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Tom Boucher d20fa8a9f6 docs: add comprehensive feature, architecture, and requirements documentation (#1089) 
New documentation suite in docs/:

- README.md — Documentation index with audience-targeted links
- ARCHITECTURE.md — System architecture: component model, agent patterns,
  data flow, file system layout, installer architecture, hook system,
  runtime abstraction, and design principles
- FEATURES.md — Complete feature reference with 32 features documented,
  each with formal requirements (REQ-*), produced artifacts, process
  descriptions, and functional specifications
- COMMANDS.md — Full command reference: all 37 commands with syntax,
  flags, arguments, prerequisites, produced artifacts, and examples
- CONFIGURATION.md — Complete config schema: 40+ settings across core,
  workflow, planning, parallelization, git branching, gates, safety,
  model profiles, and environment variables
- CLI-TOOLS.md — gsd-tools.cjs programmatic API: all commands across
  state, phase, roadmap, config, verify, template, frontmatter,
  scaffold, init, milestone, and utility categories
- AGENTS.md — All 15 specialized agents: roles, tool permissions,
  spawn patterns, model assignments, produced artifacts, key behaviors,
  and a complete tool permission matrix

Coverage derived from:
- All 37 command files (commands/gsd/*.md)
- All 41 workflow files (get-shit-done/workflows/*.md)
- All 15 agent definitions (agents/*.md)
- All 13 reference documents (get-shit-done/references/*.md)
- Full CLI source (gsd-tools.cjs + 11 lib modules, ~10K lines)
- All 3 hooks (statusline, context-monitor, check-update)
- Installer (bin/install.js, ~3K lines)
- Full CHANGELOG.md (1.0.0 through 1.24.0, ~170 releases)
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GSD CLI Tools Reference

Programmatic API reference for gsd-tools.cjs. Used by workflows and agents internally. For user-facing commands, see Command Reference.

Overview

gsd-tools.cjs is a Node.js CLI utility that replaces repetitive inline bash patterns across GSD's ~50 command, workflow, and agent files. It centralizes: config parsing, model resolution, phase lookup, git commits, summary verification, state management, and template operations.

Location: get-shit-done/bin/gsd-tools.cjs Modules: 11 domain modules in get-shit-done/bin/lib/

Usage:

node gsd-tools.cjs <command> [args] [--raw] [--cwd <path>]

Global Flags:

Flag Description
--raw Machine-readable output (JSON or plain text, no formatting)
--cwd <path> Override working directory (for sandboxed subagents)

State Commands

Manage .planning/STATE.md — the project's living memory.

# Load full project config + state as JSON
node gsd-tools.cjs state load

# Output STATE.md frontmatter as JSON
node gsd-tools.cjs state json

# Update a single field
node gsd-tools.cjs state update <field> <value>

# Get STATE.md content or a specific section
node gsd-tools.cjs state get [section]

# Batch update multiple fields
node gsd-tools.cjs state patch --field1 val1 --field2 val2

# Increment plan counter
node gsd-tools.cjs state advance-plan

# Record execution metrics
node gsd-tools.cjs state record-metric --phase N --plan M --duration Xmin [--tasks N] [--files N]

# Recalculate progress bar
node gsd-tools.cjs state update-progress

# Add a decision
node gsd-tools.cjs state add-decision --summary "..." [--phase N] [--rationale "..."]
# Or from files:
node gsd-tools.cjs state add-decision --summary-file path [--rationale-file path]

# Add/resolve blockers
node gsd-tools.cjs state add-blocker --text "..."
node gsd-tools.cjs state resolve-blocker --text "..."

# Record session continuity
node gsd-tools.cjs state record-session --stopped-at "..." [--resume-file path]

State Snapshot

Structured parse of the full STATE.md:

node gsd-tools.cjs state-snapshot

Returns JSON with: current position, phase, plan, status, decisions, blockers, metrics, last activity.

Phase Commands

Manage phases — directories, numbering, and roadmap sync.

# Find phase directory by number
node gsd-tools.cjs find-phase <phase>

# Calculate next decimal phase number for insertions
node gsd-tools.cjs phase next-decimal <phase>

# Append new phase to roadmap + create directory
node gsd-tools.cjs phase add <description>

# Insert decimal phase after existing
node gsd-tools.cjs phase insert <after> <description>

# Remove phase, renumber subsequent
node gsd-tools.cjs phase remove <phase> [--force]

# Mark phase complete, update state + roadmap
node gsd-tools.cjs phase complete <phase>

# Index plans with waves and status
node gsd-tools.cjs phase-plan-index <phase>

# List phases with filtering
node gsd-tools.cjs phases list [--type planned|executed|all] [--phase N] [--include-archived]

Roadmap Commands

Parse and update ROADMAP.md.

# Extract phase section from ROADMAP.md
node gsd-tools.cjs roadmap get-phase <phase>

# Full roadmap parse with disk status
node gsd-tools.cjs roadmap analyze

# Update progress table row from disk
node gsd-tools.cjs roadmap update-plan-progress <N>

Config Commands

Read and write .planning/config.json.

# Initialize config.json with defaults
node gsd-tools.cjs config-ensure-section

# Set a config value (dot notation)
node gsd-tools.cjs config-set <key> <value>

# Get a config value
node gsd-tools.cjs config-get <key>

# Set model profile
node gsd-tools.cjs config-set-model-profile <profile>

Model Resolution

# Get model for agent based on current profile
node gsd-tools.cjs resolve-model <agent-name>
# Returns: opus | sonnet | haiku | inherit

Agent names: gsd-planner, gsd-executor, gsd-phase-researcher, gsd-project-researcher, gsd-research-synthesizer, gsd-verifier, gsd-plan-checker, gsd-integration-checker, gsd-roadmapper, gsd-debugger, gsd-codebase-mapper, gsd-nyquist-auditor

Verification Commands

Validate plans, phases, references, and commits.

