v1.11.1.0 fix: plan-mode handshake + canUseTool test harness (#1182)

* feat: plan-mode handshake for interactive review skills

Add a preamble-level STOP-Ask handshake that fires when the user invokes any
of the 4 interactive review skills (plan-ceo-review, plan-eng-review,
plan-design-review, plan-devex-review) while their Claude Code session is
in plan mode. Without this gate, plan mode's "this supercedes any other
instructions" system-reminder outranked the skills' interactive STOP gates
and the skills silently wrote plan files without any per-finding AskUserQuestion.

The handshake offers 2 options (exit-and-rerun, cancel) — the original
third "stay and batch" option was dropped after two independent reviewers
flagged it as a silent bypass of the skills' anti-skip rule.

Architecture decisions (CEO+Eng review):
- Preamble-level resolver, not per-template injection (Codex finding #2)
- Position 1 in preamble composition: after bash block (_SESSION_ID live),
  before onboarding AskUserQuestion gates (so fresh-install users see the
  handshake first, not drowned in telemetry/proactive/routing prompts)
- Generator-only `interactive: true` frontmatter flag, following the
  `preamble-tier` precedent (no host-config frontmatter allowlist edits)
- Host-scoped to Claude via `ctx.host === 'claude'` check inside the
  resolver (simpler than `suppressedResolvers` which only gates `{{}}`
  placeholders)
- One-way-door classification in scripts/question-registry.ts for all 4
  skills so question-tuning `never-ask` preferences can't suppress the gate
- Synchronous telemetry write to ~/.gstack/analytics/skill-usage.jsonl on
  handshake fire (captures A-exit and C-cancel outcomes that terminate the
  skill before end-of-run telemetry runs)

Also adds an explicit STOP block to plan-ceo-review Step 0C-bis so the
approach-selection question can't silently skip to mode selection.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 <noreply@anthropic.com>

* feat: extend agent-sdk-runner with canUseTool for AskUserQuestion interception

Test harness at test/helpers/agent-sdk-runner.ts gains an optional
`canUseTool` callback parameter. When a test supplies it, the harness
flips `permissionMode` from `bypassPermissions` (overlay-harness default)
to `default` so the SDK actually invokes the callback on every tool use,
and auto-adds `AskUserQuestion` to `allowedTools` so Claude can fire it
at all.

Exports a `passThroughNonAskUserQuestion` helper so tests that only want
to intercept AskUserQuestion can auto-allow every other tool with one
line: `return passThroughNonAskUserQuestion(toolName, input)`.

This is the foundation for D14 — every future interactive-skill E2E test
can now assert on AskUserQuestion shape and routing. Previous E2E tests
at `test/skill-e2e.test.ts` explicitly instructed the model to skip
AskUserQuestion ("non-interactive run") which meant no test could actually
verify the question content or routing.

6 new unit tests in test/agent-sdk-runner.test.ts cover:
- permissionMode flips to 'default' when canUseTool supplied
- permissionMode stays 'bypassPermissions' when canUseTool absent
- canUseTool callback reaches the SDK options
- AskUserQuestion auto-added to allowedTools when canUseTool supplied
- AskUserQuestion NOT added when canUseTool absent
- passThroughNonAskUserQuestion helper returns allow+updatedInput

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 <noreply@anthropic.com>

* test: plan-mode handshake E2E coverage and unit assertions

Adds 6 E2E test files and 8 new unit assertions to verify the plan-mode
handshake works end-to-end and stays correct under regeneration.

E2E tests (gate-tier, paid, EVALS=1 EVALS_TIER=gate):
- test/skill-e2e-plan-ceo-plan-mode.test.ts — handshake fires before any
  Write/Edit when plan-mode distinctive phrase is present; 2-option shape
  (Exit/Cancel); option A routes to ExitPlanMode cleanly
- test/skill-e2e-plan-eng-plan-mode.test.ts — same contract for plan-eng
- test/skill-e2e-plan-design-plan-mode.test.ts — same contract for
  plan-design; exercises C-cancel branch instead of A-exit
- test/skill-e2e-plan-devex-plan-mode.test.ts — same contract for plan-devex
- test/skill-e2e-plan-mode-no-op.test.ts — negative regression: handshake
  must NOT fire when distinctive phrase is absent; skill proceeds normally
  through Step 0 (REGRESSION RULE guardrail against breaking existing
  interactive-review sessions)
- test/e2e-harness-audit.test.ts — free unit test asserting every
  `interactive: true` skill has at least one canUseTool-using test file
  (prevents future drift where a skill opts in without coverage)

Shared helper test/helpers/plan-mode-handshake-helpers.ts centralizes the
canUseTool interceptor + distinctive-phrase injection so the 4 sibling
E2E tests are thin wiring (~20 LOC each) and can't drift out of sync.

Unit assertions added to test/gen-skill-docs.test.ts:
- handshake section present in all 4 Claude-generated SKILL.md files
- handshake section absent from non-interactive Claude skills (ship,
  review, qa, office-hours, codex, retro, cso)
- handshake section absent from non-Claude host outputs (.agents, etc.)
- 0C-bis STOP block present in plan-ceo-review/SKILL.md at correct
  position (between the "Present these approach options" line and
  "### 0D-prelude" header)
- handshake resolver wired BEFORE generateUpgradeCheck in preamble
  composition order

6 new gate-tier entries added to test/helpers/touchfiles.ts so any change
to the handshake resolver, preamble composition, skill templates, question
registry, one-way-door classifier, or agent-sdk-runner fires the relevant
E2E tests. test/touchfiles.test.ts updated for the new selection count
(plan-ceo-review/** now triggers 15 tests, up from 8).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 <noreply@anthropic.com>

* chore(v1.11.1.0): VERSION bump + CHANGELOG entry + TODOS follow-ups

Bumps from main's v1.11.0.0 to v1.11.1.0 (PATCH — bug-fix release, no new
user-facing artifacts). CHANGELOG entry covers the plan-mode handshake,
agent-sdk-runner canUseTool extension, and the 2 follow-up TODOs.

