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f075cb75 — Garry Tan a month ago
feat: Search Before Building — builder ethos + skill integrations (v0.9.5.0) (#298)

* feat: ETHOS.md — gstack builder philosophy

Standalone document capturing the four principles: The Golden Age,
Boil the Lake, Search Before Building, and Build for Yourself.

Introduces the three-layer knowledge framework (tried-and-true,
new-and-popular, first-principles) and the Eureka Moment concept —
when first-principles reasoning reveals conventional wisdom is wrong.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

* feat: Search Before Building preamble section + CLAUDE.md

Add generateSearchBeforeBuildingSection(ctx) to gen-skill-docs.ts.
Every workflow skill now gets a compact router section covering:
- Three layers of knowledge (tried-and-true, new-and-popular, first-principles)
- Eureka moment format and jq-based JSONL logging
- WebSearch fallback clause
- ETHOS.md reference via ctx.paths.skillRoot resolver

Also adds compact "Search before building" section to CLAUDE.md.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

* feat: skill-specific Search Before Building integrations

8 template changes:
- /office-hours: Phase 2.75 Landscape Awareness (WebSearch + three-layer synthesis)
- /plan-eng-review: Step 0 search check with layer provenance annotations
- /investigate: external pattern search + search escalation on hypothesis failure
- /plan-ceo-review: Landscape Check before scope challenge
- /review: search-before-recommending for fix patterns
- /qa-only: WebSearch in allowed-tools
- /design-consultation: three-layer synthesis backport in Phase 2 Step 3
- /retro: eureka moment tracking from ~/.gstack/analytics/eureka.jsonl

All search steps include WebSearch fallback clause.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

* feat: v0.9.5.0 — Builder Ethos (CHANGELOG + VERSION + TODOS)

ETHOS.md + Search Before Building across all workflow skills.
Deferred: first-time intro flow (blocked on blog post).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

* fix: address Codex review — sanitize search, privacy gate, ETHOS.md sidecar

Three fixes from adversarial Codex review:
- /investigate: sanitize error messages before searching (strip hostnames,
  IPs, file paths, SQL, customer data). Skip search if unsanitizable.
- /office-hours: add privacy gate before landscape search. Use generalized
  category terms, never the user's specific product name or stealth idea.
- setup: link ETHOS.md into .agents/skills/gstack/ sidecar so workspace-
  local Codex sessions can find the builder philosophy.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

* fix: sanitize Phase 2 external pattern search in /investigate

The Phase 2 external search also sent raw error messages to WebSearch.
Apply same sanitization rule as Phase 3 search escalation.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

* docs: sync documentation with shipped changes

- ARCHITECTURE.md: preamble now handles 5 things (add Search Before Building)
- CLAUDE.md: add ETHOS.md to project structure tree
- README.md: add ETHOS.md to docs table

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

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9811ed37 — Garry Tan a month ago
feat: default codex reviews in /ship and /review (v0.9.4.0) (#256)

* feat: default codex reviews in /ship and /review with xhigh reasoning

Codex code reviews are now opt-in-once-then-always-on via a one-time
adoption prompt. When enabled, both review + adversarial run automatically
on every /ship and /review — no more choosing between them.

Key changes:
- New {{CODEX_REVIEW_STEP}} resolver centralizes Codex review logic (DRY)
- Three-state config: enabled/not-set/disabled via gstack-config
- P1 findings default to "Investigate and fix" instead of "Ship anyway"
- All reasoning bumped to xhigh (review, adversarial, consult)
- Codex review step stripped from codex-host variants (no self-invocation)
- Ship "Never ask" rule updated to accurately list quality-gate stops
- Error handling for auth, timeout, empty response (all non-blocking)

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

* fix: update touchfiles test for plan-ceo-review-benefits dependency

The merge from main added plan-ceo-review-benefits to E2E_TOUCHFILES,
which means plan-ceo-review/SKILL.md now selects 3 tests, not 2.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

* feat: default codex reviews in /ship and /review (v0.9.4.0)

Codex code reviews now run automatically — both review + adversarial
challenge — with a one-time opt-in prompt for new users. All modes use
xhigh reasoning. Codex-host builds strip the step to prevent recursion.

