gstack/scripts/gen-skill-docs.ts

#!/usr/bin/env -S bun --no-env-file --config=/dev/null
/**
 * Generate SKILL.md files from .tmpl templates.
 *
 * Pipeline:
 *   read .tmpl → find {{PLACEHOLDERS}} → resolve from source → format → write .md
 *
 * Supports --dry-run: generate to memory, exit 1 if different from committed file.
 * Used by skill:check and CI freshness checks.
 */

import { discoverTemplates, discoverSectionTemplates, includesSkill } from './discover-skills';
import { externalSkillName, extractNameAndDescription } from './external-skill-names';
export { extractNameAndDescription } from './external-skill-names';
import { generateLlmsTxt } from './gen-llms-txt';
import { generateAgentsDigest, DIGEST_RELPATH, DIGEST_BYTE_BUDGET } from './gen-agents-digest';
import { DOCTOR_COMPONENTS_RELPATH } from './gen-doctor-components';
import { renderDoctorComponentsSh } from '../lib/doctor-components';
import { generateDesignChecklistMd } from './resolvers/design-checklist';
import { DOM_DUMP_SCRIPT, DOM_DUMP_FILE } from '../lib/dom-dump-script';
import * as fs from 'fs';
import * as path from 'path';
import type { Host, TemplateContext } from './resolvers/types';
import { HOST_PATHS } from './resolvers/types';
import { RESOLVERS } from './resolvers/index';
import { rewriteCarvedSectionRefs, SKILL_BYTE_CEILING, usesLazySections } from './resolvers/sections';
import { insertRuntimePreludes } from './resolvers/runtime-root';
import { generateSharedPreambleFile, hoistsPreamble, SHARED_PREAMBLE_FILE } from './resolvers/preamble-hoist';
import { extractVoiceTriggers } from './resolvers/voice-triggers';
import { ALL_HOST_NAMES, resolveHostArg, getHostConfig } from '../hosts/index';
import type { HostConfig } from './host-config';

const ROOT = path.resolve(import.meta.dir, '..');
import { ALL_MODEL_NAMES, resolveModel, type Model } from './models';
import { resolveStateRoot } from '../lib/state-root';
import { mkdirpSync } from '../lib/fs-utils';

type HostArg = Host | 'all';

/** Internal render settings. Inputs always come from ROOT; output routing and
 * content links are separate so checks can render canonical bytes into scratch. */
export interface GenerationOptions {
  host?: HostArg;
  dryRun?: boolean;
  outputRoot?: string;
  contentLinkRoot?: string | null;
  /** Install-context render contract: absolute install root this render serves. */
  installRoot?: string | null;
  /** Skills this install leaves unregistered (gstack-config disabled_skills); the router omits them. */
  disabledSkills?: string[];
  model?: Model | null;
  catalogMode?: 'trim' | 'full';
  explainLevel?: 'default' | 'terse';
  respectDetection?: boolean;
  log?: (message: string) => void;
  planMode?: boolean;
}

interface RenderOptions {
  outputRoot: string;
  contentLinkRoot: string | null;
  installRoot: string | null;
  disabledSkills: string[];
  model: Model | null;
  catalogMode: 'trim' | 'full';
  explainLevel: 'default' | 'terse';
  gbrainDetected: boolean;
  planMode: boolean;
}

export interface GeneratedArtifact {
  relativePath: string;
  kind: 'skill' | 'section' | 'preamble' | 'metadata' | 'openclaw' | 'index' | 'digest' | 'doctor-components' | 'asset';
  host?: Host;
}

export interface GenerationDiagnostic {
  kind: 'stale' | 'error' | 'warning' | 'skipped';
  message: string;
  host?: Host;
  relativePath?: string;
}

export interface GenerationResult {
  exitCode: 0 | 1;
  artifacts: GeneratedArtifact[];
  diagnostics: GenerationDiagnostic[];
}

/** Canonical generation never reads local detection state unless opted in. */
function loadGbrainOverride(respectDetection: boolean): boolean {
  if (!respectDetection) return false;
  const stateDir = resolveStateRoot();
  try {
    const json = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(path.join(stateDir, 'gbrain-detection.json'), 'utf-8'));
    // Slow, remote, locked and briefly unreachable engines are still usable (#1964/#2051/#2456, A2).
    return ['ok', 'timeout', 'db-unreachable', 'thin-client', 'engine-locked'].includes(json.gbrain_local_status ?? '');
  } catch {
    return false;
  }
}

function effectiveSuppressedResolvers(hostConfig: HostConfig, options: RenderOptions): Set<string> {
  let list = hostConfig.suppressedResolvers || [];
  if (options.gbrainDetected) {
    list = list.filter(r => r !== 'GBRAIN_CONTEXT_LOAD' && r !== 'GBRAIN_SAVE_RESULTS');
  }
  return new Set(list);
}

/** Parse CLI settings only when executing, never when imported by tests/checks. */
function parseGenerationArgs(args: string[]): GenerationOptions {
  const value = (flag: string): string | undefined => {
    const index = args.findIndex(arg => arg === flag || arg.startsWith(`${flag}=`));
    if (index < 0) return undefined;
    const arg = args[index];
    const result = arg.startsWith(`${flag}=`) ? arg.slice(flag.length + 1) : args[index + 1];
    if (!result || result.startsWith('--')) throw new Error(`${flag} requires a value`);
    return result;
  };
  const hostValue = value('--host') ?? 'claude';
  const host = hostValue === 'all' ? 'all' : resolveHostArg(hostValue) as Host;
  const modelValue = value('--model');
  const model = modelValue === undefined ? null : resolveModel(modelValue);
  if (modelValue !== undefined && !model) {
    throw new Error(`Unknown model: ${modelValue}. Use ${ALL_MODEL_NAMES.join(', ')}, or a family variant (e.g., claude-opus-4-7, gpt-5.4-mini, o3).`);
  }
  const catalogMode = value('--catalog-mode') ?? 'trim';
  if (catalogMode !== 'trim' && catalogMode !== 'full') {
    throw new Error(`Unknown catalog mode: ${catalogMode}. Use 'trim' (default) or 'full'.`);
  }
  const explainLevel = value('--explain-level') ?? 'default';
  if (explainLevel !== 'default' && explainLevel !== 'terse') {
    throw new Error(`Unknown explain level: ${explainLevel}. Use 'default' or 'terse'.`);
  }
  const planModeValue = value('--plan-mode');
  if (planModeValue !== undefined && planModeValue !== 'on' && planModeValue !== 'off') {
    throw new Error(`Unknown plan mode: ${planModeValue}. Use 'on' or 'off'.`);
  }
  const planMode = planModeValue === 'off' ? false : true;
  const outDir = value('--out-dir');
  const linkRoot = value('--link-root');
  const disabledValue = value('--disabled-skills');
  const disabledSkills = (disabledValue ?? '').split(/[\s,]+/).filter(Boolean);
  const badDisabled = disabledSkills.find(n => !/^\/?[a-z0-9-]+$/.test(n));
  if (badDisabled) throw new Error(`--disabled-skills takes skill names (got ${JSON.stringify(badDisabled)})`);
  const installRoot = value('--install-root');
  if (installRoot !== undefined && !INSTALL_ROOT_PATTERN.test(installRoot)) {
    throw new Error(`--install-root must be an absolute path of letters, digits and . _ - + @ / (got ${JSON.stringify(installRoot)})`);
  }
  // Swap-in callers use --link-root for the FINAL serving path (#2692).
  // Direct --out-dir callers retain their existing links into the render.
  return {
    host, model, catalogMode, explainLevel, planMode,
    dryRun: args.includes('--dry-run'),
    respectDetection: args.includes('--respect-detection'),
    outputRoot: outDir === undefined ? ROOT : path.resolve(outDir),
    contentLinkRoot: linkRoot !== undefined ? path.resolve(linkRoot)
      : outDir !== undefined ? path.resolve(outDir) : null,
    installRoot: installRoot ?? null,
    disabledSkills,
  };
}

