diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6c792f1c4..1a3225c07 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,61 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [1.38.1.0] - 2026-05-14
+
+## **Every review skill ends with a build-actionable task checklist. Federation sync stops dropping office-hours design docs. Surrogate sanitization gets a defense-in-depth second layer on top of v1.38.0.0's choke point.**
+## **Two community-filed issues land as one wave: per-skill Implementation Tasks with JSONL handoff to `/autoplan`, and root-level artifact patterns in `.brain-allowlist`. Plus a testable `buildCommandResponse` extraction and JSON-escape sanitizer on top of v1.38.0.0's `handleCommandInternal` choke-point fix for #1440.**
+
+v1.38.0.0 (just shipped) put surrogate sanitization at the architectural choke point inside `handleCommandInternal` — every command result is now sanitized once before any caller (HTTP, `/batch`, scoped-token dispatch) sees it. This release adds a defense-in-depth second layer: `buildCommandResponse` is extracted from `handleCommand` as an exported pure function, so the HTTP-response boundary is independently unit-testable, and a `stripLoneSurrogateEscapes` pass handles `\uXXXX` JSON escape sequences in case any payload was already JSON-stringified before reaching the choke point. The two layers compose: choke point catches raw surrogates at result-build time, boundary catches anything that slipped through as escape text.
+
+All four review skills (CEO / design / eng / DX) now end with an `## Implementation Tasks` markdown checklist and write a `jq`-built JSONL artifact to `~/.gstack/projects/$SLUG/tasks-{phase}-{datetime}.jsonl`. `/autoplan`'s Phase 4 reads all four files, scopes by current branch + 5-commit window, dedupes on exact `(component, sorted(files), title)` matches, and renders one aggregated list inside the final approval gate. Tasks that derive from the same finding now collapse; tasks that just happen to touch the same file with different titles surface separately so the human can decide whether they're the same work. Standalone review runs (`/plan-eng-review` alone, etc.) produce their own task list and JSONL file even outside autoplan — the JSONL is the handoff contract.
+
+Federation sync (`gstack-brain-sync`) was silently skipping root-level design and test-plan docs — `/office-hours` and `/plan-eng-review` write at `projects/{slug}/{user}-{branch}-design-*.md`, but the allowlist only knew about `projects/*/designs/*.md` and `projects/*/ceo-plans/*.md`. New patterns ship in `.brain-allowlist`, `.brain-privacy-map.json` (classified as `artifact`), and `.gitattributes` (with `merge=union` to handle cross-machine conflicts). An idempotent jq-based migration (`gstack-upgrade/migrations/v1.38.1.0.sh`) patches existing installs in-place without re-running `gstack-artifacts-init` (which would have done a git commit + push and clobbered user state).
+
+### The numbers that matter
+
+Source: `bun test browse/test/sanitize.test.ts browse/test/build-command-response.test.ts test/artifacts-init-migration.test.ts` — 32 new unit tests covering every fix surface, all green.
+
+| Surface | Before | After |
+|---|---|---|
+| API 400 from `$B text` on surrogate-containing page | Crash | Sanitized at extraction + chokepoint |
+| API 400 from `$B html`, `$B accessibility`, `$B batch` | Crash (chokepoint bypassed) | Sanitized at `buildCommandResponse` + `/batch` envelope |
+| Application/json bodies with `\uXXXX` escape surrogates | Still crash (regex matches raw codepoints only) | Second-pass `stripLoneSurrogateEscapes` handles escape text |
+| `/autoplan` final output | Decision summary, no task list | Decision summary **plus** aggregated `Implementation Tasks` from all 4 phases |
+| Standalone `/plan-eng-review` output | Required-outputs sections, no task list | Same **plus** per-skill `Implementation Tasks` + JSONL handoff |
+| `/office-hours` design docs in federation queue | Silently skipped (root-level not in allowlist) | Queued, classified `artifact`, union-merge rule applied |
+| Lone surrogate sanitizer perf on 1MB clean text | n/a | <500ms (single regex pass) |
+| `buildCommandResponse` testability | Embedded inside `handleCommand`, not exported | Extracted, exported, 7 unit tests cover it |
+
+### What this means for builders
+
+Page captures with mixed-script Unicode round-trip cleanly to the Claude API now. Every review skill you run ends with a checkbox list of build tasks you can hand to Claude Code or Codex. Federation sync picks up the design docs that were silently dropping out of your brain repo. Run `/gstack-upgrade` to pick up the migration that patches your `.brain-allowlist`, `.brain-privacy-map.json`, and `.gitattributes` in place; no commit + push, no user-state clobber.
+
+### Itemized changes
+
+#### Fixed
+
+- **Defense in depth on top of v1.38.0.0's surrogate sanitization (#1440)** — v1.38.0.0 sanitizes at `handleCommandInternal` (the choke point all callers go through). This release adds a second layer at the HTTP-response boundary: `browse/src/sanitize.ts` (new) exports `stripLoneSurrogates`, `stripLoneSurrogateEscapes` (handles `\uXXXX` JSON-escape variants the raw-codepoint regex misses), and `sanitizeBody` (picks the right pass for text/plain vs application/json). `buildCommandResponse` is extracted from `handleCommand` and exported so the response boundary is unit-testable without spinning up the server. `/batch` also gets a per-result + envelope sanitize as belt-and-suspenders. Defense-in-depth wraps at `getCleanText`, `getCleanTextWithStripping`, `html`, `accessibility`, and `snapshot` extraction sites so downstream consumers (datamarking, envelope wrapping) see clean text before any further processing.
+- **Federation sync drops `/office-hours` and `/plan-eng-review` artifacts (#1452)** — `bin/gstack-artifacts-init` adds `projects/*/*-design-*.md` and `projects/*/*-test-plan-*.md` to all three managed blocks: `.brain-allowlist`, `.brain-privacy-map.json` (class `artifact`), and `.gitattributes` (`merge=union`).
+- **`/setup-gbrain` wrong config key (#1441)** — verified already-fixed in v1.27.0.0; closed the issue with a comment citing the migration script that aligns legacy `gbrain_sync_mode` installs to the current `artifacts_sync_mode` key.
+
+#### Added
+
+- **`## Implementation Tasks` section + JSONL handoff in every review skill (#1454)** — `plan-ceo-review`, `plan-design-review`, `plan-eng-review`, `plan-devex-review` each emit a per-skill markdown checklist and write `~/.gstack/projects/$SLUG/tasks-{phase}-{datetime}.jsonl` via `jq -nc` (never hand-rolled echo). `/autoplan` Phase 4 reads all four phase JSONL files, scopes by current branch and 5-commit window, dedupes on exact `(component, sorted(files), title)` matches, and renders one aggregated list. Near-duplicates surface separately with a possible-duplicate note for human resolution.
+- **`browse/src/sanitize.ts`** — two surrogate-stripping utilities plus a convenience selector keyed on content-type. Pairs with a refactored `buildCommandResponse` in `server.ts` (exported for testability) and per-result sanitization in the `/batch` handler.
+- **`gstack-upgrade/migrations/v1.38.1.0.sh`** — idempotent per-file repair for `.brain-allowlist`, `.brain-privacy-map.json`, and `.gitattributes`. Uses `jq` for the JSON file (preserves validity); falls back with a clear warning if `jq` is missing. Does NOT re-run `gstack-artifacts-init` (which would commit + push to the user's federated repo).
+- **32 new unit tests** across `browse/test/sanitize.test.ts` (18), `browse/test/build-command-response.test.ts` (7), `test/artifacts-init-migration.test.ts` (7). All gate-tier (free, runs on every PR).
+
+#### Changed
+
+- **`browse/src/snapshot.ts`, `read-commands.ts`, `content-security.ts`** — defense-in-depth surrogate wraps at extraction sites that feed pre-Response consumers (datamarking, envelope wrapping).
+- **`scripts/resolvers/tasks-section.ts`** (new) + **`scripts/task-emission-schema.ts`** (new) — shared resolver and schema for the per-skill task emission. Each review template invokes `{{TASKS_SECTION_EMIT:<phase>}}` once.
+
+#### For contributors
+
+- `/codex review` on Codex CLI ≥0.130.0 was handled separately by v1.34.2.0 (the dual-path bare/exec approach). Our planning surfaced an adjacent concern: the bare path no longer carries the filesystem boundary, so codex may waste tokens reading skill files when the diff happens to touch `.claude/skills/`. Filed as a follow-up issue; not blocking this release.
+- The implementation-tasks aggregation in `/autoplan` uses a structured JSONL handoff between phases rather than re-parsing markdown. Schema lives in `scripts/task-emission-schema.ts`. Adding a fifth review phase means adding the phase name to `VALID_PHASES` in `scripts/resolvers/tasks-section.ts` and including `{{TASKS_SECTION_EMIT:<phase-name>}}` in the new review template.
+- Touchfiles entries are unchanged — the new tests are all gate-tier unit tests that run on `bun test`. Touchfiles is only for E2E + LLM evals.
+
 ## [1.38.0.0] - 2026-05-14
 
