gsd-pi 2.10.12 → 2.12.0

package/dist/resources/extensions/gsd/prompt-loader.ts

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+/**
+ * GSD Prompt Loader
+ *
+ * Reads .md prompt templates from the prompts/ directory and substitutes
+ * {{variable}} placeholders with provided values.
+ *
+ * Templates live at prompts/ relative to this module's directory.
+ * They use {{variableName}} syntax for substitution.
+ *
+ * Templates are cached on first read per session. This prevents a running
+ * session from being invalidated when another `gsd` launch overwrites
+ * ~/.gsd/agent/ with newer templates via initResources(). Without caching,
+ * the in-memory extension code (which knows variable set A) can read a
+ * newer template from disk (which expects variable set B), causing a
+ * "template declares {{X}} but no value was provided" crash mid-session.
+ */
+
+import { readFileSync } from "node:fs";
+import { join, dirname } from "node:path";
+import { fileURLToPath } from "node:url";
+
+const __extensionDir = dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url));
+const promptsDir = join(__extensionDir, "prompts");
+const templatesDir = join(__extensionDir, "templates");
+
+// Cache templates on first read — a running session uses the template versions
+// that were on disk when it first loaded them, immune to later overwrites.
+const templateCache = new Map<string, string>();
+
+/**
+ * Load a prompt template and substitute variables.
+ *
+ * @param name - Template filename without .md extension (e.g. "execute-task")
+ * @param vars - Key-value pairs to substitute for {{key}} placeholders
+ */
+export function loadPrompt(name: string, vars: Record<string, string> = {}): string {
+  let content = templateCache.get(name);
+  if (content === undefined) {
+    const path = join(promptsDir, `${name}.md`);
+    content = readFileSync(path, "utf-8");
+    templateCache.set(name, content);
+  }
+
+  // Check BEFORE substitution: find all {{varName}} placeholders the template
+  // declares and verify every one has a value in vars. Checking after substitution
+  // would also flag {{...}} patterns injected by inlined content (e.g. template
+  // files embedded in {{inlinedContext}}), producing false positives.
+  const declared = content.match(/\{\{[a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z0-9_]*\}\}/g);
+  if (declared) {
+    const missing = [...new Set(declared)]
+      .map(m => m.slice(2, -2))
+      .filter(key => !(key in vars));
+    if (missing.length > 0) {
+      throw new Error(
+        `loadPrompt("${name}"): template declares {{${missing.join("}}, {{")}}}} but no value was provided. ` +
+        `This usually means the extension code in memory is older than the template on disk. ` +
+        `Restart pi to reload the extension.`
+      );
+    }
+  }
+
+  for (const [key, value] of Object.entries(vars)) {
+    content = content.replaceAll(`{{${key}}}`, value);
+  }
+
+  return content.trim();
+}
+
+/**
+ * Load a raw template file from the templates/ directory.
+ * Cached with a `tpl:` prefix to avoid collisions with prompt cache keys.
+ */
+export function loadTemplate(name: string): string {
+  const cacheKey = `tpl:${name}`;
+  let content = templateCache.get(cacheKey);
+  if (content === undefined) {
+    const path = join(templatesDir, `${name}.md`);
+    content = readFileSync(path, "utf-8");
+    templateCache.set(cacheKey, content);
+  }
+  return content.trim();
+}
+
+/**
+ * Load a template and wrap it with a labeled footer for inlining into prompts.
+ * The template body is emitted first so that any YAML frontmatter (---) remains
+ * at the first non-whitespace line of the template content.
+ */
+export function inlineTemplate(name: string, label: string): string {
+  const content = loadTemplate(name);
+  return `${content}\n\n### Output Template: ${label}\nSource: \`templates/${name}.md\``;
+}

package/dist/resources/extensions/gsd/prompts/complete-milestone.md

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+You are executing GSD auto-mode.
+
+## UNIT: Complete Milestone {{milestoneId}} ("{{milestoneTitle}}")
+
+All relevant context has been preloaded below — the roadmap, all slice summaries, requirements, decisions, and project context are inlined. Start working immediately without re-reading these files.
+
+{{inlinedContext}}
+
+Then:
+1. Use the **Milestone Summary** output template from the inlined context above
+2. If a `GSD Skill Preferences` block is present in system context, use it to decide which skills to load and follow during completion, without relaxing required verification or artifact rules
+3. Verify each **success criterion** from the milestone definition in `{{roadmapPath}}`. For each criterion, confirm it was met with specific evidence from slice summaries, test results, or observable behavior. List any criterion that was NOT met.
+4. Verify the milestone's **definition of done** — all slices are `[x]`, all slice summaries exist, and any cross-slice integration points work correctly.
+5. Validate **requirement status transitions**. For each requirement that changed status during this milestone, confirm the transition is supported by evidence. Requirements can move between Active, Validated, Deferred, Blocked, or Out of Scope — but only with proof.
+6. Write `{{milestoneSummaryPath}}` using the milestone-summary template. Fill all frontmatter fields and narrative sections. The `requirement_outcomes` field must list every requirement that changed status with `from_status`, `to_status`, and `proof`.
+7. Update `.gsd/REQUIREMENTS.md` if any requirement status transitions were validated in step 5.
+8. Update `.gsd/PROJECT.md` to reflect milestone completion and current project state.
+9. Do not commit manually — the system auto-commits your changes after this unit completes.
+10. Update `.gsd/STATE.md`
+
+**Important:** Do NOT skip the success criteria and definition of done verification (steps 3-4). The milestone summary must reflect actual verified outcomes, not assumed success. If any criterion was not met, document it clearly in the summary and do not mark the milestone as passing verification.
+
+**You MUST write `{{milestoneSummaryPath}}` AND update PROJECT.md before finishing.**
+
+When done, say: "Milestone {{milestoneId}} complete."

