feat: review chaining + commit hash staleness tracking (v0.8.3) (#206)

* feat: review chaining + commit hash staleness tracking

Each plan review skill now suggests the next review via AskUserQuestion:
- CEO review → eng review (required gate) + design review (if UI scope)
- Design review → eng review + CEO review (if product gaps)
- Eng review → design review (if UI changes) + CEO review (soft suggestion)

Reviews now track HEAD commit hash in JSONL entries for deterministic
staleness detection. Dashboard compares stored hash against current HEAD
and reports drift. Respects skip_eng_review config in chaining logic.

Also adds commit tracking to design-review-lite entries.

* chore: regenerate SKILL.md files for review chaining

* chore: bump version and changelog (v0.8.3)

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feat: /codex skill — multi-AI second opinion + proactive suggestions (#197)

* feat: /codex skill — multi-AI second opinion (review, challenge, consult)

Three modes: code review with pass/fail gate, adversarial challenge mode,
and conversational consult with session continuity. First multi-AI skill
in gstack, wrapping OpenAI's Codex CLI.

* feat: integrate /codex into /review, /ship, /plan-eng-review + dashboard

/review offers Codex second opinion after completing its own review.
/ship offers Codex review as optional gate before pushing.
/plan-eng-review offers Codex plan critique after scope challenge.
Review Readiness Dashboard shows Codex Review as optional row.

* chore: bump version and changelog (v0.8.0)

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* test: codex skill validation (12 stub tests) + E2E eval test

Stub tests (free tier): verify template content — three modes, gate verdict,
session continuity, cost tracking, cross-model comparison, binary discovery,
error handling, mktemp usage, and integrations into /review, /ship, /plan-eng-review.

E2E test (paid tier): runs /codex review on vulnerable fixture repo via
session-runner, verifies output contains findings and GATE verdict.

* fix: codex auth error message — use codex login, not OPENAI_API_KEY

Codex authenticates via ChatGPT OAuth (codex login), not an env var.

* feat: codex uses high reasoning effort by default

gpt-5.2-codex is the only model available with ChatGPT login.
All commands now use model_reasoning_effort="high" for maximum
depth — the whole point is a thorough second opinion.

* feat: crank codex reasoning to xhigh (maximum)

* feat: per-mode reasoning (high for review/consult, xhigh for challenge) + web search

Review and consult use high reasoning — thorough but not slow.
Challenge (adversarial) uses xhigh — maximum depth for breaking code.
All modes enable web_search_cached so Codex can look up docs/APIs.

* refactor: don't hardcode model — use codex default (always latest)

* feat: JSONL output for codex challenge + consult modes

Use --json flag to parse codex's JSONL events, extracting reasoning
traces ([codex thinking]), tool calls ([codex ran]), and token counts.
This gives richer output than the -o flag alone — you can see what
codex thought through before its answer.

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* fix: only persist codex-review log when code review actually ran

Don't write a codex-review entry to reviews.jsonl when only the
adversarial challenge (option B) was selected — there's no gate
verdict to record, and a false entry misleads the Review Readiness
Dashboard into thinking a code review happened.

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* feat: add codex plan review option to /plan-eng-review

After scope challenge (Step 0), offer to have Codex independently
review the plan with a brutally honest tech reviewer persona.

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* test: update e2e test for codex skill

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* fix: codex integration bugs — plan content, review persistence, quoting, stderr

- plan-eng-review: Codex now reads the plan file itself instead of inlining
  content as a CLI arg (avoids ARG_MAX for large plans)
- review: add missing echo to persist codex-review results to reviews.jsonl
- codex: consult mode uses $TMPERR (mktemp) instead of hardcoded stderr path
- codex + review: quote $SLUG/$BRANCH_SLUG in review log paths
- codex: scope plan lookup to current project, warn on cross-project fallback

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* fix: add .context/ to .gitignore to prevent session ID leaks

Codex consult mode stores session IDs in .context/codex-session-id.
Without this ignore rule, session IDs could leak into commits.