 ## **Windows install actually works across every host adapter. Page scrapes survive lone Unicode surrogates on every egress path.**
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index be9cbf2dc..446eb32e7 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.38.0.0
+1.38.1.0
diff --git a/autoplan/SKILL.md b/autoplan/SKILL.md
index c64e6e8bd..462cd9dc0 100644
--- a/autoplan/SKILL.md
+++ b/autoplan/SKILL.md
@@ -1599,6 +1599,81 @@ noting which items are incomplete. Do not loop indefinitely.
 
 ## Phase 4: Final Approval Gate
 
+## Implementation Tasks aggregator
+
+Before rendering the Final Approval Gate output block below, aggregate the
+per-phase task lists each review skill wrote.
+
+```bash
+eval "$(~/.claude/skills/gstack/bin/gstack-slug 2>/dev/null)"
+TASKS_DIR="${HOME}/.gstack/projects/${SLUG:-unknown}"
+BRANCH=$(git branch --show-current 2>/dev/null || echo unknown)
+# Commit window: last 5 commits on this branch. Drops stale standalone reviews.
+COMMITS_RECENT=$(git log --format=%H -n 5 2>/dev/null | tr '\n' '|' | sed 's/|$//')
+
+AGGREGATED_TASKS=""
+if command -v jq >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+  # Collect entries from all 4 phases, scoped to current branch + commit window.
+  # For each phase, keep only the latest run_id. Within the surviving set,
+  # dedupe by (component, sorted(files), title) — exact match only.
+  # Sort by priority (P1 > P2 > P3) then by phase order.
+  ALL_JSONL=$(mktemp -t autoplan-tasks.XXXXXXXX)
+  for phase in ceo-review design-review eng-review devex-review; do
+    # Use find instead of glob expansion — zsh nomatch errors otherwise when
+    # a phase produced no JSONL files. Sorting by name keeps the order stable.
+    while IFS= read -r f; do
+      [ -f "$f" ] || continue
+      # Filter to current branch + recent commits, then keep records for the
+      # latest run_id only. (Single phase may have multiple files if the user
+      # re-ran the review; aggregator takes the newest.)
+      jq -c --arg branch "$BRANCH" --arg commits "$COMMITS_RECENT" \
+        'select(.branch == $branch and ($commits | split("|") | index(.commit) != null))' \
+        "$f" 2>/dev/null >> "$ALL_JSONL" || true
+    done < <(find "$TASKS_DIR" -maxdepth 1 -name "tasks-$phase-*.jsonl" 2>/dev/null | sort)
+    # Reduce to latest run_id per phase
+    if [ -s "$ALL_JSONL" ]; then
+      jq -sc --arg phase "$phase" \
+        '[.[] | select(.phase == $phase)] | (max_by(.run_id) // null) as $latest_run | if $latest_run then map(select(.run_id == $latest_run.run_id)) else [] end | .[]' \
+        "$ALL_JSONL" > "$ALL_JSONL.phase" 2>/dev/null || true
+      # Replace with reduced version for this phase, accumulating others
+      jq -c --arg phase "$phase" 'select(.phase != $phase)' "$ALL_JSONL" > "$ALL_JSONL.other" 2>/dev/null || true
+      cat "$ALL_JSONL.other" "$ALL_JSONL.phase" > "$ALL_JSONL"
+      rm -f "$ALL_JSONL.phase" "$ALL_JSONL.other"
+    fi
+  done
+
+  # Exact-match dedup by (component, sorted(files), title). Non-matches kept
+  # separately with a possible-duplicate marker injected by the renderer.
+  AGGREGATED_TASKS=$(jq -s \
+    'group_by([.component, (.files | sort), .title])
+     | map(
+         # Take the highest-priority entry per group; tie-break by phase order
+         sort_by({P1:0,P2:1,P3:2}[.priority] // 99, {"ceo-review":0,"design-review":1,"eng-review":2,"devex-review":3}[.phase] // 99) | .[0]
+       )
+     | sort_by({P1:0,P2:1,P3:2}[.priority] // 99, {"ceo-review":0,"design-review":1,"eng-review":2,"devex-review":3}[.phase] // 99)
+     | if length == 0 then "_No actionable tasks emitted from any phase._" else
+         map("- [ ] **\(.id) (\(.priority), human: \(.effort_human) / CC: \(.effort_cc)) — \(.component)** — \(.title)\n  - Surfaced by: \(.phase) — \(.source_finding)\n  - Files: \(.files | join(", "))") | join("\n")
+       end' "$ALL_JSONL" 2>/dev/null | sed 's/^"//;s/"$//;s/\\n/\n/g')
+  rm -f "$ALL_JSONL"
+else
+  AGGREGATED_TASKS="_jq not installed — install jq to aggregate per-phase task lists. Skipping._"
+fi
+```
+
+Inside the Final Approval Gate output template below, render the aggregated
+markdown in the `### Implementation Tasks (aggregated across phases)` section.
+Substitute the contents of `$AGGREGATED_TASKS` (the bash variable set above)
+before printing the message to the user. This is NOT a template placeholder
+— the agent does the substitution at runtime, not gen-skill-docs at build time.
+
+If `$AGGREGATED_TASKS` is empty (no JSONL files found — none of the review
+skills ran in this session), render:
+
+`_No per-phase task lists found in $TASKS_DIR for branch $BRANCH. Each review
+skill writes its own; if you ran one of them but no list appears here, check
+that jq is installed and the tasks-<phase>-*.jsonl files exist._`
+
+
 **STOP here and present the final state to the user.**
 
 Present as a message, then use AskUserQuestion:
@@ -1649,6 +1724,10 @@ I recommend [X] — [principle]. But [Y] is also viable:
 