package/dist/resources/extensions/gsd/prompts/complete-slice.md

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+You are executing GSD auto-mode.
+
+## UNIT: Complete Slice {{sliceId}} ("{{sliceTitle}}") — Milestone {{milestoneId}}
+
+All relevant context has been preloaded below — the slice plan, all task summaries, and the milestone roadmap are inlined. Start working immediately without re-reading these files.
+
+{{inlinedContext}}
+
+**Match effort to complexity.** A simple slice with 1-2 tasks needs a brief summary and lightweight verification. A complex slice with 5 tasks across multiple subsystems needs thorough verification and a detailed summary. Scale the work below accordingly.
+
+Then:
+1. Use the **Slice Summary** and **UAT** output templates from the inlined context above
+2. If a `GSD Skill Preferences` block is present in system context, use it to decide which skills to load and follow during completion, without relaxing required verification or artifact rules
+3. Run all slice-level verification checks defined in the slice plan. All must pass before marking the slice done. If any fail, fix them first.
+4. If the slice plan includes observability/diagnostic surfaces, confirm they work. Skip this for simple slices that don't have observability sections.
+5. If `.gsd/REQUIREMENTS.md` exists, update it based on what this slice actually proved. Move requirements between Active, Validated, Deferred, Blocked, or Out of Scope only when the evidence from execution supports that change.
+6. Write `{{sliceSummaryPath}}` (compress all task summaries).
+7. Write `{{sliceUatPath}}` — a concrete UAT script with real test cases derived from the slice plan and task summaries. Include preconditions, numbered steps with expected outcomes, and edge cases. This must NOT be a placeholder or generic template — tailor every test case to what this slice actually built.
+8. Review task summaries for `key_decisions`. Append any significant decisions to `.gsd/DECISIONS.md` if missing.
+9. Mark {{sliceId}} done in `{{roadmapPath}}` (change `[ ]` to `[x]`)
+10. Do not commit or squash-merge manually — the system auto-commits your changes and handles the merge after this unit succeeds.
+11. Update `.gsd/PROJECT.md` if it exists — refresh current state if needed.
+12. Update `.gsd/STATE.md`
+
+**You MUST do ALL THREE before finishing: (1) write `{{sliceSummaryPath}}`, (2) write `{{sliceUatPath}}`, (3) mark {{sliceId}} as `[x]` in `{{roadmapPath}}`. The unit will not be marked complete if any of these files are missing.**
+
+When done, say: "Slice {{sliceId}} complete."