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* feat: proactive skill suggestions + opt-out + trigger phrase tests

- Preamble reads proactive config via gstack-config
- Root SKILL.md.tmpl has lifecycle map (stage → skill suggestion)
- Users can opt out ("stop suggesting") / opt in ("be proactive again")
- Restored trigger phrase validation tests (16 skills × "Use when" check)
- Added missing "Use when" trigger phrases to /debug and /office-hours

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* chore: update changelog for v0.8.0 — add proactive suggestions note

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feat: safety hook skills + skill usage telemetry (v0.7.1) (#189)

* feat: add /careful, /freeze, /guard, /unfreeze safety hook skills

Four new on-demand skills using Claude Code's PreToolUse hooks:
- /careful: warns before destructive commands (rm -rf, DROP TABLE, force-push, etc.)
- /freeze: blocks file edits outside a specified directory
- /guard: composes both into one command
- /unfreeze: clears freeze boundary without ending session

Pure bash hook scripts with Python fallback for JSON edge cases.
Safe exceptions for build artifacts (node_modules, dist, .next, etc.).
Hook fire telemetry logs pattern name only (never command content).

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* feat: add skill usage telemetry to preamble

TemplateContext system passes skill name through resolver pipeline so
each generated SKILL.md gets its own name baked into the telemetry line.
Appends to ~/.gstack/analytics/skill-usage.jsonl on every invocation.

Covers 14 preamble-using skills + 4 hook skills (inline telemetry).
JSONL format: {"skill":"ship","ts":"...","repo":"my-project"}

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* feat: add analytics CLI for skill usage stats

bun run analytics reads ~/.gstack/analytics/skill-usage.jsonl and shows
top skills, per-repo breakdown, hook fire stats, and daily timeline.
Supports --period 7d/30d/all. Handles missing/empty/malformed data.

22 unit tests cover parsing, filtering, formatting, and edge cases.

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* feat: add skills-used-this-week to /retro

Retro Step 2 now reads skill-usage.jsonl and shows which gstack skills
were used during the retro window. Follows the same pattern as the
Greptile signal and Backlog Health metrics — read file, filter by date,
aggregate, present. Skips silently if no analytics data exists.

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* test: add hook script and telemetry tests

32 unit tests for check-careful.sh covering all 8 destructive patterns,
safe exceptions, Python fallback, and malformed input handling.
7 unit tests for check-freeze.sh covering boundary enforcement,
trailing slash edge case, and missing state file.
Telemetry tests verify per-skill name correctness in generated output.
Adds careful/freeze/guard/unfreeze/document-release to ALL_SKILLS.

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* chore: bump version to 0.6.5 + changelog + mark TODOs shipped

Safety hook skills and skill usage telemetry shipped.
Analytics CLI and /retro integration included.

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* feat: /debug auto-freezes edits to the module being debugged

Add PreToolUse hooks (Edit/Write) to debug/SKILL.md.tmpl that reference
the existing freeze/bin/check-freeze.sh. After Phase 1 investigation,
/debug locks edits to the narrowest affected directory.

Graceful degradation: if freeze script is unavailable, scope lock is
skipped. Users can run /unfreeze to remove the restriction.

Deferred 6 enhancements to TODOS.md, gated on telemetry showing the
freeze hook actually fires in real debugging sessions.

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feat: natural language skill routing + proactive suggestions (v0.7.1) (#195)

* feat: add trigger phrases to /debug and /office-hours

These two skills had zero "Use when asked to..." phrases, making them
completely invisible to natural language. Users saying "debug this" or
"brainstorm an idea" would get no skill invocation.

* feat: add proactive triggers to all workflow skills

Every skill now has "Proactively suggest when..." language so Claude
surfaces skills at natural moments — not just when the user says
specific trigger phrases.

* feat: lifecycle map + proactive preference system

Root gstack description now includes a developer workflow guide mapping
12 stages to skills. Preamble reads proactive preference via gstack-config.
Users can opt out with "stop suggesting things" and re-enable with
"be proactive again" — natural language toggle, no CLI needed.

* test: 11 journey-stage E2E routing tests + trigger phrase validation

Each test simulates a real development stage (ideation, plan review,
debug, QA, ship, retro...) with realistic project context and verifies
the right skill fires from natural language alone. 11/11 pass.

* chore: bump version and changelog (v0.7.1)

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feat: founder discovery engine + /debug skill — v0.7.0 (#185)

* feat: add escalation protocol to preamble — all skills get DONE/BLOCKED/NEEDS_CONTEXT

Every skill now reports completion status (DONE, DONE_WITH_CONCERNS, BLOCKED,
NEEDS_CONTEXT) and has escalation rules: 3 failed attempts → STOP, security
uncertainty → STOP, scope exceeds verification → STOP.

