Phase 3 of the CJS↔SDK hard-seam migration (parent #3524). Introduces the Builder/Reader pattern for paired Modules with mixed pure-and-I/O concerns — the template for Phase 4 and follow-up enhancements that migrate other paired Modules. Phase 1 and Phase 2 migrated Modules where both sides used character-equivalent logic. Phase 3 introduces the case where the pure logic is shareable but the I/O is legitimately per-side. The Builder/Reader split resolves this: - The Builder is pure — accepts pre-collected data (BuilderInputs struct), returns the typed projection. One source of truth; one generator-emitted CJS mirror. Drift is structurally impossible. - The Readers are per-side hand-authored Adapters that do the fs reads in their native idiom (currently both sync; either side can go async later without touching the Builder), then delegate to the Builder. - sdk/src/workstream-inventory/builder.ts — Builder source. 170 lines. Pure. Exports buildWorkstreamInventory(inputs), isCompletedInventory(status), plus the three typed inventory interfaces (WorkstreamPhaseInventory, WorkstreamInventory, WorkstreamInventoryList). - sdk/src/workstream-inventory/builder.test.ts — 18 vitest pinning fixtures across all status branches, progress-percent clamping, active-marker projection, and isCompletedInventory classifier. - sdk/scripts/gen-workstream-inventory-builder.mjs — generator. Captures function bodies via Function.prototype.toString(); emits with the standard GENERATED FILE banner. Includes a small `const relative = path.relative;` preamble in the output to handle ESM destructured imports in the compiled source. - sdk/scripts/check-workstream-inventory-builder-fresh.mjs — freshness check. Imports the generator function directly (rather than duplicating logic) — a cleaner pattern than Phase 1/2's approach. - get-shit-done/bin/lib/workstream-inventory-builder.generated.cjs — generator-emitted CJS mirror. - tests/workstream-inventory-builder-generator.test.cjs — 16 parity assertions confirming CJS-generated output == SDK source output for every fixture. - bin/lib/workstream-inventory.cjs: 159 → 132 lines. Projection logic gone. `inspectWorkstream` and `listWorkstreamInventories` collect BuilderInputs via the existing sync fs functions and delegate to the Builder. `isCompletedInventory` re-exported from the Builder (its signature changed from object→string, but no external callers exist so the change is safe). - sdk/src/query/workstream-inventory.ts: 196 → 143 lines. Same shape, sync fs (the SDK was already sync — surprise from recon). Types re-exported from the Builder. - sdk/package.json: gen:workstream-inventory-builder and check:workstream-inventory-builder-fresh scripts. - package.json: proxy for the freshness check. - .githooks/pre-commit: drift block. - .github/workflows/test.yml: drift check step. - CONTEXT.md: amended "Workstream Inventory Module" entry to document the Builder/Reader split. - docs/INVENTORY.md, docs/INVENTORY-MANIFEST.json: +1 module count, +1 row for the generated builder. - Full suite: 9229/9229 pass (baseline 9215 + 14 net new from the parity assertions). - Vitest: 18 Builder fixtures pass. - Reader shrink: -27 lines on CJS, -53 lines on SDK. - Net diff (modified files only): +68 / -133 = 65-line reduction. New files (Builder, generator, freshness check, parity test) add ~600 lines of new structured code. 1. `isCompletedInventory` signature changed from isCompletedInventory(inventory: object) to isCompletedInventory(status: string). Original CJS exported the object form but no external caller passed an object — they all passed inventory.status. Verified by grep before committing. 2. Generator preamble. The compiled ESM uses `import { relative } from 'node:path'`, making `relative` a free variable in `buildWorkstreamInventory`. The generator emits `const relative = path.relative;` so the captured function body works in CJS. 3. Freshness check imports the generator. The freshness check imports the generator's buildWorkstreamInventoryBuilderCjs() function directly rather than duplicating generation logic. Cleaner than Phase 1/2; future generators should follow this. Shareable via the Builder/Reader pattern in future enhancements: - frontmatter (pure YAML/markdown parsing) - plan-scan (pure PLAN.md structure parsing) - decisions (pure decision-record parsing) - secrets (regex-based detection in text) - uat (UAT-criteria parsing) Structural divergence — different approach needed: - state — sync vs async file ops; mutation paths differ. - workstream — lifecycle ops; per-side API surface differs. - phase, roadmap, init, profile-output, template — large surfaces; each its own potential enhancement. None of these is in scope for Phase 3. Closes #3544.
