Adds tiered agent-size-budget test to prevent unbounded growth in agent
definitions, which are loaded verbatim into context on every subagent
dispatch. Extracts two duplicated blocks (mandatory-initial-read,
project-skills-discovery) to shared references under
get-shit-done/references/ and migrates the 5 top agents (planner,
executor, debugger, verifier, phase-researcher) to @file includes.
Also fixes two broken relative @planner-source-audit.md references in
gsd-planner.md that silently disabled the planner's source audit
discipline.
Closes#2361
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The gsd-debugger philosophy block contains 76 lines of evergreen
debugging disciplines (user-as-reporter, meta-debugging, cognitive
biases, restart protocol) that are not debugger-specific workflow
and are paid in context on every debugger dispatch.
Extracts to get-shit-done/references/debugger-philosophy.md, replaces
the inline block with a single @file include. Behavior-preserving.
Closes#2363
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* feat(2148): add specialist_hint to ROOT CAUSE FOUND and skill dispatch to /gsd-debug
- Add specialist_hint field to ROOT CAUSE FOUND return format in gsd-debugger structured_returns section
- Add derivation guidance in return_diagnosis step (file extensions → hint mapping)
- Add Step 4.5 specialist skill dispatch block to debug.md with security-hardened DATA_START/DATA_END prompt
- Map specialist_hint values to skills: typescript-expert, swift-concurrency, python-expert-best-practices-code-review, ios-debugger-agent, engineering:debug
- Session manager now handles specialist dispatch internally; debug.md documents delegation intent
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
* feat(2151): add gsd-debug-session-manager agent and refactor debug command as thin bootstrap
- Create agents/gsd-debug-session-manager.md: handles full checkpoint/continuation loop in isolated context
- Agent spawns gsd-debugger, handles ROOT CAUSE FOUND/TDD CHECKPOINT/DEBUG COMPLETE/CHECKPOINT REACHED/INVESTIGATION INCONCLUSIVE returns
- Specialist dispatch via AskUserQuestion before fix options; user responses wrapped in DATA_START/DATA_END
- Returns compact ≤2K DEBUG SESSION COMPLETE summary to keep main context lean
- Refactor commands/gsd/debug.md: Steps 3-5 replaced with thin bootstrap that spawns session manager
- Update available_agent_types to include gsd-debug-session-manager
- Continue subcommand also delegates to session manager
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* test(2148,2151): add tests for skill dispatch and session manager
- Add 8 new tests in debug-session-management.test.cjs covering specialist_hint field,
skill dispatch mapping in debug.md, DATA_START/DATA_END security boundaries,
session manager tools, compact summary format, anti-heredoc rule, and delegation check
- Update copilot-install.test.cjs expected agent list to include gsd-debug-session-manager
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* feat(references): add common bug patterns checklist for debugger
Create a technology-agnostic reference of ~80%-coverage bug patterns
ordered by frequency — off-by-one, null access, async timing, state
management, imports, environment, data shape, strings, filesystem,
and error handling. The debugger agent now reads this checklist before
forming hypotheses, reducing the chance of overlooking common causes.
Closes#1746
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
* fix(references): use bold bullet format in bug patterns per GSD convention (#1746)
- Convert checklist items from '- [ ]' checkbox format to '- **label** —'
bold bullet format matching other GSD reference files
- Scope test to <patterns> block only so <usage> section doesn't fail
the bold-bullet assertion
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Combines implementation by @davesienkowski (inline @-reference wiring at
decision-point steps, named reasoning models with anti-patterns, sequencing
rules, Gap Closure Mode) and @Tibsfox (test suite covering file existence,
section structure, and agent wiring).
- 5 reference files in get-shit-done/references/ — each with named reasoning
models, Counters annotations, Conflict Resolution sequencing, and When NOT
to Think guidance
- Inline @-reference wiring placed inside the specific step/section blocks
where thinking decisions occur (not at top-of-agent)
- Planning cluster includes Gap Closure Mode root-cause check section
- Test suite: 63 tests covering file existence, named models, Conflict
Resolution sections, Gap Closure Mode, and inline wiring placement
Closes#1722
Co-authored-by: Tibsfox <tibsfox@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Rezolv <davesienkowski@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
* fix: replace /gsd: command format with /gsd- skill format in all suggestions
All next-step suggestions shown to users were still using the old colon
format (/gsd:xxx) which cannot be copy-pasted as skills. Migrated all
occurrences across agents/, commands/, get-shit-done/, docs/, README files,
bin/install.js (hardcoded defaults for claude runtime), and
get-shit-done/bin/lib/*.cjs (generate-claude-md templates and error messages).
