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Tom Boucher ca88429bf8 docs(#2888): release notes for 1.40.0-rc.1 (#2889) 
Add docs/RELEASE-v1.40.0-rc.1.md following the rc.7 format. Cover the
11 commits on main since v1.39.0-rc.7's release notes landed:

- #2790 — skill surface consolidated 86 → 59
- #2792 — namespace meta-skills + keyword-tag descriptions + context guard
- #2833 — phase-lifecycle status-line read-side
- #2876 — yamlQuote SKILL.md description (Copilot/Antigravity/Trae/CodeBuddy)
- #2768 — Gemini slash command namespace
- #2858 — gsd slash namespace drift cleanup
- #2851 — bare gsd-tools → absolute path
- #2866 — Codex installer trailing-newline preservation
- #2868 — canary publish moved from main to dev
- #2872 — auto-close PRs without issue link

Update CHANGELOG.md [Unreleased] with the same 1.40.0-rc.1 entries.

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# v1.40.0-rc.1 Release Notes
Pre-release candidate. Published to npm under the `next` tag.
```bash
npx get-shit-done-cc@next
```
---
## What's in this release
rc.1 opens the 1.40.0 train. The headline change is the **skill-surface
consolidation** ([#2790](https://github.com/gsd-build/get-shit-done/issues/2790))
and the new **two-stage hierarchical routing** that sits on top of it
([#2792](https://github.com/gsd-build/get-shit-done/issues/2792)) — together
they take the cold-start system-prompt overhead from listing 86 flat skills
down to 6 namespace routers. The release also adds the read-side of the
phase-lifecycle status-line, hardens the multi-runtime install converters,
and clears a backlog of small correctness fixes against Gemini, Copilot,
Codex, and the canary publish workflow.
### Added
- **Six namespace meta-skills with keyword-tag descriptions**
([#2792](https://github.com/gsd-build/get-shit-done/issues/2792)) — replace
the flat eager skill listing with a two-stage hierarchical routing layer.
The model sees 6 namespace routers instead of 86 entries, selects a
namespace, then routes to the sub-skill. Namespaces:
`gsd:workflow` (phase pipeline), `gsd:project` (project lifecycle),
`gsd:review` (quality gates), `gsd:context` (codebase intelligence),
`gsd:manage` (config / workspace / workstreams), `gsd:ideate`
(exploration / capture). Descriptions use pipe-separated keyword tags
(≤ 60 chars) per the Tool Attention research showing keyword-dense tags
outperform prose for routing at ~40% the token cost.
| | Entries | Approx tokens |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-1.40 full install | 86 | ~2,150 |
| Namespace meta-skills | 6 | ~120 |
Existing sub-skills are unchanged and still invocable directly — the
namespace skills are additive.
- **`/gsd-health --context` utilization guard**
([#2792](https://github.com/gsd-build/get-shit-done/issues/2792)) — adds a
context-window quality guard with two thresholds: 60 % utilization warns
("consider `/gsd-thread`"), 70 % is critical ("reasoning quality may
degrade"; matches the fracture-point per recent context-attention
research). Exposed via `/gsd-health --context` and as a structured
`gsd-tools validate context` command for status-line / hook callers.
- **Phase-lifecycle status-line — read-side**
([#2833](https://github.com/gsd-build/get-shit-done/issues/2833)) —
`parseStateMd()` now reads four new STATE.md frontmatter fields:
`active_phase` (phase number when orchestrator is in-flight),
`next_action` (recommended next command when idle), `next_phases` (YAML
flow array of next phase numbers), and `progress` (nested
completed/total/percent block). `formatGsdState()` gains scenes for
in-flight, idle, and progress display. All fields default to undefined,
so existing STATE.md files keep rendering as before. Write-side and
status-line wiring follow in a later RC.