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A light-weight meta-prompting, context engineering, and spec-driven development system for Claude Code, OpenCode, Gemini CLI, Kilo, Codex, Copilot, Cursor, Windsurf, and more.
Solves context rot — the quality degradation that happens as your AI fills its context window.
npx get-shit-done-cc@latest
Works on Mac, Windows, and Linux.
"If you know clearly what you want, this WILL build it for you. No bs."
"I've done SpecKit, OpenSpec and Taskmaster — this has produced the best results for me."
"By far the most powerful addition to my Claude Code. Nothing over-engineered. Literally just gets shit done."
Trusted by engineers at Amazon, Google, Shopify, and Webflow.
Important
Returning to GSD?
Run
/gsd-map-codebaseto re-index your codebase, then/gsd-new-projectto rebuild GSD's planning context. Your code is fine — GSD just needs its context rebuilt. See the CHANGELOG for what's new.
Why I Built This
I'm a solo developer. I don't write code — Claude Code does.
Other spec-driven tools exist, but they're all built for 50-person engineering orgs — sprint ceremonies, story points, stakeholder syncs, Jira workflows. I'm not that. I'm a creative person trying to build great things consistently.
So I built GSD. The complexity is in the system, not in your workflow. Behind the scenes: context engineering, XML prompt formatting, subagent orchestration, state management. What you see: a few commands that just work.
The system gives Claude everything it needs to do the work and verify it. I trust the workflow. It just does a good job.
— TÂCHES
How It Works
The loop is six commands. Each one does exactly one thing.
1. Initialize
/gsd-new-project
Questions → research → requirements → roadmap. You approve it, then you're ready to build.
Already have code? Run
/gsd-map-codebasefirst. It analyzes your stack, architecture, and conventions so/gsd-new-projectasks the right questions.
2. Discuss
/gsd-discuss-phase 1
Your roadmap has a sentence per phase. That's not enough to build it the way you imagine it. Discuss captures your decisions before anything gets planned: layouts, API shapes, error handling, data structures — whatever gray areas exist for this specific phase.
The output feeds directly into research and planning. Skip it, get reasonable defaults. Use it, get your vision.
3. Plan
/gsd-plan-phase 1
Research → plan → verify, in a loop until the plans pass. Each plan is small enough to execute in a fresh context window.
4. Execute
/gsd-execute-phase 1
Plans run in parallel waves. Each executor gets a fresh 200k-token context. Each task gets its own atomic commit. Walk away, come back to completed work with a clean git history.
Your main context window stays at 30–40%. The work happens in the subagents.
5. Verify
/gsd-verify-work 1
Walk through what was built. Anything broken gets a diagnosed fix plan — ready for immediate re-execution. You don't debug manually; you just run execute again.
6. Repeat → Ship
/gsd-ship 1
/gsd-complete-milestone
/gsd-new-milestone
Loop discuss → plan → execute → verify → ship until the milestone is done. Then archive, tag, and start the next one fresh.
Getting Started
npx get-shit-done-cc@latest
The installer prompts for your runtime (Claude Code, OpenCode, Gemini CLI, Kilo, Codex, Copilot, Cursor, Windsurf, and more) and whether to install globally or locally.
claude --dangerously-skip-permissions
GSD is built for frictionless automation. Skip-permissions is how it's intended to run.
Install only the skills you need with --profile=core (six core-loop skills), --profile=standard (core + phase management), or the default full install. Profiles compose: --profile=core,audit. --minimal is an alias for --profile=core. See docs/USER-GUIDE.md for the full walkthrough, non-interactive install flags for all 15 runtimes, and permissions configuration. See ADR-0011 for the profile model and runtime surface control.
Current release highlights are in docs/RELEASE-v1.42.1.md: package legitimacy checks, safer installer migrations, runtime surface control, custom ship PR sections, reviewer defaults, fallow structural review, and quota-aware execution recovery.