/** Install roots are spliced into shell lines unquoted, so only plain absolute paths. */
const INSTALL_ROOT_PATTERN = /^\/[A-Za-z0-9_.@+\/-]*$/;

/**
 * Install-context render contract (docs/ADDING_A_HOST.md): a per-install render
 * names its own install root instead of the host's default global root. Null
 * keeps the committed bytes.
 */
function rewriteInstallRoot(content: string, hostConfig: HostConfig, installRoot: string | null): string {
  if (!installRoot) return content;
  const root = installRoot.replace(/\/+$/, '');
  const defaults = hostConfig.usesEnvVars
    ? [`$HOME/${hostConfig.globalRoot}`, `~/${hostConfig.globalRoot}`]
    : ['$HOME/.claude/skills/gstack', '~/.claude/skills/gstack'];
  return defaults.reduce((text, from) => text.split(from).join(root), content);
}

/**
 * C8 (#3018): the router names every skill, so it routed to skills the user
 * disabled (it also said "When in doubt, invoke the skill" until v1.91.31). A per-install render that
 * knows its disabled skills drops their routing rules (keeping the other side
 * of an "A or B" rule) and says which skills are off. The router itself and
 * the way back (gstack-upgrade) can never be disabled.
 */
function omitDisabledSkills(content: string, disabled: string[]): string {
  const off = new Set(disabled.map(n => n.replace(/^\//, '')).filter(n => n !== 'gstack' && n !== 'gstack-upgrade').map(n => n.replace(/^gstack-/, '')));
  if (off.size === 0) return content;
  const isOff = (ref: string) => off.has(ref.replace(/^`\/(?:gstack-)?|`$/g, ''));
  const routed = content.split('\n').flatMap(line => {
    const m = line.match(/^(- .*→ invoke )(`\/[a-z0-9-]+`(?: or `\/[a-z0-9-]+`)*)(.*)$/);
    if (!m) return [line];
    const kept = m[2].split(' or ').filter(ref => !isOff(ref));
    return kept.length ? [`${m[1]}${kept.join(' or ')}${m[3]}`] : [];
  }).join('\n');
  const names = [...off].map(n => `\`/${n}\``).join(', ');
  return routed.replace('\n## Route first\n', `\n## Route first\n\nDisabled on this install (never invoke or suggest them): ${names}.\n`);
}

/** Repoint only Claude section links, retaining global bin/browse/doc paths. */
function rewriteSectionBase(content: string, linkRoot: string | null): string {
  if (!linkRoot) return content;
  // Callback replacement preserves literal $ sequences in configured paths.
  return content.replace(
    /~\/\.claude\/skills\/gstack\/([^\s)`"'*]+\/sections\/)/g,
    (_m, p1: string) => `${linkRoot}/${p1}`,
  );
}

// HostPaths, HOST_PATHS, and TemplateContext imported from ./resolvers/types (line 7-8)
// Design constants (AI_SLOP_BLACKLIST, OPENAI_HARD_REJECTIONS, OPENAI_LITMUS_CHECKS)
// live in ./resolvers/constants and are consumed by resolvers directly.

// ─── External Host Helpers ───────────────────────────────────

// ─── Voice Trigger Processing ────────────────────────────────

/**
 * Preprocess voice triggers: fold voice-triggers YAML field into description,
 * then strip the field from frontmatter. Must run BEFORE transformFrontmatter
 * and extractNameAndDescription so all hosts see the updated description.
 */
function processVoiceTriggers(content: string): string {
  const triggers = extractVoiceTriggers(content);
  if (triggers.length === 0) return content;

  // Strip voice-triggers block from frontmatter
  content = content.replace(/^voice-triggers:\n(?:\s+-\s+"[^"]*"\n?)*/m, '');

  // Get current description (after stripping voice-triggers, so it's clean)
  const { description } = extractNameAndDescription(content);
  if (!description) return content;

  // Build new description with voice triggers appended
  const voiceLine = `Voice triggers (speech-to-text aliases): ${triggers.map(t => `"${t}"`).join(', ')}.`;
  const newDescription = description + '\n' + voiceLine;

  // Replace old indented description with new in frontmatter
  const oldIndented = description.split('\n').map(l => `  ${l}`).join('\n');
  const newIndented = newDescription.split('\n').map(l => `  ${l}`).join('\n');
  content = content.replace(oldIndented, newIndented);

  return content;
}

// Export for testing
export { extractVoiceTriggers, processVoiceTriggers };

// ─── Catalog Trim (v1.45.0.0 T4) ─────────────────────────────
//
// Frontmatter `description:` blocks today pack: a one-line outcome, "Use when
// asked to..." voice triggers, "Proactively..." routing guidance, and a
// "(gstack)" tag. This pile is the always-loaded catalog surface — every
// session pays for the full text. The catalog trim splits the description
// into a one-line catalog entry (lead sentence + "(gstack)") that stays in
// the frontmatter and drops the routing/voice prose. The body is not a home
// for it: Claude Code loads a skill body only after the skill is invoked, so
// routing text there can no longer route anything. Voice triggers live on in
// the root router's routing block ({{VOICE_TRIGGER_ROUTING}}).
//
// Opt-out: `--catalog-mode=full` keeps v1.44 behavior (no trim, full
// description in frontmatter). Use when debugging routing regressions or
// when shipping skills to hosts that depend on the legacy fat catalog.

export interface CatalogParts {
  lead: string;            // First sentence — kept in catalog
  routingProse: string;    // "Use when asked to...", "Proactively..." paragraphs
  voiceLine: string | null; // "Voice triggers (speech-to-text aliases): ..." line if present
  hasGstackTag: boolean;
}

export function splitCatalogDescription(description: string): CatalogParts {
  // Voice triggers line (folded in by processVoiceTriggers earlier)
  const voiceMatch = description.match(/Voice triggers \(speech-to-text aliases\):[^\n]+/);
  const voiceLine = voiceMatch ? voiceMatch[0] : null;
  let working = voiceLine ? description.replace(voiceLine, '').trim() : description.trim();

  const hasGstackTag = /\(gstack\)/.test(working);
  if (hasGstackTag) working = working.replace(/\(gstack\)/, '').trim();

