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Tom Boucher 1e6737cd8e feat(plan-phase): --research-phase flag + scrub stale slash-command refs (#3042, #3044) (#3045)
* feat(plan-phase): --research-phase flag absorbs deleted /gsd-research-phase + scrub stale refs (#3042, #3044)

#3042 (orphaned research-phase): /gsd-research-phase had a workflow file
but no slash-command stub. Rather than restore the orphan, the research-
only capability is now a flag on /gsd-plan-phase:

  /gsd-plan-phase --research-phase <N>

When set, the workflow scopes to phase N, runs the research step (Section
5 of the existing plan-phase workflow), then early-exits before the
planner/plan-checker/verifier chain.

Per RCA against the deleted standalone, the flag adds two modifiers to
fully cover the original surface (Option B from the RCA discussion):

- --view : print existing RESEARCH.md to stdout, no spawn. Cheapest mode
  for the correction-without-replanning loop the issue reporter
  explicitly called out. Errors with a clear hint if RESEARCH.md is
  missing.
- --research : reuse the existing "force re-research" semantics. In
  research-only mode this skips the existing-RESEARCH.md prompt and
  re-spawns unconditionally.
- Neither flag, RESEARCH.md exists : prompt update/view/skip. Mirrors
  the deleted standalone's existing-artifact menu (#3042 RCA).

#3044 (stale slash-command refs): scrubbed five deleted commands from
all user-facing surfaces, including English docs, 4 localized doc sets
(ja-JP, ko-KR, zh-CN, pt-BR), workflows, templates, and references.

  /gsd-check-todos          → /gsd-capture --list
  /gsd-new-workspace        → /gsd-workspace --new
  /gsd-status               → /gsd-progress
  /gsd-plan-milestone-gaps  → table rows / orphan sections removed
                              (PR #3038 only scrubbed workflows/agent;
                              missed the docs surfaces this PR covers)
  /gsd-research-phase       → /gsd-plan-phase --research-phase

Includes a fix to docs/issue-driven-orchestration.md (PR #3036)
which itself referenced /gsd-new-workspace 4 times — self-correction.

Removed:
- get-shit-done/workflows/research-phase.md (orphan, capability
  absorbed into --research-phase flag)

Tests:
- tests/bug-3042-3044-research-flag-and-stale-refs.test.cjs — 46
  structural-IR tests across both bugs:
  - argument-hint advertises --research-phase + --view
  - workflow parses --research-phase, sets RESEARCH_ONLY,
    early-exits before planner
  - --view prints RESEARCH.md without spawning
  - --research forces refresh in research-only mode
  - existing-RESEARCH.md prompt path with update/view/skip
  - workflows/research-phase.md is removed
  - 5 deleted slash-commands absent from 17 English user-facing
    surfaces + 16 localized doc surfaces (4 locales × 4 docs each)
  - replacement command tokens present where deleted ones lived

6950/6950 full suite pass. Lints clean.

Closes #3042
Closes #3044

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 <noreply@anthropic.com>

* fix: address all 8 CR findings on PR #3045

Major (3):
- get-shit-done/workflows/plan-phase.md:344 — added explicit early-exit
  guard at Section 5.1: "Skip if RESEARCH_ONLY=true". Without it, an LLM
  could fall through "use existing, skip to step 6" → planner spawn,
  violating the research-only contract. The guard makes the early-exit
  unreachable from any non-research-only branch.
- get-shit-done/references/continuation-format.md (3 examples) +
  zh-CN/.../continuation-format.md (3 examples) — pointed to
  `/gsd-plan-phase --research-phase` but docs/COMMANDS.md didn't
  document the flag. Added a full --research-phase + --view + --research
  modifier section to the /gsd-plan-phase flag table in COMMANDS.md so
  the canonical reference matches the continuation examples.

Minor (5):
- docs/FEATURES.md:1632 — `/gsd-plan-phase --research-phase` →
  `/gsd-plan-phase --research-phase <N>` (include required arg).
- get-shit-done/templates/README.md:46 — NN-VALIDATION.md producer
  reverted from `/gsd-plan-phase --research-phase` (Nyquist) to plain
  `/gsd-plan-phase` (Nyquist). VALIDATION.md is created during normal
  Nyquist flow, not research-only mode — the bulk replacement was
  wrong for that line.
- get-shit-done/workflows/help.md:89 — signature line was missing
  `--research`; added it alongside `--research-phase` and `--view`.
- tests/bug-3042-3044-...:197 — promptHasView/promptHasSkip were
  tautological (matched anywhere in 1700-line workflow). Tightened
  to a proximity check anchored on "RESEARCH.md already exists" prompt
  header within a 600-char window. Updated workflow to emit that
  literal phrase.
- tests/feat-2840-...:95 — workspace assertion used `/gsd-workspace`
  but the documented replacement is `/gsd-workspace --new`. Tightened
  to require both tokens (in 3 places: requiredCommands list, regex
  in conceptPairs, error message).

6950/6950 full suite pass. Lint clean.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 <noreply@anthropic.com>

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Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.7 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-05-02 23:12:50 -04:00
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Document Audience Description
Architecture Contributors, advanced users System architecture, agent model, data flow, and internal design
Feature Reference All users Feature narratives and requirements for released features (see CHANGELOG for latest additions)
Command Reference All users Stable commands with syntax, flags, options, and examples
Configuration Reference All users Full config schema, workflow toggles, model profiles, git branching
CLI Tools Reference Contributors, agent authors gsd-tools.cjs programmatic API for workflows and agents
Agent Reference Contributors, advanced users Role cards for primary agents — roles, tools, spawn patterns (the agents/ filesystem is authoritative)
User Guide All users Workflow walkthroughs, troubleshooting, and recovery
Issue-Driven Orchestration All users Recipe for driving GSD from a tracker issue (GitHub / Linear / Jira) using existing primitives — no new commands or daemon
Context Monitor All users Context window monitoring hook architecture
Discuss Mode All users Assumptions vs interview mode for discuss-phase