"It is always OK to stop and say 'this is too hard for me.'"

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* feat: add verification gate to /ship (Step 6.5) — no push without fresh evidence

Before pushing, re-verify tests if code changed during review fixes.
Rationalization prevention: "Should work now" → RUN IT.
"I'm confident" → Confidence is not evidence.

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* feat: add scope drift detection + verification of claims to /review

Step 1.5: Before reviewing code quality, check if the diff matches stated
intent. Flags scope creep and missing requirements (INFORMATIONAL).

Step 5 addition: Every review claim must cite evidence — "this pattern is
safe" needs a line reference, "tests cover this" needs a test name.

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* feat: mandatory implementation alternatives + design doc lookup in /plan-ceo-review

Step 0C-bis: Every plan must consider 2-3 approaches (minimal viable vs ideal
architecture) before mode selection. RECOMMENDATION required.

Pre-Review System Audit now checks ~/.gstack/projects/ for /brainstorm design
docs (branch-filtered with fallback).

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* feat: design doc lookup in /plan-eng-review + fix branch name sanitization

Step 0 now checks ~/.gstack/projects/ for /brainstorm design docs
(branch-filtered with fallback, reads Supersedes: for revision context).

Fix: branch names with '/' (e.g. garrytan/better-process) now get
sanitized via tr '/' '-' in test plan artifact filenames.

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* feat: new /brainstorm and /debug skills

/brainstorm: Socratic design exploration before planning. Context gathering,
clarifying questions (smart-skip), related design discovery (keyword grep),
premise challenge, forced alternatives, design doc artifact with lineage
tracking (Supersedes: field). Writes to ~/.gstack/projects/$SLUG/.

/debug: Systematic root-cause debugging. Iron Law: no fixes without root
cause investigation. Pattern analysis, hypothesis testing with 3-strike
escalation, structured DEBUG REPORT output.

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* test: structural tests for new skills + escalation protocol assertions

Add brainstorm + debug to skillsWithUpdateCheck and skillsWithPreamble arrays.
Add structural tests: brainstorm (Phase 1-6, Design Doc, Supersedes, Smart-skip),
debug (Iron Law, Root Cause, Pattern Analysis, Hypothesis, DEBUG REPORT, 3-strike).
Add escalation protocol tests (DONE_WITH_CONCERNS, BLOCKED, NEEDS_CONTEXT) for
all preamble skills.

Also: 2 new TODOs (design docs → Supabase sync, /plan-design-review skill),
update CLAUDE.md project structure with new skill directories.

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* chore: bump version and changelog (v0.6.0)

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* chore: rename /brainstorm → /office-hours across references

Update CHANGELOG, CLAUDE.md, TODOS, design-consultation, plan-ceo-review,
and gen-skill-docs to reference the new office-hours skill name.

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* feat: YC Office Hours — dual-mode product diagnostic + builder brainstorm

Rewrite /office-hours with two modes:

Startup mode: six forcing questions (Demand Reality, Status Quo, Desperate
Specificity, Narrowest Wedge, Observation & Surprise, Future-Fit) that push
founders toward radical honesty about demand, users, and product decisions.
Includes smart routing by product stage, intrapreneurship adaptation, and
YC apply CTA for strong-signal founders.

Builder mode: generative brainstorming for side projects, hackathons,
learning, and open source. Enthusiastic collaborator tone, design thinking
questions, no business interrogation.

Mode is determined by an explicit question in Phase 1 — no guessing.

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* test: add 14 assertions for YC Office Hours content coverage

Validates dual-mode structure (Startup/Builder), all six forcing questions,
builder brainstorming content, intrapreneurship adaptation, YC apply CTA,
and operating principles for both modes. 192 tests total, all passing.