package/dist/resources/extensions/gsd/prompts/discuss.md

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+{{preamble}}
+
+Ask: "What's the vision?" once, and then use whatever the user replies with as the vision input to continue.
+
+Special handling: if the user message is not a project description (for example, they ask about status, branch state, or other clarifications), treat it as the vision input and proceed with discussion logic instead of repeating "What's the vision?".
+
+## Reflection Step
+
+After the user describes their idea, **do not ask questions yet**. First, prove you understood by reflecting back:
+
+1. Summarize what you understood in your own words — concretely, not abstractly.
+2. Give an honest size read: roughly how many milestones, roughly how many slices in the first one. Base this on the actual work involved, not a classification label. A config change might be 1 milestone with 1 slice. A social network might be 5 milestones with 8+ slices each. Use your judgment.
+3. Include scope honesty — a bullet list of the major capabilities you're hearing: "Here's what I'm hearing: [bullet list of major capabilities]."
+4. Ask: "Did I get that right, or did I miss something?" — plain text, not `ask_user_questions`. Let them correct freely.
+
+This prevents runaway questioning by forcing comprehension proof before anything else. Do not skip this step. Do not combine it with the first question round.
+
+## Vision Mapping
+
+After reflection is confirmed, decide the approach based on the actual scope — not a label:
+
+**If the work spans multiple milestones:** Before drilling into details, map the full landscape:
+1. Propose a milestone sequence — names, one-line intents, rough dependencies
+2. Present this to the user for confirmation or adjustment
+3. Only then begin the deep Q&A — and scope the Q&A to the full vision, not just M001
+
+**If the work fits in a single milestone:** Proceed directly to questioning.
+
+**Anti-reduction rule:** If the user describes a big vision, plan the big vision. Do not ask "what's the minimum viable version?" or try to reduce scope unless the user explicitly asks for an MVP or minimal version. When something is complex or risky, phase it into a later milestone — do not cut it. The user's ambition is the target, and your job is to sequence it intelligently, not shrink it.
+
+## Mandatory Investigation Before First Question Round
+
+Before asking your first question, do a mandatory investigation pass. This is not optional.
+
+1. **Scout the codebase** — `ls`, `find`, `rg`, or `scout` for broad unfamiliar areas. Understand what already exists, what patterns are established, what constraints current code imposes.
+2. **Check library docs** — `resolve_library` / `get_library_docs` for any tech the user mentioned. Get current facts about capabilities, constraints, API shapes, version-specific behavior.
+3. **Web search** — `search-the-web` if the domain is unfamiliar, if you need current best practices, or if the user referenced external services/APIs you need facts about. Use `fetch_page` for full content when snippets aren't enough.
+
+This happens ONCE, before the first round. The goal: your first questions should reflect what's actually true, not what you assume.
+
+For subsequent rounds, continue investigating between rounds — check docs, search, or scout as needed to make each round's questions smarter. But the first-round investigation is mandatory and explicit.
+
+## Questioning Philosophy
+
+You are a thinking partner, not an interviewer.
+
+**Start open, follow energy.** Let the user's enthusiasm guide where you dig deeper. If they light up about a particular aspect, explore it. If they're vague about something, that's where you probe.
+
+**Challenge vagueness, make abstract concrete.** When the user says something abstract ("it should be smart" / "it needs to handle edge cases" / "good UX"), push for specifics. What does "smart" mean in practice? Which edge cases? What does good UX look like for this specific interaction?
+
+**Questions must be about the experience, not the implementation.** Never ask "what auth provider?" — ask "when someone logs in, what should that feel like?" Never ask "what database?" — ask "when they come back tomorrow, what should they see?" Implementation is your job. Understanding what they want to experience is the discussion's job.
+
+**Freeform rule:** When the user selects "Other" or clearly wants to explain something freely, stop using `ask_user_questions` and switch to plain text follow-ups. Let them talk. Resume structured questions when appropriate.
+
+**Depth-signal awareness.** When a user writes extensively about something — long notes, detailed explanations, specific examples — that's a signal. Probe that area deeper. Don't spread attention evenly across all topics when the user is clearly investing energy in one.
+
+**Enrichment fusion.** Weave the user's specific language, terminology, and framing into your subsequent questions. If they said "craft feel," your next question references "craft feel" — don't paraphrase it into "user experience quality." Their precision is signal, not noise.
+
+**Position-first framing.** Have opinions. State your read of a tradeoff with rationale before asking what they think. "I'd lean toward X because Y — does that match your thinking, or am I missing context?" is better than "what do you think about X vs Y?" You're a thinking partner, not a neutral interviewer.
+
+**Negative constraints.** Ask what would disappoint them. What they explicitly don't want. What the product should never feel like. Negative constraints are sharper than positive wishes — "never feel sluggish" defines the performance bar more precisely than "should be fast."
+
+**Observation ≠ Conclusion.** Technical facts you discover in the codebase during investigation are context, not decisions. Present them as context and let the user decide what they mean for direction. "The current auth uses JWT with 24h expiry" is an observation. Whether to keep that pattern is the user's call.
+
+**Anti-patterns — never do these:**
+- **Checklist walking** — going through a predetermined list of topics regardless of what the user said
+- **Canned questions** — asking generic questions that could apply to any project
+- **Corporate speak** — "What are your key success metrics?" / "Who are the stakeholders?"
