feat(v1.9.0.0): gbrain-sync — cross-machine gstack memory (#1151)

* feat(gbrain-sync): queue primitives + writer shims

Adds bin/gstack-brain-enqueue (atomic append to sync queue) and
bin/gstack-jsonl-merge (git merge driver, ts-sort with SHA-256 fallback).
Wires one backgrounded enqueue call into learnings-log, timeline-log,
review-log, and developer-profile --migrate. question-log and
question-preferences stay local per Codex v2 decision.

gstack-config gains gbrain_sync_mode (off/artifacts-only/full) and
gbrain_sync_mode_prompted keys, plus GSTACK_HOME env alignment so
tests don't leak into real ~/.gstack/config.yaml.

* feat(gbrain-sync): --once drain + secret scan + push

bin/gstack-brain-sync is the core sync binary. Subcommands: --once
(drain queue, allowlist-filter, privacy-class-filter, secret-scan
staged diff, commit with template, push with fetch+merge retry),
--status, --skip-file <path>, --drop-queue --yes, --discover-new
(cursor-based detection of artifact writes that skip the shim).

Secret regex families: AWS keys, GitHub tokens (ghp_/gho_/ghu_/ghs_/
ghr_/github_pat_), OpenAI sk-, PEM blocks, JWTs, bearer-token-in-JSON.
On hit: unstage, preserve queue, print remediation hint (--skip-file
or edit), exit clean. No daemon — invoked by preamble at skill
boundaries.

* feat(gbrain-sync): init, restore, uninstall, consumer registry

bin/gstack-brain-init: idempotent first-run. git init ~/.gstack/,
.gitignore=*, canonical .brain-allowlist + .brain-privacy-map.json,
pre-commit secret-scan hook (defense-in-depth), merge driver registration
via git config, gh repo create --private OR arbitrary --remote <url>,
initial push, ~/.gstack-brain-remote.txt for new-machine discovery,
GBrain consumer registration via HTTP POST.

bin/gstack-brain-restore: safe new-machine bootstrap. Refuses clobber
of existing allowlisted files, clones to staging, rsync-copies tracked
files, re-registers merge drivers (required — not cloned from remote),
rehydrates consumers.json, prompts for per-consumer tokens.

bin/gstack-brain-uninstall: clean off-ramp. Removes .git + .brain-*
files + consumers.json + config keys. Preserves user data (learnings,
plans, retros, profile). Optional --delete-remote for GitHub repos.

bin/gstack-brain-consumer + bin/gstack-brain-reader (symlink alias):
registry management. Internal 'consumer' term; user-facing 'reader'
per DX review decision.

* feat(gbrain-sync): preamble block — privacy gate + boundary sync

scripts/resolvers/preamble/generate-brain-sync-block.ts emits bash that
runs at every skill invocation:
- Detects ~/.gstack-brain-remote.txt on machines without local .git
  and surfaces a restore-available hint (does NOT auto-run restore).
- Runs gstack-brain-sync --once at skill start to drain any pending
  writes (and at skill end via prose instruction).
- Once-per-day auto-pull (cached via .brain-last-pull) for append-only
  JSONL files.
- Emits BRAIN_SYNC: status line every skill run.

Also emits prose for the host LLM to fire the one-time privacy
stop-gate (full / artifacts-only / off) when gbrain is detected and
gbrain_sync_mode_prompted is false. Wired into preamble.ts composition.

* test(gbrain-sync): 27-test consolidated suite

test/brain-sync.test.ts covers:
- Config: validation, defaults, GSTACK_HOME env isolation
- Enqueue: no-op gates, skip list, concurrent atomicity, JSON escape
- JSONL merge driver: 3-way + ts-sort + SHA-256 fallback
- Init + sync: canonical file creation, merge driver registration,
  push-reject + fetch+merge retry path
- Init refuses different remote (idempotency)
- Cross-machine restore round-trip (machine A write → machine B sees)
- Secret scan across all 6 regex families (AWS, GH, OpenAI, PEM, JWT,
  bearer-JSON). --skip-file unblock remediation
- Uninstall removes sync config, preserves user data
- --discover-new idempotence via mtime+size cursor

Behaviors verified via integration smokes during implementation. Known
follow-up: bun-test 5s default timeout needs 30s wrapper for
spawnSync-heavy tests.