Updated tests to assert new hyphen format instead of old colon format.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
* fix: migrate remaining /gsd: format to /gsd- in hooks, workflows, and sdk
Addresses remaining user-facing occurrences missed in the initial migration:
- hooks/: fix 4 user-facing messages (pause-work, update, fast, quick)
and 2 comments in gsd-workflow-guard.js
- get-shit-done/workflows/: fix 21 Skill() literal calls that Claude
executes directly (installer does not transform workflow content)
- sdk/prompt-sanitizer.ts: update regex to strip /gsd- format in addition
to legacy /gsd: format; update JSDoc comment
- tests/: update autonomous-ui-steps, prompt-sanitizer to assert new format
Note: commands/gsd/*.md frontmatter (name: gsd:xxx) intentionally unchanged
— installer derives skillName from directory path, not the name field.
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* fix(plan-phase): preserve --chain flag in auto-advance sync and handle ui-phase gate in chain mode
Bug 1: step 15 sync-flag check only guarded against --auto, causing
_auto_chain_active to be cleared when plan-phase is invoked without
--auto in ARGUMENTS even though a --chain pipeline was active. Added
--chain to the guard condition, matching discuss-phase behaviour.
Bug 2: UI Design Contract gate (step 5.6) always exited the workflow
when UI-SPEC was missing, breaking the discuss --chain pipeline
silently. When _auto_chain_active is true, the gate now auto-invokes
gsd-ui-phase --auto via Skill() and continues to step 6 without
prompting. Manual invocations retain the existing AskUserQuestion flow.
* fix: remove <sub>/clear</sub> pattern and duplicate old-format command in discuss-phase.md
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permissionMode: acceptEdits in gsd-executor and gsd-debugger frontmatter
is Claude Code-specific and causes Gemini CLI to hard-fail on agent load
with "Unrecognized key(s) in object: 'permissionMode'". The field also
has no effect in Claude Code (subagent Write permissions are controlled
at runtime level regardless). Remove it from both agents and update
tests to enforce cross-runtime compatibility.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Worktree agents (gsd-executor, gsd-debugger) prompt for edit permissions
on every new directory they touch, even when the user has "accept edits"
enabled. This is caused by Claude Code's directory-scoped permission
model not propagating to worktree paths.
Setting permissionMode: acceptEdits in the agent frontmatter tells Claude
Code to auto-approve file edits for these agents, bypassing the per-
directory prompts. This is safe because these agents are already granted
Write/Edit in their tools list and are spawned in isolated worktrees.
- Add permissionMode: acceptEdits to gsd-executor.md frontmatter
- Add permissionMode: acceptEdits to gsd-debugger.md frontmatter
- Add regression tests verifying worktree agents have the field
- Add test ensuring all isolation="worktree" spawns are covered
Upstream: anthropics/claude-code#29110, anthropics/claude-code#28041
Fixes#1334
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Teaches the debugger agent to trace path/URL/key construction across
producer and consumer code — prevents shallow investigation that misses
directory mismatches like the stale hooks bug (#1249).
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
When a debug session resolves, append a structured entry to
.planning/debug/knowledge-base.md capturing error patterns,
root cause, and fix approach.
At the start of each new investigation (Phase 0), the debugger
loads the knowledge base and checks for keyword overlap with
current symptoms. Matches surface as hypothesis candidates to
test first — reducing repeat investigation time for known patterns.
The knowledge base is append-only and project-scoped, so it
builds value over the lifetime of a codebase rather than
resetting each session.
* fix: remove dangling skills: from agent frontmatter and strip in Gemini converter (closes#1023, closes#953, closes#930)
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
* fix: invert skills frontmatter test to assert absence (fixes CI)
The PR deliberately removed skills: from agent frontmatter (breaks
Gemini CLI), but the test still asserted its presence. Inverted the
assertion to ensure skills: stays removed.
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When gsd-tools init output exceeds 50KB, core.cjs writes to a temp file
and outputs @file:<path>. No workflow handled this prefix, causing agents
to hallucinate /tmp paths that fail on Windows (C:\tmp doesn't exist).
Add @file: resolution line after every INIT=$(node ...) call across all
32 workflow, agent, and reference files.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Add skills: field to all 11 agent frontmatter files with forward-compatible
GSD workflow skill references (silently ignored until skill files are created).
Add commented hooks: examples to 9 file-writing agents showing PostToolUse
hook syntax for project-specific linting/formatting. Read-only agents
(plan-checker, integration-checker) skip hooks as they cannot modify files.
Per Claude Code docs: subagents don't inherit skills or hooks from the
parent conversation — they must be explicitly listed in frontmatter.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Add 'never use heredoc' instruction to 6 agents that were missing it:
gsd-codebase-mapper, gsd-debugger, gsd-phase-researcher,
gsd-project-researcher, gsd-research-synthesizer, gsd-roadmapper.