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* docs: update project documentation for v0.6.1

- README.md: added /office-hours and /debug to skills table, updated
  skill count from 13 to 15, added both to install instructions
- docs/skills.md: added /office-hours and /debug deep dive sections
- CLAUDE.md: updated office-hours description to reflect dual-mode
- CONTRIBUTING.md: updated skill count from 13 to 15
- CHANGELOG.md: added YC Office Hours and /debug entries to 0.6.0

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* feat: founder discovery engine in /office-hours (v0.7.0)

Turn /office-hours into a YC founder discovery engine. Every session now
ends with three beats: signal reflection (specific callbacks to what the
user said), "One more thing." transition, and a personal plea from Garry
Tan with three tiers based on founder signal strength. Top tier uses
AskUserQuestion to ask directly and opens ycombinator.com/apply?ref=gstack.

Adds Phase 4.5 (Founder Signal Synthesis), "What I noticed about how you
think" section to both design doc templates, anti-slop GOOD/BAD examples,
and emotional targets per tier.

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* test: add validation assertions for founder discovery engine

8 new assertions covering: YC apply CTA with ref=gstack tracking,
"What I noticed" design doc section, golden age framing, Garry Tan
personal plea, founder signal synthesis phase, three-tier decision
rubric, anti-slop GOOD/BAD examples, "One more thing" transition beat.

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* docs: update project documentation for v0.7.0

VERSION: 0.6.4.1 → 0.7.0
CHANGELOG: new entry — Office Hours Gets Personal
README: updated /office-hours and /plan-design-review descriptions
docs/skills.md: updated /office-hours table + deep dive section
TODOS.md: added /yc-prep skill TODO (P2)

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* fix: remove duplicate Install section, fix stale skills lists, deduplicate CHANGELOG entries

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feat: add trigger phrases to skill descriptions for better model matching (v0.6.4.1) (#169)

* feat: add trigger phrases to skill descriptions for better model matching

Anthropic's skill best practices: "the description field is not a summary —
it's when to trigger." Add explicit "Use when asked to..." phrases to 12 skill
descriptions so Claude's auto-discovery works with natural language requests
like "deploy this" or "check my diff", not just explicit /slash-commands.

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* docs: add on-demand hooks and telemetry to TODOS.md

Captures two ideas from Anthropic's skill best practices post:
- /careful, /freeze, /guard on-demand hook skills (P3)
- Skill usage telemetry via preamble JSONL append (P3)

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* chore: bump version and changelog (v0.6.4.1)

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* docs: exclude internal details from CHANGELOG style guide

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feat: design review lite in /review and /ship + gstack-diff-scope (v0.6.3) (#142)

* feat: gstack-diff-scope helper + design review checklist

bin/gstack-diff-scope categorizes branch changes into SCOPE_FRONTEND,
SCOPE_BACKEND, SCOPE_PROMPTS, SCOPE_TESTS, SCOPE_DOCS, SCOPE_CONFIG.

review/design-checklist.md is a 20-item code-level checklist with
HIGH/MEDIUM/LOW confidence tags for detecting design anti-patterns
from source code.

* feat: integrate design review lite into /review and /ship

Add generateDesignReviewLite() resolver, insert {{DESIGN_REVIEW_LITE}}
partial in review Step 4.5 and ship Step 3.5. Update dashboard to
recognize design-review-lite entries. Ship pre-flight uses
gstack-diff-scope for smarter design review recommendations.

* test: E2E eval for design review lite detection

Planted CSS/HTML fixtures with 7 design anti-patterns. E2E test
verifies /review catches >= 4 of 7 (Papyrus font, 14px body text,
outline:none, !important, purple gradient, generic hero copy,
3-column feature grid).

* chore: bump version and changelog (v0.6.3.0)

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feat: cognitive patterns for plan-review skills (v0.6.2) (#141)

* feat: cognitive patterns for plan-review skills — latent space activation

Enrich /plan-ceo-review, /plan-eng-review, and /plan-design-review with
researched cognitive patterns from Bezos, Grove, Munger, Horowitz, Altman,
Rams, Norman, Zhuo, Gebbia, Larson, McKinley, Brooks, Beck, and Majors.
Patterns are evocative activation keys, not checklists — they trigger the
LLM's deep knowledge of how these people actually think.

* chore: bump version and changelog (v0.6.2.0)

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feat: Completeness Principle — Boil the Lake (v0.6.1) (#140)

* feat: Completeness Principle — Boil the Lake (WIP, pre-merge)

Add Completeness Principle to all skill preambles, dual-time estimates,
compression table, anti-pattern gallery, Lake Score, and completeness
gaps review category. VERSION/CHANGELOG will be rebased after merge.

