diff --git a/codex/SKILL.md.tmpl b/codex/SKILL.md.tmpl
index 4a8fbbe8..3103387f 100644
--- a/codex/SKILL.md.tmpl
+++ b/codex/SKILL.md.tmpl
@@ -240,6 +240,7 @@ TMPERR=$(mktemp /tmp/codex-err-XXXXXX.txt)
 3. **Plan review auto-detection:** If the user's prompt is about reviewing a plan,
 or if plan files exist and the user said `/codex` with no arguments:
 ```bash
+setopt +o nomatch 2>/dev/null || true  # zsh compat
 ls -t ~/.claude/plans/*.md 2>/dev/null | xargs grep -l "$(basename $(pwd))" 2>/dev/null | head -1
 ```
 If no project-scoped match, fall back to `ls -t ~/.claude/plans/*.md 2>/dev/null | head -1`
diff --git a/cso/SKILL.md.tmpl b/cso/SKILL.md.tmpl
index b1904a8e..676c1bd9 100644
--- a/cso/SKILL.md.tmpl
+++ b/cso/SKILL.md.tmpl
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ ls go.mod 2>/dev/null && echo "STACK: Go"
 ls Cargo.toml 2>/dev/null && echo "STACK: Rust"
 ls pom.xml build.gradle 2>/dev/null && echo "STACK: JVM"
 ls composer.json 2>/dev/null && echo "STACK: PHP"
-ls *.csproj *.sln 2>/dev/null && echo "STACK: .NET"
+find . -maxdepth 1 \( -name '*.csproj' -o -name '*.sln' \) 2>/dev/null | grep -q . && echo "STACK: .NET"
 ```
 
 **Framework detection:**
@@ -110,7 +110,8 @@ Map what an attacker sees — both code surface and infrastructure surface.
 
 **Infrastructure surface:**
 ```bash
-ls .github/workflows/*.yml .github/workflows/*.yaml .gitlab-ci.yml 2>/dev/null | wc -l
+setopt +o nomatch 2>/dev/null || true  # zsh compat
+{ find .github/workflows -maxdepth 1 \( -name '*.yml' -o -name '*.yaml' \) 2>/dev/null; [ -f .gitlab-ci.yml ] && echo .gitlab-ci.yml; } | wc -l
 find . -maxdepth 4 -name "Dockerfile*" -o -name "docker-compose*.yml" 2>/dev/null
 find . -maxdepth 4 -name "*.tf" -o -name "*.tfvars" -o -name "kustomization.yaml" 2>/dev/null
 ls .env .env.* 2>/dev/null
@@ -160,7 +161,7 @@ grep -q "^\.env$\|^\.env\.\*" .gitignore 2>/dev/null && echo ".env IS gitignored
 
