msd-core/get-shit-done/workflows/scan.md

Lightweight codebase assessment. Spawns a single gsd-codebase-mapper agent for one focus area, producing targeted documents in `.planning/codebase/`.

<required_reading> Read all files referenced by the invoking prompt's execution_context before starting. </required_reading>

<available_agent_types> Valid GSD subagent types (use exact names — do not fall back to 'general-purpose'):

• gsd-codebase-mapper — Maps project structure and dependencies </available_agent_types>

Focus-to-Document Mapping

Focus	Documents Produced
tech	STACK.md, INTEGRATIONS.md
arch	ARCHITECTURE.md, STRUCTURE.md
quality	CONVENTIONS.md, TESTING.md
concerns	CONCERNS.md
tech+arch	STACK.md, INTEGRATIONS.md, ARCHITECTURE.md, STRUCTURE.md

Step 1: Parse arguments and resolve focus

Parse the user's input for --focus <area>. Default to tech+arch if not specified.

Validate that the focus is one of: tech, arch, quality, concerns, tech+arch.

If invalid:

Unknown focus area: "{input}". Valid options: tech, arch, quality, concerns, tech+arch

Exit.

Step 2: Check for existing documents

# SDK resolution: prefer local gsd-tools.cjs, fall back to global gsd-sdk (#3668)
GSD_TOOLS="${RUNTIME_DIR:-$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel 2>/dev/null || pwd)}/get-shit-done/bin/gsd-tools.cjs"
if [ -f "$GSD_TOOLS" ]; then
  GSD_SDK="node $GSD_TOOLS"
elif command -v gsd-sdk >/dev/null 2>&1; then
  GSD_SDK="gsd-sdk"
else
  echo "ERROR: gsd-sdk not found on PATH and $GSD_TOOLS does not exist." >&2
  echo "Run: npx -y @opengsd/get-shit-done-redux@latest --claude --local" >&2
  exit 1
fi
INIT=$($GSD_SDK query init.map-codebase 2>/dev/null || echo "{}")
if [[ "$INIT" == @file:* ]]; then INIT=$(cat "${INIT#@file:}"); fi

Look up which documents would be produced for the selected focus (from the mapping table above).

For each target document, check if it already exists in .planning/codebase/:

ls -la .planning/codebase/{DOCUMENT}.md 2>/dev/null

If any exist, show their modification dates and ask:

Existing documents found:
  - STACK.md (modified 2026-04-03)
  - INTEGRATIONS.md (modified 2026-04-01)

Overwrite with fresh scan? [y/N]

If user says no, exit.

Step 3: Create output directory

mkdir -p .planning/codebase

Step 4: Spawn mapper agent

Spawn a single gsd-codebase-mapper agent with the selected focus area:

Agent(
  prompt="Scan this codebase with focus: {focus}. Write results to .planning/codebase/. Produce only: {document_list}",
  subagent_type="gsd-codebase-mapper",
  model="{resolved_model}"
)

ORCHESTRATOR RULE — CODEX RUNTIME: After calling Agent() above, stop working on this task immediately. Do not read more files, edit code, or run tests related to this task while the subagent is active. Wait for the subagent to return its result. This prevents duplicate work, conflicting edits, and wasted context. Only resume when the subagent result is available.

Step 5: Report

## Scan Complete

**Focus:** {focus}
**Documents produced:**
{list of documents written with line counts}

Use `/gsd:map-codebase` for a comprehensive 4-area parallel scan.

<success_criteria>

• Focus area correctly parsed (default: tech+arch)
• Existing documents detected with modification dates shown
• User prompted before overwriting
• Single mapper agent spawned with correct focus
• Output documents written to .planning/codebase/ </success_criteria>