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* fix: update stale version reference in TODOS.md (v0.5.3 → v0.6.1)

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* docs: update CHANGELOG date + README for v0.6.1 features

- Add date to CHANGELOG 0.6.1 entry
- Add Completeness Principle to README intro
- Add SELECTIVE EXPANSION mode to CEO review section
- Add test bootstrap mention to /ship section
- Fix uninstall command missing design-consultation in project uninstall
- Add "recommends shortcuts" and "no tests" to Without gstack list

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* docs: split README into lean intro + docs/ directory (gh CLI pattern)

README: 875 → 243 lines. Keeps intro, skill table, demo, install, and
troubleshooting. All per-skill deep dives, Greptile integration guide,
and contributor mode docs moved to docs/ directory.

- docs/skills.md — full philosophy and examples for all 13 skills
- docs/greptile.md — Greptile setup and triage workflow
- docs/contributor-mode.md — how to enable and use contributor mode
- README now links to docs/ via Documentation table
- Updated skill table entries with latest features (fix-first, regression
  tests, test health, completeness gaps)
- Updated demo transcript with AUTO-FIXED, coverage audit, regression test

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* docs: remove "competitor" language, rewrite README in Garry's voice

Replace "browses competitors" with "knows the landscape" / "what's out
there" throughout all user-facing copy. Trim README from 243 to 167
lines — tighter, more opinionated, less listicle energy. Remove
Completeness Principle from README top (it lives in CLAUDE.md and the
skill preambles where Claude actually reads it).

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* docs: rewrite README in Garry's raw voice — AGI era, L8 factory, real stories

The README now sounds like Garry, not a product page. Leads with the
live experiment, the 16k LOC/day reality, the real-life coding stories
(Austin, hospital bedside). Highlights the newest unlocks (design at
the heart, /qa parallelism, smart review routing, test bootstrap).
Closes with an open invitation — free MIT, fork it, let's all ride
the wave together.

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* docs: add Garry's bonafides to README intro — Palantir, Posterous, YC, 600k LOC

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* docs: add real /retro numbers — 140k lines, 362 commits across 3 projects

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* docs: add "in the last 60 days" timeframe to 600k LOC claim

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* docs: add GitHub contribution graphs — 2026 vs 2013 side by side

Same person, different era. 2013: 772 contributions building Bookface.
2026: 1,237 contributions and accelerating. The difference is the tooling.

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* docs: clarify /retro stats are from last 7 days

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* docs: add designer/PM/eng manager roles to intro

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* docs: remove Josh/L8 reference from README

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* docs: move demo up, make it dramatically more impressive

Show the actual architecture diagram, auto-fixed issues, 100% coverage,
regression test generation. Punch line: "That is not a copilot. That is
a team."

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* docs: remove "My journey" section — intro already covers it

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* docs: prefix all skill commands with You: in demo transcript

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* docs: collapse You/Claude lines in demo — no gap between command and response

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* docs: clarify plan mode flow in demo — approve, exit, Claude implements

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* docs: move /ship to end of demo — review → QA → ship is the real flow

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* docs: add /plan-design-review to demo, tighten CEO response

Shorter CEO reply, compressed eng diagram, added design audit with
AI Slop score. Seven commands now: plan → eng → build → design →
review → QA → ship.

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* docs: move design review before implementation — it's part of planning

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* docs: reorder demo — design before eng, after CEO

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* docs: remove URL from /plan-design-review in demo

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* docs: add [...] annotations showing what actually happens at each step

Each step now shows what the agent does under the hood: 8 expansion
proposals cherry-picked, 80-item design audit, ASCII diagrams for
every flow, 2400 lines written in 8 minutes, real browser QA, bug
found and fixed. Makes the demo feel real, not abstract.

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* docs: rename Contributor Mode to How to Contribute in docs table

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* docs: add Coinbase, Instacart, Rippling to YC bonafides

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* docs: add "one or two people in a garage" to founder story

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* docs: add skill table to top of skills.md with anchor links

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* docs: consolidate — roll contributor-mode into CONTRIBUTING, greptile into skills

- docs/contributor-mode.md → merged into CONTRIBUTING.md (session awareness section)
- docs/greptile.md → merged into docs/skills.md (Greptile integration section)
- Reordered docs table: Skills > Architecture > Browser > Contributing > Changelog

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feat: always-full eng review + ship review gate persistence (v0.5.4) (#135)

Remove SMALL/BIG CHANGE menu from /plan-eng-review — every plan gets the
full interactive review. Scope reduction is now proactive (only when
complexity check triggers) rather than a menu item.