CHANGELOG order: v1.11.1.0 (this) → v1.11.0.0 (workspace-aware ship,
merged from main) → v1.10.1.0 (overlay efficacy harness). No duplicate
headers.

Syncs package.json version to match VERSION per the Step 12 idempotency
invariant (both files must agree or /ship halts).

TODOS.md:
- Preserves the Testing/security-bench-haiku-responses P1 added on main
- Adds P1 "Structural STOP-Ask forcing function" — broader class of the
  bug this release fixes
- Adds P2 "Apply interactive: true to non-review skills (office-hours,
  codex, investigate, qa, retro, cso)"

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 <noreply@anthropic.com>

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Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.7 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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## P1: Structural STOP-Ask forcing function across all skills (v1.11.1.0 follow-up)
**What:** Design and implement a structural forcing function that catches when a skill mandates per-issue AskUserQuestion but the model silently substitutes batch-synthesis. Candidate mechanisms: question-count assertion (skill declares expected question count in frontmatter; post-run audit logs if model fired <N), typed question templates (skill hands the model pre-built AskUserQuestion payloads rather than prose instructions), or a canUseTool-based post-run audit that compares declared-gates-fired vs expected.
**Why:** v1.11.1.0 shipped a plan-mode handshake that forces AskUserQuestion when plan mode is active. It fixes the reported instance of the bug (plan-mode entry) but NOT the broader class. The injected commentary from a separate Claude session documented the same failure mode in auto mode — model silently substitutes batch-synthesis for STOP-Ask loops whenever the skill's interactive contract collides with any other rule surface (auto mode, plan mode, tool-count anxiety, cognitive load). Without structural enforcement, every skill with STOP-per-issue contracts remains vulnerable.
**Pros:** Catches a class-of-bug, not an instance. Applies to every skill that declares STOP gates. Builds on `canUseTool` primitive shipped in v1.11.1.0's agent-sdk-runner extension.
**Cons:** Real design work. How does a skill declare expected question count — static value in frontmatter, or dynamic based on number of review sections that surface findings? Is the audit inline (blocking, same-turn) or post-hoc (after skill completion)? Calibration of expected-vs-actual thresholds depends on real V0 question-log data across skills.
**Context:** Relevant files — `scripts/question-registry.ts` (typed question catalog), `scripts/resolvers/question-tuning.ts` (preference classification), `bin/gstack-question-log` (event log), `bin/gstack-question-preference` (read/write preferences), `test/helpers/agent-sdk-runner.ts` (canUseTool harness added in v1.11.1.0). Existing question-log already captures fire events; the gap is declaring expected counts and auditing against them.
**Effort:** L (human: ~1-2 weeks / CC+gstack: ~2-3 hours for design doc + first-pass implementation).
**Priority:** P1 if interactive-skill volume is growing; P2 otherwise.
**Depends on / blocked by:** v1.11.1.0 handshake landing (provides concrete forcing-function pattern to generalize from). Also needs a design doc — likely its own `docs/designs/STOP_ASK_ENFORCEMENT_V0.md`.
## P2: Apply preamble handshake to non-review interactive skills
**What:** Survey gstack skills beyond the 4 review skills to identify ones with interactive STOP-Ask contracts. For each, audit whether `interactive: true` in the frontmatter is appropriate (fires the preamble handshake in plan mode). Candidate skills to audit: `/office-hours`, `/codex` (consult mode), `/investigate`, `/qa`, `/retro`, `/cso`, `/brainstorm`. Non-candidates: workflow-executors like `/ship`, `/land-and-deploy`, `/context-save` that benefit from plan-mode batch execution.
**Why:** v1.11.1.0 opted 4 review skills into the plan-mode handshake (plan-ceo-review, plan-eng-review, plan-design-review, plan-devex-review). Codex's outside-voice review (Finding 6) noted nested composition — `/plan-ceo-review` can invoke `/office-hours` inline, so `/office-hours` in plan mode standalone would still silently skip its forcing questions. Extending handshake coverage closes that gap for the next tier of interactive skills.
**Pros:** Consistent plan-mode behavior across interactive skills. Low per-skill cost under the preamble-pivot architecture — one frontmatter line (`interactive: true`) + SKILL.md regeneration.
**Cons:** Requires per-skill classification review. Some skills that look interactive (e.g., `/qa`) actually run long non-interactive tool loops punctuated by occasional AskUserQuestion — the handshake gate might over-fire. Audit needs a judgment call per skill.
**Context:** Files to consult per-skill — the SKILL.md.tmpl frontmatter, the skill's STOP-point count, and any existing touchfiles.ts entries for E2E coverage. The handshake resolver is at `scripts/resolvers/preamble/generate-plan-mode-handshake.ts`. Pattern to follow: set `interactive: true` in the skill's frontmatter, add a gate-tier E2E test to touchfiles.ts using the extended `test/helpers/agent-sdk-runner.ts`.
**Effort:** M (human: ~3-5 days / CC+gstack: ~1-2 hours — the thinking cost is per-skill classification, not code).
**Priority:** P2 — plan-mode handshake on the 4 review skills catches the reported bug; this TODO catches the cousins.
**Depends on / blocked by:** v1.11.1.0 landing (provides the preamble-pivot architecture the cousins inherit).
## Context skills
### `/context-save --lane` + `/context-restore --lane` for parallel workstreams