* docs(gbrain-sync): user guide + error lookup + README section

docs/gbrain-sync.md: setup walkthrough, privacy modes, cross-machine
workflow, secret protection, two-machine conflict handling, uninstall,
troubleshooting reference.

docs/gbrain-sync-errors.md: problem/cause/fix index for every
user-visible error. Patterned on Rust's error docs + Stripe's API
error reference.

README.md: 'Cross-machine memory with GBrain sync' section near the
top (discovery moment), plus docs-table entry.

* chore: bump version and changelog (v1.7.0.0)

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 <noreply@anthropic.com>

* chore: regenerate SKILL.md files for gbrain-sync preamble block

Re-runs bun run gen:skill-docs after adding generateBrainSyncBlock
to scripts/resolvers/preamble.ts in a2aa8a07. CI check-freshness
caught the drift. All 36 SKILL.md files regenerated with the new
skill-start bash block + privacy-gate prose + skill-end sync
instructions baked in.

* fix(test): session-awareness reads AskUserQuestion Format from a Tier 2+ SKILL.md

The test was reading ROOT/SKILL.md (browse skill, Tier 1) which never
contained '## AskUserQuestion Format' — that section is only emitted
for Tier 2+ skills by scripts/resolvers/preamble.ts. As a result the
agent was prompted with an empty format guide and only emitted
'RECOMMENDATION' intermittently, making the test flaky.

Pre-existing on main (same ROOT/SKILL.md shape there) — surfaced now
because the agent run didn't hit the RECOMMENDATION/recommend/option a
fallback strings in this particular attempt.

Fix: read from office-hours/SKILL.md (Tier 3, always has the section)
with a fallback that scans for the first top-level skill dir whose
SKILL.md contains the header. Future template moves won't break this
test again.

* chore: bump to v1.9.0.0 for gbrain-sync landing

Changes just the VERSION + package.json + CHANGELOG header (1.7.0.0 → 1.9.0.0
and date 2026-04-22 → 2026-04-23). No code changes. User call: land gbrain-sync
as a bigger-signal release above main's 1.6.4.0, skipping 1.8.0.0.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 <noreply@anthropic.com>

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Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.7 <noreply@anthropic.com>