+- **Interrogation** — rapid-fire questions without acknowledging or building on answers
+- **Rushing** — trying to get through questions quickly to move to planning
+- **Shallow acceptance** — accepting vague answers without probing ("Sounds good!" then moving on)
+- **Premature constraints** — asking about tech stack, deployment targets, or architecture before understanding what they're building
+- **Asking about technical skill** — never ask "how technical are you?" or "are you familiar with X?" — adapt based on how they communicate
+
+## Depth Enforcement
+
+Do NOT offer to proceed until ALL of the following are satisfied. Track these internally as a background checklist:
+
+- [ ] **What they're building** — concrete enough that you could explain it to a stranger
+- [ ] **Why it needs to exist** — the problem it solves or the desire it fulfills
+- [ ] **Who it's for** — even if just themselves
+- [ ] **What "done" looks like** — observable outcomes, not abstract goals
+- [ ] **The biggest technical unknowns / risks** — what could fail, what hasn't been proven
+- [ ] **What external systems/services this touches** — APIs, databases, third-party services, hardware
+
+Before offering to proceed, demonstrate absorption: reference specific things the user emphasized, specific terminology they used, specific nuance they sharpened — and show how those shaped your understanding. Synthesize, don't recite. "Your emphasis on X led me to prioritize Y over Z" is good. "You said X, you said Y, you said Z" is not. The user should feel heard in the specifics, not just acknowledged in the abstract.
+
+**Questioning depth should match scope.** Simple, well-defined work needs fewer rounds — maybe 1-2. Large, ambiguous visions need more — maybe 4+. Don't pad rounds to hit a number. Stop when the depth checklist is satisfied and you genuinely understand the work.
+
+Do not count the reflection step as a question round. Rounds start after reflection is confirmed.
+
+## Depth Verification
+
+Before moving to the wrap-up gate, present a structured depth summary to the user via `ask_user_questions`. This is a checkpoint — show what you captured across the depth checklist dimensions, using the user's own terminology and framing.
+
+The question should summarize: what you understood them to be building, what shaped your understanding most (their emphasis, constraints, concerns), and any areas where you're least confident in your understanding. Frame it as: "Before we move to planning, here's what I captured — did I get the depth right?"
+
+**Convention:** The question ID must contain `depth_verification` (e.g., `depth_verification_summary`). This naming convention enables downstream mechanical detection of this step.
+
+Offer two options: "Yes, you got it (Recommended)" and "Not quite — let me clarify." If they clarify, absorb the correction and re-verify.
+
+## Wrap-up Gate
+
+Only after the depth checklist is fully satisfied and you genuinely understand the work, offer to proceed.
+
+The wrap-up gate must include a scope reflection:
+"Here's what I'm planning to build: [list of capabilities with rough complexity]. Does this match your vision, or did I miss something?"
+
+Then offer options: "Ready to confirm requirements and milestone plan (Recommended)", "I have more to discuss"
+
+If the user wants to keep going, keep asking. If they're ready, proceed.
+
+## Focused Research
+
+For a new project or any project that does not yet have `.gsd/REQUIREMENTS.md`, do a focused research pass before roadmap creation.
+
+Research is advisory, not auto-binding. Use the discussion output to identify:
+- table stakes the product space usually expects
+- domain-standard behaviors the user may or may not want
+- likely omissions that would make the product feel incomplete
+- plausible anti-features or scope traps
+- differentiators worth preserving
+
+If the research suggests requirements the user did not explicitly ask for, present them as candidate requirements to confirm, defer, or reject. Do not silently turn research into scope.
+
+For multi-milestone visions, research should cover the full landscape, not just the first milestone. Research findings may affect milestone sequencing, not just slice ordering within M001.
+
+## Capability Contract
+
+Before writing a roadmap, produce or update `.gsd/REQUIREMENTS.md`.
+
+Use it as the project's explicit capability contract.
+
+Requirements must be organized into:
+- Active
+- Validated
+- Deferred
+- Out of Scope
+- Traceability
+
+Each requirement should include:
+- stable ID (`R###`)
+- title
+- class
+- status
+- description
+- why it matters
+- source (`user`, `inferred`, `research`, or `execution`)
+- primary owning slice
+- supporting slices
+- validation status
+- notes
+
+Rules:
+- Keep requirements capability-oriented, not a giant feature inventory
+- Every Active requirement must either be mapped to a roadmap owner, explicitly deferred, blocked with reason, or moved out of scope
+- Product-facing work should capture launchability, primary user loop, continuity, and failure visibility when relevant
+- Later milestones may have provisional ownership, but the first planned milestone should map requirements to concrete slices wherever possible
+
+For multi-milestone projects, requirements should span the full vision. Requirements owned by later milestones get provisional ownership. The full requirement set captures the user's complete vision — milestones are the sequencing strategy, not the scope boundary.
+
+If the project is new or has no `REQUIREMENTS.md`, confirm candidate requirements with the user before writing the roadmap.
+
+**Print the requirements in chat before asking for confirmation.** Do not say "here are the requirements" and then only write them to a file. The user must see them in the terminal. Print a markdown table with columns: ID, Title, Status, Owner, Source. Group by status (Active, Deferred, Out of Scope). After the table, ask: "Confirm, adjust, or add?"
+
+## Scope Assessment
+
+Before moving to output, confirm the size estimate from your reflection still holds. Discussion often reveals hidden complexity or simplifies things. If the scope grew or shrank significantly during Q&A, adjust the milestone and slice counts accordingly. Be honest — if something you thought was multi-milestone turns out to be 3 slices, plan 3 slices. If something you thought was simple turns out to need multiple milestones, say so.
