@opengsd/gsd-core 1.2.0-rc.1

package/hooks/dist/gsd-validate-commit.sh

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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# gsd-hook-version: {{GSD_VERSION}}
+# gsd-validate-commit.sh — PreToolUse hook: enforce Conventional Commits format
+# Blocks git commit commands with non-conforming messages (exit 2).
+# Allows conforming messages and all non-commit commands (exit 0).
+# Uses Node.js for JSON parsing (always available in GSD projects, no jq dependency).
+#
+# OPT-IN: This hook is a no-op unless config.json has hooks.community: true.
+# Enable with: "hooks": { "community": true } in .planning/config.json
+
+# Check opt-in config — exit silently if not enabled
+if [ -f .planning/config.json ]; then
+  ENABLED=$(node -e "try{const c=require('./.planning/config.json');process.stdout.write(c.hooks?.community===true?'1':'0')}catch{process.stdout.write('0')}" 2>/dev/null)
+  if [ "$ENABLED" != "1" ]; then exit 0; fi
+else
+  exit 0
+fi
+
+INPUT=$(cat)
+
+# Extract command from JSON using Node (handles escaping correctly, no jq needed)
+CMD=$(echo "$INPUT" | node -e "let d='';process.stdin.on('data',c=>d+=c);process.stdin.on('end',()=>{try{process.stdout.write(JSON.parse(d).tool_input?.command||'')}catch{}})" 2>/dev/null)
+
+# Only check git commit commands.
+# Delegates to hooks/lib/git-cmd.js isGitSubcommand() — the canonical token-walk
+# classifier that handles env-prefix, -C path, and full-path git invocations.
+# A naive `^git\s+commit` regex misses all three; this guard fixes that (#3129).
+HOOK_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")" && pwd)"
+if GIT_CMD_LIB="$HOOK_DIR/lib/git-cmd.js" node -e "
+  const {isGitSubcommand}=require(process.env.GIT_CMD_LIB);
+  process.exit(isGitSubcommand(process.argv[1],'commit')?0:1);
+" "$CMD" 2>/dev/null; then
+  # Extract message from -m flag
+  MSG=""
+  if [[ "$CMD" =~ -m[[:space:]]+\"([^\"]+)\" ]]; then
+    MSG="${BASH_REMATCH[1]}"
+  elif [[ "$CMD" =~ -m[[:space:]]+\'([^\']+)\' ]]; then
+    MSG="${BASH_REMATCH[1]}"
+  fi
+
+  if [ -n "$MSG" ]; then
+    SUBJECT=$(echo "$MSG" | head -1)
+    # Validate Conventional Commits format
+    if ! [[ "$SUBJECT" =~ ^(feat|fix|docs|style|refactor|perf|test|build|ci|chore)(\(.+\))?:[[:space:]].+ ]]; then
+      # Emit a typed `code` field alongside `reason` (#2974). Tests assert
+      # on the stable code string; the reason is the human-readable copy.
+      echo '{"decision": "block", "code": "CONVENTIONAL_COMMITS_VIOLATION", "reason": "Commit message must follow Conventional Commits: <type>(<scope>): <subject>. Valid types: feat, fix, docs, style, refactor, perf, test, build, ci, chore. Subject must be <=72 chars, lowercase, imperative mood, no trailing period."}'
+      exit 2
+    fi
+    if [ ${#SUBJECT} -gt 72 ]; then
+      echo '{"decision": "block", "code": "COMMIT_SUBJECT_TOO_LONG", "reason": "Commit subject must be 72 characters or less."}'
+      exit 2
+    fi
+  fi
+fi
+
+exit 0