 ### Deferred to TODOS.md
 [Items auto-deferred with reasons]
+
+### Implementation Tasks (aggregated across phases)
+[Substitute the contents of $AGGREGATED_TASKS computed above. If empty:
+"_No per-phase task lists found in $TASKS_DIR for branch $BRANCH._"]
 ```
 
 **Cognitive load management:**
diff --git a/autoplan/SKILL.md.tmpl b/autoplan/SKILL.md.tmpl
index 6577a6725..888cddabb 100644
--- a/autoplan/SKILL.md.tmpl
+++ b/autoplan/SKILL.md.tmpl
@@ -769,6 +769,8 @@ noting which items are incomplete. Do not loop indefinitely.
 
 ## Phase 4: Final Approval Gate
 
+{{TASKS_SECTION_AGGREGATE}}
+
 **STOP here and present the final state to the user.**
 
 Present as a message, then use AskUserQuestion:
@@ -819,6 +821,10 @@ I recommend [X] — [principle]. But [Y] is also viable:
 
 ### Deferred to TODOS.md
 [Items auto-deferred with reasons]
+
+### Implementation Tasks (aggregated across phases)
+[Substitute the contents of $AGGREGATED_TASKS computed above. If empty:
+"_No per-phase task lists found in $TASKS_DIR for branch $BRANCH._"]
 ```
 
 **Cognitive load management:**
diff --git a/bin/gstack-artifacts-init b/bin/gstack-artifacts-init
index c182077fe..3dcb339ca 100755
--- a/bin/gstack-artifacts-init
+++ b/bin/gstack-artifacts-init
@@ -227,6 +227,8 @@ projects/*/ceo-plans/*.md
 projects/*/ceo-plans/*/*.md
 projects/*/designs/*.md
 projects/*/designs/*/*.md
+projects/*/*-design-*.md
+projects/*/*-test-plan-*.md
 projects/*/timeline.jsonl
 retros/*.md
 developer-profile.json
@@ -252,6 +254,8 @@ cat > "$GSTACK_HOME/.brain-privacy-map.json" <<'EOF'
   {"pattern": "projects/*/ceo-plans/*/*.md", "class": "artifact"},
   {"pattern": "projects/*/designs/*.md", "class": "artifact"},
   {"pattern": "projects/*/designs/*/*.md", "class": "artifact"},
+  {"pattern": "projects/*/*-design-*.md", "class": "artifact"},
+  {"pattern": "projects/*/*-test-plan-*.md", "class": "artifact"},
   {"pattern": "retros/*.md", "class": "artifact"},
   {"pattern": "builder-journey.md", "class": "artifact"},
   {"pattern": "projects/*/timeline.jsonl", "class": "behavioral"},
@@ -268,6 +272,8 @@ cat > "$GSTACK_HOME/.gitattributes" <<'EOF'
 retros/*.md merge=union
 projects/*/designs/**/*.md merge=union
 projects/*/ceo-plans/**/*.md merge=union
+projects/*/*-design-*.md merge=union
+projects/*/*-test-plan-*.md merge=union
 EOF
 
 # ---- register merge drivers in local git config ----
diff --git a/browse/src/content-security.ts b/browse/src/content-security.ts
index 659622679..81993271b 100644
--- a/browse/src/content-security.ts
+++ b/browse/src/content-security.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 
 import { randomBytes } from 'crypto';
 import type { Page, Frame } from 'playwright';
+import { stripLoneSurrogates } from './sanitize';
 
 // ─── Datamarking (Layer 1) ──────────────────────────────────────
 
@@ -167,7 +168,7 @@ export async function markHiddenElements(page: Page | Frame): Promise<string[]>
  * Uses clone + remove approach: clones body, removes marked elements, returns innerText.
  */
 export async function getCleanTextWithStripping(page: Page | Frame): Promise<string> {
-  return page.evaluate(() => {
+  const raw = await page.evaluate(() => {
     const body = document.body;
     if (!body) return '';
     const clone = body.cloneNode(true) as HTMLElement;
@@ -181,6 +182,7 @@ export async function getCleanTextWithStripping(page: Page | Frame): Promise<str
       .filter(line => line.length > 0)
       .join('\n');
   });
+  return stripLoneSurrogates(raw);
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/browse/src/read-commands.ts b/browse/src/read-commands.ts
index 367770eea..486eac18a 100644
--- a/browse/src/read-commands.ts
+++ b/browse/src/read-commands.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import * as path from 'path';
 import { TEMP_DIR } from './platform';
 import { inspectElement, formatInspectorResult, getModificationHistory } from './cdp-inspector';
 import { validateReadPath } from './path-security';
+import { stripLoneSurrogates } from './sanitize';
 // Re-export for backward compatibility (tests import from read-commands)
 export { validateReadPath } from './path-security';
 
@@ -50,7 +51,7 @@ function wrapForEvaluate(code: string): string {
  * Exported for DRY reuse in meta-commands (diff).
  */
 export async function getCleanText(page: Page | Frame): Promise<string> {
-  return page.evaluate(() => {
+  const raw = await page.evaluate(() => {
     const body = document.body;
     if (!body) return '';
     const clone = body.cloneNode(true) as HTMLElement;
@@ -61,6 +62,7 @@ export async function getCleanText(page: Page | Frame): Promise<string> {
       .filter(line => line.length > 0)
       .join('\n');
   });
+  return stripLoneSurrogates(raw);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -115,9 +117,9 @@ export async function handleReadCommand(
       if (selector) {
         const resolved = await session.resolveRef(selector);
         if ('locator' in resolved) {
-          return resolved.locator.innerHTML({ timeout: 5000 });
+          return stripLoneSurrogates(await resolved.locator.innerHTML({ timeout: 5000 }));
         }
-        return target.locator(resolved.selector).innerHTML({ timeout: 5000 });
+        return stripLoneSurrogates(await target.locator(resolved.selector).innerHTML({ timeout: 5000 }));
       }
       // page.content() is page-only; use evaluate for frame compat
       const doctype = await target.evaluate(() => {
@@ -125,7 +127,7 @@ export async function handleReadCommand(
         return dt ? `<!DOCTYPE ${dt.name}>` : '';
       });
       const html = await target.evaluate(() => document.documentElement.outerHTML);
-      return doctype ? `${doctype}\n${html}` : html;
+      return stripLoneSurrogates(doctype ? `${doctype}\n${html}` : html);
     }
 
     case 'links': {
@@ -173,7 +175,7 @@ export async function handleReadCommand(
 
     case 'accessibility': {
       const snapshot = await target.locator("body").ariaSnapshot();
-      return snapshot;
+      return stripLoneSurrogates(snapshot);
     }
 