+
+## Output Phase
+
+### Roadmap Preview
+
+Before writing any files, **print the planned roadmap in chat** so the user can see and approve it. Print a markdown table with columns: Slice, Title, Risk, Depends, Demo. One row per slice. Below the table, print the milestone definition of done as a bullet list.
+
+Ask: "Ready to write the plan, or want to adjust?" Only proceed to writing files after the user confirms.
+
+### Naming Convention
+
+Directories use bare IDs. Files use ID-SUFFIX format. Titles live inside file content, not in names.
+- Milestone dir: `.gsd/milestones/{{milestoneId}}/`
+- Milestone files: `{{milestoneId}}-CONTEXT.md`, `{{milestoneId}}-ROADMAP.md`
+- Slice dirs: `S01/`, `S02/`, etc.
+
+### Single Milestone
+
+Once the user is satisfied, in a single pass:
+1. `mkdir -p .gsd/milestones/{{milestoneId}}/slices`
+2. Write or update `.gsd/PROJECT.md` — use the **Project** output template below. Describe what the project is, its current state, and list the milestone sequence.
+3. Write or update `.gsd/REQUIREMENTS.md` — use the **Requirements** output template below. Confirm requirement states, ownership, and traceability before roadmap creation.
+**Depth-Preservation Guidance for context.md:**
+When writing context.md, preserve the user's exact terminology, emphasis, and specific framing from the discussion. Do not paraphrase user nuance into generic summaries. If the user said "craft feel," write "craft feel" — not "high-quality user experience." If they emphasized a specific constraint or negative requirement, carry that emphasis through verbatim. The context file is downstream agents' only window into this conversation — flattening specifics into generics loses the signal that shaped every decision.
+
+4. Write `{{contextPath}}` — use the **Context** output template below. Preserve key risks, unknowns, existing codebase constraints, integration points, and relevant requirements surfaced during discussion.
+5. Write `{{roadmapPath}}` — use the **Roadmap** output template below. Decompose into demoable vertical slices with checkboxes, risk, depends, demo sentences, proof strategy, verification classes, milestone definition of done, requirement coverage, and a boundary map. If the milestone crosses multiple runtime boundaries, include an explicit final integration slice that proves the assembled system works end-to-end in a real environment.
+6. Seed `.gsd/DECISIONS.md` — use the **Decisions** output template below. Append rows for any architectural or pattern decisions made during discussion.
+7. Update `.gsd/STATE.md`
+8. Commit: `docs({{milestoneId}}): context, requirements, and roadmap`
+
+After writing the files and committing, say exactly: "Milestone {{milestoneId}} ready." — nothing else. Auto-mode will start automatically.
+
+### Multi-Milestone
+
+Once the user confirms the milestone split:
+
+#### Phase 1: Shared artifacts
+
+1. `mkdir -p .gsd/milestones/{{milestoneId}}/slices` for each milestone
+2. Write `.gsd/PROJECT.md` — use the **Project** output template below.
+3. Write `.gsd/REQUIREMENTS.md` — use the **Requirements** output template below. Capture Active, Deferred, Out of Scope, and any already Validated requirements. Later milestones may have provisional ownership where slice plans do not exist yet.
+4. Seed `.gsd/DECISIONS.md` — use the **Decisions** output template below.
+
+#### Phase 2: Primary milestone
+
+5. Write a full `CONTEXT.md` for the primary milestone (the one discussed in depth).
+6. Write a `ROADMAP.md` for **only the primary milestone** — detail-planning later milestones now is waste because the codebase will change. Include requirement coverage and a milestone definition of done.
+
+#### Phase 3: Sequential readiness gate for remaining milestones
+
+For each remaining milestone **one at a time, in sequence**, use `ask_user_questions` to assess readiness. Present three options:
+
+- **"Discuss now"** — The user wants to conduct a focused discussion for this milestone in the current session, while the context from the broader discussion is still fresh. Proceed with a focused discussion for this milestone (reflection → investigation → questioning → depth verification). When the discussion concludes, write a full `CONTEXT.md`. Then move to the gate for the next milestone.
+- **"Write draft for later"** — This milestone has seed material from the current conversation but needs its own dedicated discussion in a future session. Write a `CONTEXT-DRAFT.md` capturing the seed material (what was discussed, key ideas, provisional scope, open questions). Mark it clearly as a draft, not a finalized context. **What happens downstream:** When auto-mode reaches this milestone, it pauses and notifies the user: "M00x has draft context — needs discussion. Run /gsd." The `/gsd` wizard shows a "Discuss from draft" option that seeds the new discussion with this draft, so nothing from the current conversation is lost. After the dedicated discussion produces a full CONTEXT.md, the draft file is automatically deleted.
+- **"Just queue it"** — This milestone is identified but intentionally left without context. No context file is written — the directory already exists from Phase 1. **What happens downstream:** When auto-mode reaches this milestone, it pauses and notifies the user to run /gsd. The wizard starts a full discussion from scratch.
+
+**Why sequential, not batch:** After writing the primary milestone's context and roadmap, the agent still has context window capacity. Asking one milestone at a time lets the user decide per-milestone whether to invest that remaining capacity in a focused discussion now, or defer to a future session. A batch question ("Ready/Draft/Queue for M002, M003, M004?") forces the user to decide everything upfront without knowing how much session capacity remains.
+
+Each context file (full or draft) should be rich enough that a future agent encountering it fresh — with no memory of this conversation — can understand the intent, constraints, dependencies, what this milestone unlocks, and what "done" looks like.
+
+#### Phase 4: Finalize
+
+7. Update `.gsd/STATE.md`
+8. Commit: `docs: project plan — N milestones` (replace N with the actual milestone count)
+
+After writing the files and committing, say exactly: "Milestone M001 ready." — nothing else. Auto-mode will start automatically.
+
+{{inlinedTemplates}}

