gstack/gstack-upgrade/SKILL.md.tmpl

---
name: gstack-upgrade
version: 1.1.0
description: |
  Upgrade gstack to the latest version. Detects global vs vendored install,
  runs the upgrade, and shows what's new. Use when asked to "upgrade gstack",
  "update gstack", or "get latest version".
voice-triggers:
  - "upgrade the tools"
  - "update the tools"
  - "gee stack upgrade"
  - "g stack upgrade"
triggers:
  - upgrade gstack
  - update gstack version
  - get latest gstack
allowed-tools:
  - Bash
  - Read
  - Write
  - AskUserQuestion
---

# /gstack-upgrade

Upgrade gstack to the latest version and show what's new.

## Inline upgrade flow

This section is referenced by all skill preambles when they detect `UPGRADE_AVAILABLE`.

### Step 1: Ask the user (or auto-upgrade)

First, check if auto-upgrade is enabled:
```bash
_AUTO=""
[ "${GSTACK_AUTO_UPGRADE:-}" = "1" ] && _AUTO="true"
[ -z "$_AUTO" ] && _AUTO=$(~/.claude/skills/gstack/bin/gstack-config get auto_upgrade 2>/dev/null || true)
echo "AUTO_UPGRADE=$_AUTO"
```

**If `AUTO_UPGRADE=true` or `AUTO_UPGRADE=1`:** Skip AskUserQuestion. Log "Auto-upgrading gstack v{old} → v{new}..." and proceed directly to Step 2. On setup failure, follow Step 4's install-specific recovery: vendored installs restore their backup; git installs stop with the pre-upgrade commit recorded, without a destructive reset. Never claim restoration unless it actually succeeded.

**Otherwise**, use AskUserQuestion:
- Question: "gstack **v{new}** is available (you're on v{old}). Upgrade now?"
  Four fields (`UPGRADE_AVAILABLE <old> <old>+<n> <sha>`, main moved): ask "gstack main is **{n} commit(s)** past v{old} (at {sha}). Upgrade now?"
- Options: ["Yes, upgrade now", "Always keep me up to date", "Not now", "Never ask again"]

**If "Yes, upgrade now":** Proceed to Step 2.

**If "Always keep me up to date":**
```bash
~/.claude/skills/gstack/bin/gstack-config set auto_upgrade true
```
Tell user: "Auto-upgrade enabled. Future updates will install automatically." Then proceed to Step 2.

**If "Not now":** Write snooze state with escalating backoff (first snooze = 24h, second = 48h, third+ = 1 week), then continue with the current skill. Do not mention the upgrade again.
```bash
GSTACK_STATE_ROOT=$(~/.claude/skills/gstack/bin/gstack-paths --get GSTACK_STATE_ROOT); : "${GSTACK_STATE_ROOT:?gstack-paths failed; reinstall with ./setup or /gstack-upgrade}"
_SNOOZE_FILE="$GSTACK_STATE_ROOT/update-snoozed"
_REMOTE_VER="{new}"
_CUR_LEVEL=0
if [ -f "$_SNOOZE_FILE" ]; then
  _SNOOZED_VER=$(awk '{print $(1)}' "$_SNOOZE_FILE")
  if [ "$_SNOOZED_VER" = "$_REMOTE_VER" ]; then
    _CUR_LEVEL=$(awk '{print $(2)}' "$_SNOOZE_FILE")
    case "$_CUR_LEVEL" in *[!0-9]*) _CUR_LEVEL=0 ;; esac
  fi
fi
_NEW_LEVEL=$((_CUR_LEVEL + 1))
[ "$_NEW_LEVEL" -gt 3 ] && _NEW_LEVEL=3
echo "$_REMOTE_VER $_NEW_LEVEL $(date +%s)" > "$_SNOOZE_FILE"
```
Note: `{new}` is the remote version from the `UPGRADE_AVAILABLE` output — substitute it from the update check result. On a four-field line use the SHA (fourth field) as `{new}`, so the snooze ends when main moves.

Tell user the snooze duration: "Next reminder in 24h" (or 48h or 1 week, depending on level). Tip: "Set `auto_upgrade: true` in `~/.gstack/config.yaml` for automatic upgrades."

**If "Never ask again":**
```bash
~/.claude/skills/gstack/bin/gstack-config set update_check false
```
Tell user: "Update checks disabled. Run `~/.claude/skills/gstack/bin/gstack-config set update_check true` to re-enable."
Continue with the current skill.