package/hooks/dist/gsd-workflow-guard.js

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+#!/usr/bin/env node
+// gsd-hook-version: {{GSD_VERSION}}
+// GSD Workflow Guard — PreToolUse hook
+// Detects when Claude attempts file edits outside a GSD workflow context
+// (no active /gsd- skill or Task subagent) and injects an advisory warning.
+//
+// This is a SOFT guard — it advises, not blocks. The edit still proceeds.
+// The warning nudges Claude to use /gsd:quick or /gsd:fast instead of
+// making direct edits that bypass state tracking.
+//
+// Enable via config: hooks.workflow_guard: true (default: false)
+// Only triggers on Write/Edit tool calls to non-.planning/ files.
+
+const fs = require('fs');
+const path = require('path');
+const { spawnSync } = require('child_process');
+const { tokenize } = require('./lib/git-cmd.js');
+
+function forceGitAddCwds(command, defaultCwd) {
+  const tokens = tokenize(command || '');
+  const separators = new Set(['&&', '||', ';', '|']);
+  const cwdList = [];
+  for (let i = 0; i < tokens.length; i++) {
+    if (path.basename(tokens[i]) !== 'git') continue;
+
+    let j = i + 1;
+    let gitCwd = defaultCwd;
+    while (j < tokens.length) {
+      const token = tokens[j];
+      const flagName = token.includes('=') ? token.slice(0, token.indexOf('=')) : token;
+      if (token === '-C' && tokens[j + 1]) {
+        gitCwd = path.resolve(gitCwd, tokens[j + 1]);
+        j += 2;
+        continue;
+      }
+      if (['-C', '--git-dir', '--work-tree'].includes(flagName) && !token.includes('=')) {
+        j += 2;
+        continue;
+      }
+      if (['--git-dir', '--work-tree', '--no-pager', '-p', '-P'].includes(flagName)) {
+        j++;
+        continue;
+      }
+      break;
+    }
+
+    if (tokens[j] !== 'add') continue;
+    for (let k = j + 1; k < tokens.length && !separators.has(tokens[k]); k++) {
+      if (tokens[k] === '--') break;
+      if (tokens[k] === '--force' || tokens[k] === '-f' || /^-[A-Za-z]*f[A-Za-z]*$/.test(tokens[k])) {
+        cwdList.push(gitCwd);
+        break;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  return cwdList;
+}
+
+function currentBranch(cwd) {
+  const result = spawnSync('git', ['branch', '--show-current'], {
+    cwd,
+    encoding: 'utf8',
+    stdio: ['ignore', 'pipe', 'ignore'],
+  });
+  if (result.status !== 0) return '';
+  return result.stdout.trim();
+}
+
+function workflowGuardEnabled(cwd) {
+  const configPath = path.join(cwd, '.planning', 'config.json');
+  if (!fs.existsSync(configPath)) return false;
+  try {
+    const config = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(configPath, 'utf8'));
+    return Boolean(config.hooks?.workflow_guard);
+  } catch (e) {
+    return false;
+  }
+}
+
+let input = '';
+const stdinTimeout = setTimeout(() => process.exit(0), 3000);
+process.stdin.setEncoding('utf8');
+process.stdin.on('data', chunk => input += chunk);
+process.stdin.on('end', () => {
+  clearTimeout(stdinTimeout);
+  try {
+    const data = JSON.parse(input);
+    const toolName = data.tool_name;
+    const cwd = data.cwd || process.cwd();
+    const isWorkflowGuardEnabled = workflowGuardEnabled(cwd);
+
+    if (toolName === 'Bash') {
+      if (!isWorkflowGuardEnabled) {
+        process.exit(0);
+      }
+      const command = data.tool_input?.command || '';
+      for (const gitCwd of forceGitAddCwds(command, cwd)) {
+        const branch = currentBranch(gitCwd);
+        if (branch.startsWith('worktree-agent-')) {
+          process.stdout.write(JSON.stringify({
+            decision: 'block',
+            code: 'WORKTREE_AGENT_FORCE_ADD_FORBIDDEN',
+            reason: 'worktree-agent branches must not run git add -f or git add --force. Respect the SDK skipped_gitignored/skipped_commit_docs_false contract and leave gitignored files untracked.',
+          }));
+          process.exit(2);
+        }
+      }
+      process.exit(0);
+    }
+
+    // Only guard Write, Edit, and MultiEdit tool calls
+    if (!['Write', 'Edit', 'MultiEdit'].includes(toolName)) {
+      process.exit(0);
+    }
+
+    // Check if we're inside a GSD workflow (Task subagent or /gsd- skill)
+    // Subagents have a session_id that differs from the parent
+    // and typically have a description field set by the orchestrator
+    if (data.tool_input?.is_subagent || data.session_type === 'task') {
+      process.exit(0);
+    }
+
+    // Check the file being edited
+    const filePath = data.tool_input?.file_path || data.tool_input?.path || '';
+
+    // Allow edits to .planning/ files (GSD state management)
+    if (filePath.includes('.planning/') || filePath.includes('.planning\\')) {
+      process.exit(0);
+    }
+
+    // Allow edits to common config/docs files that don't need GSD tracking
+    const allowedPatterns = [
+      /\.gitignore$/,
+      /\.env/,
+      /CLAUDE\.md$/,
+      /AGENTS\.md$/,
+      /GEMINI\.md$/,
+      /settings\.json$/,
+    ];
+    if (allowedPatterns.some(p => p.test(filePath))) {
+      process.exit(0);
+    }
+
+    if (!isWorkflowGuardEnabled) {
+      process.exit(0); // Guard disabled (default) or no GSD project
+    }
+
+    // If we get here: GSD project, guard enabled, file edit outside .planning/,
+    // not in a subagent context. Inject advisory warning.
+    const output = {
+      hookSpecificOutput: {
+        hookEventName: "PreToolUse",
+        additionalContext: `⚠️ WORKFLOW ADVISORY: You're editing ${path.basename(filePath)} directly without a GSD command. ` +
+          'This edit will not be tracked in STATE.md or produce a SUMMARY.md. ' +
+          'Consider using /gsd:fast for trivial fixes or /gsd:quick for larger changes ' +
+          'to maintain project state tracking. ' +
+          'If this is intentional (e.g., user explicitly asked for a direct edit), proceed normally.'
+      }
+    };
+
+    process.stdout.write(JSON.stringify(output));
+  } catch (e) {
+    // Silent fail — never block tool execution
+    process.exit(0);
+  }
+});

