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The gstack skill was audited on Jun 10, 2026 and we found 82 security issues across 5 threat categories. Review the findings below before installing.

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30```bash
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280```bash
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296```bash
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330echo "before relying on \`gbrain search\` for code questions in this worktree."
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582curl -fsSL "https://bun.sh/install" -o "$tmpfile"
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31_UPD=$(~/.claude/skills/gstack/bin/gstack-update-check 2>/dev/null || .claude/skills/gstack/bin/gstack-update-check 2>/dev/null || true)
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33mkdir -p ~/.gstack/sessions
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34touch ~/.gstack/sessions/"$PPID"
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35_SESSIONS=$(find ~/.gstack/sessions -mmin -120 -type f 2>/dev/null | wc -l | tr -d ' ')
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36find ~/.gstack/sessions -mmin +120 -type f -exec rm {} + 2>/dev/null || true
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37_PROACTIVE=$(~/.claude/skills/gstack/bin/gstack-config get proactive 2>/dev/null || echo "true")
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38_PROACTIVE_PROMPTED=$([ -f ~/.gstack/.proactive-prompted ] && echo "yes" || echo "no")
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41_SKILL_PREFIX=$(~/.claude/skills/gstack/bin/gstack-config get skill_prefix 2>/dev/null || echo "false")
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45source <(~/.claude/skills/gstack/bin/gstack-repo-mode 2>/dev/null) || true
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48_SESSION_KIND=$(~/.claude/skills/gstack/bin/gstack-session-kind 2>/dev/null || echo "interactive")
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51_LAKE_SEEN=$([ -f ~/.gstack/.completeness-intro-seen ] && echo "yes" || echo "no")
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53_TEL=$(~/.claude/skills/gstack/bin/gstack-config get telemetry 2>/dev/null || true)
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54_TEL_PROMPTED=$([ -f ~/.gstack/.telemetry-prompted ] && echo "yes" || echo "no")
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59_EXPLAIN_LEVEL=$(~/.claude/skills/gstack/bin/gstack-config get explain_level 2>/dev/null || echo "default")
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62_QUESTION_TUNING=$(~/.claude/skills/gstack/bin/gstack-config get question_tuning 2>/dev/null || echo "false")
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64mkdir -p ~/.gstack/analytics
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66echo '{"skill":"gstack","ts":"'$(date -u +%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ)'","repo":"'$(_repo=$(basename "$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel 2>/dev/null)" 2>/dev/null | tr -cd 'a-zA-Z0-9._-'); echo "${_repo:-unknown}
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68for _PF in $(find ~/.gstack/analytics -maxdepth 1 -name '.pending-*' 2>/dev/null); do
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70if [ "$_TEL" != "off" ] && [ -x "~/.claude/skills/gstack/bin/gstack-telemetry-log" ]; then
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71~/.claude/skills/gstack/bin/gstack-telemetry-log --event-type skill_run --skill _pending_finalize --outcome unknown --session-id "$_SESSION_ID" 2>/dev/null || true
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77eval "$(~/.claude/skills/gstack/bin/gstack-slug 2>/dev/null)" 2>/dev/null || true
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83~/.claude/skills/gstack/bin/gstack-learnings-search --limit 3 2>/dev/null || true
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88~/.claude/skills/gstack/bin/gstack-timeline-log '{"skill":"gstack","event":"started","branch":"'"$_BRANCH"'","session":"'"$_SESSION_ID"'"}' 2>/dev/null &
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93_ROUTING_DECLINED=$(~/.claude/skills/gstack/bin/gstack-config get routing_declined 2>/dev/null || echo "false")
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104_CHECKPOINT_MODE=$(~/.claude/skills/gstack/bin/gstack-config get checkpoint_mode 2>/dev/null || echo "explicit")
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105_CHECKPOINT_PUSH=$(~/.claude/skills/gstack/bin/gstack-config get checkpoint_push 2>/dev/null || echo "false")
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126In plan mode, allowed because they inform the plan: `$B`, `$D`, `codex exec`/`codex review`, writes to `~/.gstack/`, writes to the plan file, and `open` for generated artifacts.
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134If `SKILL_PREFIX` is `"true"`, suggest/invoke `/gstack-*` names. Disk paths stay `~/.claude/skills/gstack/[skill-name]/SKILL.md`.
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136If output shows `UPGRADE_AVAILABLE <old> <new>`: read `~/.claude/skills/gstack/gstack-upgrade/SKILL.md` and follow the "Inline upgrade flow" (auto-upgrade if configured, otherwise AskUserQuestion with
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141- Missing `~/.claude/skills/gstack/.feature-prompted-continuous-checkpoint`: AskUserQuestion for Continuous checkpoint auto-commits. If accepted, run `~/.claude/skills/gstack/bin/gstack-config set che
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142- Missing `~/.claude/skills/gstack/.feature-prompted-model-overlay`: inform "Model overlays are active. MODEL_OVERLAY shows the patch." Always touch marker.
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155If B: run `~/.claude/skills/gstack/bin/gstack-config set explain_level terse`.
