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Part 1 of 2 of the n/no-process-exit cleanup (umbrella #738): convert every process.exit() call in standalone scripts/** CLIs to the rule-compliant pattern. - New shared helper scripts/lib/cli-exit.cjs: ExitError(code,message) + runMain() which translates a thrown ExitError / returned number into process.exitCode (never process.exit()), flushing output and still firing process.on('exit'). - main()-based entrypoints: throw new ExitError(code) for errors, return <code> for verdicts; invoked via runMain(main). Child exit codes preserved via return. - top-level-only scripts: imperative body extracted into main() so mid-flow aborts (throw ExitError) actually halt; pure consts/helpers stay at module scope. - diff-touches-shipped-paths.cjs: stdin event handling restructured to an async read so the whole flow runs under runMain; uncaughtException/unhandledRejection nets replaced by an in-band catch that preserves EXIT_ERROR=2. Exit codes verified unchanged for every converted script (success/error/help and the 0/1/2 semantic codes in diff-touches). Rule stays warn here; flipped to error in part 2 (#738) once gsd-core/bin/** is also clean. Refs #739 Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
GSD Core
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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.
What is GSD Core
GSD Core is a context-engineering and spec-driven development framework that drives AI coding agents (Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI, Copilot, Cursor, and more) through a disciplined phase loop. It solves context rot — the quality degradation that accumulates as an AI fills its context window — by running all heavy research, planning, and execution work in fresh-context subagents while keeping your main session lean.
How it works
Each milestone repeats the same five-step loop, one phase at a time:
- Discuss — capture implementation decisions before anything is planned
- Plan — research, decompose, and verify the plan fits a fresh context window
- Execute — run plans in parallel waves; each executor starts with a clean 200k-token context
- Verify — walk through what was built; diagnose and fix before declaring done
- Ship — create the PR, archive the phase, repeat for the next one
Quickstart
npx @opengsd/gsd-core@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. The installer is required for cross-runtime compatibility — do not copy files from agents/ or commands/ directly.
On another runtime or without Node.js? See Install on your runtime.
Once installed, start your first project:
/gsd-new-project
New here? Follow Your first project for a guided walkthrough from install to first shipped phase.
Documentation
Tutorials — learning by doing:
How-to guides — task-focused recipes:
Reference — authoritative facts:
Explanation — concepts and design decisions:
Full index: docs/README.md. Other languages: 日本語 · 한국어 · Português · 简体中文.
Why it works
Most AI-coding setups fail at scale because context bloat silently degrades output quality, there is no shared memory between sessions, and nothing verifies that code actually works. GSD Core solves all three: heavy work runs in fresh subagents, structured artifacts like STATE.md and CONTEXT.md survive session boundaries, and the verify step walks through what was built and generates fix plans before a phase is declared done. See docs/explanation/context-engineering.md for the full reasoning.
Troubleshooting? See docs/how-to/recover-and-troubleshoot.md.
Community
| Project | Platform |
|---|---|
| gsd-opencode | Original OpenCode port |
| Discord | Community support |
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License
MIT License. See LICENSE for details.
Claude Code is powerful. GSD Core makes it reliable.