gsd-quick

Quick mode is the same system with a shorter path:

• Spawns gsd-planner (quick mode) + gsd-executor(s)
• Quick tasks live in .planning/quick/ separate from planned phases
• Updates STATE.md "Quick Tasks Completed" table (NOT ROADMAP.md)

Default: Skips research, discussion, plan-checker, verifier. Use when you know exactly what to do.

--discuss flag: Lightweight discussion phase before planning. Surfaces assumptions, clarifies gray areas, captures decisions in CONTEXT.md. Use when the task has ambiguity worth resolving upfront.

--full flag: Enables the complete quality pipeline — discussion + research + plan-checking + verification. One flag for everything.

--validate flag: Enables plan-checking (max 2 iterations) and post-execution verification only. Use when you want quality guarantees without discussion or research.

--research flag: Spawns a focused research agent before planning. Investigates implementation approaches, library options, and pitfalls for the task. Use when you're unsure of the best approach.

Granular flags are composable: --discuss --research --validate gives the same result as --full.

Subcommands:

• list — List all quick tasks with status
• status <slug> — Show status of a specific quick task
• resume <slug> — Resume a specific quick task by slug

<execution_context> @~/.claude/gsd-core/workflows/quick.md </execution_context>

Context files are resolved inside the workflow (init quick) and delegated via <required_reading> blocks.

Parse $ARGUMENTS for subcommands FIRST:

• If $ARGUMENTS starts with "list": SUBCMD=list
• If $ARGUMENTS starts with "status ": SUBCMD=status, SLUG=remainder (strip whitespace, sanitize)
• If $ARGUMENTS starts with "resume ": SUBCMD=resume, SLUG=remainder (strip whitespace, sanitize)
• Otherwise: SUBCMD=run, pass full $ARGUMENTS to the quick workflow as-is

Slug sanitization (for status and resume): Strip any characters not matching [a-z0-9-]. Reject slugs longer than 60 chars or containing .. or /. If invalid, output "Invalid session slug." and stop.

LIST subcommand

When SUBCMD=list:

ls -d .planning/quick/*/  2>/dev/null

For each directory found:

• Check if PLAN.md exists
• Check if SUMMARY.md exists; if so, read status from its frontmatter via:

  gsd-tools query frontmatter.get .planning/quick/{dir}/SUMMARY.md status
  

• Determine directory creation date: stat -f "%SB" -t "%Y-%m-%d" (macOS) or stat -c "%w" (Linux); fall back to the date prefix in the directory name (format: YYYYMMDD- prefix)
• Derive display status:
  • SUMMARY.md exists, frontmatter status=complete → complete ✓
  • SUMMARY.md exists, frontmatter status=incomplete OR status missing → incomplete
  • SUMMARY.md missing, dir created <7 days ago → in-progress
  • SUMMARY.md missing, dir created ≥7 days ago → abandoned? (>7 days, no summary)

SECURITY: Directory names are read from the filesystem. Before displaying any slug, sanitize: strip non-printable characters, ANSI escape sequences, and path separators using: name.replace(/[^\x20-\x7E]/g, '').replace(/[/\\]/g, ''). Never pass raw directory names to shell commands via string interpolation.

Display format:

Quick Tasks

---
slug                           date        status
backup-s3-policy               2026-04-10  in-progress
auth-token-refresh-fix         2026-04-09  complete ✓
update-node-deps               2026-04-08  abandoned? (>7 days, no summary)

---
3 tasks (1 complete, 2 incomplete/in-progress)

If no directories found: print No quick tasks found. and stop.

STOP after displaying the list. Do NOT proceed to further steps.