docs: Aside first, gstack browser fallback

README, BROWSER.md, docs/, CONTRIBUTING, CLAUDE.md, ARCHITECTURE, AGENTS.md, TODOS and the root router describe the one product story: Aside is the browser gstack drives first; the bundled headless browser is the automatic fallback (Linux, Windows, app closed) where cookie import, GStack Browser, pair-agent and browser-skills still apply.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5.1 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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| `/devex-review` | Live developer experience audit (TTHW measured against the real flow). |
| `/qa` | Open a real browser, find bugs, fix them, re-verify. |
| `/qa-only` | Same methodology as /qa but report only — no code changes. |
| `/scrape` | Pull data from a web page. First call prototypes; codified call runs in ~200ms. |
| `/skillify` | Codify the most recent successful `/scrape` flow into a permanent browser-skill. |
| `/scrape` | Pull data from a web page in your Aside browser, with your real logged-in state. Read-only. On the fallback browser a codified browser-skill answers a repeat intent in ~200ms. |
| `/skillify` | Codify the most recent successful `/scrape` flow into a permanent browser-skill (fallback browser only). |
### Release + deploy
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|-------|-------------|
| `/ship` | Run tests, review, push, open PR. Workspace-aware version queue. |
| `/land-and-deploy` | Merge the PR, wait for CI and deploy, verify production health. |
| `/canary` | Post-deploy monitoring loop using the browse daemon. |
| `/canary` | Post-deploy monitoring loop in your Aside browser (or gstack's own when Aside is absent). |
| `/landing-report` | Read-only dashboard for the workspace-aware ship queue. |
| `/document-release` | Update all docs to match what you just shipped. |
| `/document-generate` | Generate Diataxis docs (tutorial / how-to / reference / explanation) from code. |
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### Browser + agent integration
Every browser skill drives the Aside AI browser first (macOS 15+, aside.com) —
the user's real browser with their real sessions, through `aside repl` scripts;
gstack never installs it. When Aside is not installed or not running (Linux,
Windows, a closed Aside app) the same skills fall back automatically to gstack's
own headless Chromium (`$B`), which is where the three skills under `/browse` apply.
| Skill | What it does |
|-------|-------------|
| `/browse` | Headless browser — real Chromium, real clicks, ~100ms/command. |
| `/open-gstack-browser` | Launch the visible GStack Browser with sidebar + stealth. |
| `/setup-browser-cookies` | Import cookies from your real browser for authenticated testing. |
| `/pair-agent` | Pair a remote AI agent (OpenClaw, Codex, etc.) with your browser. |
| `/browse` | Drive a browser: open a page, read it, click through a flow, screenshots, console errors. Aside first; gstack's own Chromium (~100ms/command) as the fallback. Every other browser skill stands on it. |
| `/open-gstack-browser` | Launch the visible GStack Browser with sidebar + stealth — the headed face of the fallback engine. |
| `/setup-browser-cookies` | Import cookies from your real browser into the fallback engine for authenticated testing. Unnecessary on Aside. |
| `/pair-agent` | Pair a remote AI agent (OpenClaw, Codex, etc.) with gstack's own browser over a scoped tunnel. |
### iOS QA — drive real iPhones over USB or Tailscale (v1.43.0.0+)
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| `/freeze` | Lock edits to one directory. Hard block, not just a warning. |
| `/guard` | Activate both careful + freeze at once. |
| `/unfreeze` | Remove directory edit restrictions. |
| `/make-pdf` | Turn any markdown file into a publication-quality PDF. |
| `/diagram` | English in, diagram out: mermaid source + editable .excalidraw + SVG/PNG, offline. |
| `/make-pdf` | Turn any markdown file into a publication-quality PDF. Renders through Aside, or gstack's own browser when Aside is absent. |
| `/diagram` | English in, diagram out: mermaid source + editable .excalidraw + SVG/PNG, offline. Renders through Aside, or gstack's own browser when Aside is absent. |
## Build commands
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MSYS today; native PowerShell support is a future expansion. The `bin/gstack-paths`
helper resolves state roots through `CLAUDE_PLUGIN_DATA` / `GSTACK_HOME` so plugin
installs work on every platform.
- **Browser and renderer**: the browser skills, `/make-pdf`, and `/diagram` drive
the Aside browser first, which is macOS 15+ only. On Linux and Windows (or a
Mac with Aside closed) the readiness check says so once and the same skills use
gstack's own bundled browser, built by `./setup`.
## Key conventions
- SKILL.md files are **generated** from `.tmpl` templates. Edit the template, not the output.
- Run `bun run gen:skill-docs --host codex` to regenerate Codex-specific output.
- The browse binary provides headless browser access. Use `$B <command>` in skills.
- Browser steps in skills are `aside repl` scripts per `scripts/resolvers/aside.ts` (Aside first), each with a `$B` equivalent for the fallback engine — `$B <command>` is the browse binary and is a legitimate tool when the Aside probe does not print `READY`. Local HTML renders through `bin/gstack-render.ts`, which picks the same way.
- Safety skills (careful, freeze, guard) use inline advisory prose — always confirm before destructive operations.
- State paths resolve via `bin/gstack-paths` (sourced via `eval "$(...)"`). Honors `GSTACK_HOME`, `CLAUDE_PLUGIN_DATA`, `CLAUDE_PLANS_DIR`.
- The `claude` CLI binary resolves via `browse/src/claude-bin.ts` (`Bun.which()` + `GSTACK_CLAUDE_BIN` override). Set `GSTACK_CLAUDE_BIN=wsl` plus `GSTACK_CLAUDE_BIN_ARGS='["claude"]'` to run Claude through WSL on Windows.
- The `claude` CLI binary resolves via `browse/src/claude-bin.ts` (shared copy: `lib/claude-bin.ts`; `Bun.which()` + `GSTACK_CLAUDE_BIN` override). Set `GSTACK_CLAUDE_BIN=wsl` plus `GSTACK_CLAUDE_BIN_ARGS='["claude"]'` to run Claude through WSL on Windows.