### Step 2: Detect install type

```bash
if [ -d "$HOME/.claude/skills/gstack/.git" ]; then
  INSTALL_TYPE="global-git"
  INSTALL_DIR="$HOME/.claude/skills/gstack"
elif [ -d "$HOME/.gstack/repos/gstack/.git" ]; then
  INSTALL_TYPE="global-git"
  INSTALL_DIR="$HOME/.gstack/repos/gstack"
elif [ -d ".claude/skills/gstack/.git" ]; then
  INSTALL_TYPE="local-git"
  INSTALL_DIR=".claude/skills/gstack"
elif [ -d ".agents/skills/gstack/.git" ]; then
  INSTALL_TYPE="local-git"
  INSTALL_DIR=".agents/skills/gstack"
elif [ -d ".claude/skills/gstack" ]; then
  INSTALL_TYPE="vendored"
  INSTALL_DIR=".claude/skills/gstack"
elif [ -d "$HOME/.claude/skills/gstack" ]; then
  INSTALL_TYPE="vendored-global"
  INSTALL_DIR="$HOME/.claude/skills/gstack"
elif _SRC=$({{BIN_DIR}}/gstack-paths --get GSTACK_STATE_ROOT 2>/dev/null) && _SRC=$(awk -F '\t' '$(1) == "{{HOST_ID}}" && $(6) != "-" { print $(6); exit }' "$_SRC/installs.tsv" 2>/dev/null) && [ -d "$_SRC/.git" ]; then
  # The install registry names the checkout setup activated for this host (e.g. a ~/gstack clone).
  INSTALL_TYPE="global-git"
  INSTALL_DIR="$_SRC"
else
  echo "ERROR: gstack not found"
  exit 1
fi
INSTALL_DIR=$(cd -- "$INSTALL_DIR" && pwd -P) || { echo "ERROR: cannot enter the gstack install directory" >&2; exit 1; }
echo "Install type: $INSTALL_TYPE at $INSTALL_DIR"
```

The install type and the absolute directory printed above are used in all subsequent steps.
Carry `INSTALL_TYPE`, `INSTALL_DIR`, `OLD_VERSION`, and later `UPSTREAM_REF` and `NEW_VERSION` forward explicitly: tool calls may run in fresh shells, so start each later block by assigning them from the captured output (for example `INSTALL_DIR=/abs/path/printed/above`). Do not rely on a prior call's working directory or shell variables. Every block that changes files first checks `INSTALL_DIR` and stops before any git command when it is unset, empty, missing, unreadable, or not gstack's own checkout.

### Step 3: Save old version

Use the install directory from Step 2's output below:

```bash
OLD_VERSION=$(cat "${INSTALL_DIR:?INSTALL_DIR is not set: re-run Step 2 and substitute the printed path}/VERSION" 2>/dev/null || echo "unknown")
echo "OLD_VERSION=$OLD_VERSION"
```

### Step 4: Upgrade

Use the install type and directory detected in Step 2:

**For git installs** (global-git, local-git):

Fast-forward first, through `bin/gstack-ff-update`, the same code the
session-update auto-upgrade uses: local edits that merge cleanly ride over the
update, and an edit that conflicts (or a staged change, or an unmerged file)
is saved in a rescue ref instead of being left as conflict markers:
```bash
cd -- "${INSTALL_DIR:?INSTALL_DIR is not set: re-run Step 2 and substitute the printed path}" || exit 1
{ [ -f VERSION ] && [ -f setup ] && [ -f bin/gstack-config ] && _p=$(git rev-parse --show-prefix 2>/dev/null) && [ -z "$_p" ] && [ "$(git rev-parse --is-inside-work-tree 2>/dev/null)" = true ]; } || { echo "ERROR: $INSTALL_DIR is not a gstack checkout; nothing was changed. Re-run Step 2." >&2; exit 1; }
git fetch origin
# Channel ref (docs/releases.md): origin/stable for a team install, else origin/main
_CH=$(bash bin/gstack-update-channel.sh --fetch-ref 2>&1) || _CH=origin/main
echo "$_CH"; UPSTREAM_REF=$(printf '%s\n' "$_CH" | tail -1)
echo "UPSTREAM_REF=${UPSTREAM_REF:=origin/main}"
# Same pre-advance check as the auto-updater: the incoming release's Bun floor,
# judged by bash whatever this tool shell is (zsh does not word-split).
HOLD=$(UPSTREAM_REF="$UPSTREAM_REF" bash -c '. bin/gstack-bun-version.sh && gstack_bun_incoming_hold . "$UPSTREAM_REF"' 2>/dev/null) && { case "$HOLD" in bun-version-unreadable*) echo "BUN_VERSION_UNREADABLE: $HOLD; nothing was changed" >&2 ;; *) echo "BUN_TOO_OLD: $HOLD; nothing was changed" >&2 ;; esac; exit 1; }
PRE_UPGRADE_COMMIT=$(git rev-parse HEAD)
echo "PRE_UPGRADE_COMMIT=$PRE_UPGRADE_COMMIT"
# Past the release (by ancestry, or by VERSION in a depth-1 clone): wait for stable; nothing moves back.
if [ "$UPSTREAM_REF" = origin/stable ] && [ "$(git rev-parse origin/stable)" != "$PRE_UPGRADE_COMMIT" ] && ! git merge-base --is-ancestor HEAD origin/stable 2>/dev/null \
  && { git merge-base --is-ancestor origin/stable HEAD 2>/dev/null || [ "$(printf '%s\n%s\n' "$(git show origin/stable:VERSION)" "$(cat VERSION)" | sort -V | tail -1)" = "$(cat VERSION)" ]; }; then echo "AHEAD_OF_STABLE"; exit 0; fi
FF=$(bash bin/gstack-ff-update . "$UPSTREAM_REF"); FF_RC=$?
echo "$FF"
case "$FF_RC" in
  0) if {{SETUP_COMMAND}} --refresh-registered; then echo "FF_OK"; else echo "SETUP_FAILED: git update succeeded; stop and inspect setup output (previous commit: $PRE_UPGRADE_COMMIT)" >&2; exit 1; fi ;;
  4) echo "FF_REFUSED" ;;
  *) echo "FF_STOPPED: $FF" >&2; exit 1 ;;
esac
```

Setup's `--refresh-registered` refreshes every install this checkout
registered (each host, global and this project's), prints the source first,
and ends with an `Upgrade summary` of one row per install. Relay those rows
as printed. A `failed` row means that host kept its previous install; give
its retry command and never say every host was refreshed. A `skipped` row
belongs to another checkout or project; pass on its command, do not run it.

If the output ends with `FF_OK`, the upgrade is done — skip the fallback
below entirely. When the line before it reads
`rescued <old> <new> refs/gstack/rescue/<oid> unmerged=<0|1>`, tell the user
their conflicting local edits were saved there and relay the `Inspect`,
`Export` and `Delete` commands the script printed (export into a scratch
checkout with `git apply -3`, never `stash apply` in the install;
`unmerged=1` means the rescue needs manual resolution).
On `FF_STOPPED`, STOP and relay the reason: nothing was changed.
On `AHEAD_OF_STABLE`, STOP: the checkout is already past the latest stable release, so nothing changes until the next cut (`gstack-config set update_channel main` follows every merge). On a `fetching origin/stable failed` line above, STOP and relay it; nothing was changed.
`ff-busy` means another gstack update is running (retry in a minute);
`autostash-unrecoverable` names what is in the way (an untracked file the
release adds, or another git command); `index-unreadable` means the checkout's
index is damaged.
On `BUN_TOO_OLD`, STOP: tell the user to run `bun upgrade`, then /gstack-upgrade again.
On `BUN_VERSION_UNREADABLE`, STOP: `bun --version` did not print a version gstack can read, so `bun upgrade` may not run either; tell the user to reinstall Bun from https://bun.sh (`curl -fsSL https://bun.sh/install | bash` in Git Bash or a macOS/Linux terminal), check that `bun --version` prints a version such as 1.4.2, then run /gstack-upgrade again (docs/troubleshooting.md#bun-version-unreadable).
On `SETUP_FAILED`, STOP; keep user changes and report the recovery commit. There is no `.bak` on the git path. Do not enter the divergence fallback merely because setup failed. Enter it only on `FF_REFUSED` (local commits or a diverged history); network/auth failures stop for repair, not reset.