Commands
The main loop:
| Command | What it does |
|---|---|
/gsd-new-project |
Questions → research → requirements → roadmap |
/gsd-discuss-phase [N] |
Capture implementation decisions before planning |
/gsd-plan-phase [N] |
Research + plan + verify |
/gsd-execute-phase <N> |
Execute plans in parallel waves |
/gsd-verify-work [N] |
Manual acceptance testing |
/gsd-ship [N] |
Create PR from verified phase work |
/gsd-progress --next |
Auto-detect and run the next step |
/gsd-complete-milestone |
Archive milestone and tag release |
/gsd-new-milestone |
Start next version |
/gsd:surface |
Enable/disable skill clusters at runtime without reinstall |
For ad-hoc tasks, autonomous mode, codebase analysis, forensics, and the full command surface — see docs/COMMANDS.md.
Why It Works
Three things most AI-coding setups get wrong:
1. Context bloat. As a session grows, quality degrades. GSD keeps your main context clean by doing the heavy work in fresh subagent contexts. Researchers, planners, and executors each start fresh with exactly what they need.
2. No shared memory. GSD maintains structured artifacts that survive session boundaries: PROJECT.md (vision), REQUIREMENTS.md (scope), ROADMAP.md (where you're going), STATE.md (current position and decisions), CONTEXT.md (per-phase implementation decisions). Every new session loads these and knows exactly where things stand.
3. No verification. Code that "runs" isn't code that "works." GSD's verify step walks you through what was built, diagnoses failures with dedicated debug agents, and generates fix plans before you declare a phase done.
See docs/ARCHITECTURE.md for how the multi-agent orchestration and context engineering work in detail.
Configuration
Settings live in .planning/config.json. Configure during /gsd-new-project or update with /gsd-settings.
Key dials:
| Setting | What it controls |
|---|---|
mode |
interactive (confirm each step) or yolo (auto-approve) |
| Model profiles | quality / balanced / budget — controls which model each agent uses |
workflow.research / plan_check / verifier |
Toggle the quality agents that add tokens and time |
parallelization.enabled |
Run independent plans simultaneously |
Optional structural review: set code_quality.fallow.enabled to true to add a fallow pre-pass to /gsd-code-review. GSD writes .planning/phases/<phase>/FALLOW.json and surfaces a Structural Findings (fallow) section in REVIEW.md. Install with npm install -D fallow@^2.70.0 (or system-wide via cargo install fallow; note that the Rust binary's JSON schema must match the documented v2.70+ contract — older versions may produce silent zero-finding output).
Package legitimacy checks are built into the research, planning, and execution path: recommended dependencies get audited, unverified packages require a human checkpoint, and failed installs stop instead of trying similarly named alternatives.
For the full configuration reference — all settings, git branching strategies, per-runtime model overrides, workstream config inheritance, agent skills injection — see docs/CONFIGURATION.md.
Documentation
| Doc | What's in it |
|---|---|
| User Guide | End-to-end walkthrough, install options, all runtime flags, configuration reference |
| Commands | Every command with flags and examples |
| Configuration | Full config schema, model profiles, git branching |
| Architecture | How the multi-agent orchestration works |
| CLI Tools | gsd-sdk query and programmatic SDK dispatch seams |
| Features | Complete feature index |
| Changelog | What changed in each release |
Troubleshooting
Commands not showing up? Restart your runtime after install. GSD installs to ~/.claude/skills/gsd-*/ (Claude Code), ~/.codex/skills/gsd-*/ (Codex), or the equivalent for your runtime.
Something broken? Re-run the installer — it's idempotent:
npx get-shit-done-cc@latest
Containers or Docker? Set CLAUDE_CONFIG_DIR before installing to avoid tilde-expansion issues:
CLAUDE_CONFIG_DIR=/home/youruser/.claude npx get-shit-done-cc --global
Full troubleshooting and uninstall instructions in docs/USER-GUIDE.md.
Community
| Project | Platform |
|---|---|
| gsd-opencode | Original OpenCode port |
| Discord | Community support |
Star History
License
MIT License. See LICENSE for details.
Claude Code is powerful. GSD makes it reliable.