* refactor(ethos): rename Boil the Lake principle to Boil the Ocean
Reframes the completeness principle so the ocean (the complete thing) is the
goal and lakes are the boilable units you ship on the way there. "Don't boil
the ocean" was right when engineering time was the bottleneck; AI killed that
bottleneck, so the ocean is now the destination.
Resolves an existing split: the scope_appetite psychographic, archetypes, and
the completeness intro flow already used "boil the ocean" as the
complete-implementation pole while the named principle still said "lake".
Sources only: ETHOS.md philosophy, CLAUDE.md, README.md, the preamble
resolvers, and the plan/autoplan/document-generate templates.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
* test: update assertions + golden fixtures for Boil the Ocean rename
skill-validation and terse-build now assert "Boil the Ocean"; the three ship
golden fixtures are regenerated to match the renamed Completeness Principle
header and intro prose.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
* docs: regenerate SKILL.md files for Boil the Ocean rename
Mechanical `bun run gen:skill-docs` output: the Completeness Principle header
and intro flow now read "Boil the Ocean" across every generated skill.
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* chore: bump version and changelog (v1.57.4.0)
Boil the Ocean rename: completeness principle renamed across ETHOS, every
generated skill, CLAUDE.md, README, and the preamble resolvers. Text only,
no runtime behavior change.
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* feat: user sovereignty — AI models recommend, users decide
When Claude and Codex agree on a scope change, they now present it to the
user instead of auto-incorporating it. Adds User Sovereignty as the third
core principle in ETHOS.md. Fixes the cross-model tension template in
review.ts to present both perspectives neutrally instead of judging. Adds
User Challenge category to autoplan with proper contract updates (intro,
important rules, audit trail, gate handling). Adds Outside Voice Integration
Rule to CEO and eng review templates.
* chore: regenerate SKILL.md files from updated templates
* chore: bump version and changelog (v0.13.2.0)
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* fix: proper gstack description in openai.yaml + block Codex from rewriting it
Codex kept overwriting agents/openai.yaml with a browse-only description.
Two fixes: (1) better description covering full PM/dev/eng/CEO/QA scope,
(2) add agents/ to the filesystem boundary so Codex stops modifying it.
* chore: regenerate SKILL.md files with updated filesystem boundary
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* 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.
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* 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
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