**Fallback (ff-only refused — local commits or divergence).** `git reset
--hard` DESTROYS things: a clean tree with unpushed local commits still loses
those commits. Gate it:

1. Run `git status --porcelain` and `git rev-list "${UPSTREAM_REF:?}"..HEAD --oneline`
   in `$INSTALL_DIR`.
2. If BOTH are empty, the reset is provably safe — run the fallback block
   below without asking.
3. Otherwise ask via AskUserQuestion (one-way door — destructive), listing
   exactly what will be discarded: each dirty file and each unpushed commit
   by hash + subject. Options: **A)** Discard them and upgrade (reset) —
   requires the explicit letter; **B)** Abort the upgrade so the user can
   rescue their work first (recommended when local commits exist). Never
   proceed on a vague reply.

```bash
cd -- "${INSTALL_DIR:?INSTALL_DIR is not set: re-run Step 2 and substitute the printed path}" || exit 1
{ [ -f VERSION ] && [ -f setup ] && [ -f bin/gstack-config ] && _p=$(git rev-parse --show-prefix 2>/dev/null) && [ -z "$_p" ] && [ "$(git rev-parse --is-inside-work-tree 2>/dev/null)" = true ]; } || { echo "ERROR: $INSTALL_DIR is not a gstack checkout; nothing was changed. Re-run Step 2." >&2; exit 1; }
# Regenerable render-footprint dirt (setup re-renders it) never goes into the stash.
git checkout -- 'SKILL.md' '*/SKILL.md' '*/sections/*.md' 2>/dev/null || true
STASH_OUTPUT=$(git stash 2>&1)
git reset --hard "${UPSTREAM_REF:?UPSTREAM_REF is not set: substitute the value Step 4 printed}"
{{SETUP_COMMAND}} --refresh-registered
```
If `$STASH_OUTPUT` contains "Saved working directory", warn the user: "Note: local changes were stashed (any modified generated SKILL.md/sections files were discarded first — they regenerate on setup). Run `git stash pop` in the skill directory to restore your own changes."

**For vendored installs** (vendored, vendored-global):
```bash
(cd -- "${INSTALL_DIR:?INSTALL_DIR is not set: re-run Step 2 and substitute the printed path}" && [ -f VERSION ] && [ -f setup ] && [ -f bin/gstack-config ]) || { echo "ERROR: INSTALL_DIR=${INSTALL_DIR:-} is not a gstack install; nothing was changed. Re-run Step 2." >&2; exit 1; }
# A stale .bak from a previously crashed upgrade would make the mv below NEST
# the live install inside it and the failure-restore arm would "restore" the
# stale backup. It may also be the only good copy from that crashed run —
# abort and let the human inspect, never delete it silently.
[ -e "$INSTALL_DIR.bak" ] && { echo "ERROR: stale backup exists at $INSTALL_DIR.bak (from a previous failed upgrade?) — inspect it, salvage/remove it, then re-run." >&2; exit 1; }
TMP_DIR=$(mktemp -d "${TMPDIR:-/tmp}/gstack-upgrade.XXXXXX") || { echo "ERROR: mktemp failed — aborting upgrade (install untouched)." >&2; exit 1; }
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/garrytan/gstack.git "$TMP_DIR/gstack" || { echo "ERROR: clone failed — aborting upgrade (install untouched)." >&2; rm -rf "$TMP_DIR"; exit 1; }
mv "$INSTALL_DIR" "$INSTALL_DIR.bak" || { rm -rf "$TMP_DIR"; exit 1; }
if mv "$TMP_DIR/gstack" "$INSTALL_DIR"; then
  if (cd "$INSTALL_DIR" && {{SETUP_COMMAND}} --refresh-registered); then
    rm -rf "$INSTALL_DIR.bak" "$TMP_DIR"
  else
    rm -rf "$INSTALL_DIR"
    mv "$INSTALL_DIR.bak" "$INSTALL_DIR" || { echo "ERROR: restore failed; backup retained." >&2; exit 1; }
    rm -rf "$TMP_DIR"
    echo "ERROR: setup failed; previous install restored." >&2
    exit 1
  fi
else
  mv "$INSTALL_DIR.bak" "$INSTALL_DIR"
  echo "ERROR: swap failed — previous install restored; upgrade aborted." >&2
  rm -rf "$TMP_DIR"
  exit 1
fi
```