package/hooks/dist/lib/git-cmd.js

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+'use strict';
+
+/**
+ * git-cmd.js — token-walk git command classifier.
+ *
+ * Determines whether a shell command string invokes a specific git
+ * subcommand. Handles the four forms that a naive `^git\s+commit` regex
+ * misses:
+ *
+ *   bare:         git commit -m "..."                 ✓
+ *   -C path:      git -C /some/path commit -m "..."   ✓ (missed by regex)
+ *   env-prefix:   GIT_AUTHOR_NAME=x git commit "..."  ✓ (missed by regex)
+ *   full-path:    /usr/bin/git commit -m "..."         ✓ (missed by regex)
+ *
+ * This module is the single source of truth for git-commit detection so all
+ * hooks that need to gate on git commits share one implementation.
+ *
+ * Exported by the hooks/lib/ directory — require via a path relative to the
+ * hook's own __dirname:
+ *
+ *   const { isGitSubcommand } = require(path.join(__dirname, 'lib', 'git-cmd.js'));
+ */
+
+const path = require('path');
+
+/**
+ * Git global options that take a following argument.
+ * These must be consumed as (option, argument) pairs when walking tokens.
+ */
+const ARGUMENT_TAKING_FLAGS = new Set([
+  '-C',                // working directory
+  '--git-dir',         // path to git repository
+  '--work-tree',       // path to working tree
+  '--namespace',       // git namespace
+  '--super-prefix',    // superproject-relative prefix
+  '--exec-path',       // path to core git programs (when given an arg)
+  '--html-path',
+  '--man-path',
+  '--info-path',
+  '--list-cmds',
+]);
+
+/**
+ * Git global flags that consume no extra argument.
+ */
+const BOOLEAN_FLAGS = new Set([
+  '-p', '--paginate', '--no-pager',
+  '--no-replace-objects', '--bare',
+  '--literal-pathspecs', '--glob-pathspecs', '--noglob-pathspecs',
+  '--icase-pathspecs', '--no-optional-locks',
+  '-P', '--no-lazy-fetch',
+  '--version', '--help',
+]);
+
+/**
+ * Tokenize a shell command string.
+ * Handles single-quoted strings, double-quoted strings, and unquoted tokens.
+ * Does NOT perform variable expansion or brace expansion.
+ *
+ * @param {string} cmd
+ * @returns {string[]}
+ */
+function tokenize(cmd) {
+  const tokens = [];
+  let i = 0;
+  const len = cmd.length;
+
+  while (i < len) {
+    // Skip whitespace
+    while (i < len && /\s/.test(cmd[i])) i++;
+    if (i >= len) break;
+
+    let token = '';
+    while (i < len && !/\s/.test(cmd[i])) {
+      if (cmd[i] === "'") {
+        // Single-quoted string: take everything until closing '
+        i++;
+        while (i < len && cmd[i] !== "'") token += cmd[i++];
+        if (i < len) i++; // consume closing '
+      } else if (cmd[i] === '"') {
+        // Double-quoted string: take everything until closing " (no escape handling)
+        i++;
+        while (i < len && cmd[i] !== '"') token += cmd[i++];
+        if (i < len) i++; // consume closing "
+      } else {
+        token += cmd[i++];
+      }
+    }
+    if (token) tokens.push(token);
+  }
+
+  return tokens;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Return true if `cmd` invokes the git subcommand `sub`.
+ *
+ * @param {string} cmd  - Full shell command string (may include env vars, full paths)
+ * @param {string} sub  - Subcommand to test for, e.g. 'commit'
+ * @returns {boolean}
+ */
+function isGitSubcommand(cmd, sub) {
+  if (!cmd || !sub) return false;
+
+  const tokens = tokenize(cmd);
+  let i = 0;
+
+  // Phase 1: skip leading VAR=VALUE environment assignments
+  while (i < tokens.length && /^[A-Za-z_][A-Za-z0-9_]*=/.test(tokens[i])) {
+    i++;
+  }
+
+  // Phase 2: the next token must be the git executable
+  if (i >= tokens.length) return false;
+  const gitToken = tokens[i++];
+  if (path.basename(gitToken) !== 'git') return false;
+
+  // Phase 3: consume git global options
+  while (i < tokens.length) {
+    const t = tokens[i];
+
+    // --flag=value form for argument-taking flags
+    const eqIdx = t.indexOf('=');
+    const flagName = eqIdx !== -1 ? t.slice(0, eqIdx) : t;
+    if (ARGUMENT_TAKING_FLAGS.has(flagName)) {
+      if (eqIdx !== -1) {
+        // consumed as one token: --git-dir=.git
+        i++;
+      } else {
+        // consumed as two tokens: -C /path
+        i += 2;
+      }
+      continue;
+    }
+
+    if (BOOLEAN_FLAGS.has(t)) {
+      i++;
+      continue;
+    }
+
+    // Not a global option — this is the subcommand
+    break;
+  }
+
+  // Phase 4: check the subcommand
+  if (i >= tokens.length) return false;
+  return tokens[i] === sub;
+}
+
+module.exports = { isGitSubcommand, tokenize };