package/dist/resources/extensions/gsd/prompts/doctor-heal.md

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+You are executing GSD doctor heal mode.
+
+The doctor has already scanned the repo and optionally applied deterministic fixes. You are now responsible for resolving the remaining issues using the smallest safe set of changes.
+
+Rules:
+1. Prioritize the active milestone or the explicitly requested scope. Do not fan out across unrelated historical milestones unless the report explicitly scopes you there.
+2. Read before edit.
+3. Prefer fixing authoritative artifacts over masking warnings.
+4. For missing summaries or UAT files, generate the real artifact from existing slice/task context when possible — do not leave placeholders if you can reconstruct the real content.
+5. After each repair cluster, verify the relevant invariant directly from disk.
+6. When done, rerun `/gsd doctor {{doctorCommandSuffix}}` mentally by ensuring the remaining issue set for this scope is reduced or cleared.
+
+## Doctor Summary
+
+{{doctorSummary}}
+
+## Structured Issues
+
+{{structuredIssues}}
+
+## Requested Scope
+
+{{scopeLabel}}
+
+Then:
+- Repair the unresolved issues in scope
+- Keep changes minimal and targeted
+- If unresolved issues remain outside scope, leave them untouched and mention them briefly
+- End with: "GSD doctor heal complete."

package/dist/resources/extensions/gsd/prompts/execute-task.md

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+You are executing GSD auto-mode.
+
+## UNIT: Execute Task {{taskId}} ("{{taskTitle}}") — Slice {{sliceId}} ("{{sliceTitle}}"), Milestone {{milestoneId}}
+
+Start with the inlined context below. Treat the inlined task plan as the authoritative local execution contract for this unit. Use the referenced source artifacts to verify details, resolve ambiguity, and run the required checks — do not waste time reconstructing context that is already provided here.
+
+{{resumeSection}}
+
+{{carryForwardSection}}
+
+{{taskPlanInline}}
+
+{{slicePlanExcerpt}}
+
+## Backing Source Artifacts
+- Slice plan: `{{planPath}}`
+- Task plan source: `{{taskPlanPath}}`
+- Prior task summaries in this slice:
+{{priorTaskLines}}
+
+Then:
+0. Narrate step transitions, key implementation decisions, and verification outcomes as you work. Keep it terse — one line between tool-call clusters, not between every call.
+1. If a `GSD Skill Preferences` block is present in system context, use it to decide which skills to load and follow during execution, without relaxing required verification or artifact rules
+2. Execute the steps in the inlined task plan
+3. Build the real thing. If the task plan says "create login endpoint", build an endpoint that actually authenticates against a real store, not one that returns a hardcoded success response. If the task plan says "create dashboard page", build a page that renders real data from the API, not a component with hardcoded props. Stubs and mocks are for tests, not for the shipped feature.
+4. Write or update tests as part of execution — tests are verification, not an afterthought. If the slice plan defines test files in its Verification section and this is the first task, create them (they should initially fail).
+5. When implementing non-trivial runtime behavior (async flows, API boundaries, background processes, error paths), add or preserve agent-usable observability. Skip this for simple changes where it doesn't apply.
+6. Verify must-haves are met by running concrete checks (tests, commands, observable behaviors)
+7. Run the slice-level verification checks defined in the slice plan's Verification section. Track which pass. On the final task of the slice, all must pass before marking done. On intermediate tasks, partial passes are expected — note which ones pass in the summary.
+8. If the task touches UI, browser flows, DOM behavior, or user-visible web state:
+   - exercise the real flow in the browser
+   - prefer `browser_batch` when the next few actions are obvious and sequential
+   - prefer `browser_assert` for explicit pass/fail verification of the intended outcome
+   - use `browser_diff` when an action's effect is ambiguous
+   - use console/network/dialog diagnostics when validating async, stateful, or failure-prone UI
+   - record verification in terms of explicit checks passed/failed, not only prose interpretation
+9. If the task plan includes an Observability Impact section, verify those signals directly. Skip this step if the task plan omits the section.
+10. **If execution is running long or verification fails:**
+
+    **Context budget:** If you've used most of your context and haven't finished all steps, stop implementing and prioritize writing the task summary with clear notes on what's done and what remains. A partial summary that enables clean resumption is more valuable than one more half-finished step with no documentation. Never sacrifice summary quality for one more implementation step.
+
+    **Debugging discipline:** If a verification check fails or implementation hits unexpected behavior:
+    - Form a hypothesis first. State what you think is wrong and why, then test that specific theory. Don't shotgun-fix.
+    - Change one variable at a time. Make one change, test, observe. Multiple simultaneous changes mean you can't attribute what worked.
+    - Read completely. When investigating, read entire functions and their imports, not just the line that looks relevant.
+    - Distinguish "I know" from "I assume." Observable facts (the error says X) are strong evidence. Assumptions (this library should work this way) need verification.
+    - Know when to stop. If you've tried 3+ fixes without progress, your mental model is probably wrong. Stop. List what you know for certain. List what you've ruled out. Form fresh hypotheses from there.
+    - Don't fix symptoms. Understand *why* something fails before changing code. A test that passes after a change you don't understand is luck, not a fix.
+11. **Blocker discovery:** If execution reveals that the remaining slice plan is fundamentally invalid — not just a bug or minor deviation, but a plan-invalidating finding like a wrong API, missing capability, or architectural mismatch — set `blocker_discovered: true` in the task summary frontmatter and describe the blocker clearly in the summary narrative. Do NOT set `blocker_discovered: true` for ordinary debugging, minor deviations, or issues that can be fixed within the current task or the remaining plan. This flag triggers an automatic replan of the slice.
+12. If you made an architectural, pattern, library, or observability decision during this task that downstream work should know about, append it to `.gsd/DECISIONS.md` (use the **Decisions** output template from the inlined templates below if the file doesn't exist yet). Not every task produces decisions — only append when a meaningful choice was made.
+13. Use the **Task Summary** output template from the inlined templates below
+14. Write `{{taskSummaryPath}}`
+15. Mark {{taskId}} done in `{{planPath}}` (change `[ ]` to `[x]`)
+16. Do not commit manually — the system auto-commits your changes after this unit completes.
+17. Update `.gsd/STATE.md`
+
+You are on the slice branch. All work stays here.
+
+**You MUST mark {{taskId}} as `[x]` in `{{planPath}}` AND write `{{taskSummaryPath}}` before finishing.**
+
+{{inlinedTemplates}}
+
+When done, say: "Task {{taskId}} complete."

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+Complete slice {{sliceId}} ("{{sliceTitle}}") of milestone {{milestoneId}}. All tasks are done. Use the **Slice Summary** and **UAT** output templates below. If a `GSD Skill Preferences` block is present in system context, use it to decide which skills to load and follow during completion, without relaxing required verification or artifact rules. Write `{{sliceId}}-SUMMARY.md` (compress task summaries), write `{{sliceId}}-UAT.md`, and fill the `UAT Type` plus `Not Proven By This UAT` sections explicitly so the artifact states what class of acceptance it covers and what still remains unproven. Review task summaries for `key_decisions` and ensure any significant ones are in `.gsd/DECISIONS.md`. Mark the slice checkbox done in the roadmap, update STATE.md, update milestone summary, and leave the slice branch clean for the extension to squash-merge back into the integration branch automatically.
+
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+Discuss milestone {{milestoneId}} ("{{milestoneTitle}}"). Identify gray areas, ask the user about them, and write `{{milestoneId}}-CONTEXT.md` in the milestone directory with the decisions. Use the **Context** output template below. If a `GSD Skill Preferences` block is present in system context, use it to decide which skills to load and follow; do not override required artifact rules.
+
+{{inlinedTemplates}}
+
+**Investigate between question rounds to make your questions smarter.** Before each round of questions, do enough lightweight research that your questions are grounded in reality — not guesses about what exists or what's possible. Check library docs (`resolve_library`/`get_library_docs`) when tech choices are relevant, search the web (`search-the-web` with `freshness`/`domain` filters, then `fetch_page` for full content) to verify the landscape, scout the codebase (`rg`, `find`, `scout`) to understand what already exists. Don't go deep — just enough that your next question reflects what's actually true. The goal is to ask questions the user can't answer by saying "did you check the docs?" or "look at the code."