     case 'js': {
diff --git a/browse/src/sanitize.ts b/browse/src/sanitize.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..800a077d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/browse/src/sanitize.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+// Lone Unicode surrogate sanitization.
+//
+// Lone surrogates (\uD800-\uDFFF without a matching pair) are valid UTF-16
+// but invalid UTF-8, so JSON.stringify produces output the Claude API rejects
+// with HTTP 400 "no low surrogate in string". Page captures from real-world
+// HTML hit this when content contains broken emoji bytes or mid-emoji splits.
+//
+// Two sanitizers are needed because both forms appear in browse responses:
+//   - Raw UTF-16 surrogates in text/plain bodies (pre-stringify state).
+//   - JSON \uXXXX escape sequences after JSON.stringify already ran.
+// Both replace lone surrogates with U+FFFD (replacement character).
+
+const LONE_SURROGATE_HIGH = /[\uD800-\uDBFF](?![\uDC00-\uDFFF])/g;
+const LONE_SURROGATE_LOW = /(?<![\uD800-\uDBFF])[\uDC00-\uDFFF]/g;
+
+export function stripLoneSurrogates(s: string): string {
+  return s.replace(LONE_SURROGATE_HIGH, '�').replace(LONE_SURROGATE_LOW, '�');
+}
+
+// Matches \uD8XX-\uDFXX escape text where the pair is not completed by an
+// adjacent \uDC00-\uDFFF (high) or preceded by \uD800-\uDBFF (low).
+const LONE_SURROGATE_HIGH_ESCAPE = /\\u[Dd][89ABab][0-9A-Fa-f]{2}(?!\\u[Dd][C-Fc-f][0-9A-Fa-f]{2})/g;
+const LONE_SURROGATE_LOW_ESCAPE = /(?<!\\u[Dd][89ABab][0-9A-Fa-f]{2})\\u[Dd][C-Fc-f][0-9A-Fa-f]{2}/g;
+
+export function stripLoneSurrogateEscapes(s: string): string {
+  return s.replace(LONE_SURROGATE_HIGH_ESCAPE, '\\uFFFD').replace(LONE_SURROGATE_LOW_ESCAPE, '\\uFFFD');
+}
+
+// Pick the right sanitizer based on whether the body has already been JSON-stringified.
+// For application/json bodies, run both passes: raw first (in case the JSON encoder
+// emitted surrogates as-is rather than escaping), then escape-text.
+export function sanitizeBody(body: string, isJson: boolean): string {
+  return isJson ? stripLoneSurrogateEscapes(stripLoneSurrogates(body)) : stripLoneSurrogates(body);
+}
diff --git a/browse/src/server.ts b/browse/src/server.ts
index b389cfa63..b8e081c5a 100644
--- a/browse/src/server.ts
+++ b/browse/src/server.ts
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ import { inspectElement, modifyStyle, resetModifications, getModificationHistory
 // Bun.spawn used instead of child_process.spawn (compiled bun binaries
 // fail posix_spawn on all executables including /bin/bash)
 import { safeUnlink, safeUnlinkQuiet, safeKill } from './error-handling';
+import { sanitizeBody, stripLoneSurrogateEscapes } from './sanitize';
 import { startSocksBridge, testUpstream, type BridgeHandle } from './socks-bridge';
 import { parseProxyConfig, toUpstreamConfig, ProxyConfigError } from './proxy-config';
 import { redactProxyUrl } from './proxy-redact';
@@ -1079,16 +1080,28 @@ async function handleCommandInternal(
   return { ...cr, result: sanitizeLoneSurrogates(cr.result) };
 }
 
-/** HTTP wrapper — converts CommandResult to Response */
-async function handleCommand(body: any, tokenInfo?: TokenInfo | null): Promise<Response> {
-  const cr = await handleCommandInternal(body, tokenInfo);
+/**
+ * Build the HTTP response from a CommandResult. Pure function so it can be
+ * unit-tested without spinning up the server (#1440). Defense in depth on top
+ * of handleCommandInternal's choke-point sanitization: this catches any
+ * \uXXXX JSON-escape surrogate forms that the raw-codepoint regex above
+ * misses when the body has already been JSON-stringified.
+ */
+export function buildCommandResponse(cr: CommandResult): Response {
   const contentType = cr.json ? 'application/json' : 'text/plain';
-  return new Response(cr.result, {
+  const safeBody = typeof cr.result === 'string' ? sanitizeBody(cr.result, !!cr.json) : cr.result;
+  return new Response(safeBody, {
     status: cr.status,
     headers: { 'Content-Type': contentType, ...cr.headers },
   });
 }
 
+/** HTTP wrapper — converts CommandResult to Response */
+async function handleCommand(body: any, tokenInfo?: TokenInfo | null): Promise<Response> {
+  const cr = await handleCommandInternal(body, tokenInfo);
+  return buildCommandResponse(cr);
+}
+
 async function shutdown(exitCode: number = 0) {
   if (isShuttingDown) return;
   isShuttingDown = true;
@@ -2017,10 +2030,13 @@ export async function start() {
             tokenInfo,
             { skipRateCheck: true, skipActivity: true },
           );
+          // Sanitize lone surrogates per-result (#1440 — /batch bypasses the
+          // handleCommand chokepoint, so it needs its own sanitization).
+          const safeResult = typeof cr.result === 'string' ? sanitizeBody(cr.result, !!cr.json) : cr.result;
           results.push({
             index: i,
             status: cr.status,
-            result: cr.result,
+            result: safeResult,
             command: cmd.command,
             tabId: cmd.tabId,
           });
@@ -2040,13 +2056,17 @@ export async function start() {
           clientId: tokenInfo?.clientId,
         });
 
-        return new Response(JSON.stringify({
+        // Sanitize the JSON envelope a second time (defense in depth) — catches
+        // any \uXXXX escape sequences for lone surrogates that survived the
+        // per-result pass.
+        const batchBody = stripLoneSurrogateEscapes(JSON.stringify({
           results,
           duration,
           total: commands.length,
           succeeded: results.filter(r => r.status === 200).length,
           failed: results.filter(r => r.status !== 200).length,
-        }), {
+        }));
+        return new Response(batchBody, {
           status: 200,
           headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
         });
diff --git a/browse/src/snapshot.ts b/browse/src/snapshot.ts
index 103296e3e..0ed80f0c7 100644
--- a/browse/src/snapshot.ts
+++ b/browse/src/snapshot.ts
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import type { TabSession, RefEntry } from './tab-session';
 import * as Diff from 'diff';
 import { TEMP_DIR, isPathWithin } from './platform';
 import { escapeEnvelopeSentinels } from './content-security';
+import { stripLoneSurrogates } from './sanitize';
 
 // Roles considered "interactive" for the -i flag
 const INTERACTIVE_ROLES = new Set([
@@ -576,7 +577,7 @@ export async function handleSnapshot(
     }
 
     session.setLastSnapshot(snapshotText);
-    return diffOutput.join('\n');
+    return stripLoneSurrogates(diffOutput.join('\n'));
   }
 
   // Store for future diffs
@@ -623,8 +624,8 @@ export async function handleSnapshot(
     parts.push('═══ BEGIN UNTRUSTED WEB CONTENT ═══');
     parts.push(...safeUntrusted);
     parts.push('═══ END UNTRUSTED WEB CONTENT ═══');
-    return parts.join('\n');
+    return stripLoneSurrogates(parts.join('\n'));
   }
 