package/hooks/dist/lib/gsd-graphify-rebuild.sh

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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# gsd-graphify-rebuild.sh — detached rebuild runner for hooks/gsd-graphify-update.sh.
+#
+# Usage:
+#   gsd-graphify-rebuild.sh <STATUS_FILE> <LOCK_FILE> <HEAD_SHA> <MS_START> <GRAPHIFY_BIN>
+#
+# Writes its own PID into LOCK_FILE on start, removes LOCK_FILE on exit (any cause),
+# runs `graphify update .` from the project root (cwd inherited from caller), copies
+# the produced graphify-out/* into .planning/graphs/, and rewrites STATUS_FILE to
+# reflect the final status ("ok" if graphify exited 0, "failed" otherwise).
+#
+# Designed to be invoked via `setsid ... &` so it is reparented away from the hook
+# caller and never blocks the user-facing tool call.
+
+set -uo pipefail
+
+STATUS_FILE="${1:?STATUS_FILE required}"
+LOCK_FILE="${2:?LOCK_FILE required}"
+HEAD_SHA="${3:?HEAD_SHA required}"
+MS_START="${4:?MS_START required}"
+GRAPHIFY_BIN="${5:?GRAPHIFY_BIN required}"
+
+# Atomic-ish lock acquire: write our PID and trap cleanup
+echo "$$" > "$LOCK_FILE"
+trap 'rm -f "$LOCK_FILE"' EXIT
+
+"$GRAPHIFY_BIN" update . >/dev/null 2>&1
+EXIT_CODE=$?
+
+# Copy outputs only on success — failure path preserves the prior valid graph.
+if [ "$EXIT_CODE" -eq 0 ] && [ -f graphify-out/graph.json ]; then
+  cp graphify-out/graph.json .planning/graphs/graph.json
+  cp graphify-out/graph.html .planning/graphs/graph.html 2>/dev/null || true
+  cp graphify-out/GRAPH_REPORT.md .planning/graphs/GRAPH_REPORT.md 2>/dev/null || true
+  cp .planning/graphs/graph.json .planning/graphs/.last-build-snapshot.json 2>/dev/null || true
+fi
+
+# Compute duration in ms
+MS_END=$(node -e 'process.stdout.write(String(Date.now()))' 2>/dev/null || echo "$MS_START")
+DURATION=$((MS_END - MS_START))
+
+STATUS_NAME="ok"
+[ "$EXIT_CODE" -eq 0 ] || STATUS_NAME="failed"
+
+TS_END=$(date -u +%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ 2>/dev/null || echo "")
+
+# Write the final status file. Use Node for safe JSON encoding.
+GSD_STATUS_TS="$TS_END" \
+GSD_STATUS_NAME="$STATUS_NAME" \
+GSD_EXIT_CODE="$EXIT_CODE" \
+GSD_DURATION="$DURATION" \
+GSD_HEAD_SHA="$HEAD_SHA" \
+GSD_STATUS_FILE="$STATUS_FILE" \
+node -e '
+  const fs = require("node:fs");
+  const status = {
+    ts: process.env.GSD_STATUS_TS,
+    status: process.env.GSD_STATUS_NAME,
+    exit_code: parseInt(process.env.GSD_EXIT_CODE, 10),
+    duration_ms: parseInt(process.env.GSD_DURATION, 10),
+    head_at_build: process.env.GSD_HEAD_SHA,
+    graphify_version: null,
+  };
+  fs.writeFileSync(process.env.GSD_STATUS_FILE, JSON.stringify(status, null, 2) + "\n");
+' 2>/dev/null || true

