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: 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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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.

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* 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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