 **CI configs with inline secrets (not using secret stores):**
 ```bash
-for f in .github/workflows/*.yml .github/workflows/*.yaml .gitlab-ci.yml .circleci/config.yml; do
+for f in $(find .github/workflows -maxdepth 1 \( -name '*.yml' -o -name '*.yaml' \) 2>/dev/null) .gitlab-ci.yml .circleci/config.yml; do
   [ -f "$f" ] && grep -n "password:\|token:\|secret:\|api_key:" "$f" | grep -v '\${{' | grep -v 'secrets\.'
 done 2>/dev/null
 ```
diff --git a/design-consultation/SKILL.md.tmpl b/design-consultation/SKILL.md.tmpl
index f33eabb6..2d7a5a34 100644
--- a/design-consultation/SKILL.md.tmpl
+++ b/design-consultation/SKILL.md.tmpl
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ ls src/ app/ pages/ components/ 2>/dev/null | head -30
 Look for office-hours output:
 
 ```bash
+setopt +o nomatch 2>/dev/null || true  # zsh compat
 {{SLUG_EVAL}}
 ls ~/.gstack/projects/$SLUG/*office-hours* 2>/dev/null | head -5
 ls .context/*office-hours* .context/attachments/*office-hours* 2>/dev/null | head -5
diff --git a/land-and-deploy/SKILL.md.tmpl b/land-and-deploy/SKILL.md.tmpl
index c22e99e5..acec63c2 100644
--- a/land-and-deploy/SKILL.md.tmpl
+++ b/land-and-deploy/SKILL.md.tmpl
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ else
   SAVED_HASH=$(cat ~/.gstack/projects/$SLUG/land-deploy-confirmed 2>/dev/null)
   CURRENT_HASH=$(sed -n '/## Deploy Configuration/,/^## /p' CLAUDE.md 2>/dev/null | shasum -a 256 | cut -d' ' -f1)
   # Also hash workflow files that affect deploy behavior
-  WORKFLOW_HASH=$(cat .github/workflows/*deploy* .github/workflows/*cd* 2>/dev/null | shasum -a 256 | cut -d' ' -f1)
+  WORKFLOW_HASH=$(find .github/workflows -maxdepth 1 \( -name '*deploy*' -o -name '*cd*' \) 2>/dev/null | xargs cat 2>/dev/null | shasum -a 256 | cut -d' ' -f1)
   COMBINED_HASH="${CURRENT_HASH}-${WORKFLOW_HASH}"
   if [ "$SAVED_HASH" != "$COMBINED_HASH" ] && [ -n "$SAVED_HASH" ]; then
     echo "CONFIG_CHANGED"
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ grep -i "staging" CLAUDE.md 2>/dev/null | head -3
 
 2. **GitHub Actions staging workflow:** Check for workflow files with "staging" in the name or content:
 ```bash
-for f in .github/workflows/*.yml .github/workflows/*.yaml; do
+for f in $(find .github/workflows -maxdepth 1 \( -name '*.yml' -o -name '*.yaml' \) 2>/dev/null); do
   [ -f "$f" ] && grep -qiE "staging" "$f" 2>/dev/null && echo "STAGING_WORKFLOW:$f"
 done
 ```
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ Save the deploy config fingerprint so we can detect future changes:
 ```bash
 mkdir -p ~/.gstack/projects/$SLUG
 CURRENT_HASH=$(sed -n '/## Deploy Configuration/,/^## /p' CLAUDE.md 2>/dev/null | shasum -a 256 | cut -d' ' -f1)
-WORKFLOW_HASH=$(cat .github/workflows/*deploy* .github/workflows/*cd* 2>/dev/null | shasum -a 256 | cut -d' ' -f1)
+WORKFLOW_HASH=$(find .github/workflows -maxdepth 1 \( -name '*deploy*' -o -name '*cd*' \) 2>/dev/null | xargs cat 2>/dev/null | shasum -a 256 | cut -d' ' -f1)
 echo "${CURRENT_HASH}-${WORKFLOW_HASH}" > ~/.gstack/projects/$SLUG/land-deploy-confirmed
 ```
 Continue to Step 2.
@@ -415,6 +415,7 @@ If tests fail: **BLOCKER.** Cannot merge with failing tests.
 **E2E tests — check recent results:**
 
 ```bash
+setopt +o nomatch 2>/dev/null || true  # zsh compat
 ls -t ~/.gstack-dev/evals/*-e2e-*-$(date +%Y-%m-%d)*.json 2>/dev/null | head -20
 ```
 
@@ -430,6 +431,7 @@ If E2E results exist but have failures: **WARNING — N tests failed.** List the
 **LLM judge evals — check recent results:**
 
 ```bash
+setopt +o nomatch 2>/dev/null || true  # zsh compat
 ls -t ~/.gstack-dev/evals/*-llm-judge-*-$(date +%Y-%m-%d)*.json 2>/dev/null | head -5
 ```
 
diff --git a/office-hours/SKILL.md.tmpl b/office-hours/SKILL.md.tmpl
index 93abb1bb..c6de598f 100644
--- a/office-hours/SKILL.md.tmpl
+++ b/office-hours/SKILL.md.tmpl
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ Understand the project and the area the user wants to change.
 3. Use Grep/Glob to map the codebase areas most relevant to the user's request.
 4. **List existing design docs for this project:**
    ```bash
+   setopt +o nomatch 2>/dev/null || true  # zsh compat
    ls -t ~/.gstack/projects/$SLUG/*-design-*.md 2>/dev/null
    ```
    If design docs exist, list them: "Prior designs for this project: [titles + dates]"
@@ -278,6 +279,7 @@ After the user states the problem (first question in Phase 2A or 2B), search exi
 
 Extract 3-5 significant keywords from the user's problem statement and grep across design docs:
 ```bash
+setopt +o nomatch 2>/dev/null || true  # zsh compat
 grep -li "<keyword1>\|<keyword2>\|<keyword3>" ~/.gstack/projects/$SLUG/*-design-*.md 2>/dev/null
 ```
 
@@ -422,6 +424,7 @@ DATETIME=$(date +%Y%m%d-%H%M%S)
 
 **Design lineage:** Before writing, check for existing design docs on this branch:
 ```bash
+setopt +o nomatch 2>/dev/null || true  # zsh compat
 PRIOR=$(ls -t ~/.gstack/projects/$SLUG/*-$BRANCH-design-*.md 2>/dev/null | head -1)
 ```
 If `$PRIOR` exists, the new doc gets a `Supersedes:` field referencing it. This creates a revision chain — you can trace how a design evolved across office hours sessions.
diff --git a/plan-ceo-review/SKILL.md.tmpl b/plan-ceo-review/SKILL.md.tmpl
index 71fbefde..404d1791 100644
--- a/plan-ceo-review/SKILL.md.tmpl
+++ b/plan-ceo-review/SKILL.md.tmpl
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ Then read CLAUDE.md, TODOS.md, and any existing architecture docs.
 
 **Design doc check:**
 ```bash
+setopt +o nomatch 2>/dev/null || true  # zsh compat
 SLUG=$(~/.claude/skills/gstack/browse/bin/remote-slug 2>/dev/null || basename "$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel 2>/dev/null || pwd)")
 BRANCH=$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD 2>/dev/null | tr '/' '-' || echo 'no-branch')
 DESIGN=$(ls -t ~/.gstack/projects/$SLUG/*-$BRANCH-design-*.md 2>/dev/null | head -1)
@@ -115,6 +116,7 @@ If a design doc exists (from `/office-hours`), read it. Use it as the source of
 