package/hooks/gsd-check-update-worker.js

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+#!/usr/bin/env node
+// gsd-hook-version: {{GSD_VERSION}}
+// Background worker spawned by gsd-check-update.js (SessionStart hook).
+// Checks for GSD updates and stale hooks, writes result to cache file.
+// Receives paths via environment variables set by the parent hook.
+//
+// Using a separate file (rather than node -e '<inline code>') avoids the
+// template-literal regex-escaping problem: regex source is plain JS here.
+
+'use strict';
+
+const fs = require('fs');
+const path = require('path');
+const { isSemverNewer } = require('../get-shit-done/bin/lib/semver-compare.cjs');
+// Latest-version lookup is delegated to the single deterministic adapter
+// (#498). checkLatestVersion() owns the npm-view call, the timeout/semver
+// policy, and the package name — sourced from the baked Package Identity seam.
+// The previous `require('../package.json').name` (#378) resolved to undefined
+// in the installed tree (only a {"type":"commonjs"} marker ships), so the
+// background check never reported updates.
+const { checkLatestVersion } = require('../get-shit-done/bin/check-latest-version.cjs');
+// Authoritative list of managed hooks — shared with tests to retire source-grep
+// assertions (pending-migration-to-typed-ir [#455]).
+const { MANAGED_HOOKS } = require('./managed-hooks-registry.cjs');
+
+const cacheFile = process.env.GSD_CACHE_FILE;
+const projectVersionFile = process.env.GSD_PROJECT_VERSION_FILE;
+const globalVersionFile = process.env.GSD_GLOBAL_VERSION_FILE;
+
+// Check project directory first (local install), then global
+let installed = '0.0.0';
+let configDir = '';
+try {
+  if (fs.existsSync(projectVersionFile)) {
+    installed = fs.readFileSync(projectVersionFile, 'utf8').trim();
+    configDir = path.dirname(path.dirname(projectVersionFile));
+  } else if (fs.existsSync(globalVersionFile)) {
+    installed = fs.readFileSync(globalVersionFile, 'utf8').trim();
+    configDir = path.dirname(path.dirname(globalVersionFile));
+  }
+} catch (e) {}
+
+// Check for stale hooks — compare hook version headers against installed VERSION
+// Hooks are installed at configDir/hooks/ (e.g. ~/.claude/hooks/) (#1421)
+// Only check hooks that GSD currently ships — orphaned files from removed features
+// (e.g., gsd-intel-*.js) must be ignored to avoid permanent stale warnings (#1750)
+// MANAGED_HOOKS is imported from ./managed-hooks-registry.cjs above.
+
+let staleHooks = [];
+if (configDir) {
+  const hooksDir = path.join(configDir, 'hooks');
+  try {
+    if (fs.existsSync(hooksDir)) {
+      const hookFiles = fs.readdirSync(hooksDir).filter(f => MANAGED_HOOKS.includes(f));
+      for (const hookFile of hookFiles) {
+        try {
+          const content = fs.readFileSync(path.join(hooksDir, hookFile), 'utf8');
+          // Match both JS (//) and bash (#) comment styles
+          const versionMatch = content.match(/(?:\/\/|#) gsd-hook-version:\s*(.+)/);
+          if (versionMatch) {
+            const hookVersion = versionMatch[1].trim();
+            if (isSemverNewer(installed, hookVersion) && !hookVersion.includes('{{')) {
+              staleHooks.push({ file: hookFile, hookVersion, installedVersion: installed });
+            }
+          } else {
+            // No version header at all — definitely stale (pre-version-tracking)
+            staleHooks.push({ file: hookFile, hookVersion: 'unknown', installedVersion: installed });
+          }
+        } catch (e) {}
+      }
+    }
+  } catch (e) {}
+}
+
+// Single adapter for the registry lookup (#498). checkLatestVersion() routes
+// through the shell-projection seam, which already owns the Windows shell-flag
+// policy, the timeout, and semver validation. A non-ok result leaves latest
+// null, exactly as the previous inline try/catch did.
+let latest = null;
+try {
+  const lv = checkLatestVersion();
+  if (lv && lv.ok) latest = lv.version;
+} catch (e) {}
+
+const result = {
+  update_available: latest && isSemverNewer(latest, installed),
+  installed,
+  latest: latest || 'unknown',
+  checked: Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000),
+  stale_hooks: staleHooks.length > 0 ? staleHooks : undefined,
+};
+
+if (cacheFile) {
+  try { fs.writeFileSync(cacheFile, JSON.stringify(result)); } catch (e) {}
+}