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159rm -f ~/.gstack/.writing-style-prompt-pending
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160touch ~/.gstack/.writing-style-prompted
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169touch ~/.gstack/.completeness-intro-seen
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182If A: run `~/.claude/skills/gstack/bin/gstack-config set telemetry community`
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192If B→A: run `~/.claude/skills/gstack/bin/gstack-config set telemetry anonymous`
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193If B→B: run `~/.claude/skills/gstack/bin/gstack-config set telemetry off`
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197touch ~/.gstack/.telemetry-prompted
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210If A: run `~/.claude/skills/gstack/bin/gstack-config set proactive true`
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211If B: run `~/.claude/skills/gstack/bin/gstack-config set proactive false`
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215touch ~/.gstack/.proactive-prompted
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257If B: run `~/.claude/skills/gstack/bin/gstack-config set routing_declined true` and say they can re-enable with `gstack-config set routing_declined false`.
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261If `VENDORED_GSTACK` is `yes`, warn once via AskUserQuestion unless `~/.gstack/.vendoring-warned-$SLUG` exists:
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2733. Run `~/.claude/skills/gstack/bin/gstack-team-init required` (or `optional`)
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2755. Tell the user: "Done. Each developer now runs: `cd ~/.claude/skills/gstack && ./setup --team`"
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281eval "$(~/.claude/skills/gstack/bin/gstack-slug 2>/dev/null)" 2>/dev/null || true
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282touch ~/.gstack/.vendoring-warned-${SLUG:-unknown}
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305_BRAIN_SYNC_BIN="~/.claude/skills/gstack/bin/gstack-brain-sync"
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306_BRAIN_CONFIG_BIN="~/.claude/skills/gstack/bin/gstack-config"
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410If A/B and `~/.gstack/.git` is missing, ask whether to run `gstack-artifacts-init`. Do not block the skill.
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415"~/.claude/skills/gstack/bin/gstack-brain-sync" --discover-new 2>/dev/null || true
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416"~/.claude/skills/gstack/bin/gstack-brain-sync" --once 2>/dev/null || true
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461~/.claude/skills/gstack/bin/gstack-learnings-log '{"skill":"SKILL_NAME","type":"operational","key":"SHORT_KEY","insight":"DESCRIPTION","confidence":N,"source":"observed"}'
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471`~/.gstack/analytics/`, matching preamble analytics writes.
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478rm -f ~/.gstack/analytics/.pending-"$_SESSION_ID" 2>/dev/null || true
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480~/.claude/skills/gstack/bin/gstack-timeline-log '{"skill":"SKILL_NAME","event":"completed","branch":"'$(git branch --show-current 2>/dev/null || echo unknown)'","outcome":"OUTCOME","duration_s":"'"$_T
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483echo '{"skill":"SKILL_NAME","duration_s":"'"$_TEL_DUR"'","outcome":"OUTCOME","browse":"USED_BROWSE","session":"'"$_SESSION_ID"'","ts":"'$(date -u +%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ)'"}' >> ~/.gstack/analytics/skill-
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486if [ "$_TEL" != "off" ] && [ -x ~/.claude/skills/gstack/bin/gstack-telemetry-log ]; then
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487~/.claude/skills/gstack/bin/gstack-telemetry-log \
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805`$B` is the browse binary (resolved from `$_ROOT/.claude/skills/gstack/browse/dist/browse` or `~/.claude/skills/gstack/browse/dist/browse`).
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920| `eval <file> [--out <file>] [--raw]` | Run JavaScript from a file in the page context and return result as string. Path must resolve under /tmp or cwd (no traversal). Use eval for multi-line scripts
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923| `js <expr> [--out <file>] [--raw]` | Run inline JavaScript expression in the page context and return result as string. Same JS sandbox as eval; the only difference is js takes an inline expr while e
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165If `LAKE_INTRO` is `no`: say "gstack follows the **Boil the Ocean** principle — do the complete thing when AI makes marginal cost near-zero. Read more: https://garryslist.org/posts/boil-the-ocean" Off
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168open https://garryslist.org/posts/boil-the-ocean
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582curl -fsSL "https://bun.sh/install" -o "$tmpfile"
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612$B goto https://app.example.com/login
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631$B goto https://yourapp.com
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644$B goto https://app.example.com/new-feature
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670$B goto https://yourapp.com
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694$B goto https://app.example.com/upload
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704$B goto https://app.example.com/form
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753$B diff https://staging.app.com https://prod.app.com
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760["goto","https://app.example.com"],
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856| `goto <url>` | Navigate to URL (http://, https://, or file:// scoped to cwd/TEMP_DIR) |
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901| `press <key>` | Press a Playwright keyboard key against the focused element. Names are case-sensitive: Enter, Tab, Escape, ArrowUp/Down/Left/Right, Backspace, Delete, Home, End, PageUp, PageDown. Mo
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946| `chain (JSON via stdin)` | Run a sequence of commands from JSON on stdin. One JSON array of arrays, each inner array is [cmd, ...args]. Output is one JSON result per command. Pipe a JSON array (e.g
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