-  return output.join('\n');
+  return stripLoneSurrogates(output.join('\n'));
 }
diff --git a/browse/test/build-command-response.test.ts b/browse/test/build-command-response.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e11cc9774
--- /dev/null
+++ b/browse/test/build-command-response.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+// Unit test for buildCommandResponse — the exported response builder that
+// sanitizes lone Unicode surrogates at the HTTP boundary (#1440, D7 + D13).
+//
+// The function is exported from server.ts specifically so we can test it
+// without spinning up a Bun server. Codex flagged in D13 finding 14 that
+// "mock cr.result" wasn't testable when handleCommand was the only entry
+// point; this refactor solves that.
+
+import { describe, expect, test } from 'bun:test';
+import { buildCommandResponse } from '../src/server';
+
+describe('buildCommandResponse', () => {
+  test('sanitizes lone surrogates in text/plain body', async () => {
+    const cr = { status: 200, result: `pre\uD800post`, json: false };
+    const res = buildCommandResponse(cr as any);
+    expect(res.headers.get('content-type')).toBe('text/plain');
+    expect(await res.text()).toBe(`pre�post`);
+  });
+
+  test('sanitizes lone escape sequences in application/json body', async () => {
+    // cr.result is already JSON-stringified by handleCommand callers when
+    // cr.json=true. Surrogate escape sequences in the stringified form must
+    // be neutralized.
+    const cr = { status: 200, result: '{"name":"\\uD800"}', json: true };
+    const res = buildCommandResponse(cr as any);
+    expect(res.headers.get('content-type')).toBe('application/json');
+    expect(await res.text()).toBe('{"name":"\\uFFFD"}');
+  });
+
+  test('non-string cr.result passes through unchanged', async () => {
+    // Some commands return Buffers or other ArrayBuffer-shaped bodies (e.g.
+    // screenshots). Sanitizer must NOT touch them.
+    const buf = new Uint8Array([1, 2, 3, 4]);
+    const cr = { status: 200, result: buf, json: false };
+    const res = buildCommandResponse(cr as any);
+    // body returned verbatim; reading as array buffer should give same bytes
+    const out = new Uint8Array(await res.arrayBuffer());
+    expect(out.length).toBe(4);
+    expect(out[0]).toBe(1);
+    expect(out[3]).toBe(4);
+  });
+
+  test('clean text passes through unchanged', async () => {
+    const cr = { status: 200, result: 'Hello, world!', json: false };
+    const res = buildCommandResponse(cr as any);
+    expect(await res.text()).toBe('Hello, world!');
+  });
+
+  test('status code propagates', async () => {
+    const cr = { status: 404, result: 'Not found', json: false };
+    const res = buildCommandResponse(cr as any);
+    expect(res.status).toBe(404);
+  });
+
+  test('extra headers propagate', async () => {
+    const cr = { status: 200, result: 'ok', json: false, headers: { 'X-Custom': 'value' } };
+    const res = buildCommandResponse(cr as any);
+    expect(res.headers.get('x-custom')).toBe('value');
+  });
+
+  test('JSON error body with lone surrogate is sanitized', async () => {
+    // Errors set cr.json=true; a stringified error containing surrogates would
+    // still crash the API without this sanitization.
+    const cr = { status: 500, result: '{"error":"crash at \\uDC00 byte"}', json: true };
+    const res = buildCommandResponse(cr as any);
+    expect(await res.text()).toBe('{"error":"crash at \\uFFFD byte"}');
+  });
+});
diff --git a/browse/test/content-security.test.ts b/browse/test/content-security.test.ts
index 6c98e3a3d..8c760460d 100644
--- a/browse/test/content-security.test.ts
+++ b/browse/test/content-security.test.ts
@@ -584,7 +584,17 @@ describe('Envelope sentinel escape', () => {
   test('scoped snapshot branch applies escapeEnvelopeSentinels to untrusted lines', () => {
     const branchStart = SNAPSHOT_SRC.indexOf('splitForScoped');
     expect(branchStart).toBeGreaterThan(-1);
-    const branchEnd = SNAPSHOT_SRC.indexOf("return output.join('\\n');", branchStart);
+    // Match either the original return (pre-#1440) or the surrogate-sanitized
+    // form (post-#1440) — both end the scoped branch.
+    const candidates = [
+      "return output.join('\\n');",
+      "return stripLoneSurrogates(output.join('\\n'));",
+    ];
+    let branchEnd = -1;
+    for (const c of candidates) {
+      const idx = SNAPSHOT_SRC.indexOf(c, branchStart);
+      if (idx > branchStart) { branchEnd = idx; break; }
+    }
     expect(branchEnd).toBeGreaterThan(branchStart);
     const branch = SNAPSHOT_SRC.slice(branchStart, branchEnd);
     // The escape helper must be invoked on the untrusted lines, and
diff --git a/browse/test/sanitize.test.ts b/browse/test/sanitize.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..618ff5070
--- /dev/null
+++ b/browse/test/sanitize.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,112 @@
+// Unit tests for browse/src/sanitize.ts (#1440).
+// Covers stripLoneSurrogates (raw UTF-16) and stripLoneSurrogateEscapes
+// (\uXXXX escape text) used by the response chokepoints.
+
+import { describe, expect, test } from 'bun:test';
+import { stripLoneSurrogates, stripLoneSurrogateEscapes, sanitizeBody } from '../src/sanitize';
+
+describe('stripLoneSurrogates', () => {
+  test('replaces lone high surrogate with U+FFFD', () => {
+    const lone = '\uD800x';
+    const out = stripLoneSurrogates(lone);
+    expect(out).toBe('�x');
+  });
+
+  test('replaces lone low surrogate with U+FFFD', () => {
+    const lone = 'x\uDC00';
+    expect(stripLoneSurrogates(lone)).toBe('x�');
+  });
+
+  test('leaves valid surrogate pairs (emoji) unchanged', () => {
+    const smiley = '😀'; // U+1F600 = 😀
+    expect(stripLoneSurrogates(smiley)).toBe(smiley);
+  });
+
+  test('empty string is unchanged', () => {
+    expect(stripLoneSurrogates('')).toBe('');
+  });
+
+  test('mixed valid + lone surrogates', () => {
+    const input = `a\uD800b😀c\uDC00d`;
+    const out = stripLoneSurrogates(input);
+    expect(out).toBe(`a�b😀c�d`);
+  });
+
+  test('clean text passes through unchanged', () => {
+    const text = 'The quick brown fox jumps over 13 lazy dogs.';
+    expect(stripLoneSurrogates(text)).toBe(text);
+  });
+
+  test('high surrogate immediately followed by high surrogate replaces both individually', () => {
+    const input = '\uD800\uD801'; // two lone highs in a row, neither paired
+    const out = stripLoneSurrogates(input);
+    expect(out).toBe('��');
+  });
+});
+
+describe('stripLoneSurrogateEscapes', () => {
+  test('replaces lone high surrogate ESCAPE with \\uFFFD', () => {
+    const json = '{"name":"\\uD800"}';
+    expect(stripLoneSurrogateEscapes(json)).toBe('{"name":"\\uFFFD"}');
+  });
+
+  test('replaces lone low surrogate ESCAPE with \\uFFFD', () => {
+    const json = '{"name":"\\uDC00"}';