package/hooks/gsd-check-update.js

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+#!/usr/bin/env node
+// gsd-hook-version: {{GSD_VERSION}}
+// Check for GSD updates in background, write result to cache
+// Called by SessionStart hook - runs once per session
+
+const fs = require('fs');
+const path = require('path');
+const os = require('os');
+const { spawn } = require('child_process');
+
+const homeDir = os.homedir();
+const cwd = process.cwd();
+
+// Detect runtime config directory (supports Claude, OpenCode, Kilo, Gemini)
+// Respects CLAUDE_CONFIG_DIR for custom config directory setups
+function detectConfigDir(baseDir) {
+  // Check env override first (supports multi-account setups)
+  const envDir = process.env.CLAUDE_CONFIG_DIR;
+  if (envDir && fs.existsSync(path.join(envDir, 'get-shit-done', 'VERSION'))) {
+    return envDir;
+  }
+  for (const dir of ['.claude', '.gemini', '.config/kilo', '.kilo', '.config/opencode', '.opencode']) {
+    if (fs.existsSync(path.join(baseDir, dir, 'get-shit-done', 'VERSION'))) {
+      return path.join(baseDir, dir);
+    }
+  }
+  return envDir || path.join(baseDir, '.claude');
+}
+
+const globalConfigDir = detectConfigDir(homeDir);
+const projectConfigDir = detectConfigDir(cwd);
+// Use a shared, tool-agnostic cache directory to avoid multi-runtime
+// resolution mismatches where check-update writes to one runtime's cache
+// but statusline reads from another (#1421).
+const cacheDir = path.join(homeDir, '.cache', 'gsd');
+const cacheFile = path.join(cacheDir, 'gsd-update-check.json');
+
+// VERSION file locations (check project first, then global)
+const projectVersionFile = path.join(projectConfigDir, 'get-shit-done', 'VERSION');
+const globalVersionFile = path.join(globalConfigDir, 'get-shit-done', 'VERSION');
+
+// Ensure cache directory exists
+if (!fs.existsSync(cacheDir)) {
+  fs.mkdirSync(cacheDir, { recursive: true });
+}
+
+// Run check in background via a dedicated worker script.
+// Spawning a file (rather than node -e '<inline code>') keeps the worker logic
+// in plain JS with no template-literal regex-escaping concerns, and makes the
+// worker independently testable.
+const workerPath = path.join(__dirname, 'gsd-check-update-worker.js');
+const child = spawn(process.execPath, [workerPath], {
+  stdio: 'ignore',
+  windowsHide: true,
+  detached: true,  // Required on Windows for proper process detachment
+  env: {
+    ...process.env,
+    GSD_CACHE_FILE: cacheFile,
+    GSD_PROJECT_VERSION_FILE: projectVersionFile,
+    GSD_GLOBAL_VERSION_FILE: globalVersionFile,
+  },
+});
+
+child.unref();