v1.58.5.0 feat: first-run activation scaffold + gstack router front door (#2078)

* feat: first-run activation — project-aware scaffold, router front door, onboarding nudges

Adds the activation system that drives a new install toward a concrete first move:
- bin/gstack-first-task-detect: local-git+filesystem repo classifier emitting one
  validated enum bucket (greenfield/code_<lang>/branch_ahead/dirty_default/clean_default),
  portable timeouts, fail-safe empty output.
- generate-first-run-guidance.ts: unified preamble section — first-run project-aware
  scaffold + returning-session plan->review->ship tip, gated on a persistent .activated
  marker and never run in headless. Detection wired lazily in generate-preamble-bash.ts.
- SKILL.md.tmpl: top-level gstack skill is now a pure router (browse body removed; it
  lives in /browse), routing any request and sending browser/QA work to /browse.
- setup: first-move nudge on first install. office-hours: closing handoff that launches
  the next review via the Skill tool.
- telemetry-ingest: accept onboarding/first_task_scaffold_shown/handoff/route event types.

* test: cover first-run detection + repoint browse-content assertions to /browse

- New unit tests for every detection bucket, the eval-safe enum contract, and the
  first-run gating (test/preamble-first-task-scaffold.test.ts); periodic E2E that runs
  the detector through the real harness (test/skill-e2e-first-task-scaffold.test.ts).
- Repoint browse-content assertions (gen-skill-docs, audit-compliance, skill-validation,
  LLM-judge eval) from the root skill to browse/SKILL.md following the router split;
  add a regression pinning that the router carries no browse body.
- Register first-task-scaffold touchfiles + periodic tier; bump parity/carve size caps
  ~1-2KB per skill for the shared first-run-guidance preamble section.
- Refresh ship golden fixtures for the preamble addition.

* chore: regenerate SKILL.md + llms.txt for first-run activation

* chore: bump version and changelog (v1.58.5.0)

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

* fix(test): repoint bws skillmd-* setup-block assertions to browse/SKILL.md

The skillmd-setup-discovery / -no-local-binary / -outside-git E2E tests extracted
the `## SETUP`→`## IMPORTANT` browse binary-discovery block from the root SKILL.md.
P2 moved that block to browse/SKILL.md (end anchor is now `## Core QA Patterns`),
so the slice came back empty and the `browse/dist/browse` guard failed. Repoint to
browse/SKILL.md. Verified: 7/7 e2e-browse pass locally.

* fix(test): tolerate skill-discovery race in PTY plan-mode smoke

The e2e-pty-plan-smoke suite (office-hours / plan-mode-no-op) failed in CI with
`Unknown command: /office-hours` (claude exited ~10s) while passing locally. Root
cause: a cold CI container's overlay-FS scan of the symlinked ~/.claude/skills
registry finishes AFTER the runner's 8s boot grace, so the first `/skill` send
reaches claude before the skill is indexed and is rejected as unknown. The runner
gave up on the first "Unknown command:" line.

runPlanSkillObservation now re-sends the skill command up to 3x (6s apart),
re-marking the buffer each time so stale scrollback can't re-trip the check,
before concluding the skill is genuinely unregistered. A real dangling-symlink /
missing-skill still surfaces as 'exited' (after retries), preserving the original
diagnostic. Pure-helper contract unchanged: 95/95 unit tests pass.

This is a pre-existing harness bug (fails identically on #2077's own branch, which
introduced the suite) surfaced while shipping the activation feature.

* debug(ci): temporarily instrument pty-smoke skill discovery

Capture claude version, env, registry tree, and a claude -p discovery probe to
pin why /office-hours isn't discovered in CI (retries proved it's not a race).
Temporary — revert once the registry fix is identified.

* chore: revert pty-smoke harness experiments (race-retry + CI debug step)

Diagnosis is conclusive and the experiments aren't the fix, so restore the
harness to its original state (net-zero diff vs main for both files).

What the CI debug step proved: `claude -p` returns READY — claude v2.1.187 fully
DISCOVERS /office-hours from the symlinked registry. Only the interactive PTY TUI
rejects it as "Unknown command" (and it received the full command text). So the
e2e-pty-plan-smoke failure is a claude 2.1.187 interactive-TUI regression (skills
discovered by `claude -p` aren't exposed as TUI slash commands), pre-existing in
the #2077 harness and failing identically on its own origin branch — unrelated to
this activation PR. The race-retry can't help (the TUI genuinely lacks the
command); the debug step also tripped actionlint (shellcheck SC2012). Both reverted.

