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

How it fires

How this skill gets triggered: by you, by Claude, or both.

  • 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-trace

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The summary Claude sees to decide when to auto-load this skill.

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

SKILL.md

gsd-trace.SKILL.md
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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