# Verify SUMMARY.md file
node gsd-tools.cjs verify-summary <path> [--check-count N]

# Check PLAN.md structure + tasks
node gsd-tools.cjs verify plan-structure <file>

# Check all plans have summaries
node gsd-tools.cjs verify phase-completeness <phase>

# Check @-refs + paths resolve
node gsd-tools.cjs verify references <file>

# Batch verify commit hashes
node gsd-tools.cjs verify commits <hash1> [hash2] ...

# Check must_haves.artifacts
node gsd-tools.cjs verify artifacts <plan-file>

# Check must_haves.key_links
node gsd-tools.cjs verify key-links <plan-file>

Validation Commands

Check project integrity.

# Check phase numbering, disk/roadmap sync
node gsd-tools.cjs validate consistency

# Check .planning/ integrity, optionally repair
node gsd-tools.cjs validate health [--repair]

Template Commands

Template selection and filling.

# Select summary template based on granularity
node gsd-tools.cjs template select <type>

# Fill template with variables
node gsd-tools.cjs template fill <type> --phase N [--plan M] [--name "..."] [--type execute|tdd] [--wave N] [--fields '{json}']

Template types for fill: summary, plan, verification

Frontmatter Commands

YAML frontmatter CRUD operations on any Markdown file.

# Extract frontmatter as JSON
node gsd-tools.cjs frontmatter get <file> [--field key]

# Update single field
node gsd-tools.cjs frontmatter set <file> --field key --value jsonVal

# Merge JSON into frontmatter
node gsd-tools.cjs frontmatter merge <file> --data '{json}'

# Validate required fields
node gsd-tools.cjs frontmatter validate <file> --schema plan|summary|verification

Scaffold Commands

Create pre-structured files and directories.

# Create CONTEXT.md template
node gsd-tools.cjs scaffold context --phase N

# Create UAT.md template
node gsd-tools.cjs scaffold uat --phase N

# Create VERIFICATION.md template
node gsd-tools.cjs scaffold verification --phase N

# Create phase directory
node gsd-tools.cjs scaffold phase-dir --phase N --name "phase name"

Init Commands (Compound Context Loading)

Load all context needed for a specific workflow in one call. Returns JSON with project info, config, state, and workflow-specific data.

node gsd-tools.cjs init execute-phase <phase>
node gsd-tools.cjs init plan-phase <phase>
node gsd-tools.cjs init new-project
node gsd-tools.cjs init new-milestone
node gsd-tools.cjs init quick <description>
node gsd-tools.cjs init resume
node gsd-tools.cjs init verify-work <phase>
node gsd-tools.cjs init phase-op <phase>
node gsd-tools.cjs init todos [area]
node gsd-tools.cjs init milestone-op
node gsd-tools.cjs init map-codebase
node gsd-tools.cjs init progress

Large payload handling: When output exceeds ~50KB, the CLI writes to a temp file and returns @file:/tmp/gsd-init-XXXXX.json. Workflows check for the @file: prefix and read from disk:

INIT=$(node gsd-tools.cjs init execute-phase "1")
if [[ "$INIT" == @file:* ]]; then INIT=$(cat "${INIT#@file:}"); fi

Milestone Commands

# Archive milestone
node gsd-tools.cjs milestone complete <version> [--name <name>] [--archive-phases]

# Mark requirements as complete
node gsd-tools.cjs requirements mark-complete <ids>
# Accepts: REQ-01,REQ-02 or REQ-01 REQ-02 or [REQ-01, REQ-02]

Utility Commands

# Convert text to URL-safe slug
node gsd-tools.cjs generate-slug "Some Text Here"
# → some-text-here

# Get timestamp
node gsd-tools.cjs current-timestamp [full|date|filename]

# Count and list pending todos
node gsd-tools.cjs list-todos [area]

# Check file/directory existence
node gsd-tools.cjs verify-path-exists <path>

# Aggregate all SUMMARY.md data
node gsd-tools.cjs history-digest

# Extract structured data from SUMMARY.md
node gsd-tools.cjs summary-extract <path> [--fields field1,field2]

# Project statistics
node gsd-tools.cjs stats [json|table]

# Progress rendering
node gsd-tools.cjs progress [json|table|bar]

# Complete a todo
node gsd-tools.cjs todo complete <filename>

# Git commit with config checks
node gsd-tools.cjs commit <message> [--files f1 f2] [--amend]

# Web search (requires Brave API key)
node gsd-tools.cjs websearch <query> [--limit N] [--freshness day|week|month]

Module Architecture

Module File Exports
Core lib/core.cjs error(), output(), parseArgs(), shared utilities
State lib/state.cjs All state subcommands, state-snapshot
Phase lib/phase.cjs Phase CRUD, find-phase, phase-plan-index, phases list
Roadmap lib/roadmap.cjs Roadmap parsing, phase extraction, progress updates
Config lib/config.cjs Config read/write, section initialization
Verify lib/verify.cjs All verification and validation commands
Template lib/template.cjs Template selection and variable filling
Frontmatter lib/frontmatter.cjs YAML frontmatter CRUD
Init lib/init.cjs Compound context loading for all workflows
Milestone lib/milestone.cjs Milestone archival, requirements marking
Commands lib/commands.cjs Misc: slug, timestamp, todos, scaffold, stats, websearch
Model Profiles lib/model-profiles.cjs Profile resolution table
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