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Gsd Discuss Phase

coco-research/gsd-discuss-phase

Gather phase context through adaptive questioning before planning. Use --auto to skip interactive questions (Claude picks recommended defaults). Use --chain for interactive discuss followed by automatic plan+execute. Use --power for bulk question generation into a file-based UI (answer at your own pace).

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on the repository, not the skill itself

Install

one command, takes just this skill from the repository
npx skills add https://github.com/coco-research/coco --skill gsd-discuss-phase

The instruction itself

as written by the author

<objective>

Extract implementation decisions that downstream agents need — researcher and planner will use CONTEXT.md to know what to investigate and what choices are locked.

How it works:

  • Load prior context (PROJECT.md, REQUIREMENTS.md, STATE.md, prior CONTEXT.md files)
  • Scout codebase for reusable assets and patterns
  • Analyze phase — skip gray areas already decided in prior phases
  • Present remaining gray areas — user selects which to discuss
  • Deep-dive each selected area until satisfied
  • Create CONTEXT.md with decisions that guide research and planning

Output: {phase_num}-CONTEXT.md — decisions clear enough that downstream agents can act without asking the user again

</objective>

<execution_context>

@$HOME/.claude/get-shit-done/workflows/discuss-phase.md

@$HOME/.claude/get-shit-done/workflows/discuss-phase-assumptions.md

@$HOME/.claude/get-shit-done/workflows/discuss-phase-power.md

@$HOME/.claude/get-shit-done/templates/context.md

</execution_context>

<runtime_note>

Copilot (VS Code): Use vscode_askquestions wherever this workflow calls AskUserQuestion. They are equivalent — vscode_askquestions is the VS Code Copilot implementation of the same interactive question API.

</runtime_note>

<context>

Phase number: $ARGUMENTS (required)

Context files are resolved in-workflow using init phase-op and roadmap/state tool calls.

</context>

<process>

Mode routing:

DISCUSS_MODE=$(node "$HOME/.claude/get-shit-done/bin/gsd-tools.cjs" config-get workflow.discuss_mode 2>/dev/null || echo "discuss")

If DISCUSS_MODE is "assumptions": Read and execute @$HOME/.claude/get-shit-done/workflows/discuss-phase-assumptions.md end-to-end.

If DISCUSS_MODE is "discuss" (or unset, or any other value): Read and execute @$HOME/.claude/get-shit-done/workflows/discuss-phase.md end-to-end.

MANDATORY: The execution_context files listed above ARE the instructions. Read the workflow file BEFORE taking any action. The objective and success_criteria sections in this command file are summaries — the workflow file contains the complete step-by-step process with all required behaviors, config checks, and interaction patterns. Do not improvise from the summary.

</process>

<success_criteria>

  • Prior context loaded and applied (no re-asking decided questions)
  • Gray areas identified through intelligent analysis
  • User chose which areas to discuss
  • Each selected area explored until satisfied
  • Scope creep redirected to deferred ideas
  • CONTEXT.md captures decisions, not vague vision
  • User knows next steps

</success_criteria>

How to use it

Copy the folder

Take coco-research/gsd-discuss-phase from the repository into ~/.claude/skills for personal use, or into .claude/skills inside a project.

Check the name does not clash

The agent identifies a skill by the name field in its header. Two skills with the same name cannot sit side by side — one of them will be ignored.