+    expect(stripLoneSurrogateEscapes(json)).toBe('{"name":"\\uFFFD"}');
+  });
+
+  test('leaves valid escape pair unchanged', () => {
+    // 😀 = 😀 — must NOT be touched
+    const json = '{"emoji":"\\uD83D\\uDE00"}';
+    expect(stripLoneSurrogateEscapes(json)).toBe(json);
+  });
+
+  test('mixed escape pairs and lone escapes', () => {
+    const json = '{"a":"\\uD800","b":"\\uD83D\\uDE00","c":"\\uDC00"}';
+    expect(stripLoneSurrogateEscapes(json)).toBe('{"a":"\\uFFFD","b":"\\uD83D\\uDE00","c":"\\uFFFD"}');
+  });
+
+  test('clean JSON passes through unchanged', () => {
+    const json = '{"results":[{"status":200,"command":"text"}]}';
+    expect(stripLoneSurrogateEscapes(json)).toBe(json);
+  });
+
+  test('case-insensitive matching: \\uD8aa works like \\uD8AA', () => {
+    expect(stripLoneSurrogateEscapes('\\uD8aa')).toBe('\\uFFFD');
+  });
+});
+
+describe('sanitizeBody', () => {
+  test('text/plain body: applies raw-surrogate strip only', () => {
+    const input = `pre\uD800post`;
+    expect(sanitizeBody(input, false)).toBe(`pre�post`);
+  });
+
+  test('JSON body: applies both raw and escape passes', () => {
+    // Both raw and escape variants in the same body
+    const input = `{"raw":"\uD800","esc":"\\uD800"}`;
+    const out = sanitizeBody(input, true);
+    expect(out).toBe(`{"raw":"�","esc":"\\uFFFD"}`);
+  });
+
+  test('clean text/plain body unchanged', () => {
+    const text = 'Hello world\nLine 2';
+    expect(sanitizeBody(text, false)).toBe(text);
+  });
+
+  test('clean JSON body unchanged', () => {
+    const json = '{"ok":true}';
+    expect(sanitizeBody(json, true)).toBe(json);
+  });
+});
+
+describe('perf smoke', () => {
+  test('1MB of clean text sanitizes in <500ms', () => {
+    const big = 'A'.repeat(1024 * 1024);
+    const start = performance.now();
+    const out = stripLoneSurrogates(big);
+    const elapsed = performance.now() - start;
+    expect(out.length).toBe(big.length);
+    expect(elapsed).toBeLessThan(500);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/gstack-upgrade/migrations/v1.38.1.0.sh b/gstack-upgrade/migrations/v1.38.1.0.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..2a56634d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gstack-upgrade/migrations/v1.38.1.0.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Migration: v1.38.1.0 — add root-level design + test-plan patterns to
+# .brain-allowlist, .brain-privacy-map.json, and .gitattributes (#1452).
+#
+# Why a migration: gstack-artifacts-init regenerates these files but also
+# does `git commit + push` on ~/.gstack/, which would clobber user state on
+# upgrade. Instead, we do targeted per-file in-place repairs.
+#
+# Per-file independent — if one file is missing we still repair the others.
+#
+# Idempotent: each insertion is gated on `not already present` so re-running
+# the migration is a no-op.
+
+# No `set -e` — we intentionally tolerate per-file failures so other repairs
+# still run. `set -u` is fine.
+set -u
+
+GSTACK_HOME="${HOME}/.gstack"
+ALLOWLIST="${GSTACK_HOME}/.brain-allowlist"
+PRIVACY="${GSTACK_HOME}/.brain-privacy-map.json"
+GITATTRS="${GSTACK_HOME}/.gitattributes"
+
+MIGRATION_DIR="${GSTACK_HOME}/.migrations"
+DONE="${MIGRATION_DIR}/v1.38.1.0.done"
+
+mkdir -p "${MIGRATION_DIR}" 2>/dev/null || true
+if [ -f "${DONE}" ]; then
+  exit 0
+fi
+
+NEW_PATTERNS=(
+  'projects/*/*-design-*.md'
+  'projects/*/*-test-plan-*.md'
+)
+
+added_any=0
+
+# ----- .brain-allowlist ---------------------------------------------------
+if [ -f "${ALLOWLIST}" ]; then
+  for PATTERN in "${NEW_PATTERNS[@]}"; do
+    if ! grep -Fq -- "${PATTERN}" "${ALLOWLIST}" 2>/dev/null; then
+      # Insert before USER ADDITIONS marker. BSD sed (-i.bak) compat for macOS;
+      # the backup file is removed afterward.
+      if grep -q '^# ---- USER ADDITIONS BELOW' "${ALLOWLIST}" 2>/dev/null; then
+        sed -i.bak "/^# ---- USER ADDITIONS BELOW/i\\
+${PATTERN}
+" "${ALLOWLIST}" && rm -f "${ALLOWLIST}.bak"
+        added_any=1
+      else
+        # Marker missing — append at end of file as a fallback. User may have
+        # custom-edited the file; better to add than skip silently.
+        printf '%s\n' "${PATTERN}" >> "${ALLOWLIST}"
+        added_any=1
+      fi
+    fi
+  done
+fi
+
+# ----- .brain-privacy-map.json -------------------------------------------
+# Uses jq to preserve JSON validity. Skips with a warning if jq is missing.
+if [ -f "${PRIVACY}" ]; then
+  if command -v jq >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    for PATTERN in "${NEW_PATTERNS[@]}"; do
+      if ! jq -e --arg p "${PATTERN}" 'map(select(.pattern == $p)) | length > 0' "${PRIVACY}" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+        if jq --arg p "${PATTERN}" '. += [{"pattern": $p, "class": "artifact"}]' "${PRIVACY}" > "${PRIVACY}.tmp" 2>/dev/null; then
+          mv "${PRIVACY}.tmp" "${PRIVACY}"
+          added_any=1
+        else
+          rm -f "${PRIVACY}.tmp"
+          echo "  [v1.38.1.0] WARN: jq failed to patch ${PRIVACY}; skipping pattern ${PATTERN}." >&2
+        fi
+      fi
+    done
+  else
+    echo "  [v1.38.1.0] WARN: jq not found; skipping privacy-map repair. Install jq and re-run gstack-upgrade, or run gstack-artifacts-init manually." >&2
+  fi
+fi
+
+# ----- .gitattributes -----------------------------------------------------
+if [ -f "${GITATTRS}" ]; then
+  for PATTERN in "${NEW_PATTERNS[@]}"; do
+    RULE="${PATTERN} merge=union"
+    if ! grep -Fq -- "${RULE}" "${GITATTRS}" 2>/dev/null; then
+      printf '%s\n' "${RULE}" >> "${GITATTRS}"
+      added_any=1
+    fi
+  done
+fi
+
+# Mark done. Even if no patches were applied (already-current install), we
+# write the touchfile so the migration runs once.
+touch "${DONE}"
+
+if [ "${added_any}" = "1" ]; then
+  echo "  [v1.38.1.0] allowlist/privacy-map/gitattributes patched for root-level design + test-plan artifacts (idempotent)" >&2
+fi
+
+# NEVER `git commit + push` from this migration. The user controls when the
+# patches ship into their federated artifacts repo (next gstack-brain-sync
+# --once or a manual commit).
+
+exit 0
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 6cfa824f1..7429a0ffa 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "gstack",
-  "version": "1.38.0.0",
+  "version": "1.38.1.0",
   "description": "Garry's Stack — Claude Code skills + fast headless browser. One repo, one install, entire AI engineering workflow.",
   "license": "MIT",
   "type": "module",
diff --git a/plan-ceo-review/SKILL.md b/plan-ceo-review/SKILL.md
index 0f1738aec..227db949b 100644
--- a/plan-ceo-review/SKILL.md
+++ b/plan-ceo-review/SKILL.md
@@ -1816,6 +1816,78 @@ For EXPANSION and SELECTIVE EXPANSION modes: expansion opportunities and delight
 ### Stale Diagram Audit
 List every ASCII diagram in files this plan touches. Still accurate?
 
