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Traces decisions and requirements through GSD artifacts. Use when user asks "why did we...", "what happened to...", or mentions decision history.

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$ npx -y skills add Tibsfox/gsd-skill-creator --skill gsd-trace --agent claude-code

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name: gsd-trace
description: Traces decisions and requirements through GSD artifacts. Use when user asks "why did we...", "what happened to...", or mentions decision history.
version: 1.0.0
format: 2025-10-02
triggers:
  - "user asks \"why did we"
updated: 2026-04-25
status: ACTIVE

GSD Decision Archaeology

Excavate GSD artifact timeline to reconstruct decision chains, requirement evolution, and phase rationale.

Sources (authority order)

1. PROJECT.md Key Decisions 2. STATE.md Session Continuity 3. ROADMAP.md phase goals/criteria 4. Phase CONTEXT.md / RESEARCH.md 5. Plan SUMMARY.md outcomes 6. Git commit messages 7. Archived milestone docs

Trace Process

1. **Identify query type** — decision rationale, requirement status, phase outcome, impact analysis 2. **Search sources** — start with highest authority, cross-reference downward 3. **Build timeline** — chronological events from artifacts 4. **Trace causality** — link decisions to requirements to implementation 5. **Answer directly** — cite specific sources and dates

Query Types

| Type | Primary Sources | |------|----------------| | Why decision X? | PROJECT.md Key Decisions, RESEARCH.md | | What happened to req Y? | REQUIREMENTS.md, STATE.md, milestones/ | | Phase N outcome? | ROADMAP.md, SUMMARY files, git commits | | What depends on X? | PLAN files, git history, code search | | What was tried/abandoned? | RESEARCH.md, STATE.md |

Limitations

Can only trace what GSD documented. Undocumented decisions, verbal discussions, and vague commit messages are untraceable.

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gsd-trace installs in Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot, OpenCode and Windsurf with the skills CLI, using each agent's flag shown on this page. Flowy's auto-invocation, which fires a skill when your prompt matches, runs in Claude Code only.