Add review gate override persistence to /ship — when the user says "ship
anyway" or "not relevant", that decision is saved to the branch's
reviews.jsonl so subsequent /ship runs don't re-ask.

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feat: SELECTIVE EXPANSION + smarter ship gates (v0.5.3) (#134)

* feat: SELECTIVE EXPANSION mode + user control for CEO review

Add 4th mode to /plan-ceo-review: SELECTIVE EXPANSION holds current scope
as baseline but surfaces expansion opportunities one by one for cherry-picking.
All modes now present every scope-expanding idea as individual AskUserQuestion
calls — user opts in or out of each one. EXPANSION recommends enthusiastically,
SELECTIVE recommends neutrally. CEO plan persistence writes decisions to disk.

* feat: review dashboard — eng required, CEO/design optional

Only Eng Review gates shipping. CEO Review recommended for big product
changes, Design Review for UI work — both informational only. Adds
skip_eng_review global config to disable the gate entirely.

* chore: bump version and changelog (v0.5.3)

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feat: Review Readiness Dashboard + gstack-slug helper (v0.5.1) (#130)

* feat: add bin/gstack-slug helper + migrate all inline SLUG computation

Extract the opaque SLUG sed pipeline into a shared 5-line shell script.
Replace 8 inline copies across templates with eval $(gstack-slug).
Sanitizes branch names (/ → -) to prevent subdirectory creation.

* feat: review readiness dashboard — track CEO/Eng/Design reviews per branch

Each review skill logs its result to JSONL. A shared {{REVIEW_DASHBOARD}}
placeholder displays run counts, timestamps, and a CLEARED TO SHIP verdict.
/ship pre-flight reads the dashboard and prompts when reviews are missing.

* chore: bump version and changelog (v0.5.1)

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feat: always-on ELI16 + branch detection (v0.4.3) (#108)

* feat: always-on ELI16 + branch detection in preamble

- Add _BRANCH detection to preamble bash block (git branch --show-current)
- Merge ELI16 rules into default AskUserQuestion format (always-on)
- Remove _SESSIONS >= 3 conditional — better questions always
- Add simplification rules: plain English, no jargon, no raw function names
- Update tests for branch detection and simplification regression guard

* chore: bump version and changelog (v0.4.3)

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feat: await support in browse js/eval + contributor mode v2 (#104)

* feat: support await in $B js and eval commands

Auto-wrap await expressions in async IIFE context so
$B js "await fetch(...)" works without SyntaxError.

- hasAwait() strips comments before detection
- js: expression wrapping (async()=>(expr))()
- eval: smart wrapping — single-line=expression, multi-line=block
- 6 new unit tests covering async, false-positive, and return semantics

* feat: redesign contributor mode — periodic reflection with 0-10 rating

Replace passive "report when things break" with active reflection:
- Rate gstack experience 0-10 at workflow step boundaries
- Historical calibration example (await bug) anchors the reporting bar
- "What would make this a 10" field focuses on actionable improvements
- Removed category lists in favor of judgment-based assessment

* test: add deterministic contributor mode preamble validation

40 new skill-validation tests (4 checks × 10 skills) verify:
- 0-10 rating scale present
- Calibration example present
- "What would make this a 10" field present
- Periodic reflection (not per-command)

Update existing E2E contributor eval for new report format.

* chore: bump version and changelog (v0.4.2)

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* fix: improve contributor mode + qa-quick E2E reliability

Contributor mode:
- Add "do not truncate" directive to template — agent was stopping
  after "My rating" without completing Steps/Raw output/What would
  make this a 10 sections
- Restore assertions for Steps to reproduce and Date footer

QA quick:
- Make test server URL prominent: top of prompt, explicit "already
  running" and "do NOT discover ports" instructions
- Bump session timeout 180s→240s and test timeout 240s→300s
- Set B= at top of prompt (was buried in prose)

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* fix: use flexible assertions for contributor mode E2E

Agent writes thorough reports with creative section names
("Repro Steps" vs "Steps to reproduce"). Match intent not formatting:
- /repro|steps to reproduce/ for reproduction steps
- /date.*2026/ for date footer presence

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* docs: add E2E eval failure blame protocol

"Not related to our changes" is an extraordinary claim that requires
extraordinary proof. When evals fail during /ship:

1. Run the same eval on main — prove it fails there too
2. If it passes on main, it IS your change — trace the blame
3. If you can't verify, say "unverified" not "pre-existing"

Added to CLAUDE.md and as a comment in skill-e2e.test.ts.

