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Use when the user wants to execute a phase's plans, resume the remaining plans, or run only one wave. Discovers plans, groups them into dependency waves, spawns a fresh subagent per plan, then verifies the phase.

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$ npx -y skills add coco-research/coco --skill gsd-execute-phase --agent claude-code

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  • Fires itselfAuto-invocation. Claude auto-loads it when your prompt matches the work.Auto-invocation is when the right skill fires by itself at the right moment, driven by a FLOW.md router and a hook, instead of you invoking it by name. It is the difference between a skill being installed and a skill actually getting used.Read the full definition →
  • You can call itInvoke it directly when you want it.
  • Slash command/gsd-execute-phase

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Use when the user wants to execute a phase's plans, resume the remaining plans, or run only one wave. Discovers plans, groups them into dependency waves, spawns a fresh subagent per plan, then verifies the phase.

SKILL.md

gsd-execute-phase.SKILL.md
name: gsd-execute-phase
description: "Use when the user wants to execute a phase's plans, resume the remaining plans, or run only one wave. Discovers plans, groups them into dependency waves, spawns a fresh subagent per plan, then verifies the phase."
argument-hint: "<phase-number> [--wave N] [--gaps-only] [--interactive]"
allowed-tools:
  - Read
  - Write
  - Edit
  - Glob
  - Grep
  - Bash
  - Task
  - TodoWrite
  - AskUserQuestion

<objective> Execute all plans in a phase using wave-based parallel execution.

Orchestrator stays lean: discover plans, analyze dependencies, group into waves, spawn subagents, collect results. Each subagent loads the full execute-plan context and handles its own plan.

Optional wave filter:

  • `--wave N` executes only Wave `N` for pacing, quota management, or staged rollout
  • phase verification/completion still only happens when no incomplete plans remain after the selected wave finishes

Flag handling rule:

  • The optional flags documented below are available behaviors, not implied active behaviors
  • A flag is active only when its literal token appears in `$ARGUMENTS`
  • If a documented flag is absent from `$ARGUMENTS`, treat it as inactive

Context budget: ~15% orchestrator, 100% fresh per subagent. </objective>

<execution_context> @$HOME/.claude/get-shit-done/workflows/execute-phase.md @$HOME/.claude/get-shit-done/references/ui-brand.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: $ARGUMENTS

**Available optional flags (documentation only — not automatically active):**

  • `--wave N` — Execute only Wave `N` in the phase. Use when you want to pace execution or stay inside usage limits.
  • `--gaps-only` — Execute only gap closure plans (plans with `gap_closure: true` in frontmatter). Use after verify-work creates fix plans.
  • `--interactive` — Execute plans sequentially inline (no subagents) with user checkpoints between tasks. Lower token usage, pair-programming style. Best for small phases, bug fixes, and verification gaps.

**Active flags must be derived from `$ARGUMENTS`:**

  • `--wave N` is active only if the literal `--wave` token is present in `$ARGUMENTS`
  • `--gaps-only` is active only if the literal `--gaps-only` token is present in `$ARGUMENTS`
  • `--interactive` is active only if the literal `--interactive` token is present in `$ARGUMENTS`
  • If none of these tokens appear, run the standard full-phase execution flow with no flag-specific filtering
  • Do not infer that a flag is active just because it is documented in this prompt

Context files are resolved inside the workflow via `gsd-tools init execute-phase` and per-subagent `<files_to_read>` blocks. </context>

<process> Execute the execute-phase workflow from @$HOME/.claude/get-shit-done/workflows/execute-phase.md end-to-end. Preserve all workflow gates (wave execution, checkpoint handling, verification, state updates, routing). </process>

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