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feat: Search Before Building — builder ethos + skill integrations (v0.9.5.0) (#298)
* feat: ETHOS.md — gstack builder philosophy Standalone document capturing the four principles: The Golden Age, Boil the Lake, Search Before Building, and Build for Yourself. Introduces the three-layer knowledge framework (tried-and-true, new-and-popular, first-principles) and the Eureka Moment concept — when first-principles reasoning reveals conventional wisdom is wrong. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com> * feat: Search Before Building preamble section + CLAUDE.md Add generateSearchBeforeBuildingSection(ctx) to gen-skill-docs.ts. Every workflow skill now gets a compact router section covering: - Three layers of knowledge (tried-and-true, new-and-popular, first-principles) - Eureka moment format and jq-based JSONL logging - WebSearch fallback clause - ETHOS.md reference via ctx.paths.skillRoot resolver Also adds compact "Search before building" section to CLAUDE.md. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com> * feat: skill-specific Search Before Building integrations 8 template changes: - /office-hours: Phase 2.75 Landscape Awareness (WebSearch + three-layer synthesis) - /plan-eng-review: Step 0 search check with layer provenance annotations - /investigate: external pattern search + search escalation on hypothesis failure - /plan-ceo-review: Landscape Check before scope challenge - /review: search-before-recommending for fix patterns - /qa-only: WebSearch in allowed-tools - /design-consultation: three-layer synthesis backport in Phase 2 Step 3 - /retro: eureka moment tracking from ~/.gstack/analytics/eureka.jsonl All search steps include WebSearch fallback clause. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com> * feat: v0.9.5.0 — Builder Ethos (CHANGELOG + VERSION + TODOS) ETHOS.md + Search Before Building across all workflow skills. Deferred: first-time intro flow (blocked on blog post). Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com> * fix: address Codex review — sanitize search, privacy gate, ETHOS.md sidecar Three fixes from adversarial Codex review: - /investigate: sanitize error messages before searching (strip hostnames, IPs, file paths, SQL, customer data). Skip search if unsanitizable. - /office-hours: add privacy gate before landscape search. Use generalized category terms, never the user's specific product name or stealth idea. - setup: link ETHOS.md into .agents/skills/gstack/ sidecar so workspace- local Codex sessions can find the builder philosophy. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com> * fix: sanitize Phase 2 external pattern search in /investigate The Phase 2 external search also sent raw error messages to WebSearch. Apply same sanitization rule as Phase 3 search escalation. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com> * docs: sync documentation with shipped changes - ARCHITECTURE.md: preamble now handles 5 things (add Search Before Building) - CLAUDE.md: add ETHOS.md to project structure tree - README.md: add ETHOS.md to docs table Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com> --------- Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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- Bash
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- WebSearch
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<!-- AUTO-GENERATED from SKILL.md.tmpl — do not edit directly -->
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<!-- Regenerate: bun run gen:skill-docs -->
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- BAD: "Let's defer test coverage to a follow-up PR." (Tests are the cheapest lake to boil.)
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- BAD: Quoting only human-team effort: "This would take 2 weeks." (Say: "2 weeks human / ~1 hour CC.")
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## Search Before Building
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Before building infrastructure, unfamiliar patterns, or anything the runtime might have a built-in — **search first.** Read `~/.claude/skills/gstack/ETHOS.md` for the full philosophy.
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**Three layers of knowledge:**
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- **Layer 1** (tried and true — in distribution). Don't reinvent the wheel. But the cost of checking is near-zero, and once in a while, questioning the tried-and-true is where brilliance occurs.
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- **Layer 2** (new and popular — search for these). But scrutinize: humans are subject to mania. Search results are inputs to your thinking, not answers.
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- **Layer 3** (first principles — prize these above all). Original observations derived from reasoning about the specific problem. The most valuable of all.
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**Eureka moment:** When first-principles reasoning reveals conventional wisdom is wrong, name it:
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"EUREKA: Everyone does X because [assumption]. But [evidence] shows this is wrong. Y is better because [reasoning]."
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Log eureka moments:
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```bash
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jq -n --arg ts "$(date -u +%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ)" --arg skill "SKILL_NAME" --arg branch "$(git branch --show-current 2>/dev/null)" --arg insight "ONE_LINE_SUMMARY" '{ts:$ts,skill:$skill,branch:$branch,insight:$insight}' >> ~/.gstack/analytics/eureka.jsonl 2>/dev/null || true
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```
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Replace SKILL_NAME and ONE_LINE_SUMMARY. Runs inline — don't stop the workflow.
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**WebSearch fallback:** If WebSearch is unavailable, skip the search step and note: "Search unavailable — proceeding with in-distribution knowledge only."
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## Contributor Mode
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If `_CONTRIB` is `true`: you are in **contributor mode**. You're a gstack user who also helps make it better.
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Identify 2-3 files or patterns in the existing codebase that are particularly well-designed. Note them as style references for the review. Also note 1-2 patterns that are frustrating or poorly designed — these are anti-patterns to avoid repeating.
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Report findings before proceeding to Step 0.
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### Landscape Check
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Read ETHOS.md for the Search Before Building framework (the preamble's Search Before Building section has the path). Before challenging scope, understand the landscape. WebSearch for:
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- "[product category] landscape {current year}"
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- "[key feature] alternatives"
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- "why [incumbent/conventional approach] [succeeds/fails]"
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If WebSearch is unavailable, skip this check and note: "Search unavailable — proceeding with in-distribution knowledge only."
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Run the three-layer synthesis:
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- **[Layer 1]** What's the tried-and-true approach in this space?
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- **[Layer 2]** What are the search results saying?
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- **[Layer 3]** First-principles reasoning — where might the conventional wisdom be wrong?
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Feed into the Premise Challenge (0A) and Dream State Mapping (0C). If you find a eureka moment, surface it during the Expansion opt-in ceremony as a differentiation opportunity. Log it (see preamble).
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## Step 0: Nuclear Scope Challenge + Mode Selection
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### 0A. Premise Challenge
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- Glob
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- Bash
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- AskUserQuestion
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- WebSearch
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---
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{{PREAMBLE}}
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Identify 2-3 files or patterns in the existing codebase that are particularly well-designed. Note them as style references for the review. Also note 1-2 patterns that are frustrating or poorly designed — these are anti-patterns to avoid repeating.
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Report findings before proceeding to Step 0.
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### Landscape Check
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Read ETHOS.md for the Search Before Building framework (the preamble's Search Before Building section has the path). Before challenging scope, understand the landscape. WebSearch for:
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- "[product category] landscape {current year}"
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- "[key feature] alternatives"
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- "why [incumbent/conventional approach] [succeeds/fails]"
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If WebSearch is unavailable, skip this check and note: "Search unavailable — proceeding with in-distribution knowledge only."
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Run the three-layer synthesis:
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- **[Layer 1]** What's the tried-and-true approach in this space?
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- **[Layer 2]** What are the search results saying?
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- **[Layer 3]** First-principles reasoning — where might the conventional wisdom be wrong?
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Feed into the Premise Challenge (0A) and Dream State Mapping (0C). If you find a eureka moment, surface it during the Expansion opt-in ceremony as a differentiation opportunity. Log it (see preamble).
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## Step 0: Nuclear Scope Challenge + Mode Selection
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### 0A. Premise Challenge
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