### Step 4.5: Handle local vendored copy

Use the install directory from Step 2. Check if there's also a local vendored copy, and whether team mode is active:

```bash
_RESOLVED_PRIMARY=$(cd -- "${INSTALL_DIR:?INSTALL_DIR is not set: re-run Step 2 and substitute the printed path}" && pwd -P) || exit 1
_ROOT=$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel 2>/dev/null)
LOCAL_GSTACK=""
if [ -n "$_ROOT" ] && [ -d "$_ROOT/.claude/skills/gstack" ]; then
  _RESOLVED_LOCAL=$(cd "$_ROOT/.claude/skills/gstack" && pwd -P)
  if [ "$_RESOLVED_LOCAL" != "$_RESOLVED_PRIMARY" ]; then
    LOCAL_GSTACK="$_ROOT/.claude/skills/gstack"
  fi
fi
_TEAM_MODE=$(~/.claude/skills/gstack/bin/gstack-config get team_mode 2>/dev/null || echo "false")
echo "LOCAL_GSTACK=$LOCAL_GSTACK"
echo "TEAM_MODE=$_TEAM_MODE"
```

**If `LOCAL_GSTACK` is non-empty AND `TEAM_MODE` is `true`:** Remove the vendored copy. Team mode uses the global install as the single source of truth.

```bash
(cd -- "${LOCAL_GSTACK:?LOCAL_GSTACK is not set: re-run the detection block above and substitute the printed path}" && [ -f VERSION ] && [ -f setup ] && [ -f bin/gstack-config ]) || { echo "ERROR: LOCAL_GSTACK=${LOCAL_GSTACK:-} is not a gstack copy; nothing was changed." >&2; exit 1; }
_ROOT=${LOCAL_GSTACK%/.claude/skills/gstack}
{ [ "$_ROOT" != "$LOCAL_GSTACK" ] && cd -- "${_ROOT:?}" && _p=$(git rev-parse --show-prefix 2>/dev/null) && [ -z "$_p" ] && [ "$(git rev-parse --is-inside-work-tree 2>/dev/null)" = true ]; } || { echo "ERROR: $LOCAL_GSTACK is not the vendored copy at the root of a git repository; nothing was changed." >&2; exit 1; }
git rm -r --cached .claude/skills/gstack/ 2>/dev/null || true
if ! grep -qF '.claude/skills/gstack/' .gitignore 2>/dev/null; then
  echo '.claude/skills/gstack/' >> .gitignore
fi
rm -rf "$LOCAL_GSTACK"
```
Tell user: "Removed vendored copy at `$LOCAL_GSTACK` (team mode active — global install is the source of truth). Commit the `.gitignore` change when ready."

**If `LOCAL_GSTACK` is non-empty AND `TEAM_MODE` is NOT `true`:** Update it by copying from the freshly-upgraded primary install (same approach as README vendored install):
```bash
(cd -- "${INSTALL_DIR:?INSTALL_DIR is not set: re-run Step 2 and substitute the printed path}" && [ -f VERSION ] && [ -f setup ] && [ -f bin/gstack-config ]) || { echo "ERROR: INSTALL_DIR=${INSTALL_DIR:-} is not a gstack install; nothing was changed." >&2; exit 1; }
(cd -- "${LOCAL_GSTACK:?LOCAL_GSTACK is not set: re-run the detection block above and substitute the printed path}" && [ -f VERSION ] && [ -f setup ] && [ -f bin/gstack-config ]) || { echo "ERROR: LOCAL_GSTACK=${LOCAL_GSTACK:-} is not a gstack copy; nothing was changed." >&2; exit 1; }
[ -e "$LOCAL_GSTACK.bak" ] && { echo "ERROR: stale vendored backup; inspect it before retrying." >&2; exit 1; }
mv "$LOCAL_GSTACK" "$LOCAL_GSTACK.bak" || exit 1
if cp -Rf "$INSTALL_DIR" "$LOCAL_GSTACK" && rm -rf "$LOCAL_GSTACK/.git" && (cd "$LOCAL_GSTACK" && {{SETUP_COMMAND}} --refresh-registered); then
  rm -rf "$LOCAL_GSTACK.bak"
  echo "LOCAL_SYNC_OK"
else
  rm -rf "$LOCAL_GSTACK"
  mv "$LOCAL_GSTACK.bak" "$LOCAL_GSTACK" || { echo "ERROR: restore failed; backup retained." >&2; exit 1; }
  echo "ERROR: sync failed; previous vendored copy restored." >&2
  exit 1
fi
```
Only on `LOCAL_SYNC_OK`, tell user: "Also updated vendored copy at `$LOCAL_GSTACK` — commit `.claude/skills/gstack/` when you're ready." Otherwise stop and report the recovery outcome; do not continue migrations or announce success.

