feat: recursive self-improvement — operational learning + full skill wiring (v0.13.8.0) (#647)

* refactor: remove dead contributor mode, replace with operational self-improvement slot

Contributor mode never fired in 18 days of heavy use (required manual opt-in
via gstack-config, gated behind _CONTRIB=true, wrote disconnected markdown).

Removes: generateContributorMode(), _CONTRIB bash var, 2 E2E tests, touchfile
entry, doc references. Cleans up skip-lists in plan-ceo-review, autoplan,
review resolver, and document-release templates.

The operational self-improvement system (next commit) replaces this slot with
automatic learning capture that requires no opt-in.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

* feat: operational self-improvement — every skill learns from failures

Adds universal operational learning capture to the preamble completion protocol.
At the end of every skill session, the agent reflects on CLI failures, wrong
approaches, and project quirks, logging them as type "operational" to the
learnings JSONL. Future sessions surface these automatically.

- generateCompletionStatus(ctx) now includes operational capture section
- Preamble bash shows top 3 learnings inline when count > 5
- New "operational" type in generateLearningsLog alongside pattern/pitfall/etc
- Updated unit tests + operational seed entry in learnings E2E

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

* feat: wire learnings into all insight-producing skills

Adds LEARNINGS_SEARCH and/or LEARNINGS_LOG to 10 skill templates that
produce reusable insights but were previously disconnected from the
learning system:

- office-hours, plan-ceo-review, plan-eng-review: add LOG (had SEARCH)
- plan-design-review: add both SEARCH + LOG (had neither)
- design-review, design-consultation, cso, qa, qa-only: add both
- retro: add SEARCH (had LOG)

13 skills now fully participate in the learning loop (read + write).
Every review, QA, investigation, and design session both consults prior
learnings and contributes new ones.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

* test: add operational-learning E2E test (gate-tier)

Validates the write path: agent encounters a CLI failure, logs an
operational learning to JSONL via gstack-learnings-log. Replaces the
removed contributor-mode E2E test.

Setup: temp git repo, copy bin scripts, set GSTACK_HOME.
Prompt: simulated npm test failure needing --experimental-vm-modules.
Assert: learnings.jsonl exists with type=operational entry.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

* fix: learnings-show E2E slug mismatch — seed at computed slug, not hardcoded

The test seeded learnings at projects/test-project/ but gstack-slug computes
the slug from basename(workDir) when no git remote exists. The agent's search
looked at the wrong path and found nothing.

Fix: compute slug the same way gstack-slug does (basename + sanitize) and
seed the learnings there.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

* chore: bump version and changelog (v0.13.8.0)

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

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Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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# Changelog
## [0.14.6.0] - 2026-03-31 — Recursive Self-Improvement
gstack now learns from its own mistakes. Every skill session captures operational failures (CLI errors, wrong approaches, project quirks) and surfaces them in future sessions. No setup needed, just works.
### Added
- **Operational self-improvement.** When a command fails or you hit a project-specific gotcha, gstack logs it. Next session, it remembers. "bun test needs --timeout 30000" or "login flow requires cookie import first" ... the kind of stuff that wastes 10 minutes every time you forget it.
- **Learnings summary in preamble.** When your project has 5+ learnings, gstack shows the top 3 at the start of every session so you see them before you start working.
- **13 skills now learn.** office-hours, plan-ceo-review, plan-eng-review, plan-design-review, design-review, design-consultation, cso, qa, qa-only, and retro all now read prior learnings AND contribute new ones. Previously only review, ship, and investigate were wired.
### Changed
- **Contributor mode replaced.** The old contributor mode (manual opt-in, markdown reports to ~/.gstack/contributor-logs/) never fired in 18 days of heavy use. Replaced with automatic operational learning that captures the same insights without any setup.
### Fixed
- **learnings-show E2E test slug mismatch.** The test seeded learnings at a hardcoded path but gstack-slug computed a different path at runtime. Now computes the slug dynamically.
## [0.14.5.0] - 2026-03-31 — Ship Idempotency + Skill Prefix Fix
Re-running `/ship` after a failed push or PR creation no longer double-bumps your version or duplicates your CHANGELOG. And if you use `--prefix` mode, your skill names actually work now.