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* docs: update CONTRIBUTING.md and BROWSER.md for v0.4.2

CONTRIBUTING.md: update contributor mode description — now describes
periodic 0-10 reflection loop instead of passive friction detection.

BROWSER.md: add js/eval async documentation — await expressions are
auto-wrapped in async context, single-line eval returns values directly.

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* fix: restore v0.4.2 changelog entries lost during cherry-pick conflict

The base branch detection entries from main were dropped when resolving
the CHANGELOG conflict — should have merged both sets, not replaced.

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feat: contributor mode, session awareness, recommendation format (#90)

* feat: contributor mode, session awareness, universal RECOMMENDATION format

- Rename {{UPDATE_CHECK}} → {{PREAMBLE}} across all 10 skill templates
- Add session tracking (touch ~/.gstack/sessions/$PPID, count active sessions)
- ELI16 mode when 3+ concurrent sessions detected (re-ground user on context)
- Contributor mode: auto-file field reports to ~/.gstack/contributor-logs/
- Universal AskUserQuestion format: context → question → RECOMMENDATION → options
- Update plan-ceo-review and plan-eng-review to reference preamble baseline
- Add vendored symlink awareness section to CLAUDE.md
- Rewrite CONTRIBUTING.md with contributor workflow and cross-project testing
- Add tests for contributor mode and session awareness in generated output
- Add E2E eval for contributor mode report filing

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* feat: add Enum & Value Completeness to /review critical checklist

New CRITICAL review category that traces new enum values, status strings,
and type constants through every consumer outside the diff. Catches the
class of bugs where a new value is added but not handled in all switch/case
chains, allowlists, or frontend-backend contracts.

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* chore: bump v0.4.1, user-facing changelog, update qa-only template and architecture docs

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* docs: add CHANGELOG style guide — user-facing, sell the feature

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* docs: rewrite v0.4.1 changelog to be user-facing and sell the features

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* feat: add evals for RECOMMENDATION format, session awareness, and enum completeness

Free tests (Tier 1): RECOMMENDATION format + session awareness in all
preamble SKILL.md files, enum completeness checklist structure and CRITICAL
classification.

E2E eval: /review catches missed enum handlers when a new status value
is added but not handled in case/switch and notify methods.

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* feat: add E2E eval for session awareness ELI16 mode

Stubs _SESSIONS=4, gives agent a decision point on feature/add-payments
branch, verifies the output re-grounds the user with project, branch,
context, and RECOMMENDATION — the ELI16 mode behavior for 3+ sessions.

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* fix: contributor mode eval marked FAIL due to expected browse error

The test intentionally runs a nonexistent binary to trigger contributor
mode. The session runner's browse error detection catches "no such file
or directory...browse" and sets browseErrors, causing recordE2E to mark
passed=false. Override passed to check only exitReason since the browse
error is the expected scenario.

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feat: QA restructure, browser ref staleness, eval efficiency metrics (v0.4.0) (#83)

* feat: browser ref staleness detection via async count() validation

resolveRef() now checks element count to detect stale refs after page
mutations (e.g. SPA navigation). RefEntry stores role+name metadata
for better diagnostics. 3 new snapshot tests for staleness detection.

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* feat: qa-only skill, qa fix loop, plan-to-QA artifact flow

Add /qa-only (report-only, Edit tool blocked), restructure /qa with
find-fix-verify cycle, add {{QA_METHODOLOGY}} DRY placeholder for
shared methodology. /plan-eng-review now writes test-plan artifacts
to ~/.gstack/projects/<slug>/ for QA consumption.

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* feat: eval efficiency metrics — turns, duration, commentary across all surfaces

Add generateCommentary() for natural-language delta interpretation,
per-test turns/duration in comparison and summary output, judgePassed
unit tests, 3 new E2E tests (qa-only, qa fix loop, plan artifact).