Fixes from Codex review: TMPERR properly defined, stderr captured for
both review and adversarial, error handling before log persist, commit
hash included in review log for staleness tracking.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

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91bea066 — Garry Tan a month ago
fix: plan mode exception for review log + telemetry writes (v0.9.0.1) (#234)

* fix: plan mode exception for review log + telemetry writes

Add explicit plan-mode exception notes to review log sections in all
3 plan review skill templates and the telemetry section in gen-skill-docs.ts.
When Claude runs in plan mode, it self-censors bash writes — but review
logging and telemetry write to ~/.gstack/ (user metadata, not project
files). The preamble already writes to the same directory successfully.
The exception note gives Claude a reasoning chain: safety argument,
precedent, and consequence of skipping.

* chore: regenerate Codex/agents SKILL.md files with plan-mode exception

* chore: bump version and changelog (v0.9.0.1)

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

* feat: community-first telemetry opt-in with anonymous fallback

Default opt-in is now "Help gstack get better!" (community mode with
stable device ID). If declined, offers anonymous mode as a softer
alternative before fully off.

* chore: regenerate SKILL.md files with community-first telemetry prompt

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3b22fc39 — Garry Tan a month ago
feat: opt-in usage telemetry + community intelligence platform (v0.8.6) (#210)

* feat: add gstack-telemetry-log and gstack-analytics scripts

Local telemetry infrastructure for gstack usage tracking.
gstack-telemetry-log appends JSONL events with skill name, duration,
outcome, session ID, and platform info. Supports off/anonymous/community
privacy tiers. gstack-analytics renders a personal usage dashboard
from local data.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

* feat: add telemetry preamble injection + opt-in prompt + epilogue

Extends generatePreamble() with telemetry start block (config read,
timer, session ID, .pending marker), opt-in prompt (gated by
.telemetry-prompted), and epilogue instructions for Claude to log
events after skill completion. Adds 5 telemetry tests.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

* chore: regenerate all SKILL.md files with telemetry blocks

Automated regeneration from gen-skill-docs.ts changes. All skills
now include telemetry start block, opt-in prompt, and epilogue.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

* feat: add Supabase schema, edge functions, and SQL views

Telemetry backend infrastructure: telemetry_events table with RLS
(insert-only), installations table for retention tracking,
update_checks for install pings. Edge functions for update-check
(version + ping), telemetry-ingest (batch insert), and
community-pulse (weekly active count). SQL views for crash
clustering and skill co-occurrence sequences.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

* feat: add telemetry-sync, community-dashboard, and integration tests

gstack-telemetry-sync: fire-and-forget JSONL → Supabase sync with
privacy tier field stripping, batch limits, and cursor tracking.
gstack-community-dashboard: CLI tool querying Supabase for skill
popularity, crash clusters, and version distribution.
19 integration tests covering all telemetry scripts.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

* fix: session-specific .pending markers + crash_clusters view fix

Addresses Codex review findings:
- .pending race condition: use .pending-$SESSION_ID instead of
  shared .pending file to prevent concurrent session interference
- crash_clusters view: add total_occurrences and anonymous_occurrences
  columns since anonymous tier has no installation_id
- Added test: own session pending marker is not finalized

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

* feat: dual-attempt update check with Supabase install ping

Fires a parallel background curl to Supabase during the slow-path
version fetch. Logs upgrade_prompted event only on fresh fetches
(not cached replays) to avoid overcounting. GitHub remains the
primary version source — Supabase ping is fire-and-forget.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

* feat: integrate telemetry usage stats into /retro output

Retro now reads ~/.gstack/analytics/skill-usage.jsonl and includes
gstack usage metrics (skill run counts, top skills, success rate)
in the weekly retrospective output.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

* chore: move 'Skill usage telemetry' to Completed in TODOS.md

Implemented in this branch: local JSONL logging, opt-in prompt,
privacy tiers, Supabase backend, community dashboard, /retro
integration.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

* feat: wire Supabase credentials and expose tables via Data API

Add supabase/config.sh with project URL and publishable key (safe to
commit — RLS restricts to INSERT only). Update telemetry-sync,
community-dashboard, and update-check to source the config and
include proper auth headers for the Supabase REST API.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

* fix: add SELECT RLS policies to migration for community dashboard reads

All telemetry data is anonymous (no PII), so public reads via the
publishable key are safe. Needed for the community dashboard to
query skill popularity, crash clusters, and version distribution.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

* chore: bump version and changelog (v0.8.6)