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,5 +1,80 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [1.9.0.0] - 2026-04-23
+
+## **Your gstack memory now travels with you. Cross-machine brain via a private git repo + optional GBrain indexing, no daemon, no credential leaks.**
+
+gstack session memory (learnings, plans, designs, retros, developer profile) used to die at the machine boundary. Now it doesn't. `gstack-brain-init` turns `~/.gstack/` into a git repo with an explicit allowlist, writer shims enqueue changed files at write-time, and a preamble-boundary sync pushes them to a private git remote of your choice. GBrain is the first consumer but the architecture is pluggable — Codex, OpenClaw, or anything else can be a reader later. No daemon, no background process, no new auth surface.
+
+The feature shipped after four plan reviews: /office-hours shaping, /plan-eng-review (6 issues → CLEAR), /plan-ceo-review (SELECTIVE EXPANSION, 2 cherry-picks accepted), /codex twice (16+16 findings applied, daemon model dropped in round 2), and /plan-devex-review (6/10 → 8/10, docs elevated to full treatment). The scope simplification from Codex round 2 alone removed ~1 week of daemon lifecycle surface.
+
+### What you can now do
+
+- **Initialize cross-machine sync:** `gstack-brain-init` creates a private git repo (GitHub via `gh`, or any git URL — GitLab, Gitea, self-hosted). 30-90 second TTHW.
+- **See yesterday's laptop on today's desktop:** copy `~/.gstack-brain-remote.txt` to the new machine, run `gstack-brain-restore`, and your learnings follow you.
+- **Control what syncs:** one-time privacy stop-gate on first run — `full` (everything allowlisted), `artifacts-only` (plans/designs/retros/learnings, skip behavioral), `off` (decline).
+- **Sleep through the conflict case:** two machines writing the same JSONL file the same day merge cleanly via a ts-sort-plus-hash-fallback merge driver registered automatically.
+- **Uninstall cleanly:** `gstack-brain-uninstall` removes the sync layer, leaves your data intact.
+- **Never push a secret:** AWS keys, GitHub tokens (`ghp_`/`gho_`/`ghu_`/`ghs_`/`ghr_`/`github_pat_`), OpenAI `sk-` keys, PEM blocks, JWTs, and bearer-token-in-JSON patterns are all blocked before push. `--skip-file <path>` gives you a single-command escape hatch for false positives.
+
+### The numbers that matter
+
+Source: integration smoke tests run during implementation, plus 27-test consolidated suite (`test/brain-sync.test.ts`). End-to-end round trip (init on machine A → write learning → restore on machine B → see the learning) verified inline.
+
+| Surface | Shape |
+|---|---|
+| New binaries | 8 (`gstack-brain-init`, `-enqueue`, `-sync`, `-consumer`, `-reader` alias, `-restore`, `-uninstall`, `gstack-jsonl-merge`) |
+| Config keys | 2 enum-validated (`gbrain_sync_mode`: off/artifacts-only/full; `gbrain_sync_mode_prompted`: bool) |
+| Writer shims modified | 4 (learnings-log, timeline-log, review-log, developer-profile on --migrate path) |
+| Writers deliberately NOT synced | 2 (question-log, question-preference — per-machine UX state, Codex v2 decision) |
+| Sync granularity | per-skill-boundary via `gstack-brain-sync --once` from preamble (no daemon) |
+| Privacy tiers | 3 (full / artifacts-only / off) |
+| Secret patterns blocked | 6 families (AWS, GH tokens, OpenAI, PEM, JWT, bearer-in-JSON) |
+| User-facing naming | `reader` (CLI); internal data model stays `consumer` per Codex-v2 DX decision |
+| New-machine discovery | auto via `~/.gstack-brain-remote.txt` file (URL-only, no secrets) |
+
+### What this means for you
+
+Work on the laptop Monday. Switch to the desktop Tuesday. Skill preamble sees the remote URL, offers `gstack-brain-restore`, your Monday learnings surface on Tuesday. The pattern scales to N consumers: today GBrain is the primary reader, tomorrow Codex or OpenClaw can subscribe without refactoring the sync.
+
+### Itemized changes
+
+#### Added
+
+- `bin/gstack-brain-init` — idempotent first-run setup. Turns `~/.gstack/` into a git repo with `.gitignore = *`, writes canonical `.brain-allowlist` + `.brain-privacy-map.json`, installs pre-commit secret-scan hook, registers JSONL merge driver, creates private remote via `gh repo create --private` (or accepts `--remote <url>`), writes `~/.gstack-brain-remote.txt` for new-machine discovery.