  // Lead = first sentence, ending at the first `.`/`!`/`?` that is followed by
  // whitespace or end-of-text. Terminator chars NOT followed by whitespace/end
  // (embedded periods in "TODOS.md", URLs, "v1.45.0.0") are consumed by the
  // second alternative `[.!?](?!\s|$)` and do NOT end the sentence. The two
  // alternatives are disjoint character classes, so there is no ambiguity and
  // no catastrophic-backtracking risk. If no terminator-followed-by-boundary
  // exists at all, we fall back to a 20-word cut below.
  // First normalize to single-line for sentence detection, then back out.
  const collapsed = working.replace(/\s+/g, ' ').trim();
  const sentenceMatch = collapsed.match(/^((?:[^.!?]|[.!?](?!\s|$))*[.!?])(?:\s|$)/);
  // sentenceLead is the FULL first sentence (no truncation). We compute routing
  // from this position, then optionally truncate the displayed lead afterwards.
  // Truncating first then computing routing was the v1.45.0.0 bug — when the
  // first sentence exceeded 200 chars, the routing extraction would lose the
  // entire tail of the description (design-consultation's "Use when..."
  // routing prose silently dropped).
  const sentenceLead = sentenceMatch ? sentenceMatch[1].trim() : collapsed.split(/\s/).slice(0, 20).join(' ');

  // Routing prose: everything AFTER the first sentence boundary in the collapsed view.
  const leadInCollapsed = collapsed.indexOf(sentenceLead);
  const routingCollapsed = leadInCollapsed >= 0
    ? collapsed.slice(leadInCollapsed + sentenceLead.length).trim()
    : '';

  // Now produce the displayed lead — truncated if too long. The original
  // sentenceLead is preserved for routing extraction below.
  let lead = sentenceLead;
  if (lead.length > 200) {
    const trunc = lead.slice(0, 197);
    const lastSpace = trunc.lastIndexOf(' ');
    lead = (lastSpace > 60 ? trunc.slice(0, lastSpace) : trunc) + '...';
  }
  // Restore line breaks for routing prose by mapping back to original layout.
  // Use original whitespace structure where possible; fall back to collapsed.
  // Anchor recovery on sentenceLead (the untruncated first sentence) — not
  // `lead` (which may have a "..." suffix and won't substring-match `working`).
  let routingProse = routingCollapsed;
  const collapsedLeadIdx = working.replace(/\s+/g, ' ').indexOf(sentenceLead);
  if (collapsedLeadIdx >= 0) {
    let consumed = 0;
    let cut = 0;
    for (let i = 0; i < working.length && consumed < collapsedLeadIdx + sentenceLead.length; i++) {
      if (/\s/.test(working[i])) {
        if (i === 0 || /\s/.test(working[i - 1])) continue;
        consumed += 1;
      } else {
        consumed += 1;
      }
      cut = i + 1;
    }
    const tail = working.slice(cut).trim();
    if (tail.length > 0) routingProse = tail;
  }

  return { lead, routingProse, voiceLine, hasGstackTag };
}

/** Build the catalog-trimmed `description:` block. */
export function buildTrimmedDescription(parts: CatalogParts): string {
  const lead = parts.lead.trim();
  const suffix = parts.hasGstackTag ? ' (gstack)' : '';
  return `${lead}${suffix}`;
}

/**
 * Render a string as a YAML inline scalar value (the text after `key: `),
 * quoting only when a plain scalar would be invalid or ambiguous.
 *
 * The bug this guards (#1778): a description like "Ship workflow: detect..."
 * emitted as a plain scalar has an interior ": " that a strict YAML parser
 * (Codex/OpenAI skill loading) reads as a nested mapping and rejects with
 * "mapping values are not allowed in this context". When quoting is needed we
 * fall back to JSON.stringify, which produces a double-quoted scalar that YAML
 * accepts verbatim (YAML is a superset of JSON for flow scalars). Strings that
 * are already valid plain scalars pass through unchanged to keep regen diffs small.
 */
export function toYamlInlineScalar(s: string): string {
  const needsQuote =
    s.length === 0 ||
    s !== s.trim() ||                       // leading/trailing whitespace
    /:(\s|$)/.test(s) ||                    // "foo: bar" / trailing colon → mapping ambiguity
    /\s#/.test(s) ||                        // " #" → inline comment
    /\.\.\./.test(s) ||                     // "..." → document-end marker; strict parsers reject mid-scalar (catalog-trim truncation appends it)
    /^[\s>|&*!%@`"'#,\[\]{}?-]/.test(s);    // leading YAML indicator char
  return needsQuote ? JSON.stringify(s) : s;
}

/**
 * Apply catalog trim to a SKILL.md body:
 *  - shorten frontmatter `description:` to lead + (gstack)
 *
 * Returns the rewritten content plus the extracted parts.
 */
export function applyCatalogTrim(content: string, skillName: string): { content: string; parts: CatalogParts } | null {
  // Locate description block in frontmatter
  if (!content.startsWith('---\n')) return null;
  const fmEnd = content.indexOf('\n---', 4);
  if (fmEnd === -1) return null;
  const frontmatter = content.slice(4, fmEnd);

  // Match `description: |` block + indented body lines
  const descMatch = frontmatter.match(/^description:\s*\|?\s*\n((?:\s{2,}.*(?:\n|$))+)/m)
                    || frontmatter.match(/^description:\s+(.+)$/m);
  if (!descMatch) return null;

  // Extract full description text
  let descText: string;
  if (descMatch[0].startsWith('description: |') || /^description:\s*\|/.test(descMatch[0])) {
    descText = descMatch[1].split('\n').map(l => l.replace(/^\s{2}/, '')).join('\n').trim();
  } else {
    descText = descMatch[1].trim();
  }

  // Skip skills with very short descriptions (already trimmed or no routing prose).
  // Below ~120 chars, splitting adds no value.
  if (descText.length < 120) return null;

  const parts = splitCatalogDescription(descText);
  // If lead + (gstack) is already most of the text, no trim needed.
  const trimmedLen = buildTrimmedDescription(parts).length;
  if (trimmedLen >= descText.length - 20) return null;

  // Replace description in frontmatter — keep trailing newline so the next
  // YAML field doesn't collide on the same line as the description value.
  // Quote the value when it would be an invalid YAML plain scalar (the common
  // case: an interior ": " like "Ship workflow: detect..." which a strict YAML
  // parser reads as a nested mapping and rejects — #1778). toYamlInlineScalar
  // only quotes when needed, so descriptions without special chars stay plain.
  const newDesc = buildTrimmedDescription(parts);
  // Function replacer (not a string) so a `$` in the description — e.g. a future
  // skill referencing `$B`/`$D` — can't be interpreted as a `$&`/`$1` replacement
  // pattern and silently corrupt the frontmatter.
  const newDescLine = `description: ${toYamlInlineScalar(newDesc)}\n`;
  const newFrontmatter = frontmatter.replace(descMatch[0], () => newDescLine);
  const newContent = '---\n' + newFrontmatter + content.slice(fmEnd);

  return { content: newContent, parts };
}

const OPENAI_SHORT_DESCRIPTION_LIMIT = 120;

function condenseOpenAIShortDescription(description: string): string {
  const firstParagraph = description.split(/\n\s*\n/)[0] || description;
  const collapsed = firstParagraph.replace(/\s+/g, ' ').trim();
  if (collapsed.length <= OPENAI_SHORT_DESCRIPTION_LIMIT) return collapsed;

  const truncated = collapsed.slice(0, OPENAI_SHORT_DESCRIPTION_LIMIT - 3);
  const lastSpace = truncated.lastIndexOf(' ');
  const safe = lastSpace > 40 ? truncated.slice(0, lastSpace) : truncated;
  return `${safe}...`;
}

function generateOpenAIYaml(displayName: string, shortDescription: string): string {
  return `interface:
  display_name: ${JSON.stringify(displayName)}
  short_description: ${JSON.stringify(shortDescription)}
  default_prompt: ${JSON.stringify(`Use ${displayName} for this task.`)}
policy:
  allow_implicit_invocation: true
`;
}

