gsd:discuss-phase
SkillAI & modelsGather phase context through adaptive questioning before planning. Use --all to skip area selection and discuss all gray areas interactively. 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).
Instructions available. Your AI can read the instructions. Execution depends on the setup they require.
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Add ahel to your AI once: Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Claude Code or Codex. Then ask it to use this.
Then ask your AI: use the gsd:discuss-phase skill
What this skill tells your AI
The instructions your AI receives, as published by davepoon/buildwithclaude in plugins/gsd/skills/discuss-phase/SKILL.md and read by ahel’s review.
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
<execution_context> @${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/workflows/discuss-phase.md @${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/workflows/discuss-phase-assumptions.md @${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/workflows/discuss-phase-power.md @${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/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 files are resolved in-workflow using init phase-op and roadmap/state tool calls.
If DISCUSS_MODE is "assumptions": Read and execute @${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/workflows/discuss-phase-assumptions.md end-to-end.
If DISCUSS_MODE is "discuss" (or unset, or any other value): Read and execute @${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/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.
<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>
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- Sep 2026
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