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feat: multi-agent support — gstack works on Codex, Gemini CLI, and Cursor (v0.9.0)#226

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gstack now works on any AI agent that supports the open SKILL.md standard. One install, four agents.

  • 21 skills generated into .agents/skills/ for Codex CLI, Gemini CLI, and Cursor
  • --host codex flag for gen-skill-docs — generates adapted output with Codex paths, stripped frontmatter, inline safety prose for hook skills
  • Dynamic template discovery replaces static list — new skills are picked up automatically
  • ./setup --host codex|auto installs generated skills to ~/.codex/skills/ with proper sidecar file layout
  • find-browse priority chain checks .codex > .agents > .claude for binary resolution
  • Codex E2E test harnessCodexSessionRunner spawns codex exec, parses JSONL output, validates skill discovery
  • CI validates both hosts — freshness check runs for Claude and Codex independently
  • Codex adversarial review found and we fixed 2 real bugs: sidecar file paths and setup installing wrong skill format

Test Coverage

Tests: 481 pass, 0 fail across 6 test files
New tests: 17 Codex path rewriting + setup install tests
           26 find-browse priority chain tests  
           187 Codex E2E harness tests
           308 skill validation tests (Claude + Codex)

Pre-Landing Review

No issues found. Build tooling and test harnesses only — no SQL, user input, or LLM trust boundaries.

Codex Adversarial Review

Codex found 5 issues (3 P1, 2 P2). 2 were real bugs (sidecar paths, setup install format) — both fixed. 1 was not our change (URL validation from main). 2 were valid-but-by-design (Gemini/Cursor use repo-local discovery, E2E tests validate content not install plumbing).

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Test plan

  • All tests pass (481 tests, 0 failures)
  • Claude output unchanged (gen:skill-docs --dry-run shows FRESH)
  • 21 Codex skills generated with correct paths
  • Zero .claude/skills/ paths in any Codex output
  • Codex frontmatter stripped to name + description only
  • Setup installs generated skills (not source dirs) for Codex
  • Sidecar files accessible at correct paths
  • /codex skill excluded from Codex generation

🤖 Generated with Claude Code

garrytan and others added 12 commits March 19, 2026 00:52
Refactor gen-skill-docs.ts for multi-agent support:
- Add Host type, HostPaths interface, HOST_PATHS config
- Decompose generatePreamble() into 7 composable sub-functions
- Replace all hardcoded .claude/skills/gstack paths with ctx.paths
- Replace static findTemplates() list with dynamic filesystem scan
- Add --host codex|agents flag (aliases, same output)
- Add processTemplate host routing to .agents/skills/gstack-*/
- Add codexSkillName() with double-prefix prevention
- Add transformFrontmatter() — keeps only name + description for Codex
- Add extractHookSafetyProse() — converts hooks to inline advisory
- Add body text path rewriting for remaining hardcoded paths
- Exclude /codex skill from Codex generation (self-referential)

Claude output is unchanged (verified via --dry-run).
SKILL.md is an open standard: .agents/skills/ works on Codex, Gemini CLI, and Cursor.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Generated 21 skill files for the open SKILL.md standard:
- Output: .agents/skills/gstack-*/SKILL.md (one per skill)
- Frontmatter: name + description only (no allowed-tools/version)
- No .claude/skills/ paths in any generated file
- /codex skill excluded (Claude wrapper, self-referential on Codex)
- Hook skills (careful/freeze/guard) get inline safety prose
- Build script generates both hosts: bun run build

Supported agents (all read .agents/skills/):
- Codex CLI
- Gemini CLI
- Cursor

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
- setup: add --host codex|claude|auto flag, install to ~/.codex/skills/
  when targeting Codex, auto-detect installed agents
- find-browse: priority chain .codex > .agents > .claude (both
  workspace-local and global)
- dev-setup/teardown: create .agents/skills/gstack symlinks for dev mode

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Tests (28 new):
- Codex output path routing, frontmatter validation (name+description only)
- No .claude/skills/ path leaks in Codex output (regression guard)
- /codex skill exclusion, hook→prose conversion, multiline YAML
- --host agents alias, dynamic template discovery
- Codex skill validation + $B command validation
- find-browse priority chain verification
- Replace static ALL_SKILLS list with dynamic filesystem scan