/**
 * Transform frontmatter for external hosts.
 * Claude: strips `sensitive:` field (only Factory uses it).
 * Codex: keeps name + description only, enforces 1024-char limit.
 * Factory: keeps name + description + user-invocable, conditionally adds disable-model-invocation.
 */
function transformFrontmatter(content: string, host: Host): string {
  const hostConfig = getHostConfig(host);
  const fm = hostConfig.frontmatter;

  if (fm.mode === 'denylist') {
    // Denylist mode: strip listed fields, keep everything else
    for (const field of fm.stripFields || []) {
      if (field === 'voice-triggers') {
        content = content.replace(/^voice-triggers:\n(?:\s+-\s+"[^"]*"\n?)*/m, '');
      } else {
        content = content.replace(new RegExp(`^${field}:\\s*.*\\n`, 'm'), '');
      }
    }
    return content;
  }

  // Allowlist mode: reconstruct frontmatter with only allowed fields
  const fmStart = content.indexOf('---\n');
  if (fmStart !== 0) return content;
  const fmEnd = content.indexOf('\n---', fmStart + 4);
  if (fmEnd === -1) return content;
  const frontmatter = content.slice(fmStart + 4, fmEnd);
  const body = content.slice(fmEnd + 4);
  const { name, description } = extractNameAndDescription(content);

  // Description limit enforcement
  if (fm.descriptionLimit) {
    const behavior = fm.descriptionLimitBehavior || 'error';
    if (description.length > fm.descriptionLimit) {
      if (behavior === 'error') {
        throw new Error(
          `${hostConfig.displayName} description for "${name}" is ${description.length} chars (max ${fm.descriptionLimit}). ` +
          `Compress the description in the .tmpl file.`
        );
      } else if (behavior === 'warn') {
        console.warn(`WARNING: ${hostConfig.displayName} description for "${name}" exceeds ${fm.descriptionLimit} chars`);
      }
      // 'truncate' — silently proceed
    }
  }

  // Build frontmatter with allowed fields
  const indentedDesc = description.split('\n').map(l => `  ${l}`).join('\n');
  const fmName = fm.nameMatchesDirectory && name !== 'gstack' && !name.startsWith('gstack-') ? `gstack-${name}` : name;
  let newFm = `---\nname: ${fmName}\ndescription: |\n${indentedDesc}\n`;

  // Add extra fields (host-wide)
  if (fm.extraFields) {
    for (const [key, value] of Object.entries(fm.extraFields)) {
      if (key !== 'name' && key !== 'description') {
        newFm += `${key}: ${value}\n`;
      }
    }
  }

  // Add conditional fields
  if (fm.conditionalFields) {
    for (const rule of fm.conditionalFields) {
      const match = Object.entries(rule.if).every(([k, v]) =>
        new RegExp(`^${k}:\\s*${v}`, 'm').test(frontmatter)
      );
      if (match) {
        for (const [key, value] of Object.entries(rule.add)) {
          newFm += `${key}: ${value}\n`;
        }
      }
    }
  }

  // Preserve additional keepFields beyond name and description
  if (fm.keepFields) {
    for (const field of fm.keepFields) {
      if (field === 'name' || field === 'description') continue;
      // Match YAML field with possible multi-line/array value (indented lines after colon)
      const fieldMatch = frontmatter.match(new RegExp(`^${field}:(.*(?:\\n(?:[ \\t]+.+))*)`, 'm'));
      if (fieldMatch) {
        newFm += `${field}:${fieldMatch[1]}\n`;
      }
    }
  }

  // Rename fields (copy values from template frontmatter with new keys)
  if (fm.renameFields) {
    for (const [oldName, newName] of Object.entries(fm.renameFields)) {
      const fieldMatch = frontmatter.match(new RegExp(`^${oldName}:(.+(?:\\n(?:\\s+.+)*)?)`, 'm'));
      if (fieldMatch) {
        newFm += `${newName}:${fieldMatch[1]}\n`;
      }
    }
  }

  newFm += '---';
  return newFm + body;
}

/**
 * Extract hook descriptions from frontmatter for inline safety prose.
 * Returns a description of what the hooks do, or null if no hooks.
 */
function extractHookSafetyProse(tmplContent: string, hostConfig: HostConfig): string | null {
  if (!tmplContent.match(/^hooks:/m)) return null;
  if (hostConfig.capabilities.safetyHooks === 'enforced') return null;

  // Parse the hook matchers to build a human-readable safety description
  const matchers: string[] = [];
  const matcherRegex = /matcher:\s*"(\w+)"/g;
  let m;
  while ((m = matcherRegex.exec(tmplContent)) !== null) {
    if (!matchers.includes(m[1])) matchers.push(m[1]);
  }

  if (matchers.length === 0) return null;

  // Build safety prose based on what tools are hooked
  const toolDescriptions: Record<string, string> = {
    Bash: 'check bash commands for destructive operations (rm -rf, DROP TABLE, force-push, git reset --hard, etc.) before execution',
    Edit: 'verify file edits are within the allowed scope boundary before applying',
    Write: 'verify file writes are within the allowed scope boundary before applying',
  };

  const safetyChecks = matchers
    .map(t => toolDescriptions[t] || `check ${t} operations for safety`)
    .join(', and ');

  return `> **Safety Advisory — not enforced on ${hostConfig.displayName}:** advisory, not blocked. ${hostConfig.displayName} runs no gstack safety hooks, so nothing stops a command automatically. On Claude Code this skill's hooks ${safetyChecks}; here, do those checks yourself: always pause and verify before executing potentially destructive operations. If uncertain about a command's safety, ask the user for confirmation before proceeding.`;
}

// ─── External Host Config (now derived from hosts/*.ts) ──────
// EXTERNAL_HOST_CONFIG replaced by getHostConfig() from hosts/index.ts

// ─── Template Processing ────────────────────────────────────

const GENERATED_HEADER = `<!-- AUTO-GENERATED from {{SOURCE}} — do not edit directly -->\n<!-- Regenerate: bun run gen:skill-docs -->\n`;

/**
 * Apply a host's configured path + tool rewrites. Extracted so both SKILL.md
 * (via processExternalHost) and section files (via processSectionTemplate) get
 * identical per-host treatment — a section's cross-references must rewrite the
 * same way the parent skill's do, or external hosts get wrong paths.
 */
function applyHostRewrites(content: string, hostConfig: HostConfig): string {
  let result = content;
  for (const rewrite of hostConfig.pathRewrites) {
    result = result.replaceAll(rewrite.from, rewrite.to);
  }
  if (hostConfig.toolRewrites) {
    for (const [from, to] of Object.entries(hostConfig.toolRewrites)) {
      result = result.replaceAll(from, to);
    }
  }
  return result;
}