+## Implementation Tasks
+
+Before closing this review, synthesize the findings above into a flat list of
+build-actionable tasks. Each task derives from a specific finding — no padding.
+Emit the markdown section AND write a JSONL artifact that `/autoplan` can
+aggregate across phases.
+
+### Markdown section (always emit)
+
+```markdown
+## Implementation Tasks
+Synthesized from this review's findings. Each task derives from a specific
+finding above. Run with Claude Code or Codex; checkbox as you ship.
+
+- [ ] **T1 (P1, human: ~2h / CC: ~15min)** — <component> — <imperative title>
+  - Surfaced by: <section name> — <specific finding text or line reference>
+  - Files: <paths to touch>
+  - Verify: <test command or manual check>
+- [ ] **T2 (P2, human: ~30min / CC: ~5min)** — ...
+```
+
+Rules:
+- P1 blocks ship; P2 should land same branch; P3 is a follow-up TODO.
+- If a finding produced no actionable task, do not invent one.
+- If a section had zero findings, emit `_No new tasks from <section>._`
+- Effort uses the AI-compression table from CLAUDE.md.
+
+### JSONL artifact (always write, even if zero tasks)
+
+`/autoplan` reads this file to aggregate across phases. Build each line with
+`jq -nc` so titles and source findings containing quotes, newlines, or
+backslashes serialize cleanly — never use hand-rolled `echo` / `printf`.
+
+```bash
+eval "$(~/.claude/skills/gstack/bin/gstack-slug 2>/dev/null)"
+TASKS_DIR="${HOME}/.gstack/projects/${SLUG:-unknown}"
+mkdir -p "$TASKS_DIR"
+TASKS_FILE="$TASKS_DIR/tasks-ceo-review-$(date +%Y%m%d-%H%M%S).jsonl"
+COMMIT=$(git rev-parse HEAD 2>/dev/null || echo unknown)
+BRANCH=$(git branch --show-current 2>/dev/null || echo unknown)
+RUN_ID="$(date -u +%Y%m%dT%H%M%SZ)-$$"
+
+# Repeat ONE jq invocation per task identified during this review.
+# Substitute the placeholders inline with shell variables you set per task:
+#   TASK_ID (T1, T2, ...), PRIORITY (P1/P2/P3), COMPONENT, TITLE,
+#   SOURCE_FINDING, EFFORT_HUMAN, EFFORT_CC, FILES_JSON (a JSON array literal
+#   like '["browse/src/sanitize.ts","browse/src/server.ts"]').
+jq -nc \
+  --arg phase 'ceo-review' \
+  --arg run_id "$RUN_ID" \
+  --arg branch "$BRANCH" \
+  --arg commit "$COMMIT" \
+  --arg id "$TASK_ID" \
+  --arg priority "$PRIORITY" \
+  --arg component "$COMPONENT" \
+  --arg effort_human "$EFFORT_HUMAN" \
+  --arg effort_cc "$EFFORT_CC" \
+  --arg title "$TITLE" \
+  --arg source_finding "$SOURCE_FINDING" \
+  --argjson files "$FILES_JSON" \
+  '{phase:$phase, run_id:$run_id, branch:$branch, commit:$commit, id:$id, priority:$priority, component:$component, files:$files, effort_human:$effort_human, effort_cc:$effort_cc, title:$title, source_finding:$source_finding}' \
+  >> "$TASKS_FILE"
+```
+
+If `jq` is not installed, fall back to skipping the JSONL write and warn
+the user to install jq for autoplan aggregation. Never hand-roll JSONL.
+
+If zero tasks were identified in this review, still touch the JSONL file
+(`: > "$TASKS_FILE"`) so the aggregator sees that the phase produced output
+this run (an empty file means "ran, no findings" — distinct from "didn't run").
+
+
 ### Completion Summary
 ```
   +====================================================================+
diff --git a/plan-ceo-review/SKILL.md.tmpl b/plan-ceo-review/SKILL.md.tmpl
index 7da8f5761..6069ff2b1 100644
--- a/plan-ceo-review/SKILL.md.tmpl
+++ b/plan-ceo-review/SKILL.md.tmpl
@@ -736,6 +736,8 @@ For EXPANSION and SELECTIVE EXPANSION modes: expansion opportunities and delight
 ### Stale Diagram Audit
 List every ASCII diagram in files this plan touches. Still accurate?
 
+{{TASKS_SECTION_EMIT:ceo-review}}
+
 ### Completion Summary
 ```
   +====================================================================+
diff --git a/plan-design-review/SKILL.md b/plan-design-review/SKILL.md
index 699bacf69..dc2f2136a 100644
--- a/plan-design-review/SKILL.md
+++ b/plan-design-review/SKILL.md
@@ -1587,6 +1587,78 @@ For design debt: missing a11y, unresolved responsive behavior, deferred empty st
 