 **Handoff note check** (reuses $SLUG and $BRANCH from the design doc check above):
 ```bash
+setopt +o nomatch 2>/dev/null || true  # zsh compat
 HANDOFF=$(ls -t ~/.gstack/projects/$SLUG/*-$BRANCH-ceo-handoff-*.md 2>/dev/null | head -1)
 [ -n "$HANDOFF" ] && echo "HANDOFF_FOUND: $HANDOFF" || echo "NO_HANDOFF"
 ```
@@ -703,6 +705,7 @@ After producing the Completion Summary, clean up any handoff notes for this bran
 the review is complete and the context is no longer needed.
 
 ```bash
+setopt +o nomatch 2>/dev/null || true  # zsh compat
 {{SLUG_EVAL}}
 rm -f ~/.gstack/projects/$SLUG/*-$BRANCH-ceo-handoff-*.md 2>/dev/null || true
 ```
diff --git a/plan-eng-review/SKILL.md.tmpl b/plan-eng-review/SKILL.md.tmpl
index b4c47e4c..b1f05a03 100644
--- a/plan-eng-review/SKILL.md.tmpl
+++ b/plan-eng-review/SKILL.md.tmpl
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ When evaluating architecture, think "boring by default." When reviewing tests, t
 
 ### Design Doc Check
 ```bash
+setopt +o nomatch 2>/dev/null || true  # zsh compat
 SLUG=$(~/.claude/skills/gstack/browse/bin/remote-slug 2>/dev/null || basename "$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel 2>/dev/null || pwd)")
 BRANCH=$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD 2>/dev/null | tr '/' '-' || echo 'no-branch')
 DESIGN=$(ls -t ~/.gstack/projects/$SLUG/*-$BRANCH-design-*.md 2>/dev/null | head -1)
diff --git a/qa-only/SKILL.md.tmpl b/qa-only/SKILL.md.tmpl
index 15d5fe4d..0bb59c0c 100644
--- a/qa-only/SKILL.md.tmpl
+++ b/qa-only/SKILL.md.tmpl
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ Before falling back to git diff heuristics, check for richer test plan sources:
 
 1. **Project-scoped test plans:** Check `~/.gstack/projects/` for recent `*-test-plan-*.md` files for this repo
    ```bash
+   setopt +o nomatch 2>/dev/null || true  # zsh compat
    {{SLUG_EVAL}}
    ls -t ~/.gstack/projects/$SLUG/*-test-plan-*.md 2>/dev/null | head -1
    ```
diff --git a/qa/SKILL.md.tmpl b/qa/SKILL.md.tmpl
index d228b21a..0283ffc7 100644
--- a/qa/SKILL.md.tmpl
+++ b/qa/SKILL.md.tmpl
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ Before falling back to git diff heuristics, check for richer test plan sources:
 
 1. **Project-scoped test plans:** Check `~/.gstack/projects/` for recent `*-test-plan-*.md` files for this repo
    ```bash
+   setopt +o nomatch 2>/dev/null || true  # zsh compat
    {{SLUG_EVAL}}
    ls -t ~/.gstack/projects/$SLUG/*-test-plan-*.md 2>/dev/null | head -1
    ```
diff --git a/retro/SKILL.md.tmpl b/retro/SKILL.md.tmpl
index cc4f53fa..5463d07a 100644
--- a/retro/SKILL.md.tmpl
+++ b/retro/SKILL.md.tmpl
@@ -307,6 +307,7 @@ Count backward from today — how many consecutive days have at least one commit
 Before saving the new snapshot, check for prior retro history:
 