/**
 * Resolve {{PLACEHOLDER}} / {{NAME:arg}} tokens against the RESOLVERS registry,
 * honoring host suppression and appliesTo gating, then assert nothing is left
 * unresolved. Extracted so SKILL.md and section templates resolve through the
 * exact same path — a security/sanitization fix to one can't miss the other.
 */
/**
 * A second {{PREAMBLE}} in one template re-expands the entire ~12K-token
 * preamble mid-document (#2508/#2362 — a PROSE mention of the macro in
 * spec/SKILL.md.tmpl expanded it a second time, +43KB per /spec load).
 * Resolution is context-blind, so any second occurrence — code fence, prose,
 * anywhere — is a generation error, never intentional. Throw at render time
 * so the mistake cannot reach a generated SKILL.md again.
 */
export function assertSinglePreamble(tmplContent: string, relTmplPath: string): void {
  const count = (tmplContent.match(/\{\{PREAMBLE\}\}/g) || []).length;
  if (count > 1) {
    throw new Error(
      `${relTmplPath} contains {{PREAMBLE}} ${count} times — a template may reference it `
      + `at most once (each occurrence expands the full preamble; see #2508/#2362). `
      + `Refer to "the preamble" in prose instead of the macro.`,
    );
  }
}

function resolvePlaceholders(
  tmplContent: string,
  ctx: TemplateContext,
  hostConfig: HostConfig,
  relTmplPath: string,
  options: RenderOptions,
): string {
  assertSinglePreamble(tmplContent, relTmplPath);
  // effectiveSuppressedResolvers() honors --respect-detection: when gbrain is
  // detected locally, GBRAIN_* resolvers un-suppress. Shared by SKILL.md and
  // section generation so both paths get the same gbrain-aware behavior.
  const suppressed = effectiveSuppressedResolvers(hostConfig, options);
  const onePass = (input: string): string =>
    input.replace(/\{\{(\w+(?::[^}]+)?)\}\}/g, (_match, fullKey) => {
      const parts = fullKey.split(':');
      const resolverName = parts[0];
      const args = parts.slice(1);
      if (suppressed.has(resolverName)) return '';
      const resolve = RESOLVERS[resolverName];
      if (!resolve) throw new Error(`Unknown placeholder {{${resolverName}}} in ${relTmplPath}`);
      return args.length > 0 ? resolve(ctx, args) : resolve(ctx);
    });

  // Multi-pass: a resolver may emit content that itself contains {{TOKENS}} — the
  // {{SECTION:id}} resolver inlines a section template (with its own resolvers)
  // for non-Claude hosts. .replace() doesn't re-scan inserted text, so loop until
  // the output stabilizes. Bounded to avoid an infinite loop if a resolver ever
  // emits its own placeholder; 6 passes is far more nesting than any skill needs.
  let content = tmplContent;
  for (let pass = 0; pass < 6; pass++) {
    const next = onePass(content);
    if (next === content) break;
    content = next;
  }

  const remaining = content.match(/\{\{(\w+(?::[^}]+)?)\}\}/g);
  if (remaining) {
    throw new Error(`Unresolved placeholders in ${relTmplPath}: ${remaining.join(', ')}`);
  }
  return content;
}

/**
 * Build the TemplateContext from a template's frontmatter. Shared by SKILL.md
 * and section generation so sections inherit the SAME context the parent skill
 * resolves with (skillName, tier, benefitsFrom, interactive) — enforced by
 * test/template-context-parity.test.ts. skillNameOverride lets section
 * generation pin the parent skill's name instead of deriving "sections".
 */
function buildContext(
  tmplContent: string,
  tmplPath: string,
  host: Host,
  options: RenderOptions,
  skillNameOverride?: string,
): TemplateContext {
  const { name: extractedName } = extractNameAndDescription(tmplContent);
  const skillName = skillNameOverride || extractedName || path.basename(path.dirname(tmplPath));
  const benefitsMatch = tmplContent.match(/^benefits-from:\s*\[([^\]]*)\]/m);
  const benefitsFrom = benefitsMatch
    ? benefitsMatch[1].split(',').map(s => s.trim()).filter(Boolean)
    : undefined;
  const tierMatch = tmplContent.match(/^preamble-tier:\s*(\d+)$/m);
  const preambleTier = tierMatch ? parseInt(tierMatch[1], 10) : undefined;
  const interactiveMatch = tmplContent.match(/^interactive:\s*(true|false)\s*$/m);
  const interactive = interactiveMatch ? interactiveMatch[1] === 'true' : undefined;
  return {
    skillName, tmplPath, benefitsFrom, host, paths: HOST_PATHS[host],
    preambleTier, model: options.model ?? getHostConfig(host).defaultModel, interactive, explainLevel: options.explainLevel, installRoot: options.installRoot, planMode: options.planMode,
  };
}

/**
 * Process external host output: routing, frontmatter, path rewrites, metadata.
 * Shared between Codex and Factory (and future external hosts).
 */
function processExternalHost(
  content: string,
  tmplContent: string,
  host: Host,
  skillDir: string,
  extractedDescription: string,
  ctx: TemplateContext,
  options: RenderOptions,
  frontmatterName?: string,
): { content: string; outputPath: string; symlinkLoop: boolean; metadata?: { outputPath: string; content: string } } {
  const hostConfig = getHostConfig(host);

  const name = externalSkillName(skillDir === '.' ? '' : skillDir, frontmatterName);
  // --out-dir mirrors the host tree (outputs only; inputs read from ROOT).
  const outputDir = path.join(options.outputRoot, hostConfig.hostSubdir, 'skills', name);
  const outputPath = path.join(outputDir, 'SKILL.md');

  // Guard against symlink loops
  let symlinkLoop = false;
  const claudePath = ctx.tmplPath.replace(/\.tmpl$/, '');
  try {
    const resolvedClaude = fs.realpathSync(claudePath);
    const resolvedExternal = path.join(fs.realpathSync(path.dirname(outputPath)), path.basename(outputPath));
    if (resolvedClaude === resolvedExternal) {
      symlinkLoop = true;
    }
  } catch {
    // realpathSync fails if file doesn't exist yet — no symlink loop
  }

  // Extract hook safety prose BEFORE transforming frontmatter (which strips hooks)
  const safetyProse = extractHookSafetyProse(tmplContent, hostConfig);

  // Transform frontmatter (host-aware)
  let result = transformFrontmatter(content, host);

  // Insert safety advisory at the top of the body (after frontmatter)
  if (safetyProse) {
    const bodyStart = result.indexOf('\n---') + 4;
    result = result.slice(0, bodyStart) + '\n' + safetyProse + '\n' + result.slice(bodyStart);
  }

  // Config-driven path + tool rewrites (shared with processSectionTemplate so
  // section cross-references get the same per-host treatment as SKILL.md).
  result = applyHostRewrites(result, hostConfig);