### Step 4.75: Run version migrations

After `./setup`, run the migrations in `gstack-upgrade/migrations/` (idempotent
`v{VERSION}.sh` scripts; CONTRIBUTING.md says how to add one) newer than the old
version: they fix state `./setup` alone cannot (stale config, orphaned files).

```bash
MIGRATIONS_DIR="${INSTALL_DIR:?INSTALL_DIR is not set: re-run Step 2 and substitute the printed path}/gstack-upgrade/migrations"
: "${OLD_VERSION:?OLD_VERSION is not set: substitute the value Step 3 printed}"
if [ -d "$MIGRATIONS_DIR" ]; then
  for migration in $(find "$MIGRATIONS_DIR" -maxdepth 1 -name 'v*.sh' -type f 2>/dev/null | sort -V); do
    m_ver="$(basename "$migration" .sh | sed 's/^v//')"
    if [ "$OLD_VERSION" != "unknown" ] && [ "$(printf '%s\n%s' "$OLD_VERSION" "$m_ver" | sort -V | head -1)" = "$OLD_VERSION" ] && [ "$OLD_VERSION" != "$m_ver" ]; then
      echo "Running migration $m_ver..."
      # Without GSTACK_INSTALL_DIR a migration that cleans the install assumes ~/.claude/skills/gstack.
      GSTACK_INSTALL_DIR="$INSTALL_DIR" bash "$migration" || echo "  Warning: migration $m_ver had errors (non-fatal)"
    fi
  done
fi
```

### Step 4.8: Stop any stale daemon (unconditional)

A browse daemon started before the upgrade keeps running the old binary (the
reset and `./setup` do not stop it), so always run this step with the install
directory from Step 2.

```bash
INSTALL_DIR_PLACEHOLDER="<install dir from Step 2>"
NEW_HASH=$(cat "$INSTALL_DIR_PLACEHOLDER/browse/dist/.version" 2>/dev/null || echo "")
_STATE_FILE="${BROWSE_STATE_FILE:-$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel 2>/dev/null || pwd)/.gstack/browse.json}"
if [ -z "$NEW_HASH" ] || [ ! -f "$_STATE_FILE" ]; then
  echo "DAEMON_CHECK=none (no state file or no fresh build hash)"
else
  DAEMON_PID=$(sed -n 's/.*"pid"[[:space:]]*:[[:space:]]*\([0-9][0-9]*\).*/\1/p' "$_STATE_FILE" | head -1)
  DAEMON_PORT=$(sed -n 's/.*"port"[[:space:]]*:[[:space:]]*\([0-9][0-9]*\).*/\1/p' "$_STATE_FILE" | head -1)
  OLD_HASH=$(sed -n 's/.*"binaryVersion"[[:space:]]*:[[:space:]]*"\([^"]*\)".*/\1/p' "$_STATE_FILE" | head -1)
  if [ -z "$DAEMON_PID" ] || ! kill -0 "$DAEMON_PID" 2>/dev/null; then
    echo "DAEMON_CHECK=dead (no live daemon to stop)"
  elif [ "$OLD_HASH" = "$NEW_HASH" ]; then
    echo "DAEMON_CHECK=current (daemon already runs the new binary)"
  elif curl -fsS --max-time 2 "http://127.0.0.1:$DAEMON_PORT/health" 2>/dev/null | grep -q '"status":"healthy"'; then
    echo "DAEMON_CHECK=stale-responsive pid=$DAEMON_PID hash=${OLD_HASH:-unknown} -> $NEW_HASH"
    "$INSTALL_DIR_PLACEHOLDER/browse/dist/browse" stop && echo "DAEMON_STOPPED=yes"
  else
    echo "DAEMON_CHECK=stale-busy pid=$DAEMON_PID hash=${OLD_HASH:-unknown} -> $NEW_HASH"
  fi
fi
```

Substitute the install directory from Step 2, then act on `DAEMON_CHECK`:

1. **`stale-responsive` + `DAEMON_STOPPED=yes`:** Tell the user "Stopped the
   old browse daemon (binary {OLD_HASH} → {NEW_HASH}). The next browse command
   starts a fresh daemon on the new binary."
2. **`stale-busy`:** The daemon runs the old binary but is mid-work — DEFER to
   it, never kill a busy daemon during upgrade. Tell the user: "A browse daemon
   is still running the pre-upgrade binary ({OLD_HASH} → {NEW_HASH}) but is
   busy right now. When it finishes, stop it with `browse stop` — or force it
   immediately with `browse --force-restart stop` (loses that session's
   tabs/cookies/logins)."
3. **`none` / `dead` / `current`:** say nothing.

