gstack now auto-runs only four skills, so it stops colliding with other skill packs

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gstack 1.91.216.0 to 1.91.243.0 (2026-10-25 to 2026-10-26): gstack for Claude Code now auto-invokes only /office-hours, /review, /qa and /ship by default, team installs follow a weekly stable release, a fresh install is about 520 MB smaller, API keys stay out of tool output, /review re-checks only its fixes, and skills start at once on Windows again. Plus a browser TLS caveat. Changelog: https://github.com/garrytan/gstack/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md Release channels: https://github.com/garrytan/gstack/blob/main/docs/releases.md Proactive setting: https://github.com/garrytan/gstack/blob/main/docs/proactive.md Browser TLS warning: https://github.com/garrytan/gstack/blob/main/BROWSER.md Commits: https://github.com/garrytan/gstack/commits/main

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  1. 0:00Core four
  2. 0:12Stable
  3. 0:25Smaller
  4. 0:40Keys
  5. 0:55Review
  6. 1:08Windows
  7. 1:21Fixes
  8. 1:38Browser
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  1. gstack used to start any skill that matched your request, which made it collide with other skill packs in Claude Code. Now only /office-hours, /review, /qa and /ship start on their own.

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    gstack logo

    gstack now auto-runs only four skills, so it stops colliding with other skill packs

    /office-hours /review /qa /ship
    A skill you name still runs. Every matching skill, or none, is one setting away.
    Core four Stable Smaller Keys Review Windows Fixes Browser
    garrytan/gstack · CHANGELOG.md · 1.91.240.0
  2. Team-mode installs used to move with every merge on main, about a dozen a day. Now they follow a stable branch that a Monday release moves to the newest green commit, plus hotfixes.

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    Team installs now update once a week

    main · every merge → Monday · newest green commit → stable · team installs
    Each cut is tagged and published as a GitHub Release. Contributors keep following main.
    Core four Stable Smaller Keys Review Windows Fixes Browser
    garrytan/gstack · CHANGELOG.md · 1.91.234.0
  3. Setup now installs production dependencies only, so a fresh install skips the test toolchain and the Claude Agent SDK's native binaries. An install you already have keeps them until you clear them.

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    A fresh install is about 520 MB smaller

    node_modules before
    1,094 MB
    node_modules now
    572 MB
    An existing install keeps its dev packages until you clear them.
    Core four Stable Smaller Keys Review Windows Fixes Browser
    garrytan/gstack · CHANGELOG.md · 1.91.231.0
  4. In an unattended /ship run, a child agent ran a bare export and printed API keys into its tool output. Now children get a file to source, and redaction stops any key from your environment reaching a PR body.

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    Your API keys stay out of tool output and PR bodies

    $ export
    ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=… OPENAI_API_KEY=…
    launch settings: a file to source key values redacted
    Core four Stable Smaller Keys Review Windows Fixes Browser
    garrytan/gstack · CHANGELOG.md · 1.91.243.0
  5. Each /review fix cycle used to re-read the whole branch, so big branches hit the three-cycle stop. Now the next pass reads only the fixes, and the final pass still covers everything.

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    /review re-reads only its own fixes after a fixing pass

    before every fix cycle · whole branch
    now next pass · just the fixes
    The final pass still reads the whole branch.
    Core four Stable Smaller Keys Review Windows Fixes Browser
    garrytan/gstack · CHANGELOG.md · 1.91.226.0
  6. In Git for Windows, the workflow lock relied on a symlink that never got created, so each skill start waited out three hundred retries, over eight minutes in one report. Now skills start right away.

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    Skills start at once on Windows again

    Git Bash, before 499 s per skill start
    now lock taken on the first try
    Core four Stable Smaller Keys Review Windows Fixes Browser
    garrytan/gstack · CHANGELOG.md · 1.91.228.0
  7. /context-restore now flags commits that landed after a save. A design doc edited in plan mode stays current for the plan reviews. And /design-html builds landing pages around one visitor action, without invented customers or numbers.

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    Three smaller changes

    /context-restore flags commits that landed after the save1.91.224.0
    A design doc edited in plan mode now reaches the plan reviews1.91.220.0
    /design-html builds landing pages around one action, with no invented proof1.91.225.0
    Core four Stable Smaller Keys Review Windows Fixes Browser
    garrytan/gstack · CHANGELOG.md · 1.91.220.0 to 1.91.225.0
  8. gstack's headless browser gets no revocation updates, so it still trusts the eMudhra certificates Chrome blocked. Until Playwright ships a fixed Chromium, keep signed-in work off untrusted networks. If other skill packs share your Claude Code, I would upgrade now.

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    gstack’s browser still trusts the compromised eMudhra certificates

    The fix waits for a Playwright release with Chromium 158.0.8115.0 or later. Your own browser is unaffected.
    Upgrade now, and keep signed-in work off untrusted networks
    CHANGELOG.md · BROWSER.md garrytan/gstack
    Core four Stable Smaller Keys Review Windows Fixes Browser
    garrytan/gstack · CHANGELOG.md · 1.91.239.0

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