All 9 file-writing agents now consistently prevent settings.local.json
corruption from heredoc permission entries (GSD #526).
Read-only agents (plan-checker, integration-checker) excluded as they
cannot write files.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude Code subagents sometimes rewrite ~/. paths to relative paths,
causing MODULE_NOT_FOUND when CWD is the project directory. $HOME is a
shell variable resolved at runtime, immune to model path rewriting.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Projects with "type": "module" in package.json cause Node to treat
gsd-tools.js as ESM, crashing on require(). The .cjs extension forces
CommonJS regardless of the host project's module configuration.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
* fix(execute-phase): pass file paths to subagents instead of content
The --include flag added in fa81821 caused orchestrator context bloat
by reading STATE, config, and plan files into the orchestrator's context,
then embedding all content in Task() prompts.
With multiple plans, this consumed 50-60%+ of context before execution.
Fix: Pass file paths only. Subagents read files themselves in their
fresh 200k context. Orchestrator stays lean (~10-15% as intended).
Fixes#479
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
* fix: respect commit_docs=false in execute-plan and debugger workflows
Two code paths bypassed the commit_docs configuration check, causing
.planning files to be intermittently committed when commit_docs=false:
1. execute-plan.md: update_codebase_map step ran `git add .planning/codebase/*.md`
unconditionally — now gated behind commit_docs check
2. gsd-debugger.md: used `git add -A` which stages .planning/ files — replaced
with explicit individual file staging and proper commit_docs conditional
Fixes#478https://claude.ai/code/session_013yS1F2VR3Jn2pdwqr5NuDo
* fix: route all .planning commits through gsd-tools.js CLI
Instead of wrapping direct git commands in markdown conditionals,
both bypass paths now use gsd-tools.js commit which has the
commit_docs check built in:
1. execute-plan.md: uses `gsd-tools.js commit --amend` for codebase
map updates (new --amend flag added to CLI)
2. gsd-debugger.md: code commit uses direct git (no .planning files),
planning docs commit uses gsd-tools.js commit
Also added --amend support to gsd-tools.js commit command so the
execute-plan codebase map step can amend the previous metadata commit.
Fixes#478https://claude.ai/code/session_013yS1F2VR3Jn2pdwqr5NuDo
* docs: update reference docs to use gsd-tools.js CLI for all .planning commits
Reference documentation showed direct git add/commit patterns for
.planning files, which agents copy-paste and bypass the commit_docs
check. Updated all three reference files to show gsd-tools.js commit
as the canonical pattern:
- git-planning-commit.md: replaced manual bash conditionals with CLI
- git-integration.md: replaced direct git add/commit in initialization,
plan-completion, and handoff examples
- planning-config.md: replaced conditional git example with CLI call
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* feat: add uncommitted planning mode
Add config option to keep planning docs local-only (not committed to git).
Useful for OSS contributions, client projects, or keeping planning private.
Config options in .planning/config.json:
- planning.commit_docs: true/false (default: true)
- planning.search_gitignored: true/false (default: false)
When commit_docs=false:
- All git operations for .planning/ files are skipped
- User should add .planning/ to .gitignore
- Planning system works normally, just not tracked
Updated files:
- config.json template: added planning section
- execute-plan.md: conditional git commits
- execute-phase.md: conditional git commits
- create-roadmap.md: conditional git commits
- help.md: documented new config options
- planning-config.md: reference doc for config behavior
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* feat: extend commit_docs check to all agents/commands/workflows
Add COMMIT_PLANNING_DOCS config check to all files that commit
.planning/ artifacts, ensuring consistent behavior when
commit_docs=false is set in config.json.
Updated:
- 5 agents (planner, executor, debugger, phase-researcher, synthesizer)
- 8 commands (add-todo, check-todos, execute-phase, new-milestone,
pause-work, plan-milestone-gaps, remove-phase, research-project)
- 7 workflows (complete-milestone, create-milestone, define-requirements,
diagnose-issues, discuss-phase, map-codebase, verify-work)
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
* fix(progress): use Bash instead of Glob for .planning/ check
Glob respects .gitignore, so projects with gitignored .planning/
directories would fail with "No planning structure found."
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
* fix(new-milestone): integrate full research/requirements/roadmap flow
Previously routed to non-existent /gsd:research-project and
/gsd:define-requirements commands. Now handles the full flow inline
like new-project does:
- Phase 7: Research Decision (spawns 4 milestone-aware researchers)
- Phase 8: Define Requirements (scopes features, creates REQUIREMENTS.md)
- Phase 9: Create Roadmap (continues phase numbering from previous milestone)
- Phase 10: Done
Key adaptations for milestones:
- Research focuses on NEW features only
- Requirements add to existing, don't start fresh
- Phase numbering continues from previous milestone
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