### Step 5: Write marker + clear cache

```bash
GSTACK_STATE_ROOT=$(~/.claude/skills/gstack/bin/gstack-paths --get GSTACK_STATE_ROOT); : "${GSTACK_STATE_ROOT:?gstack-paths failed; reinstall with ./setup or /gstack-upgrade}"
mkdir -p "$GSTACK_STATE_ROOT"
echo "$OLD_VERSION" > "$GSTACK_STATE_ROOT"/just-upgraded-from
rm -f "$GSTACK_STATE_ROOT"/last-update-check
rm -f "$GSTACK_STATE_ROOT"/update-snoozed
```

### Step 6: Show What's New

Read `$INSTALL_DIR/CHANGELOG.md`. Find all version entries between the old version and the new version. Summarize as 5-7 bullets grouped by theme, user-facing changes first.

Four fields: summarize `git -C "$INSTALL_DIR" log --oneline <PRE_UPGRADE_COMMIT>..HEAD` (≤7 bullets) as "gstack v{old}, main at {sha}".

Format:
```
gstack v{new} — upgraded from v{old}!

What's new:
- [bullet 1]
- [bullet 2]
- ...

Happy shipping!
```

### Step 7: Continue

Continue with the skill the user originally invoked; the upgrade is done.

---

## Standalone usage

When invoked directly as `/gstack-upgrade` (not from a preamble):

1. Force a fresh update check (bypass cache):
```bash
~/.claude/skills/gstack/bin/gstack-update-check --force 2>/dev/null || \
.claude/skills/gstack/bin/gstack-update-check --force 2>/dev/null || true
```

2. If `UPGRADE_AVAILABLE` (three or four fields): follow Steps 2-6 above.

   If `CHECK_FAILED ...`: the remote version could not be read, so the update
   status is unknown. Show the line (it names the URL that failed) and tell the
   user the check failed; never report "already on the latest version". Stop.

3. If no output (primary is up to date): check for a stale local vendored copy.

Run the Step 2 bash block above to detect the primary install type and directory (`INSTALL_TYPE` and `INSTALL_DIR`). Then run the Step 4.5 detection bash block above to check for a local vendored copy (`LOCAL_GSTACK`) and team mode status (`TEAM_MODE`).

**If `LOCAL_GSTACK` is empty** (no local vendored copy): tell the user "You're already on the latest version (v{version})."

**If `LOCAL_GSTACK` is non-empty AND `TEAM_MODE` is `true`:** Remove the vendored copy using the Step 4.5 team-mode removal bash block above. Tell user: "Global v{version} is up to date. Removed stale vendored copy (team mode active). Commit the `.gitignore` change when ready."

**If `LOCAL_GSTACK` is non-empty AND `TEAM_MODE` is NOT `true`**, compare versions:
```bash
PRIMARY_VER=$(cat "${INSTALL_DIR:?INSTALL_DIR is not set: re-run Step 2 and substitute the printed path}/VERSION" 2>/dev/null || echo "unknown")
LOCAL_VER=$(cat "${LOCAL_GSTACK:?LOCAL_GSTACK is not set: re-run the Step 4.5 detection block}/VERSION" 2>/dev/null || echo "unknown")
echo "PRIMARY=$PRIMARY_VER LOCAL=$LOCAL_VER"
```

**If versions differ:** follow the Step 4.5 sync bash block above to update the local copy from the primary. Tell user: "Global v{PRIMARY_VER} is up to date. Updated local vendored copy from v{LOCAL_VER} → v{PRIMARY_VER}. Commit `.claude/skills/gstack/` when you're ready."

**If versions match:** tell the user "You're on the latest version (v{PRIMARY_VER}). Global and local vendored copy are both up to date."