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Provides an interface to manage multiple concurrent development workstreams.

Install

mkdir -p .claude/skills/gsd-workstreams && curl -L -o skill.zip "https://agentskills.codes/api/skills/download/12825" && unzip -o skill.zip -d .claude/skills/gsd-workstreams && rm skill.zip

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Activation

This is the description your AI agent reads to decide when to run this skill — the better it matches your request, the more reliably it fires.

Manage parallel workstreams — list, create, switch, status, progress, complete, and resume
90 charsno explicit “when” trigger
Intermediate

Key capabilities

  • List all workstreams with status
  • Create new workstreams
  • Display detailed status for a workstream
  • Set active workstream
  • Show progress summary across workstreams
  • Archive completed workstreams

How it works

The skill parses user input for subcommands, executes corresponding `gsd-tools` commands, and formats the JSON output into a human-readable display.

Inputs & outputs

You give it
Subcommand (list, create, status, switch, progress, complete, resume) and optional arguments
You get back
Workstream information (list, status, progress), new workstream path, or archived workstream

When to use gsd-workstreams

  • Create new workstream
  • Check workstream status
  • Switch between tasks

About this skill

<codex_skill_adapter>

A. Skill Invocation

  • This skill is invoked by mentioning $gsd-workstreams.
  • Treat all user text after $gsd-workstreams as {{GSD_ARGS}}.
  • If no arguments are present, treat {{GSD_ARGS}} as empty.

B. AskUserQuestion → request_user_input Mapping

GSD workflows use AskUserQuestion (Claude Code syntax). Translate to Codex request_user_input:

Parameter mapping:

  • headerheader
  • questionquestion
  • Options formatted as "Label" — description{label: "Label", description: "description"}
  • Generate id from header: lowercase, replace spaces with underscores

Batched calls:

  • AskUserQuestion([q1, q2]) → single request_user_input with multiple entries in questions[]

Multi-select workaround:

  • Codex has no multiSelect. Use sequential single-selects, or present a numbered freeform list asking the user to enter comma-separated numbers.

Execute mode fallback:

  • When request_user_input is rejected (Execute mode), present a plain-text numbered list and pick a reasonable default.

C. Task() → spawn_agent Mapping

GSD workflows use Task(...) (Claude Code syntax). Translate to Codex collaboration tools:

Direct mapping:

  • Task(subagent_type="X", prompt="Y")spawn_agent(agent_type="X", message="Y")
  • Task(model="...") → omit (Codex uses per-role config, not inline model selection)
  • fork_context: false by default — GSD agents load their own context via <files_to_read> blocks

Parallel fan-out:

  • Spawn multiple agents → collect agent IDs → wait(ids) for all to complete

Result parsing:

  • Look for structured markers in agent output: CHECKPOINT, PLAN COMPLETE, SUMMARY, etc.
  • close_agent(id) after collecting results from each agent </codex_skill_adapter>

/gsd-workstreams

Manage parallel workstreams for concurrent milestone work.

Usage

/gsd-workstreams [subcommand] [args]

Subcommands

CommandDescription
listList all workstreams with status
create <name>Create a new workstream
status <name>Detailed status for one workstream
switch <name>Set active workstream
progressProgress summary across all workstreams
complete <name>Archive a completed workstream
resume <name>Resume work in a workstream

Step 1: Parse Subcommand

Parse the user's input to determine which workstream operation to perform. If no subcommand given, default to list.

Step 2: Execute Operation

list

Run: node "$GSD_TOOLS" workstream list --raw --cwd "$CWD" Display the workstreams in a table format showing name, status, current phase, and progress.

create

Run: node "$GSD_TOOLS" workstream create <name> --raw --cwd "$CWD" After creation, display the new workstream path and suggest next steps:

  • /gsd-new-milestone --ws <name> to set up the milestone

status

Run: node "$GSD_TOOLS" workstream status <name> --raw --cwd "$CWD" Display detailed phase breakdown and state information.

switch

Run: node "$GSD_TOOLS" workstream set <name> --raw --cwd "$CWD" Also set GSD_WORKSTREAM for the current session when the runtime supports it. If the runtime exposes a session identifier, GSD also stores the active workstream session-locally so concurrent sessions do not overwrite each other.

progress

Run: node "$GSD_TOOLS" workstream progress --raw --cwd "$CWD" Display a progress overview across all workstreams.

complete

Run: node "$GSD_TOOLS" workstream complete <name> --raw --cwd "$CWD" Archive the workstream to milestones/.

resume

Set the workstream as active and suggest /gsd-resume-work --ws <name>.

Step 3: Display Results

Format the JSON output from gsd-tools into a human-readable display. Include the ${GSD_WS} flag in any routing suggestions.

When not to use it

  • When `request_user_input` is rejected and a reasonable default cannot be picked
  • When the runtime does not support setting `GSD_WORKSTREAM` for the current session
  • When concurrent sessions might overwrite each other's active workstream

Limitations

  • Codex has no `multiSelect` for user input
  • Requires `gsd-tools` to be installed and accessible
  • Runtime support is needed to set `GSD_WORKSTREAM` for the current session

How it compares

This skill provides a unified interface for managing parallel workstreams through specific subcommands, centralizing operations that would otherwise require direct execution of various scripts.

Compared to similar skills

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