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* chore: bump version and changelog (v0.4.0)

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* docs: update ARCHITECTURE, BROWSER, CONTRIBUTING, README for v0.4.0

- ARCHITECTURE: add ref staleness detection section, update RefEntry type
- BROWSER: add ref staleness paragraph to snapshot system docs
- CONTRIBUTING: update eval tool descriptions with commentary feature
- README: fix missing qa-only in project-local uninstall command

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* docs: add user-facing benefit descriptions to v0.4.0 changelog

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feat: smart update check with auto-upgrade, snooze backoff, config CLI (v0.3.9) (#62)

* feat: add bin/gstack-config CLI for reading/writing ~/.gstack/config.yaml

Simple get/set/list interface for persistent gstack configuration.
Used by update-check and upgrade skill for auto_upgrade and update_check settings.

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* feat: smart update check with 12h cache, snooze backoff, config disable

- Reduce cache TTL from 24h to 12h for faster update detection
- Add exponential snooze backoff: 24h → 48h → 1 week (resets on new version)
- Add update_check: false config option to disable checks entirely
- Clear snooze file on just-upgraded
- 14 new tests covering snooze levels, expiry, corruption, and config paths

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* feat: upgrade skill with auto-upgrade, 4-option prompt, vendored sync

- Auto-upgrade mode via config or GSTACK_AUTO_UPGRADE=1 env var
- 4-option AskUserQuestion: upgrade once, always, not now, never
- Step 4.5: sync local vendored copy after upgrading primary install
- Snooze write with escalating backoff on "Not now"
- Update preamble text in gen-skill-docs for new upgrade flow
- Regenerate all SKILL.md files

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* docs: simplify upgrade instructions, move auto-upgrade to completed

README now points to /gstack-upgrade instead of long paste commands.
Auto-upgrade TODO moved to Completed section (v0.3.8).

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* chore: bump version and changelog (v0.3.9)

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feat: TODOS-aware skills, 2-tier Greptile replies, gitignore fix (#61)

* fix: log non-ENOENT errors in ensureStateDir() instead of silently swallowing

Replace bare catch {} with ENOENT-only silence. Non-ENOENT errors (EACCES,
ENOSPC) are now logged to .gstack/browse-server.log. Includes test for
permission-denied scenario with chmod 444.

* feat: merge TODO.md + TODOS.md into unified backlog with shared format reference

Merge TODO.md (roadmap) and TODOS.md (near-term) into one file organized by
skill/component with P0-P4 priority ordering and Completed section. Add shared
review/TODOS-format.md for canonical format. Add static validation tests.

* feat: add 2-tier Greptile reply system with escalation detection

Add reply templates (Tier 1 friendly, Tier 2 firm), explicit escalation
detection algorithm, and severity re-ranking guidance to greptile-triage.md.

* feat: cross-skill TODOS awareness + Greptile template refs in all skills

/ship Step 5.5: auto-detect completed TODOs, offer reorganization.
/review Step 5.5: cross-reference PR against open TODOs.
/plan-ceo-review, /plan-eng-review: TODOS context in planning.
/retro: Backlog Health metric. /qa: bug TODO context in diff-aware mode.
All Greptile-aware skills now reference reply templates and escalation detection.

* chore: bump version and changelog (v0.3.8)

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* docs: update CONTRIBUTING.md for v0.3.8 changes

Clarify test tier cost table (Tier 3 standalone vs combined), add TODOS.md
to "Things to know", mention Greptile triage in ship workflow description.

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Merge pull request #55 from garrytan/v0.3.6-qa-upgrades

feat: E2E observability + eval infrastructure + all skills templated

fix: update check preamble exits 1 when up to date — convert all skills to .tmpl

The `[ -n "$_UPD" ] && echo "$_UPD"` line in 5 skills was missing `|| true`,
causing exit code 1 when the update check finds no update (empty $_UPD).

Fix: convert ship/, review/, plan-ceo-review/, plan-eng-review/, retro/ to
.tmpl templates using {{UPDATE_CHECK}} placeholder (same as browse/qa/etc).
All 9 skills now generated from templates — preamble changes propagate everywhere.

Also: regenerates qa/SKILL.md which had drifted from its template, adds 12 tests
validating the update check preamble exits 0 in all skills, removes completed TODO.

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