  // Config-driven: generate metadata (e.g., openai.yaml for Codex)
  const metadata = hostConfig.generation.generateMetadata && !symlinkLoop ? {
    outputPath: path.join(outputDir, 'agents', 'openai.yaml'),
    content: generateOpenAIYaml(name, condenseOpenAIShortDescription(extractedDescription)),
  } : undefined;

  return { content: result, outputPath, symlinkLoop, metadata };
}

/** sections/preamble.md: the shared preamble with the same host rewrites as a section file. */
function renderSharedPreamble(ctx: TemplateContext, hostConfig: HostConfig, options: RenderOptions): string {
  let content = generateSharedPreambleFile(ctx);
  content = ctx.host === 'claude' ? rewriteSectionBase(content, options.contentLinkRoot) : applyHostRewrites(content, hostConfig);
  content = rewriteInstallRoot(insertRuntimePreludes(rewriteCarvedSectionRefs(content, ctx), ctx), hostConfig, options.installRoot);
  return GENERATED_HEADER.replace('{{SOURCE}}', 'scripts/resolvers/preamble-hoist.ts') + content;
}

function processTemplate(tmplPath: string, host: Host, options: RenderOptions): { outputPath: string; content: string; symlinkLoop?: boolean; metadata?: { outputPath: string; content: string }; preamble?: { outputPath: string; content: string } } {
  // Normalize to LF at the entry point. Templates may have CRLF on disk when
  // checked out on Windows with core.autocrlf=true. Downstream regexes
  // (processVoiceTriggers, transformFrontmatter) hardcode \n, so without
  // normalization they silently no-op on CRLF — producing different output
  // than CI (Linux, LF) and breaking the Skill Docs Freshness check.
  // (catalogParts left the return type with the proactive-suggestions
  // retirement — merge of the two v1.64 waves.)
  const tmplContent = fs.readFileSync(tmplPath, 'utf-8').replace(/\r\n/g, '\n');
  const relTmplPath = path.relative(ROOT, tmplPath);
  let outputPath = tmplPath.replace(/\.tmpl$/, '');

  // Determine skill directory relative to ROOT
  const skillDir = path.relative(ROOT, path.dirname(tmplPath));

  // --out-dir: mirror the skill tree into the out-dir instead of writing in
  // place (external hosts compute their own output paths below).
  if (host === 'claude') {
    outputPath = path.join(options.outputRoot, skillDir, path.basename(tmplPath).replace(/\.tmpl$/, ''));
  }

  // Extract name/description: name drives external skill naming + setup symlinks
  // (and TemplateContext.skillName via buildContext); description feeds external
  // host metadata. When frontmatter name: differs from directory name (e.g.
  // run-tests/ with name: test), the frontmatter name wins.
  const { name: extractedName, description: extractedDescription } = extractNameAndDescription(tmplContent);

  const currentHostConfig = getHostConfig(host);
  const ctx = buildContext(tmplContent, tmplPath, host, options);
  const skillName = ctx.skillName;

  // Replace placeholders + assert none remain (shared path with section generation).
  let content = resolvePlaceholders(tmplContent, ctx, currentHostConfig, relTmplPath, options);

  // Preprocess voice triggers: fold into description, strip field from frontmatter.
  // Must run BEFORE transformFrontmatter so all hosts see the updated description,
  // and BEFORE extractedDescription is used by external host metadata.
  content = processVoiceTriggers(content);

  // Re-extract description AFTER voice trigger preprocessing so Codex openai.yaml
  // metadata gets the updated description with voice triggers included.
  const postProcessDescription = extractNameAndDescription(content).description;

  // For Claude: strip sensitive: field (only Factory uses it)
  // For external hosts: route output, transform frontmatter, rewrite paths
  let symlinkLoop = false;
  let metadata: { outputPath: string; content: string } | undefined;
  if (host === 'claude') {
    content = transformFrontmatter(content, host);
  } else {
    const result = processExternalHost(content, tmplContent, host, skillDir, postProcessDescription, ctx, options, extractedName || undefined);
    content = result.content;
    outputPath = result.outputPath;
    symlinkLoop = result.symlinkLoop;
    metadata = result.metadata;
  }

  // Prepend generated header (after frontmatter)
  const header = GENERATED_HEADER.replace('{{SOURCE}}', path.basename(tmplPath));
  const fmEnd = content.indexOf('---', content.indexOf('---') + 3);
  if (fmEnd !== -1) {
    const insertAt = content.indexOf('\n', fmEnd) + 1;
    content = content.slice(0, insertAt) + header + content.slice(insertAt);
  } else {
    content = header + content;
  }

  // Catalog trim (Claude only — external hosts have their own frontmatter shapes)
  if (host === 'claude' && options.catalogMode === 'trim') {
    const trimmed = applyCatalogTrim(content, skillName);
    if (trimmed) content = trimmed.content;
  }

  // --out-dir: repoint section-base paths to the out-dir (no-op otherwise).
  if (host === 'claude') content = rewriteSectionBase(content, options.contentLinkRoot);
  if (skillDir === '' || skillDir === '.') content = omitDisabledSkills(content, options.disabledSkills);
  content = rewriteInstallRoot(insertRuntimePreludes(rewriteCarvedSectionRefs(content, ctx), ctx), currentHostConfig, options.installRoot);

  const preamble = hoistsPreamble(ctx) && tmplContent.includes('{{PREAMBLE}}') && !effectiveSuppressedResolvers(currentHostConfig, options).has('PREAMBLE')
    ? { outputPath: path.join(path.dirname(outputPath), 'sections', SHARED_PREAMBLE_FILE), content: renderSharedPreamble(ctx, currentHostConfig, options) }
    : undefined;
  return { outputPath, content, symlinkLoop, metadata, preamble };
}

/** autoplan/DRIVER.md (field wave item 13): one host-neutral render of autoplan/DRIVER.md.tmpl through the same resolvers. */
export const AUTOPLAN_DRIVER_RELPATH = 'autoplan/DRIVER.md';
export function renderAutoplanDriver(options: RenderOptions): string {
  const tmplPath = path.join(ROOT, `${AUTOPLAN_DRIVER_RELPATH}.tmpl`);
  const tmpl = fs.readFileSync(tmplPath, 'utf-8');
  const ctx = buildContext(tmpl, tmplPath, 'claude', options, 'autoplan');
  return GENERATED_HEADER.replace('{{SOURCE}}', `${AUTOPLAN_DRIVER_RELPATH}.tmpl`) + resolvePlaceholders(tmpl, ctx, getHostConfig('claude'), `${AUTOPLAN_DRIVER_RELPATH}.tmpl`, options);
}

/**
 * Generate one on-demand section file (`<skill>/sections/<name>.md.tmpl` →
 * `<name>.md`). Sections are BODY FRAGMENTS — no frontmatter, no catalog trim,
 * no voice triggers. They resolve placeholders through the SAME path as
 * SKILL.md (resolvePlaceholders) using the PARENT skill's TemplateContext
 * (so appliesTo gating + tier behave identically — a section's {{PREAMBLE}}-
 * style resolver renders the same content it would in the parent, not empty).
 *
 * Output routing mirrors SKILL.md: Claude writes in-tree at
 * `<skill>/sections/<name>.md`; external hosts write to
 * `<hostSubdir>/skills/<externalName>/sections/<name>.md`. External hosts get
 * applyHostRewrites so cross-references resolve per host.
 */
function processSectionTemplate(
  sectionTmplPath: string,
  skillDir: string,
  host: Host,
  options: RenderOptions,
): { outputPath: string; content: string } {
  const tmplContent = fs.readFileSync(sectionTmplPath, 'utf-8');
  const relTmplPath = path.relative(ROOT, sectionTmplPath);
  const hostConfig = getHostConfig(host);