* fix(ci): copy SKILL.md as real files in pty-smoke registry (cross-mount symlink)

The e2e-pty-plan-smoke suite failed with "Unknown command: /office-hours" in CI
while passing locally. Root cause (proven, not guessed): claude 2.1.187's
interactive-TUI skill scanner does not follow the /github/home -> /__w cross-mount
symlink the registry used for per-skill SKILL.md. Evidence: a CI debug step showed
`claude -p` discovered the skill (printed READY), and a local macOS repro with the
identical symlinked registry recognized /office-hours — isolating the failure to
the container's cross-mount symlink, not registration content, claude version,
duplicate names, or a race.

Fix: register the per-skill SKILL.md + sections as REAL copies (same mount as
$HOME) so the TUI reads them directly. The gstack root stays a symlink — the
preamble's runtime bash resolves bin/* and sections/* through it and bash follows
cross-mount symlinks fine.

* fix(ci): guard rm expansion in pty-smoke registry (shellcheck SC2115)

* fix(ci): also register pty-smoke skills project-scoped (cwd/.claude/skills)

The real-file user-dir registration still left the TUI rejecting /office-hours in
the container. claude's interactive TUI surfaces /slash commands from the PROJECT
dir (<cwd>/.claude/skills); the smokes run with cwd=$REPO whose .claude/skills is
gitignored (absent on a fresh CI checkout), so the user-dir registry feeds
`claude -p` (READY) but not the TUI. Populate $REPO/.claude/skills with real
SKILL.md + sections copies (no gstack symlink there — it would point at its own
parent; runtime paths use the user-dir gstack symlink).

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Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

scripts/proactive-suggestions.json

@@ -99,8 +99,8 @@
       "voice_line": null
     },
     "gstack": {
-      "lead": "Fast headless browser for QA testing and site dogfooding.",
-      "routing": "Navigate pages, interact with\nelements, verify state, diff before/after, take annotated screenshots, test responsive\nlayouts, forms, uploads, dialogs, and capture bug evidence. Use when asked to open or\ntest a site, verify a deployment, dogfood a user flow, or file a bug with screenshots.",
+      "lead": "Router for the gstack skill suite.",
+      "routing": "Sends any gstack request to the right skill\n(planning, review, QA, shipping, debugging, docs, security, design). For browser/QA\nand dogfooding it points you at /browse. Use when you invoke gstack without a specific\nskill, or ask \"which gstack skill fits this?\".",
       "voice_line": null
     },
     "gstack-upgrade": {

scripts/resolvers/preamble.ts

@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ import {
 import { generateLakeIntro } from './preamble/generate-lake-intro';
 import { generateTelemetryPrompt } from './preamble/generate-telemetry-prompt';
 import { generateProactivePrompt } from './preamble/generate-proactive-prompt';
+import { generateFirstRunGuidance } from './preamble/generate-first-run-guidance';
 import { generateRoutingInjection } from './preamble/generate-routing-injection';
 import { generateVendoringDeprecation } from './preamble/generate-vendoring-deprecation';
 import { generateSpawnedSessionCheck } from './preamble/generate-spawned-session-check';
@@ -94,6 +95,7 @@ export function generatePreamble(ctx: TemplateContext): string {
     generateLakeIntro(),
     generateTelemetryPrompt(ctx),
     generateProactivePrompt(ctx),
+    generateFirstRunGuidance(ctx),
     generateRoutingInjection(ctx),
     generateVendoringDeprecation(ctx),
     generateSpawnedSessionCheck(),

