/path#name, Playwright screenshot ref, or command) + status: pass, and human_judgment: false.
• A judgment-dependent deliverable (UX adequacy, external/multi-session behavior, anything no test asserts) → human_judgment: true with a rationale.
• Every deliverable MUST be classified. If you cannot determine coverage, default to human_judgment: true with rationale: "Coverage not determined at authoring time — verifier must classify". Never set human_judgment: false without a non-empty all-pass verification — verify-work auto-passes (skips the human) ONLY on that proof, so an unproven false still routes to the human but loses the audit trail. Omit the whole block only for a genuinely prose-only SUMMARY (verify-work then uses the legacy ## Accomplishments path). The block is validated downstream by gsd-tools uat classify-coverage.

Title: # Phase [X] Plan [Y]: [Name] Summary

One-liner SUBSTANTIVE: "JWT auth with refresh rotation using jose library" not "Authentication implemented"

Include: duration, start/end times, task count, file count.

Next: more plans → "Ready for {next-plan}" | last → "Phase complete, ready for next step".

**Skip this step if running in parallel mode** (the orchestrator in execute-phase.md handles STATE.md/ROADMAP.md updates centrally after merging worktrees to avoid merge conflicts).

Update STATE.md using gsd_run query (or legacy gsd-tools) state mutations:

# Auto-detect parallel mode: .git is a file in worktrees, a directory in main repo
IS_WORKTREE=$([ -f .git ] && echo "true" || echo "false")

# Skip in parallel mode — orchestrator handles STATE.md centrally
if [ "$IS_WORKTREE" != "true" ]; then
  # Advance plan counter (handles last-plan edge case)
  gsd_run query state.advance-plan

  # Recalculate progress bar from disk state
  gsd_run query state.update-progress

  # Record execution metrics
  gsd_run query state.record-metric \
    --phase "${PHASE}" --plan "${PLAN}" --duration "${DURATION}" \
    --tasks "${TASK_COUNT}" --files "${FILE_COUNT}"
fi

From SUMMARY: Extract decisions and add to STATE.md:

# Add each decision from SUMMARY key-decisions
# Prefer file inputs for shell-safe text (preserves `$`, `*`, etc. exactly)
gsd_run query state.add-decision \
  --phase "${PHASE}" --summary-file "${DECISION_TEXT_FILE}" --rationale-file "${RATIONALE_FILE}"

# Add blockers if any found
gsd_run query state.add-blocker --text-file "${BLOCKER_TEXT_FILE}"

Update session info using gsd_run query (or legacy gsd-tools):

gsd_run query state.record-session \
  --stopped-at "Completed ${PHASE}-${PLAN}-PLAN.md" \
  --resume-file "None"

Keep STATE.md under 150 lines.

If SUMMARY "Issues Encountered" ≠ "None": yolo → log and continue. Interactive → present issues, wait for acknowledgment. Run this step only when NOT executing inside a git worktree (i.e. `use_worktrees: false`, the bug #2661 reproducer). In worktree mode each worktree has its own ROADMAP.md, so per-plan writes here would diverge across siblings; the orchestrator owns the post-merge sync centrally (see execute-phase.md §5.7, single-writer contract from #1486 / dcb50396).

# Auto-detect worktree mode: .git is a file in worktrees, a directory in main repo.
# This mirrors the use_worktrees config flag for the executing handler.
IS_WORKTREE=$([ -f .git ] && echo "true" || echo "false")

if [ "$IS_WORKTREE" != "true" ]; then
  # use_worktrees: false → this handler is the sole post-plan sync point (#2661)
  gsd_run query roadmap.update-plan-progress "${PHASE}"
fi

Counts PLAN vs SUMMARY files on disk. Updates progress table row with correct count and status (In Progress or Complete with date).

Mark completed requirements from the PLAN.md frontmatter `requirements:` field.

Extract requirement IDs from the plan's frontmatter (e.g., requirements: [AUTH-01, AUTH-02]) into REQ_IDS. If no requirements field, skip this step.

Shared-ID gate (#2388): a requirement ID declared by more than one plan in this phase must not read Complete until every plan declaring it has finished (produced a *-SUMMARY.md) — otherwise the first plan to finish flips it Complete while its sibling plans are still running, before phase verification ever gets a chance to catch a real gap. Compute the ready subset first, then mark only those:

READY=$(gsd_run query requirements.ready-ids "${PLAN_PATH}" ${REQ_IDS} --raw)
READY_IDS=$(printf '%s' "$READY" | jq -r '.ready[]' 2>/dev/null | tr '\n' ' ')
if [ -n "$(printf '%s' "$READY_IDS" | tr -d '[:space:]')" ]; then
  gsd_run query requirements.mark-complete ${READY_IDS}
fi

requirements.ready-ids is read-only: it scans sibling *-PLAN.md files in this plan's phase directory and blocks an ID only when a sibling ALSO declares it and that sibling has no *-SUMMARY.md yet. An ID no sibling declares is always ready (single-plan requirements mark immediately, no added latency). A blocked ID is re-evaluated the next time any plan in this phase finishes its own update_requirements step, and becomes ready once the LAST declaring plan's SUMMARY exists.