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+You are interviewing the user to surface behavioural, UX, and usage grey areas for slice **{{sliceId}}: {{sliceTitle}}** of milestone **{{milestoneId}}**.
+
+Your goal is **not** to settle tech stack, naming conventions, or architecture — that happens during research and planning. Your goal is to produce a context file that captures the human decisions: what this slice should feel like, how it should behave, what edge cases matter, where scope begins and ends, and what the user cares about that won't be obvious from the roadmap entry alone.
+
+{{inlinedContext}}
+
+---
+
+## Interview Protocol
+
+### Before your first question round
+
+Do a lightweight targeted investigation so your questions are grounded in reality:
+- Scout the codebase (`rg`, `find`, or `scout` for broad unfamiliar areas) to understand what already exists that this slice touches or builds on
+- Check the roadmap context above to understand what surrounds this slice — what comes before, what depends on it
+- Identify the 3–5 biggest behavioural unknowns: things where the user's answer will materially change what gets built
+
+Do **not** go deep — just enough that your questions reflect what's actually true rather than what you assume.
+
+### Question rounds
+
+Ask **1–3 questions per round** using `ask_user_questions`. Keep each question focused on one of:
+- **UX and user-facing behaviour** — what does the user see, click, trigger, or experience?
+- **Edge cases and failure states** — what happens when things go wrong or are in unusual states?
+- **Scope boundaries** — what is explicitly in vs out for this slice? What deferred to later?
+- **Feel and experience** — tone, responsiveness, feedback, transitions, what "done" feels like to the user
+
+After the user answers, investigate further if any answer opens a new unknown, then ask the next round.
+
+### Check-in after each round
+
+After each round of answers, use `ask_user_questions` to ask:
+
+> "I think I have a solid picture of this slice. Ready to wrap up and write the context file, or is there more to cover?"
+
+Options:
+- "Wrap up — write the context file" *(recommended after ~2–3 rounds)*
+- "Keep going — more to discuss"
+
+If the user wants to keep going, keep asking. Stop when they say wrap up.
+
+---
+
+## Output
+
+Once the user is ready to wrap up:
+
+1. Use the **Slice Context** output template below
+2. `mkdir -p {{sliceDirPath}}`
+3. Write `{{contextPath}}` — use the template structure, filling in:
+   - **Goal** — one sentence: what this slice delivers
+   - **Why this Slice** — why now, what it unblocks
+   - **Scope / In Scope** — what was confirmed in scope during the interview
+   - **Scope / Out of Scope** — what was explicitly deferred or excluded
+   - **Constraints** — anything the user flagged as a hard constraint
+   - **Integration Points** — what this slice consumes and produces
+   - **Open Questions** — anything still unresolved, with current thinking
+4. Commit: `git -C {{projectRoot}} add {{contextPath}} && git -C {{projectRoot}} commit -m "docs({{milestoneId}}/{{sliceId}}): slice context from discuss"`
+5. Say exactly: `"{{sliceId}} context written."` — nothing else.
+
+{{inlinedTemplates}}

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+Execute the next task: {{taskId}} ("{{taskTitle}}") in slice {{sliceId}} of milestone {{milestoneId}}. Read the task plan (`{{taskId}}-PLAN.md`), load relevant summaries from prior tasks, and execute each step. Verify must-haves when done. If the task touches UI, browser flows, DOM behavior, or user-visible web state, exercise the real flow in the browser, prefer `browser_batch` for obvious sequences, prefer `browser_assert` for explicit pass/fail verification, use `browser_diff` when an action's effect is ambiguous, and use browser diagnostics when validating async or failure-prone UI. If you made an architectural, pattern, or library decision, append it to `.gsd/DECISIONS.md`. Use the **Task Summary** output template below. Write `{{taskId}}-SUMMARY.md`, mark it done, commit, and advance. If a `GSD Skill Preferences` block is present in system context, use it to decide which skills to load and follow during execution, without relaxing required verification or artifact rules. If running long and not all steps are finished, stop implementing and prioritize writing a clean partial summary over attempting one more step — a recoverable handoff is more valuable than a half-finished step with no documentation. If verification fails, debug methodically: form a hypothesis and test that specific theory before changing anything, change one variable at a time, read entire functions not just the suspect line, distinguish observable facts from assumptions, and if 3+ fixes fail without progress stop and reassess your mental model — list what you know for certain, what you've ruled out, and form fresh hypotheses. Don't fix symptoms — understand why something fails before changing code.
+
+{{inlinedTemplates}}

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+Plan milestone {{milestoneId}} ("{{milestoneTitle}}"). Read `.gsd/DECISIONS.md` if it exists — respect existing decisions. Read `.gsd/REQUIREMENTS.md` if it exists and treat Active requirements as the capability contract. If `REQUIREMENTS.md` is missing, continue in legacy compatibility mode but explicitly note missing requirement coverage. Use the **Roadmap** output template below. Create `{{milestoneId}}-ROADMAP.md` in the milestone directory with slices, risk levels, dependencies, demo sentences, verification classes, milestone definition of done, requirement coverage, and a boundary map. Write success criteria as observable truths, not implementation tasks. If the milestone crosses multiple runtime boundaries, include an explicit final integration slice that proves the assembled system works end-to-end in a real environment. If planning produces structural decisions, append them to `.gsd/DECISIONS.md`. If a `GSD Skill Preferences` block is present in system context, use it to decide which skills to load and follow during planning, without overriding required roadmap formatting.
+
+## Requirement Rules
+
+- Every relevant Active requirement must be mapped to a slice, deferred, blocked with reason, or moved out of scope.
+- Each requirement gets one primary owner and may have supporting slices.
+- Surface orphaned Active requirements instead of silently ignoring them.
+- Product-facing milestones should cover launchability, primary user loop, continuity, and failure visibility when relevant.
+
+## Planning Doctrine
+
+- **Risk-first means proof-first.** The earliest slices should prove the hardest thing works by shipping the real feature through the uncertain path. If auth is the risk, the first slice ships a real login page with real session handling that a user can actually use — not a CLI command that returns "authenticated: true". Proof is the shipped feature working. There is no separate "proof" artifact. Do not plan spikes, proof-of-concept slices, or validation-only slices — the proof is the real feature, built through the risky path.
+- **Every slice is vertical, demoable, and shippable.** Every slice ships real, user-facing functionality. "Demoable" means you could show a stakeholder and they'd see real product progress — not a developer showing a terminal command. If the only way to demonstrate the slice is through a test runner or a curl command, the slice is missing its UI/UX surface. Add it. A slice that only proves something but doesn't ship real working code is not a slice — restructure it.
+- **Brownfield bias.** When planning against an existing codebase, ground slices in existing modules, conventions, and seams. Prefer extending real patterns over inventing new ones.
+- **Each slice should establish something downstream slices can depend on.** Think about what stable surface this slice creates for later work — an API, a data shape, a proven integration path.
+- **Avoid foundation-only slices.** If a slice doesn't produce something demoable end-to-end, it's probably a layer, not a vertical slice. Restructure it.
+- **Verification-first.** When planning slices, know what "done" looks like before detailing implementation. Each slice's demo line should describe concrete, verifiable evidence — not vague "it works" claims.
+- **Plan for integrated reality, not just local proof.** Distinguish contract proof from live integration proof. If the milestone involves multiple runtime boundaries, one slice must explicitly prove the assembled system through the real entrypoint or runtime path.
+- **Truthful demo lines only.** If a slice is proven by fixtures or tests only, say so. Do not phrase harness-level proof as if the user can already perform the live end-to-end behavior unless that has actually been exercised.
+- **Completion must imply capability.** If every slice in this roadmap were completed exactly as written, the milestone's promised outcome should actually work at the proof level claimed. Do not write slices that can all be checked off while the user-visible capability still does not exist.
+- **Don't invent risks.** If the project is straightforward, skip the proof strategy and just ship value in smart order. Not everything has major unknowns.
+- **Ship features, not proofs.** A completed slice should leave the product in a state where the new capability is actually usable through its real interface. A login flow slice ends with a working login page, not a middleware function. An API slice ends with endpoints that return real data from a real store, not hardcoded fixtures. A dashboard slice ends with a real dashboard rendering real data, not a component that renders mock props. If a slice can't ship the real thing yet because a dependency isn't built, it should ship with realistic stubs that are clearly marked for replacement — but the user-facing surface must be real.
+- **Ambition matches the milestone.** The number and depth of slices should match the milestone's ambition. A milestone promising "core platform with auth, data model, and primary user loop" should have enough slices to actually deliver all three as working features — not two proof-of-concept slices and a note that "the rest will come in the next milestone." If the milestone's context promises an outcome, the roadmap must deliver it.
+
+## Secret Forecasting
+
+After writing the roadmap, analyze the slices and their boundary maps for external service dependencies (third-party APIs, SaaS platforms, cloud providers, databases requiring credentials, OAuth providers, etc.). If this milestone requires any external API keys or secrets, use the **Secrets Manifest** output template below for the expected format and write `{{secretsOutputPath}}` listing every predicted secret as an H3 section with the Service name, a direct Dashboard URL to the console page where the key is created, a Format hint showing what the key looks like, Status set to `pending`, and Destination (`dotenv`, `vercel`, or `convex`). Include numbered step-by-step guidance for obtaining each key. If this milestone does not require any external API keys or secrets, skip this step entirely — do not create an empty manifest.
+
+{{inlinedTemplates}}