CI:
- Add Codex freshness check to skill-docs workflow

Docs:
- AGENTS.md: Codex-facing project instructions
- README: multi-agent installation section
- CONTRIBUTING: dual-host development workflow
- CHANGELOG: v0.9.0 multi-agent support entry

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
New test infrastructure:
- CodexSessionRunner: spawns codex exec, parses JSONL stream, returns
  structured results (output, reasoning, toolCalls, tokens)
- JSONL parser ported from Python (codex/SKILL.md.tmpl) to TypeScript
- Temp HOME skill installation for Codex discovery testing

E2E tests (gated behind EVALS=1 + codex + OPENAI_API_KEY):
- codex-discover-skill: installs skill, verifies Codex finds it
- codex-review-findings: runs gstack-review via Codex, validates output

Integrates with existing eval infrastructure:
- Diff-based test selection via touchfiles
- Eval persistence via EvalCollector
- bun run test:codex / test:codex:all convenience scripts

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Two bugs found by Codex adversarial review:

1. Sidecar path mismatch: generated Codex skills referenced
   .agents/skills/gstack-review/checklist.md but setup creates
   sidecars at .agents/skills/gstack/review/. Fixed path rewriter
   to emit .agents/skills/gstack/review/ (matching setup layout).

2. Setup installed Claude-format source dirs for Codex global
   install instead of the generated Codex-format skills. Split
   link_skill_dirs into link_claude_skill_dirs (source dirs for
   Claude) and link_codex_skill_dirs (generated .agents/skills/
   gstack-* dirs for Codex).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
17 new tests covering:
- Sidecar path rewriting: .claude/skills/review → .agents/skills/gstack/review/
  (catches the bug where checklist.md was unreachable at gstack-review/)
- All 4 path rewrite rules tested individually across all skills
- Greptile triage sidecar path correctness
- Ship skill sidecar paths for pre-landing review
- Claude output regression guard: zero Codex paths in any Claude skill
- Setup script validation: separate link functions for Claude vs Codex,
  link_codex_skill_dirs reads from .agents/skills/, create_agents_sidecar
  links runtime assets (bin, browse, review, qa)

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Resolved conflicts in VERSION (keep 0.9.0), CHANGELOG.md (prepend 0.9.0
entry above 0.8.5), and gen-skill-docs.ts (keep dynamic scan over static list).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Remove stale gstack-debug, add gstack-investigate, regenerate all
Codex skills to pick up changes merged from main (investigate rename,
platform-agnostic templates, review helpers).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Resolved conflicts:
- VERSION: keep 0.9.0 (ours supersedes 0.8.6)
- CHANGELOG: prepend 0.9.0 above new 0.8.6 entry
- gen-skill-docs.ts: integrate telemetry (pending finalize, prompt)
  into decomposed sub-functions with host-aware paths
- gen-skill-docs.test.ts: keep both Codex generation and telemetry tests

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
- Remove OPENAI_API_KEY gate from test prerequisites
- Copy real ~/.codex/ auth config into temp HOME so codex can authenticate
- Increase review test timeout to 540s (codex does thorough 60+ tool call reviews)
- Document in CLAUDE.md that Codex uses its own auth config

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Great it! Big thanks!

@garrytan garrytan merged commit 8ddfab2 into main Mar 20, 2026
rapidstartup pushed a commit to rapidstartup/gstack that referenced this pull request Mar 29, 2026
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* refactor: host-aware gen-skill-docs + --host codex generation

Refactor gen-skill-docs.ts for multi-agent support:
- Add Host type, HostPaths interface, HOST_PATHS config
- Decompose generatePreamble() into 7 composable sub-functions
- Replace all hardcoded .claude/skills/gstack paths with ctx.paths
- Replace static findTemplates() list with dynamic filesystem scan
- Add --host codex|agents flag (aliases, same output)
- Add processTemplate host routing to .agents/skills/gstack-*/
- Add codexSkillName() with double-prefix prevention
- Add transformFrontmatter() — keeps only name + description for Codex
- Add extractHookSafetyProse() — converts hooks to inline advisory
- Add body text path rewriting for remaining hardcoded paths
- Exclude /codex skill from Codex generation (self-referential)

Claude output is unchanged (verified via --dry-run).
SKILL.md is an open standard: .agents/skills/ works on Codex, Gemini CLI, and Cursor.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

