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).
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
* 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.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
* 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)
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
* 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: Fix-First Review — auto-fix obvious issues, ask about hard ones (v0.4.5) (#116)
* feat: Fix-First Review — auto-fix obvious issues, ask about hard ones
Replace the CRITICAL-only AskUserQuestion flow with Fix-First:
- Every finding gets action (not just critical ones)
- AUTO-FIX items (dead code, N+1, stale comments) applied directly
- ASK items (security, race conditions, design decisions) batched
into at most one AskUserQuestion
- Fix-First Heuristic in checklist.md (single source of truth)
- Gate Classification → Severity Classification rename
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* chore: bump version and changelog (v0.4.5)
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
* docs: polish CHANGELOG v0.4.5 voice — lead with user benefit
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feat: /document-release skill — post-ship doc updates (v0.4.3) (#109)
* docs: update project documentation for v0.4.2
- README: skill count 9→10, added /document-release to skills table,
install/uninstall sections, and dedicated section with example
- CHANGELOG: added /document-release bullet to v0.4.2 entry
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
* feat: add /document-release skill with smart VERSION handling
New skill runs after /ship but before PR merge. Reads every doc file,
cross-references the diff, auto-updates factual changes, asks about
risky edits. CHANGELOG clobber protection: never uses Write tool on
CHANGELOG.md, only Edit with exact old_string matches.
Smart VERSION logic: instead of silently skipping already-bumped
versions, compares CHANGELOG entry scope against full diff and asks
if significant uncovered changes exist.
Also fixes gstack-upgrade/SKILL.md missing from skill-check.ts
SKILL_FILES array (existing inconsistency with gen-skill-docs.ts).
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
* feat: /review Step 5.6 — documentation staleness check
Review skill now cross-references code changes against doc files.
If a doc describes a feature that changed but the doc wasn't updated,
flags it as INFORMATIONAL with a pointer to /document-release.
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* test: /document-release E2E with CHANGELOG clobber guard
E2E test creates a repo with existing CHANGELOG entries, runs
/document-release, and asserts original entries survive. Critical
guardrail against the incident where an agent replaced CHANGELOG
entries during conflict resolution.
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* chore: bump to v0.4.3 — /document-release skill
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* chore: regenerate SKILL.md files after merge
* chore: regenerate SKILL.md files after merge
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fix: dynamic base branch detection across all SKILL templates (v0.3.10) (#81)
* feat: add {{BASE_BRANCH_DETECT}} resolver to gen-skill-docs
DRY placeholder for dynamic base branch detection across PR-targeting
skills. Detects via gh pr view (existing PR base) → gh repo view
(repo default) → fallback to main.
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* fix: ship skill detects base branch instead of hardcoding main
Replaces ~14 hardcoded 'main' references with dynamic detection via
{{BASE_BRANCH_DETECT}}. Fixes stacked branches and Conductor workspaces
targeting non-main branches. Adds --base <base> to gh pr create.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
* fix: review, qa, plan-ceo-review detect base branch dynamically
Same pattern as ship: replaces hardcoded 'main' with {{BASE_BRANCH_DETECT}}.
Also cleans up qa bash-isms (REPORT_DIR variable, port chaining).
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* fix: retro detects default branch instead of hardcoding origin/main
Retro queries commit history (not PR targets), so uses simpler detection:
gh repo view defaultBranchRef. Replaces ~11 origin/main refs with
origin/<default>.
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* docs: add explicit cross-step references in gstack-upgrade template
Bash blocks are self-contained, but cross-block variable references
(INSTALL_DIR from Step 2) were implicit. Adds prose making them explicit.
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* docs+test: SKILL authoring guidance + regression tests
Adds "Writing SKILL templates" section to CLAUDE.md explaining that
templates are prompts, not scripts. Adds validation test catching
hardcoded 'main' in git commands, and resolver content test.
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* docs: update ARCHITECTURE + CONTRIBUTING for new placeholders
Add {{BASE_BRANCH_DETECT}} to ARCHITECTURE.md placeholder list.
Cross-reference CLAUDE.md template authoring guidance from CONTRIBUTING.md.
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* chore: bump version and changelog (v0.3.10)
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* fix: add missing blank line between resolver functions
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* test: add 3 E2E smoke tests for base branch detection
- /review: verifies Step 0 detection + git diff against detected base
- /ship: truncated dry-run (Steps 0-1 only, no push/PR), asserts no
destructive actions
- /retro: verifies default branch detection for git log queries
Covers the {{BASE_BRANCH_DETECT}} resolver path (review), the ship
template's dual abort check, and retro's inline detection pattern.
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* chore: bump version and changelog (v0.4.2)
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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: 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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