### Changed
- **Skill surface consolidated 86 → 59 `commands/gsd/*.md` entries**
([#2790](https://github.com/gsd-build/get-shit-done/issues/2790)) — four
new grouped skills replace clusters of micro-skills:
- `capture` — folds add-todo (default), note (`--note`), add-backlog
(`--backlog`), plant-seed (`--seed`), check-todos (`--list`)
- `phase` — folds add-phase (default), insert-phase (`--insert`),
remove-phase (`--remove`), edit-phase (`--edit`)
- `config` — folds settings-advanced (`--advanced`),
settings-integrations (`--integrations`), set-profile (`--profile`)
- `workspace` — folds new-workspace (`--new`), list-workspaces
(`--list`), remove-workspace (`--remove`)
Six existing parents absorb wrap-up and sub-operations as flags:
`update --sync / --reapply`, `sketch --wrap-up`, `spike --wrap-up`,
`map-codebase --fast / --query`, `code-review --fix`,
`progress --do / --next`. Zero functional loss — every removed
micro-skill's behavior survives via a flag on a consolidated parent.
31 micro-skills deleted outright; `autonomous.md` corrected to call
`gsd:code-review --fix` (was invoking deleted `gsd:code-review-fix`).
- **Canary release workflow now publishes from `dev` branch only**
([#2868](https://github.com/gsd-build/get-shit-done/issues/2868)) —
`.github/workflows/canary.yml` swaps its four publish-step guards from
`refs/heads/main` to `refs/heads/dev`, aligning with the new branch →
dist-tag policy (`dev` → `@canary`, `main` → `@next` / `@latest`).
`workflow_dispatch` runs on `main` (or any other branch) now complete
build / test / dry-run validation but skip publish + tag, instead of the
prior behaviour where `main` published and `dev` silently no-op'd.
- **PRs missing `Closes #NNN` are auto-closed**
([#2872](https://github.com/gsd-build/get-shit-done/issues/2872)) — the
`Issue link required` workflow now auto-closes any PR opened without a
closing keyword that links a tracking issue, posting a comment that
points to the contribution guide. Matches the documented project gate.
### Fixed
- **Gemini slash commands are namespaced as `/gsd:<cmd>` instead of
`/gsd-<cmd>`** ([#2768](https://github.com/gsd-build/get-shit-done/issues/2768),
[#2783](https://github.com/gsd-build/get-shit-done/issues/2783)) — Gemini
CLI namespaces commands under `gsd:` so `/gsd-plan-phase` was
unexecutable. The Gemini install path now converts every body-text
reference via a roster-checked regex (boundary lookbehind + extension-
aware lookahead + roster lookup, defense-in-depth) and consistently
rewrites command files, agent bodies, and final-banner / patch-reapply
hints to colon form. The roster fail-loud guard prevents silent
no-op'ing if the source `commands/gsd/` directory is ever missing.
- **GSD slash-command namespace drift cleaned up across docs, workflows
and autocomplete** ([#2858](https://github.com/gsd-build/get-shit-done/pull/2858))
— remaining stale `/gsd:<cmd>` references in active surfaces now use
canonical `/gsd-<cmd>`, escaped workflow `Skill(skill="gsd:...")`
prompts now use hyphenated skill names, `scripts/fix-slash-commands.cjs`
rewrites retired colon syntax to hyphen syntax, and the extract-
learnings command file is now `extract-learnings.md` so generated
Claude / Qwen skill autocomplete exposes `gsd-extract-learnings`
instead of `gsd-extract_learnings`.
- **`SKILL.md` description quoted for Copilot / Antigravity / Trae /
CodeBuddy** ([#2876](https://github.com/gsd-build/get-shit-done/issues/2876))
— descriptions starting with a YAML 1.2 flow indicator (`[BETA] …`,
`{`, `*`, `&`, `!`, `|`, `>`, `%`, `@`, backtick) are parsed as flow
sequences / mappings by strict YAML loaders and crash gh-copilot's
frontmatter loader. Six emission sites now wrap the description in
`yamlQuote(...)` (= `JSON.stringify`, a valid YAML 1.2 double-quoted
scalar). The Claude variant already routed through `yamlQuote`; the
others are now in line.
- **`gsd-tools` invocations use the absolute installed path**
([#2851](https://github.com/gsd-build/get-shit-done/issues/2851)) — bare
`gsd-tools …` calls inside skill bodies relied on PATH resolution that
is not guaranteed in every runtime; replaced with the absolute path
emitted at install time.
- **Codex installer preserves trailing newline when stripping legacy
hooks** ([#2866](https://github.com/gsd-build/get-shit-done/issues/2866))
— the legacy-hook strip in the Codex installer ran against files with
no terminating newline at EOF and emitted a config that lost the
newline, breaking downstream parsers. Strip path now normalises EOF.