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+Plan slice {{sliceId}} ("{{sliceTitle}}") of milestone {{milestoneId}}. Read `.gsd/DECISIONS.md` if it exists — respect existing decisions. Read `.gsd/REQUIREMENTS.md` if it exists — identify which Active requirements the roadmap says this slice owns or supports, and ensure the plan delivers them. Read the roadmap boundary map, any existing context/research files, and dependency summaries. Use the **Slice Plan** and **Task Plan** output templates below. Decompose into tasks with must-haves. Fill the `Proof Level` and `Integration Closure` sections truthfully so the plan says what class of proof this slice really delivers and what end-to-end wiring still remains. Write `{{sliceId}}-PLAN.md` and individual `T##-PLAN.md` files in the `tasks/` subdirectory. If planning produces structural decisions, append them to `.gsd/DECISIONS.md`. If a `GSD Skill Preferences` block is present in system context, use it to decide which skills to load and follow during planning, without overriding required plan formatting. Before committing, self-audit the plan: every must-have maps to at least one task, every task has complete sections (steps, must-haves, verification, observability impact, inputs, and expected output), task ordering is consistent with no circular references, every pair of artifacts that must connect has an explicit wiring step, task scope targets 2–5 steps and 3–8 files (6–8 steps or 8–10 files — consider splitting; 10+ steps or 12+ files — must split), the plan honors locked decisions from context/research/decisions artifacts, the proof-level wording does not overclaim live integration if only fixture/contract proof is planned, every Active requirement this slice owns has at least one task with verification that proves it is met, and every task produces real user-facing progress — if the slice has a UI surface at least one task builds the real UI, if it has an API at least one task connects it to a real data source, and showing the completed result to a non-technical stakeholder would demonstrate real product progress rather than developer artifacts.
+
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+Research slice {{sliceId}} ("{{sliceTitle}}") of milestone {{milestoneId}}. Read `.gsd/DECISIONS.md` if it exists — respect existing decisions, don't contradict them. Read `.gsd/REQUIREMENTS.md` if it exists — identify which Active requirements this slice owns or supports and target research toward risks, unknowns, and constraints that could affect delivery of those requirements. If a `GSD Skill Preferences` block is present in system context, use it to decide which skills to load and follow during research, without relaxing required verification or artifact rules. Explore the relevant code — use `rg`/`find` for targeted reads, or `scout` if the area is broad or unfamiliar. Check libraries with `resolve_library`/`get_library_docs`. Use the **Research** output template below. Write `{{sliceId}}-RESEARCH.md` in the slice directory with summary, don't-hand-roll, common pitfalls, and relevant code sections.
+
+## Strategic Questions to Answer
+
+Research should drive planning decisions, not just collect facts. Explicitly address:
+
+- **What should be proven first?** What's the riskiest assumption — the thing that, if wrong, invalidates downstream work?
+- **What existing patterns should be reused?** What modules, conventions, or infrastructure already exist that the plan should build on rather than reinvent?
+- **What boundary contracts matter?** What interfaces, data shapes, event formats, or invariants will slices need to agree on?
+- **What constraints does the existing codebase impose?** What can't be changed, what's expensive to change, what patterns must be respected?
+- **Are there known failure modes that should shape slice ordering?** Pitfalls that mean certain work should come before or after other work?
+
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