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

* fix: analytics backward-compatible with old JSONL format

Handle old-format events (no event_type field) alongside new format.
Skip hook_fire events. Fix grep -c whitespace issues and unbound
variable errors.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

* fix: map JSONL field names to Postgres columns in telemetry-sync

Local JSONL uses short names (v, ts, sessions) but the Supabase
table expects full names (schema_version, event_timestamp,
concurrent_sessions). Add sed mapping during field stripping.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

* fix: address Codex adversarial findings — cursor, opt-out, queries

- Sync cursor now advances on HTTP 2xx (not grep for "inserted")
- Update-check respects telemetry opt-out before pinging Supabase
- Dashboard queries use correct view column names (total_occurrences)
- Sync strips old-format "repo" field to prevent privacy leak

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

* docs: add Privacy & Telemetry section to README

Transparent disclosure of what telemetry collects, what it never sends,
how to opt out, and a link to the schema so users can verify.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

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cb203777 — Garry Tan a month ago
fix: atomic review log helpers + platform-agnostic templates (v0.8.5) (#209)

* fix: add gstack-review-log and gstack-review-read atomic helpers

Branch names with `/` break review log filepaths when Claude Code runs
multi-line bash blocks as separate shell invocations. These two scripts
encapsulate the full operation in a single command.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

* fix: replace multi-line eval+mkdir+echo blocks with atomic helpers

- Review log writes now use gstack-review-log (single command)
- Review dashboard reads now use gstack-review-read (single command)
- Remaining source+mkdir blocks use && chaining for variable persistence
- Regenerated all SKILL.md files

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

* fix: remove Rails-isms — platform-agnostic templates and checklist

- review/checklist.md: multi-framework examples (Rails/Node/Python/Django)
- plan-ceo-review: framework-agnostic grep + generic error table
- plan-eng-review: "corresponding test" not "JS or Rails test"
- CLAUDE.md: Platform-agnostic design principle + Testing section

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

* test: update tests for gstack-review-log/read helpers

- codex review log test: check for gstack-review-log instead of reviews.jsonl
- dashboard resolver tests: check for gstack-review instead of reviews.jsonl

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

* chore: bump version and changelog (v0.8.5)

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

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c0f3c3a9 — Garry Tan a month ago
fix: security hardening + issue triage (v0.8.3) (#205)

* fix: check for bun before running setup (#147)

Users without bun installed got a cryptic "command not found" error.
Now prints a clear message with install instructions.

Closes #147

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

* fix: block SSRF via URL validation in browse commands (#17)

Adds validateNavigationUrl() that blocks non-HTTP(S) schemes (file://,
javascript:, data:) and cloud metadata endpoints (169.254.169.254,
metadata.google.internal). Applied to goto, diff, and newTab commands.
Localhost and private IPs remain allowed for local dev QA.

Closes #17

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

* fix: replace eval $(gstack-slug) with source <(...) (#133)

Eliminates unnecessary use of eval across all skill templates and
generated files. source <(...) has identical behavior without the
shell injection surface. Also hardens gstack-diff-scope usage.

Closes #133

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

* fix: rename /debug to /investigate to avoid Claude Code conflict (#190)

Claude Code has a built-in /debug command that shadows the gstack skill.
Renaming to /investigate which better reflects the systematic root-cause
investigation methodology.

Closes #190

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

* test: add unit tests for path validation helpers

validateOutputPath() and validateReadPath() are security-critical
functions with zero test coverage. Adds 14 tests covering safe paths,
traversal attacks, and prefix collision edge cases.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

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

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

* docs: update /debug → /investigate references in docs

CLAUDE.md, README.md, and docs/skills.md still referenced the old
/debug skill name after the rename.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

* fix: harden URL validation against hostname bypasses (Codex P1)

Codex review found that metadata IPs could be reached via hex
(0xA9FEA9FE), decimal (2852039166), octal, trailing dot, and IPv6
bracket forms. Now normalizes hostnames before checking the blocklist
and probes numeric IP representations via URL constructor.

Also moves URL validation before page allocation in newTab() to
prevent zombie tabs on rejection (Codex P3).

5 new test cases for bypass variants.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

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d8523301 — Garry Tan a month ago
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)

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

* 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.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

* 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.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

* 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.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

* test: update e2e test for codex skill

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

* 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

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

* 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.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

* 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

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

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

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

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