---
## What was in rc.7
[`RELEASE-v1.39.0-rc.7.md`](RELEASE-v1.39.0-rc.7.md) — first 1.39.0 RC to
roll the post-rc.5 fixes from `main` into the release branch. Includes
the `extractCurrentMilestone` fenced-code-block fix
([#2787](https://github.com/gsd-build/get-shit-done/issues/2787)),
`audit-uat` frontmatter parse fix
([#2788](https://github.com/gsd-build/get-shit-done/issues/2788)), the
≤ 100-char skill description budget + lint gate
([#2789](https://github.com/gsd-build/get-shit-done/issues/2789)), the
`gsd-sdk` workstream + binary-collision fixes
([#2791](https://github.com/gsd-build/get-shit-done/issues/2791)),
`OpenCode` per-tier model overrides
([#2794](https://github.com/gsd-build/get-shit-done/issues/2794)),
`roadmap update-plan-progress --phase` flag handling
([#2796](https://github.com/gsd-build/get-shit-done/issues/2796)),
`context_window` allowlist entry
([#2798](https://github.com/gsd-build/get-shit-done/issues/2798)),
`/gsd-ingest-docs` init dispatch
([#2801](https://github.com/gsd-build/get-shit-done/issues/2801)),
`config-get --default` flag
([#2803](https://github.com/gsd-build/get-shit-done/issues/2803)),
`find-phase` archived-phase null
([#2805](https://github.com/gsd-build/get-shit-done/issues/2805)),
SKILL.md hyphen-form name migration
([#2808](https://github.com/gsd-build/get-shit-done/issues/2808)),
canary workflow `workflow_dispatch`
([#2828](https://github.com/gsd-build/get-shit-done/issues/2828)),
`gsd-sdk` local-mode resolve
([#2829](https://github.com/gsd-build/get-shit-done/issues/2829)),
OpenCode `@file` HOME expansion
([#2831](https://github.com/gsd-build/get-shit-done/issues/2831)),
`gsd-sdk auto` Codex detection
([#2832](https://github.com/gsd-build/get-shit-done/issues/2832)),
CR-INTEGRATION hyphen alignment
([#2835](https://github.com/gsd-build/get-shit-done/issues/2835)),
`audit-open` SUMMARY filename + UAT terminal status
([#2836](https://github.com/gsd-build/get-shit-done/issues/2836)),
SUMMARY rescue with gitignored `.planning/`
([#2838](https://github.com/gsd-build/get-shit-done/issues/2838)),
transactional cleanup tail for `/gsd-code-review-fix`
([#2839](https://github.com/gsd-build/get-shit-done/issues/2839)).
## What was in rc.5 / rc.6
[`RELEASE-v1.39.0-rc.5.md`](RELEASE-v1.39.0-rc.5.md) and
[`RELEASE-v1.39.0-rc.6.md`](RELEASE-v1.39.0-rc.6.md). rc.6 was a
content-identical republish of rc.5; rc.5 hardened the Codex hooks
migrator across five edge-cases
([#2809](https://github.com/gsd-build/get-shit-done/issues/2809)).
## What was in rc.4
[`RELEASE-v1.39.0-rc.4.md`](RELEASE-v1.39.0-rc.4.md) — the `--minimal`
install flag landed
([#2762](https://github.com/gsd-build/get-shit-done/issues/2762)) along
with the Codex `~/.codex/config.toml` corruption fix
([#2760](https://github.com/gsd-build/get-shit-done/issues/2760)).
---
## Installing the pre-release
```bash
# npm
npm install -g get-shit-done-cc@next
# npx (one-shot)
npx get-shit-done-cc@next
```
To pin to this exact RC:
```bash
npm install -g get-shit-done-cc@1.40.0-rc.1
```
---
## What's next
- Soak rc.1 against real installs across Claude Code, Codex, Copilot,
Gemini, OpenCode, and Antigravity runtimes.
- Wire write-side phase-lifecycle status-line on top of the
[#2833](https://github.com/gsd-build/get-shit-done/issues/2833) read-side.
- Run `finalize` on the release workflow to promote `1.40.0` to `latest`
once the train has soaked.
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