**Critical ordering — write and commit SUMMARY.md as one atomic block.** Do NOT emit narrative output between the Write tool call and the commit tool call. Truncation at this boundary is a known failure mode (see #2070 rescue logic in execute-phase.md step 5.5).

Task code already committed per-task. Commit plan metadata:

# Auto-detect parallel mode: .git is a file in worktrees, a directory in main repo
IS_WORKTREE=$([ -f .git ] && echo "true" || echo "false")

# In parallel mode: exclude STATE.md and ROADMAP.md (orchestrator commits these)
if [ "$IS_WORKTREE" = "true" ]; then
  gsd_run query commit "docs({phase}-{plan}): complete [plan-name] plan" --files .planning/phases/XX-name/{phase}-{plan}-SUMMARY.md .planning/REQUIREMENTS.md
else
  gsd_run query commit "docs({phase}-{plan}): complete [plan-name] plan" --files .planning/phases/XX-name/{phase}-{plan}-SUMMARY.md .planning/STATE.md .planning/ROADMAP.md .planning/REQUIREMENTS.md
fi

If .planning/codebase/ doesn't exist: skip.

# #4459: a phase number is unique within a MILESTONE, not a repository. The
# former commit-subject grep had no milestone bound, and its `--reverse |
# head -1` deliberately selected the OLDEST matching subject — on a
# milestone that reuses this phase number, that drags in the PREVIOUS
# milestone's same-numbered phase's commits too. The phase's own directory
# is the unique identity: base = the parent of the first commit that added
# anything under the phase directory — the same anchor code-review.md's
# structural-pre-pass step already uses for the identical problem (#3995).
PHASE_START=$(git log --format="%H" --diff-filter=A -- ".planning/phases/XX-name" 2>/dev/null | tail -1)
if [ -n "$PHASE_START" ] && git rev-parse "${PHASE_START}^" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
  DIFF_BASE="${PHASE_START}^"
else
  DIFF_BASE="${PHASE_START:-HEAD}"
fi
git diff --name-only ${DIFF_BASE}..HEAD 2>/dev/null || true

Update only structural changes: new src/ dir → STRUCTURE.md | deps → STACK.md | file pattern → CONVENTIONS.md | API client → INTEGRATIONS.md | config → STACK.md | renamed → update paths. Skip code-only/bugfix/content changes.

gsd_run query commit "" --files .planning/codebase/*.md --amend

If `USER_SETUP_CREATED=true`: display `⚠️ USER SETUP REQUIRED` with path + env/config tasks at TOP.

Get plan/summary counts for the current phase from the single owner (#3218 — LIVE counts, i.e. status: superseded plans excluded, matching this route's "outstanding work" question):

PHASE_COUNTS=$(gsd_run query find-phase "${PHASE}")
PLAN_COUNT=$(echo "$PHASE_COUNTS" | jq -r '.plan_count // 0')
SUMMARY_COUNT=$(echo "$PHASE_COUNTS" | jq -r '.summary_count // 0')

Condition	Route	Action
summaries < plans	A: More plans	Find next PLAN without SUMMARY — skip any plan whose plan_id matches a non-terminal async-job manifest (external_job_waiting; see identify_plan). Yolo: auto-continue. Interactive: show next plan, suggest /gsd:execute-phase {phase} + /gsd:verify-work. STOP here.
summaries = plans, current < highest phase	B: Phase done	Show completion, suggest /gsd:plan-phase {Z+1} + /gsd:verify-work {Z} + /gsd:discuss-phase {Z+1}
summaries = plans, current = highest phase	C: Milestone done	Show banner, suggest /gsd:complete-milestone + /gsd:verify-work + /gsd-add-phase

All routes: /clear first for fresh context.

<success_criteria>

• All tasks from PLAN.md completed
• All verifications pass
• USER-SETUP.md generated if user_setup in frontmatter
• SUMMARY.md created with substantive content
• STATE.md updated (position, decisions, issues, session) — unless parallel mode (orchestrator handles)
• ROADMAP.md updated — same exception
• If codebase map exists: map updated with execution changes (or skipped if no significant changes)
• If USER-SETUP.md created: surfaced in completion output </success_criteria>