 ```bash
+setopt +o nomatch 2>/dev/null || true  # zsh compat
 ls -t .context/retros/*.json 2>/dev/null
 ```
 
@@ -333,6 +334,7 @@ mkdir -p .context/retros
 
 Determine the next sequence number for today (substitute the actual date for `$(date +%Y-%m-%d)`):
 ```bash
+setopt +o nomatch 2>/dev/null || true  # zsh compat
 # Count existing retros for today to get next sequence number
 today=$(date +%Y-%m-%d)
 existing=$(ls .context/retros/${today}-*.json 2>/dev/null | wc -l | tr -d ' ')
@@ -456,6 +458,7 @@ Narrative covering:
 Check review JSONL logs for plan completion data from /ship runs this period:
 
 ```bash
+setopt +o nomatch 2>/dev/null || true  # zsh compat
 eval "$(~/.claude/skills/gstack/bin/gstack-slug 2>/dev/null)"
 cat ~/.gstack/projects/$SLUG/*-reviews.jsonl 2>/dev/null | grep '"skill":"ship"' | grep '"plan_items_total"' || echo "NO_PLAN_DATA"
 ```
@@ -757,6 +760,7 @@ Considering the full cross-project picture.
 ### Global Step 8: Load history & compare
 
 ```bash
+setopt +o nomatch 2>/dev/null || true  # zsh compat
 ls -t ~/.gstack/retros/global-*.json 2>/dev/null | head -5
 ```
 
@@ -774,6 +778,7 @@ mkdir -p ~/.gstack/retros
 
 Determine the next sequence number for today:
 ```bash
+setopt +o nomatch 2>/dev/null || true  # zsh compat
 today=$(date +%Y-%m-%d)
 existing=$(ls ~/.gstack/retros/global-${today}-*.json 2>/dev/null | wc -l | tr -d ' ')
 next=$((existing + 1))
diff --git a/scripts/resolvers/testing.ts b/scripts/resolvers/testing.ts
index fde799dc..da1381c2 100644
--- a/scripts/resolvers/testing.ts
+++ b/scripts/resolvers/testing.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ export function generateTestBootstrap(_ctx: TemplateContext): string {
 **Detect existing test framework and project runtime:**
 
 \`\`\`bash
+setopt +o nomatch 2>/dev/null || true  # zsh compat
 # Detect project runtime
 [ -f Gemfile ] && echo "RUNTIME:ruby"
 [ -f package.json ] && echo "RUNTIME:node"
@@ -200,6 +201,7 @@ Before analyzing coverage, detect the project's test framework:
 2. **If CLAUDE.md has no testing section, auto-detect:**
 
 \`\`\`bash
+setopt +o nomatch 2>/dev/null || true  # zsh compat
 # Detect project runtime
 [ -f Gemfile ] && echo "RUNTIME:ruby"
 [ -f package.json ] && echo "RUNTIME:node"
diff --git a/scripts/resolvers/utility.ts b/scripts/resolvers/utility.ts
index c3d073f5..fed9e196 100644
--- a/scripts/resolvers/utility.ts
+++ b/scripts/resolvers/utility.ts
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ fi
 ([ -f railway.json ] || [ -f railway.toml ]) && echo "PLATFORM:railway"
 
 # Detect deploy workflows
-for f in .github/workflows/*.yml .github/workflows/*.yaml; do
+for f in $(find .github/workflows -maxdepth 1 \\( -name '*.yml' -o -name '*.yaml' \\) 2>/dev/null); do
   [ -f "$f" ] && grep -qiE "deploy|release|production|cd" "$f" 2>/dev/null && echo "DEPLOY_WORKFLOW:$f"
   [ -f "$f" ] && grep -qiE "staging" "$f" 2>/dev/null && echo "STAGING_WORKFLOW:$f"
 done
diff --git a/setup-deploy/SKILL.md.tmpl b/setup-deploy/SKILL.md.tmpl
index b4bd99ef..8326da97 100644
--- a/setup-deploy/SKILL.md.tmpl
+++ b/setup-deploy/SKILL.md.tmpl
@@ -64,13 +64,13 @@ Run the platform detection from the deploy bootstrap:
 [ -f railway.json ] || [ -f railway.toml ] && echo "PLATFORM:railway"
 
 # GitHub Actions deploy workflows
-for f in .github/workflows/*.yml .github/workflows/*.yaml; do
+for f in $(find .github/workflows -maxdepth 1 \( -name '*.yml' -o -name '*.yaml' \) 2>/dev/null); do
   [ -f "$f" ] && grep -qiE "deploy|release|production|staging|cd" "$f" 2>/dev/null && echo "DEPLOY_WORKFLOW:$f"
 done
 
 # Project type
 [ -f package.json ] && grep -q '"bin"' package.json 2>/dev/null && echo "PROJECT_TYPE:cli"
-ls *.gemspec 2>/dev/null && echo "PROJECT_TYPE:library"
+find . -maxdepth 1 -name '*.gemspec' 2>/dev/null | grep -q . && echo "PROJECT_TYPE:library"
 ```
 
 ### Step 3: Platform-specific setup