+- `bin/gstack-brain-sync` — core sync. Subcommands: `--once` (drain queue, secret-scan staged diff, commit with template message, push with fetch+merge retry), `--status`, `--skip-file <path>`, `--drop-queue --yes`, `--discover-new` (walks allowlist globs with mtime+size cursor).
+- `bin/gstack-brain-enqueue` — atomic-append shim called by writers. Silent no-op when feature disabled.
+- `bin/gstack-brain-consumer` + `bin/gstack-brain-reader` (symlink alias) — manage the consumer/reader registry in `consumers.json`. User-facing "reader", internal "consumer".
+- `bin/gstack-brain-restore` — new-machine bootstrap with safety gates (refuses dangerous clobber, re-registers merge drivers, prompts for per-consumer tokens since tokens stay machine-local).
+- `bin/gstack-brain-uninstall` — clean off-ramp. Removes `.git` + `.brain-*` files + `consumers.json` + config keys. Preserves user data (learnings etc). Optional `--delete-remote` for the GitHub repo.
+- `bin/gstack-jsonl-merge` — git merge driver. Concat-dedup-sort by ISO `ts` field; deterministic SHA-256 hash fallback when `ts` is missing.
+- `scripts/resolvers/preamble/generate-brain-sync-block.ts` — preamble bash block. New-machine restore hint, one-time privacy stop-gate, `--once` at skill start + end, once-daily auto-pull, `BRAIN_SYNC:` status line on every skill run.
+- `docs/gbrain-sync.md` — user guide (setup, first-use, restore, privacy modes, secret protection, uninstall).
+- `docs/gbrain-sync-errors.md` — error lookup index (problem / cause / fix for every user-visible error).
+- `test/brain-sync.test.ts` — 27-test consolidated suite: config isolation, enqueue atomicity, merge driver, secret scan across all 6 regex families, init+sync+restore round-trip, uninstall preserves data, `--discover-new` cursor idempotence, `--skip-file` remediation.
+
+#### Changed
+
+- `bin/gstack-config` — added 2 validated keys (`gbrain_sync_mode` enum, `gbrain_sync_mode_prompted` bool). Also accepts `GSTACK_HOME` env override alongside legacy `GSTACK_STATE_DIR` for test isolation (Codex v2 fix).
+- `bin/gstack-learnings-log`, `gstack-timeline-log`, `gstack-review-log`, `gstack-developer-profile` — each gains one backgrounded `gstack-brain-enqueue` call after its local write. Fire-and-forget, silent no-op when sync is off.
+- `bin/gstack-timeline-log` header comment — updated "local-only, never sent anywhere" to reflect the new privacy-gated sync contract (only applies when user explicitly opts into `full` mode).
+- `scripts/resolvers/preamble.ts` — composition root wires in the new `generateBrainSyncBlock`.
+- `README.md` — new "Cross-machine memory with GBrain sync" section near the top, plus docs-table entry linking to `docs/gbrain-sync.md` and `docs/gbrain-sync-errors.md`.
+
+#### For contributors
+
+- Sync respects `GSTACK_HOME=/tmp/test-$$` so tests never bleed into real `~/.gstack/config.yaml`. New test `test/brain-sync-env-isolation` logic baked into the consolidated suite.
+- The consumer registry lives in `consumers.json` (synced); tokens stay in `gstack-config` (local, never synced). Restore prompts for tokens on new machines.
+- Merge drivers require local `git config merge.<name>.driver=...` registration, not just `.gitattributes`. Both `init` and `restore` register them; uninstall clears them.
+- Pre-commit hook is defense-in-depth only. Primary secret scan runs in `gstack-brain-sync --once` BEFORE staging.
+- The fnmatch glob engine doesn't handle `**` the way git's gitignore does; allowlist uses explicit one- and two-level patterns instead.
+- GBrain HTTP ingest endpoint contract is a cross-project dependency (flagged as v1 blocker for real-world dogfooding). v1 of gbrain-sync ships on this branch regardless; GBrain-side work lands in a separate branch/repo.
+
+#### Known follow-ups
+
+- `test/brain-sync.test.ts` — 12 of 27 tests pass on first bun-test run; remaining 15 hit bun-test's 5s default timeout (spawnSync-heavy git operations). Behaviors verified via integration smokes during implementation. Test infrastructure needs a 30s per-test timeout wrapper.
+- Three unmerged team-sync branches (`garrytan/team-supabase-store`, `garrytan/fix-team-setup`, `garrytan/team-install-mode`) should be formally closed if team-sync isn't landing — flagged in the CEO plan.
+- Pre-existing golden-file regression test failure in `test/host-config.test.ts` (Codex ship skill baseline) exists on `main` too — unrelated to this PR, tracked separately.
 ## [1.6.4.0] - 2026-04-22
 
 ## **Sidebar prompt-injection defense got half as noisy, half as trusting of any single classifier.**