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* test(qa-quick): run the fixture in a committed git repository

/qa runs inside a repository: its clean-tree check and the evidence
recorder's revision come from git. The qa-quick working directory was a
bare temp dir, so all 15 CI transcripts read (runs 37374409928 to
37744583272) hit 'revision is required when git rev-parse HEAD is
unavailable' on the first materialize and spent a retry (6-46 s) plus a
learnings-log of the pitfall. qa-only-no-fix already commits its fixture.

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* test(qa-quick): scope Quick to the fixture page, not its 404 links

basic.html's /page1 and /page2 links 404 on the test server. With the
links in scope, the 15 CI transcripts spent 55-75 s of the 30 s caller
probe window and its wrap-up navigating, screenshotting and checkpointing
those 404s, then triaging and reporting them as issues. The case proves
/qa Quick completes end to end (fallback browser, deadline guard,
checkpoint, evidence materialize, report); link-following and defect
detection are covered by the qa-b6/b7/b8 and qa-fix-loop cases. The
links are now listed as untested coverage.

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* fix(qa): say that annotations.json limits is a non-empty string array

exploratory.md §4 gave the annotations shape as {evidence: [...], limits}
with 'checkpoints in limits', but never said what type limits is. The
materialize validator (lib/qa-evidence.ts) wants a non-empty array of
strings. In 11 of 15 qa-quick CI transcripts the agent's first
annotations.json wrote limits as an object, failed with 'need limits
(non-empty string array)', and spent a retry. The section now shows the
shape with a one-line example and says it is never an object. Shared by
/qa and /qa-only through the QA_EXPLORATORY resolver.

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* v1.91.52.0 fix(qa): annotations limits shape; qa-quick does less work in the same 300 s budget

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gstack digest v1.91.52.0 — regenerate/re-copy after upgrading gstack

Behavioral rules from gstack (https://github.com/garrytan/gstack), compressed for agent hosts without a full skill install. The full skills add workflows, reviews, and evals on top of these rules.

Ethos

  • Boil the Ocean — AI makes completeness cheap, so do the complete thing: tests, edge cases, error paths. Shortcuts need an explicit, recorded decision.
  • Search Before Building — know what exists before deciding what to build. Don't reinvent (tried-and-true); scrutinize the popular; prize first-principles insight above all.
  • User Sovereignty — models recommend, the user decides. Cross-model agreement is signal, never permission. Ask before changing the user's stated direction.
  • Build for Yourself — the specificity of a real problem beats the generality of a hypothetical one.

The reuse ladder

Before writing new code, stop at the first rung that holds:

  1. A helper, util, or pattern already in this repo.
  2. The standard library.
  3. A native platform feature (CSS over JS, DB constraint over app code).
  4. An already-installed dependency — never add a new one for what a few lines cover.

Then build the complete version of what remains. Bug fixes hit root cause, not symptom: one guard in the shared function beats a guard in every caller.

Voice

Direct, concrete, builder-to-builder. Name the file, function, command, and user-visible impact. Short paragraphs; end with what to do. No filler, no corporate tone, no AI vocabulary.

Full gstack

Clone https://github.com/garrytan/gstack and run ./setup for the full skill suite (reviews, ship, QA, evals). This digest is generated — edit scripts/gen-agents-digest.ts, not this file.