scripts/resolvers/preamble/generate-first-run-guidance.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+import type { TemplateContext } from '../types';
+
+// First-run guidance (P4 scaffold + P3 loop tip), unified into one section.
+// Branches on the persistent `.activated` lifecycle marker — NOT `_SESSIONS`,
+// which counts concurrent sessions in the last 120 min, not first-vs-returning.
+//
+// The FIRST_TASK enum is computed at runtime in generate-preamble-bash.ts (gated
+// so the detector only runs on the first run) and printed as `FIRST_TASK: <token>`.
+// This section maps the token the model SAW in that output to a one-line nudge
+// (no description string ever crosses an eval boundary) and sets markers:
+//   ~/.gstack/.activated           — set at the end of the first-ever skill run
+//   ~/.gstack/.first-loop-tip-shown — set when the returning-session tip is shown
+//
+// Note: bash blocks run in separate shells, so the runtime token cannot be read
+// from a shell var here — the model substitutes the token it saw for TASK_TOKEN,
+// exactly like the Telemetry section substitutes SKILL_NAME/OUTCOME.
+export function generateFirstRunGuidance(ctx: TemplateContext): string {
+  return `## First-run guidance (one-time)
+
+If \`ACTIVATED\` is \`no\` (first skill run on this machine) AND the preamble printed a non-empty \`FIRST_TASK:\` value that is NOT \`nongit\`: show ONE short, project-specific line mapped from the token, as a heads-up, then CONTINUE with whatever the user actually asked — do NOT halt their task. Map the token: \`greenfield\` → "Fresh repo — shape it first with \`/spec\` or \`/office-hours\`." \`code_node\`/\`code_python\`/\`code_rust\`/\`code_go\`/\`code_ruby\`/\`code_ios\` → "There's code here — \`/qa\` to see it work, or \`/investigate\` if something's off." \`branch_ahead\` → "Unshipped work on this branch — \`/review\` then \`/ship\`." \`dirty_default\` → "Uncommitted changes — \`/review\` before committing." \`clean_default\` → "Pick one: \`/spec\`, \`/investigate\`, or \`/qa\`." Then substitute the token you saw for TASK_TOKEN and run (best-effort), and mark activated:
+\`\`\`bash
+${ctx.paths.binDir}/gstack-telemetry-log --event-type first_task_scaffold_shown --skill "TASK_TOKEN" --outcome shown 2>/dev/null || true
+touch ~/.gstack/.activated 2>/dev/null || true
+\`\`\`
+
+If \`ACTIVATED\` is \`no\` but \`FIRST_TASK:\` is empty or \`nongit\` (headless, non-git, or nothing actionable): show nothing, just run \`touch ~/.gstack/.activated 2>/dev/null || true\`.
+
+Else if \`ACTIVATED\` is \`yes\` AND \`FIRST_LOOP_SHOWN\` is \`no\`: say once as a heads-up (then continue):
+
+> Tip: gstack pays off when you complete one loop — **plan → review → ship**. A common first loop: \`/office-hours\` or \`/spec\` to shape it, \`/plan-eng-review\` to lock it, then \`/ship\`.
+
+Then run \`touch ~/.gstack/.first-loop-tip-shown 2>/dev/null || true\`.
+
+Skip this section if \`ACTIVATED\` and \`FIRST_LOOP_SHOWN\` are both \`yes\`.`;
+}

scripts/resolvers/preamble/generate-preamble-bash.ts

@@ -43,6 +43,17 @@ echo "SESSION_KIND: $_SESSION_KIND"
 if [ "$_SESSION_KIND" != "headless" ] && { [ -n "\${CONDUCTOR_WORKSPACE_PATH:-}" ] || [ -n "\${CONDUCTOR_PORT:-}" ]; }; then
   echo "CONDUCTOR_SESSION: true"
 fi
+_ACTIVATED=$([ -f ~/.gstack/.activated ] && echo "yes" || echo "no")
+_FIRST_LOOP_SHOWN=$([ -f ~/.gstack/.first-loop-tip-shown ] && echo "yes" || echo "no")
+echo "ACTIVATED: $_ACTIVATED"
+echo "FIRST_LOOP_SHOWN: $_FIRST_LOOP_SHOWN"
+# First-run project detection: run the detector ONLY on the first-ever skill run
+# (ACTIVATED=no, interactive) so it stays off the hot path for every run after.
+_FIRST_TASK=""
+if [ "$_ACTIVATED" = "no" ] && [ "$_SESSION_KIND" != "headless" ]; then
+  _FIRST_TASK=$(${ctx.paths.binDir}/gstack-first-task-detect 2>/dev/null || true)
+fi
+echo "FIRST_TASK: $_FIRST_TASK"
 _LAKE_SEEN=$([ -f ~/.gstack/.completeness-intro-seen ] && echo "yes" || echo "no")
 echo "LAKE_INTRO: $_LAKE_SEEN"
 _TEL=$(${ctx.paths.binDir}/gstack-config get telemetry 2>/dev/null || true)