  // Read the owning SKILL.md.tmpl so the section inherits the parent's name +
  // tier + benefits-from (TemplateContext parity). Fall back to the dir name.
  const parentTmplPath = path.join(ROOT, skillDir, 'SKILL.md.tmpl');
  const parentContent = fs.existsSync(parentTmplPath) ? fs.readFileSync(parentTmplPath, 'utf-8') : '';
  const parentName = (parentContent && extractNameAndDescription(parentContent).name) || skillDir;
  const ctx = buildContext(parentContent || tmplContent, parentTmplPath, host, options, parentName);

  // Resolve placeholders against the section body (shared guard catches stragglers).
  let content = resolvePlaceholders(tmplContent, ctx, hostConfig, relTmplPath, options);

  // External hosts: rewrite cross-reference paths/tools (no frontmatter to transform).
  if (host !== 'claude') {
    content = applyHostRewrites(content, hostConfig);
  } else {
    // --out-dir: a section may cross-reference another section by absolute path;
    // repoint those to the out-dir too (no-op when --out-dir is unset).
    content = rewriteSectionBase(content, options.contentLinkRoot);
  }
  content = rewriteInstallRoot(insertRuntimePreludes(rewriteCarvedSectionRefs(content, ctx), ctx), hostConfig, options.installRoot);

  // Plain generated header (no frontmatter to insert after).
  content = GENERATED_HEADER.replace('{{SOURCE}}', path.basename(sectionTmplPath)) + content;

  const fileName = path.basename(sectionTmplPath).replace(/\.tmpl$/, '');
  let outputPath: string;
  if (host === 'claude') {
    outputPath = path.join(options.outputRoot, skillDir, 'sections', fileName);
  } else {
    const externalName = externalSkillName(skillDir, parentName);
    outputPath = path.join(options.outputRoot, hostConfig.hostSubdir, 'skills', externalName, 'sections', fileName);
  }
  return { outputPath, content };
}

// ─── Main ───────────────────────────────────────────────────

/** Render each artifact once. Artifact writes go through emit(); stale external
 * caches are pruned only after a successful host render. Dry runs use the same
 * inventory as normal generation, including metadata and
 * shared outputs. Options are per invocation so imports/concurrent runs cannot
 * inherit another caller's model, detection, or output paths.
 *
 * templates + host settings -> render -> emit -> dry-run: compare only
 *                                   |       -> normal: mkdir + write
 * shared index/digest ---------------+       -> artifact inventory + diagnostics
 * successful external host -----------------> normal only: prune retired caches
 */
export async function runGeneration(settings: GenerationOptions = {}): Promise<GenerationResult> {
  const options: RenderOptions = {
    outputRoot: path.resolve(settings.outputRoot ?? ROOT),
    contentLinkRoot: settings.contentLinkRoot ?? null,
    installRoot: settings.installRoot ?? null,
    disabledSkills: settings.disabledSkills ?? [],
    model: settings.model ?? null,
    catalogMode: settings.catalogMode ?? 'trim',
    explainLevel: settings.explainLevel ?? 'default',
    gbrainDetected: loadGbrainOverride(settings.respectDetection ?? false),
    planMode: settings.planMode ?? true,
  };
  const hosts = settings.host === 'all' ? ALL_HOST_NAMES as Host[] : [settings.host ?? 'claude'];
  const log = settings.log ?? (() => {});
  const artifacts: GeneratedArtifact[] = [];
  const diagnostics: GenerationDiagnostic[] = [];
  const templates = discoverTemplates(ROOT);
  const sections = discoverSectionTemplates(ROOT);
  const rel = (outputPath: string) => path.relative(options.outputRoot, outputPath).split(path.sep).join('/');

  function emit(outputPath: string, content: string, kind: GeneratedArtifact['kind'], host?: Host): void {
    const relativePath = rel(outputPath);
    artifacts.push({ relativePath, kind, ...(host ? { host } : {}) });
    try {
      if (settings.dryRun) {
        let existing: string | undefined;
        try {
          existing = fs.readFileSync(outputPath, 'utf-8');
        } catch (error) {
          if ((error as NodeJS.ErrnoException).code !== 'ENOENT') throw error;
          // Windows reports ENOENT for a child of a regular file. Distinguish
          // that filesystem error from a missing artifact without writing.
          let parent = path.dirname(outputPath);
          while (true) {
            try {
              if (!fs.statSync(parent).isDirectory()) {
                throw Object.assign(new Error(`ENOTDIR: output ancestor is not a directory: ${parent}`, { cause: error }), { code: 'ENOTDIR' });
              }
              break;
            } catch (ancestorError) {
              if ((ancestorError as NodeJS.ErrnoException).code !== 'ENOENT') throw ancestorError;
              const next = path.dirname(parent);
              if (next === parent) throw error;
              parent = next;
            }
          }
        }
        if (existing !== content) {
          diagnostics.push({ kind: 'stale', relativePath, host, message: `STALE: ${relativePath}` });
          log(`STALE: ${relativePath}`);
        } else {
          log(`FRESH: ${relativePath}`);
        }
      } else {
        mkdirpSync(path.dirname(outputPath));
        fs.writeFileSync(outputPath, content);
        log(`GENERATED: ${relativePath}`);
      }
    } catch (error) {
      throw Object.assign(new Error(`${relativePath}: ${(error as Error).message}`), { relativePath });
    }
  }

  function failed(error: unknown, host?: Host): void {
    const message = error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error);
    diagnostics.push({ kind: 'error', host, message, relativePath: (error as { relativePath?: string })?.relativePath });
  }

  for (const host of hosts) {
    try {
      const hostConfig = getHostConfig(host);
      const tokenBudget: Array<{ skill: string; lines: number; tokens: number }> = [];
      const renderedNames = new Set<string>();
      for (const template of templates) {
        const skillDir = path.dirname(template.tmpl);
        if (!includesSkill(hostConfig, skillDir)) continue;
        const result = processTemplate(path.join(ROOT, template.tmpl), host, options);
        const relativePath = rel(result.outputPath);
        if (host !== 'claude') renderedNames.add(path.basename(path.dirname(result.outputPath)));
        if (result.symlinkLoop) {
          diagnostics.push({ kind: 'skipped', relativePath, host, message: `SKIPPED (symlink loop): ${relativePath}` });
          log(`SKIPPED (symlink loop): ${relativePath}`);
          continue;
        }
        emit(result.outputPath, result.content, 'skill', host);
        if (result.metadata) emit(result.metadata.outputPath, result.metadata.content, 'metadata', host);
        if (result.preamble) emit(result.preamble.outputPath, result.preamble.content, 'preamble', host);
        if (skillDir === 'qa') {
          const report = fs.readFileSync(path.join(ROOT, 'qa', 'templates', 'functional-report-template.md'), 'utf-8');
          emit(path.join(path.dirname(result.outputPath), 'templates', 'functional-report-template.md'),
            (host === 'claude' ? '' : GENERATED_HEADER.replace('{{SOURCE}}', 'qa/templates/functional-report-template.md')) + report, 'asset', host);
        }
        tokenBudget.push({ skill: relativePath, lines: result.content.split('\n').length, tokens: Math.round(result.content.length / 4) });
        const bytes = Buffer.byteLength(result.content, 'utf8');
        if (bytes > SKILL_BYTE_CEILING) {
          // Setup renders per install (--install-root): an oversized skill must never leave a user with none.
          const message = `${host}/${path.basename(path.dirname(result.outputPath))}/SKILL.md is ${bytes} bytes, over the ${SKILL_BYTE_CEILING.toLocaleString('en-US')}-byte limit. Fix: carve sections with usesLazySections() for this skill.`;
          diagnostics.push({ kind: options.installRoot ? 'warning' : 'error', host, relativePath, message });
        }
      }

      for (const section of sections) {
        if (!includesSkill(hostConfig, section.skillDir) || !usesLazySections(host, section.skillDir)) continue;
        const result = processSectionTemplate(path.join(ROOT, section.tmpl), section.skillDir, host, options);
        emit(result.outputPath, result.content, 'section', host);
        tokenBudget.push({ skill: rel(result.outputPath), lines: result.content.split('\n').length, tokens: Math.round(result.content.length / 4) });
      }