* feat: generate Codex/Gemini/Cursor skills into .agents/skills/

Generated 21 skill files for the open SKILL.md standard:
- Output: .agents/skills/gstack-*/SKILL.md (one per skill)
- Frontmatter: name + description only (no allowed-tools/version)
- No .claude/skills/ paths in any generated file
- /codex skill excluded (Claude wrapper, self-referential on Codex)
- Hook skills (careful/freeze/guard) get inline safety prose
- Build script generates both hosts: bun run build

Supported agents (all read .agents/skills/):
- Codex CLI
- Gemini CLI
- Cursor

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

* feat: dual-host setup + find-browse for Codex/Gemini/Cursor

- setup: add --host codex|claude|auto flag, install to ~/.codex/skills/
  when targeting Codex, auto-detect installed agents
- find-browse: priority chain .codex > .agents > .claude (both
  workspace-local and global)
- dev-setup/teardown: create .agents/skills/gstack symlinks for dev mode

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

* test: Codex generation tests + CI + docs for multi-agent support

Tests (28 new):
- Codex output path routing, frontmatter validation (name+description only)
- No .claude/skills/ path leaks in Codex output (regression guard)
- /codex skill exclusion, hook→prose conversion, multiline YAML
- --host agents alias, dynamic template discovery
- Codex skill validation + $B command validation
- find-browse priority chain verification
- Replace static ALL_SKILLS list with dynamic filesystem scan

CI:
- Add Codex freshness check to skill-docs workflow

Docs:
- AGENTS.md: Codex-facing project instructions
- README: multi-agent installation section
- CONTRIBUTING: dual-host development workflow
- CHANGELOG: v0.9.0 multi-agent support entry

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

* feat: Codex E2E test harness — verify skills work on Codex CLI

New test infrastructure:
- CodexSessionRunner: spawns codex exec, parses JSONL stream, returns
  structured results (output, reasoning, toolCalls, tokens)
- JSONL parser ported from Python (codex/SKILL.md.tmpl) to TypeScript
- Temp HOME skill installation for Codex discovery testing

E2E tests (gated behind EVALS=1 + codex + OPENAI_API_KEY):
- codex-discover-skill: installs skill, verifies Codex finds it
- codex-review-findings: runs gstack-review via Codex, validates output

Integrates with existing eval infrastructure:
- Diff-based test selection via touchfiles
- Eval persistence via EvalCollector
- bun run test:codex / test:codex:all convenience scripts

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

* fix: bump VERSION to 0.9.0 to match CHANGELOG

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

* fix: Codex sidecar paths + setup installs generated skills

Two bugs found by Codex adversarial review:

1. Sidecar path mismatch: generated Codex skills referenced
   .agents/skills/gstack-review/checklist.md but setup creates
   sidecars at .agents/skills/gstack/review/. Fixed path rewriter
   to emit .agents/skills/gstack/review/ (matching setup layout).

2. Setup installed Claude-format source dirs for Codex global
   install instead of the generated Codex-format skills. Split
   link_skill_dirs into link_claude_skill_dirs (source dirs for
   Claude) and link_codex_skill_dirs (generated .agents/skills/
   gstack-* dirs for Codex).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

* test: comprehensive Codex path rewriting + setup install tests

17 new tests covering:
- Sidecar path rewriting: .claude/skills/review → .agents/skills/gstack/review/
  (catches the bug where checklist.md was unreachable at gstack-review/)
- All 4 path rewrite rules tested individually across all skills
- Greptile triage sidecar path correctness
- Ship skill sidecar paths for pre-landing review
- Claude output regression guard: zero Codex paths in any Claude skill
- Setup script validation: separate link functions for Claude vs Codex,
  link_codex_skill_dirs reads from .agents/skills/, create_agents_sidecar
  links runtime assets (bin, browse, review, qa)

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

* fix: regenerate Codex skills after investigate rename merge

Remove stale gstack-debug, add gstack-investigate, regenerate all
Codex skills to pick up changes merged from main (investigate rename,
platform-agnostic templates, review helpers).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

* fix: Codex E2E uses ~/.codex/ auth, not OPENAI_API_KEY

- Remove OPENAI_API_KEY gate from test prerequisites
- Copy real ~/.codex/ auth config into temp HOME so codex can authenticate
- Increase review test timeout to 540s (codex does thorough 60+ tool call reviews)
- Document in CLAUDE.md that Codex uses its own auth config

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

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Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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