      // Claude owns these catalog-derived runtime assets. Use the same host
      // inclusion rule and compare-or-write path as every other artifact.
      if (host === 'claude' && includesSkill(hostConfig, 'review')) {
        emit(path.join(options.outputRoot, 'review', 'design-checklist.md'),
          generateDesignChecklistMd(), 'asset', host);
        emit(path.join(options.outputRoot, DOM_DUMP_FILE), DOM_DUMP_SCRIPT + '\n', 'asset', host);
      }
      if (host === 'claude' && includesSkill(hostConfig, 'autoplan') && templates.some(t => t.tmpl === 'autoplan/SKILL.md.tmpl')) {
        emit(path.join(options.outputRoot, AUTOPLAN_DRIVER_RELPATH), renderAutoplanDriver(options), 'asset', host);
      }

      if (host === 'openclaw') {
        for (const variant of ['lite', 'full', 'plan'] as const) {
          const fileName = `gstack-${variant}-CLAUDE.md`;
          emit(path.join(options.outputRoot, 'openclaw', fileName),
            fs.readFileSync(path.join(ROOT, 'openclaw', 'templates', fileName), 'utf-8'), 'openclaw', host);
        }
      }

      // A failed render exits this try before pruning: its inventory is partial.
      // Only remove generated directories owned by this host; sidecars and user
      // skills survive. Dry runs never create, rewrite, or remove any directory.
      if (!settings.dryRun && host !== 'claude') {
        const skillsRoot = path.join(options.outputRoot, hostConfig.hostSubdir, 'skills');
        let entries: fs.Dirent[] = [];
        try {
          entries = fs.readdirSync(skillsRoot, { withFileTypes: true });
        } catch (error) {
          if ((error as NodeJS.ErrnoException).code !== 'ENOENT') throw error;
        }
        for (const entry of entries) {
          if (entry.isSymbolicLink() || !entry.isDirectory() || !entry.name.startsWith('gstack-') || renderedNames.has(entry.name)) continue;
          // Keep the old render usable until setup has migrated installed copies/links.
          if (entry.name === 'gstack-claude' && process.env.GSTACK_DEFER_CLAUDE_RENAME_PRUNE === '1') continue;
          let generated = false;
          try {
            generated = fs.readFileSync(path.join(skillsRoot, entry.name, 'SKILL.md'), 'utf-8').includes('<!-- AUTO-GENERATED from');
          } catch (error) {
            if ((error as NodeJS.ErrnoException).code !== 'ENOENT') throw error;
          }
          if (!generated) {
            log(`  kept ${host} skills/${entry.name}: not a gstack render (no generated banner)`);
            continue;
          }
          fs.rmSync(path.join(skillsRoot, entry.name), { recursive: true, force: true });
          log(`  pruned stale ${host} render: ${entry.name}`);
          if (entry.name === 'gstack-claude') {
            log('  /claude is now /claude-code. Run ./setup to migrate installed skill links; generation only updates render files.');
          }
        }
      }

      if (!settings.dryRun && tokenBudget.length > 0) {
        tokenBudget.sort((a, b) => b.lines - a.lines);
        log(`\nToken Budget (${host} host)`);
        log('═'.repeat(60));
        for (const item of tokenBudget) {
          const name = item.skill.replace(/\/SKILL\.md$/, '').replace(`${hostConfig.hostSubdir}/skills/`, '');
          log(`  ${name.padEnd(30)} ${String(item.lines).padStart(5)} lines  ~${String(item.tokens).padStart(6)} tokens`);
        }
        log('─'.repeat(60));
        log(`  ${'TOTAL'.padEnd(30)} ${String(tokenBudget.reduce((sum, t) => sum + t.lines, 0)).padStart(5)} lines  ~${String(tokenBudget.reduce((sum, t) => sum + t.tokens, 0)).padStart(6)} tokens\n`);
      }
    } catch (error) {
      failed(error, host);
    }
  }

  // Shared artifacts are awaited in both modes. A failure must reach the CLI
  // exit code, never disappear in a fire-and-forget auxiliary writer.
  try {
    const index = await generateLlmsTxt();
    emit(path.join(options.outputRoot, 'gstack', 'llms.txt'), index.content, 'index');
    for (const warning of index.warnings) diagnostics.push({ kind: 'warning', message: `[gen-llms-txt] ${warning}` });
  } catch (error) {
    failed(error);
  }
  try {
    const digest = generateAgentsDigest();
    emit(path.join(options.outputRoot, DIGEST_RELPATH), digest.content, 'digest');
    if (!settings.dryRun) log(`[gen-agents-digest] ${DIGEST_RELPATH}: ${digest.bytes} bytes (budget ${DIGEST_BYTE_BUDGET})`);
  } catch (error) {
    failed(error);
  }
  try {
    emit(path.join(options.outputRoot, DOCTOR_COMPONENTS_RELPATH), renderDoctorComponentsSh(), 'doctor-components');
  } catch (error) {
    failed(error);
  }

  return { exitCode: diagnostics.some(d => d.kind === 'error' || d.kind === 'stale') ? 1 : 0, artifacts, diagnostics };
}

/** Importing this module never executes generation or reads CLI/user settings.
 * Async main is require()-compatible: only top-level await would break callers. */
export async function main(args = process.argv.slice(2)): Promise<number> {
  try {
    const settings = parseGenerationArgs(args);
    const result = await runGeneration({ ...settings, log: console.log });
    for (const diagnostic of result.diagnostics) {
      if (diagnostic.kind === 'error') console.error(`ERROR${diagnostic.host ? ` (${diagnostic.host})` : ''}: ${diagnostic.message}`);
      if (diagnostic.kind === 'warning') console.error(diagnostic.message);
    }
    if (result.diagnostics.some(d => d.kind === 'stale')) {
      console.error(`\nGenerated files are stale. Run: bun run gen:skill-docs --host ${settings.host ?? 'claude'}`);
    }
    if (!settings.dryRun) {
      try {
        const config = fs.readFileSync(path.join(resolveStateRoot(), 'config.yaml'), 'utf-8');
        if (/^skill_prefix:\s*true/m.test(config)) {
          console.log('\nNote: skill_prefix is true. Run gstack-relink to re-apply name: patches (it patches both the install and any active gbrain render).');
        }
      } catch { /* optional local install note */ }
    }
    return result.exitCode;
  } catch (error) {
    console.error(`ERROR: ${(error as Error).message}`);
    return 1;
  }
}

if (import.meta.main) {
  void main().then(code => { process.exitCode = code; });
}