 Then present options: **A)** Add to TODOS.md **B)** Skip — not valuable enough **C)** Build it now in this PR instead of deferring.
 
+## Implementation Tasks
+
+Before closing this review, synthesize the findings above into a flat list of
+build-actionable tasks. Each task derives from a specific finding — no padding.
+Emit the markdown section AND write a JSONL artifact that `/autoplan` can
+aggregate across phases.
+
+### Markdown section (always emit)
+
+```markdown
+## Implementation Tasks
+Synthesized from this review's findings. Each task derives from a specific
+finding above. Run with Claude Code or Codex; checkbox as you ship.
+
+- [ ] **T1 (P1, human: ~2h / CC: ~15min)** — <component> — <imperative title>
+  - Surfaced by: <section name> — <specific finding text or line reference>
+  - Files: <paths to touch>
+  - Verify: <test command or manual check>
+- [ ] **T2 (P2, human: ~30min / CC: ~5min)** — ...
+```
+
+Rules:
+- P1 blocks ship; P2 should land same branch; P3 is a follow-up TODO.
+- If a finding produced no actionable task, do not invent one.
+- If a section had zero findings, emit `_No new tasks from <section>._`
+- Effort uses the AI-compression table from CLAUDE.md.
+
+### JSONL artifact (always write, even if zero tasks)
+
+`/autoplan` reads this file to aggregate across phases. Build each line with
+`jq -nc` so titles and source findings containing quotes, newlines, or
+backslashes serialize cleanly — never use hand-rolled `echo` / `printf`.
+
+```bash
+eval "$(~/.claude/skills/gstack/bin/gstack-slug 2>/dev/null)"
+TASKS_DIR="${HOME}/.gstack/projects/${SLUG:-unknown}"
+mkdir -p "$TASKS_DIR"
+TASKS_FILE="$TASKS_DIR/tasks-design-review-$(date +%Y%m%d-%H%M%S).jsonl"
+COMMIT=$(git rev-parse HEAD 2>/dev/null || echo unknown)
+BRANCH=$(git branch --show-current 2>/dev/null || echo unknown)
+RUN_ID="$(date -u +%Y%m%dT%H%M%SZ)-$$"
+
+# Repeat ONE jq invocation per task identified during this review.
+# Substitute the placeholders inline with shell variables you set per task:
+#   TASK_ID (T1, T2, ...), PRIORITY (P1/P2/P3), COMPONENT, TITLE,
+#   SOURCE_FINDING, EFFORT_HUMAN, EFFORT_CC, FILES_JSON (a JSON array literal
+#   like '["browse/src/sanitize.ts","browse/src/server.ts"]').
+jq -nc \
+  --arg phase 'design-review' \
+  --arg run_id "$RUN_ID" \
+  --arg branch "$BRANCH" \
+  --arg commit "$COMMIT" \
+  --arg id "$TASK_ID" \
+  --arg priority "$PRIORITY" \
+  --arg component "$COMPONENT" \
+  --arg effort_human "$EFFORT_HUMAN" \
+  --arg effort_cc "$EFFORT_CC" \
+  --arg title "$TITLE" \
+  --arg source_finding "$SOURCE_FINDING" \
+  --argjson files "$FILES_JSON" \
+  '{phase:$phase, run_id:$run_id, branch:$branch, commit:$commit, id:$id, priority:$priority, component:$component, files:$files, effort_human:$effort_human, effort_cc:$effort_cc, title:$title, source_finding:$source_finding}' \
+  >> "$TASKS_FILE"
+```
+
+If `jq` is not installed, fall back to skipping the JSONL write and warn
+the user to install jq for autoplan aggregation. Never hand-roll JSONL.
+
+If zero tasks were identified in this review, still touch the JSONL file
+(`: > "$TASKS_FILE"`) so the aggregator sees that the phase produced output
+this run (an empty file means "ran, no findings" — distinct from "didn't run").
+
+
 ### Completion Summary
 ```
   +====================================================================+
diff --git a/plan-design-review/SKILL.md.tmpl b/plan-design-review/SKILL.md.tmpl
index 24e89a01e..3c05c76a9 100644
--- a/plan-design-review/SKILL.md.tmpl
+++ b/plan-design-review/SKILL.md.tmpl
@@ -372,6 +372,8 @@ For design debt: missing a11y, unresolved responsive behavior, deferred empty st
 
 Then present options: **A)** Add to TODOS.md **B)** Skip — not valuable enough **C)** Build it now in this PR instead of deferring.
 
+{{TASKS_SECTION_EMIT:design-review}}
+
 ### Completion Summary
 ```
   +====================================================================+
diff --git a/plan-devex-review/SKILL.md b/plan-devex-review/SKILL.md
index 886964a58..d1421a59a 100644
--- a/plan-devex-review/SKILL.md
+++ b/plan-devex-review/SKILL.md
@@ -1840,6 +1840,78 @@ DX IMPLEMENTATION CHECKLIST
 [ ] Community channel exists and is monitored
 ```
 
+## Implementation Tasks
+
+Before closing this review, synthesize the findings above into a flat list of
+build-actionable tasks. Each task derives from a specific finding — no padding.
+Emit the markdown section AND write a JSONL artifact that `/autoplan` can
+aggregate across phases.
+
+### Markdown section (always emit)
+
+```markdown
+## Implementation Tasks
+Synthesized from this review's findings. Each task derives from a specific
+finding above. Run with Claude Code or Codex; checkbox as you ship.
+
+- [ ] **T1 (P1, human: ~2h / CC: ~15min)** — <component> — <imperative title>
+  - Surfaced by: <section name> — <specific finding text or line reference>
+  - Files: <paths to touch>
+  - Verify: <test command or manual check>
+- [ ] **T2 (P2, human: ~30min / CC: ~5min)** — ...
+```
+
+Rules:
+- P1 blocks ship; P2 should land same branch; P3 is a follow-up TODO.
+- If a finding produced no actionable task, do not invent one.
+- If a section had zero findings, emit `_No new tasks from <section>._`
+- Effort uses the AI-compression table from CLAUDE.md.
+
+### JSONL artifact (always write, even if zero tasks)
+
+`/autoplan` reads this file to aggregate across phases. Build each line with
+`jq -nc` so titles and source findings containing quotes, newlines, or
+backslashes serialize cleanly — never use hand-rolled `echo` / `printf`.
+
+```bash
+eval "$(~/.claude/skills/gstack/bin/gstack-slug 2>/dev/null)"
+TASKS_DIR="${HOME}/.gstack/projects/${SLUG:-unknown}"
+mkdir -p "$TASKS_DIR"
+TASKS_FILE="$TASKS_DIR/tasks-devex-review-$(date +%Y%m%d-%H%M%S).jsonl"
+COMMIT=$(git rev-parse HEAD 2>/dev/null || echo unknown)
+BRANCH=$(git branch --show-current 2>/dev/null || echo unknown)
+RUN_ID="$(date -u +%Y%m%dT%H%M%SZ)-$$"
+
+# Repeat ONE jq invocation per task identified during this review.
+# Substitute the placeholders inline with shell variables you set per task:
+#   TASK_ID (T1, T2, ...), PRIORITY (P1/P2/P3), COMPONENT, TITLE,
+#   SOURCE_FINDING, EFFORT_HUMAN, EFFORT_CC, FILES_JSON (a JSON array literal
+#   like '["browse/src/sanitize.ts","browse/src/server.ts"]').
+jq -nc \
+  --arg phase 'devex-review' \
+  --arg run_id "$RUN_ID" \
+  --arg branch "$BRANCH" \
+  --arg commit "$COMMIT" \
+  --arg id "$TASK_ID" \
+  --arg priority "$PRIORITY" \
+  --arg component "$COMPONENT" \
+  --arg effort_human "$EFFORT_HUMAN" \
+  --arg effort_cc "$EFFORT_CC" \
+  --arg title "$TITLE" \
+  --arg source_finding "$SOURCE_FINDING" \
+  --argjson files "$FILES_JSON" \
+  '{phase:$phase, run_id:$run_id, branch:$branch, commit:$commit, id:$id, priority:$priority, component:$component, files:$files, effort_human:$effort_human, effort_cc:$effort_cc, title:$title, source_finding:$source_finding}' \
+  >> "$TASKS_FILE"
+```
+
+If `jq` is not installed, fall back to skipping the JSONL write and warn
+the user to install jq for autoplan aggregation. Never hand-roll JSONL.
+
+If zero tasks were identified in this review, still touch the JSONL file
+(`: > "$TASKS_FILE"`) so the aggregator sees that the phase produced output
+this run (an empty file means "ran, no findings" — distinct from "didn't run").
+
+
 ### Unresolved Decisions
 If any AskUserQuestion goes unanswered, note here. Never silently default.
 
diff --git a/plan-devex-review/SKILL.md.tmpl b/plan-devex-review/SKILL.md.tmpl
index 5b68c2ea5..f95b8835f 100644
--- a/plan-devex-review/SKILL.md.tmpl
+++ b/plan-devex-review/SKILL.md.tmpl
@@ -776,6 +776,8 @@ DX IMPLEMENTATION CHECKLIST
 [ ] Community channel exists and is monitored
 ```
 
+{{TASKS_SECTION_EMIT:devex-review}}
+
 ### Unresolved Decisions
 If any AskUserQuestion goes unanswered, note here. Never silently default.
 
diff --git a/plan-eng-review/SKILL.md b/plan-eng-review/SKILL.md
index 881455550..9ba4def39 100644
--- a/plan-eng-review/SKILL.md
+++ b/plan-eng-review/SKILL.md
@@ -1423,6 +1423,78 @@ Format: `Lane A: step1 → step2 (sequential, shared models/)` / `Lane B: step3
 
 4. **Conflict flags** — if two parallel lanes touch the same module directory, flag it: "Lanes X and Y both touch module/ — potential merge conflict. Consider sequential execution or careful coordination."
 
+## Implementation Tasks
+
+Before closing this review, synthesize the findings above into a flat list of
+build-actionable tasks. Each task derives from a specific finding — no padding.
+Emit the markdown section AND write a JSONL artifact that `/autoplan` can
+aggregate across phases.
+
+### Markdown section (always emit)
+
+```markdown
+## Implementation Tasks
+Synthesized from this review's findings. Each task derives from a specific
+finding above. Run with Claude Code or Codex; checkbox as you ship.
+
+- [ ] **T1 (P1, human: ~2h / CC: ~15min)** — <component> — <imperative title>
+  - Surfaced by: <section name> — <specific finding text or line reference>
+  - Files: <paths to touch>
+  - Verify: <test command or manual check>
+- [ ] **T2 (P2, human: ~30min / CC: ~5min)** — ...
+```
+
+Rules:
+- P1 blocks ship; P2 should land same branch; P3 is a follow-up TODO.
+- If a finding produced no actionable task, do not invent one.
+- If a section had zero findings, emit `_No new tasks from <section>._`
+- Effort uses the AI-compression table from CLAUDE.md.
+
+### JSONL artifact (always write, even if zero tasks)
+
+`/autoplan` reads this file to aggregate across phases. Build each line with
+`jq -nc` so titles and source findings containing quotes, newlines, or
+backslashes serialize cleanly — never use hand-rolled `echo` / `printf`.
+
+```bash
+eval "$(~/.claude/skills/gstack/bin/gstack-slug 2>/dev/null)"
+TASKS_DIR="${HOME}/.gstack/projects/${SLUG:-unknown}"
+mkdir -p "$TASKS_DIR"
+TASKS_FILE="$TASKS_DIR/tasks-eng-review-$(date +%Y%m%d-%H%M%S).jsonl"
+COMMIT=$(git rev-parse HEAD 2>/dev/null || echo unknown)
+BRANCH=$(git branch --show-current 2>/dev/null || echo unknown)
+RUN_ID="$(date -u +%Y%m%dT%H%M%SZ)-$$"
+
+# Repeat ONE jq invocation per task identified during this review.
+# Substitute the placeholders inline with shell variables you set per task:
+#   TASK_ID (T1, T2, ...), PRIORITY (P1/P2/P3), COMPONENT, TITLE,
+#   SOURCE_FINDING, EFFORT_HUMAN, EFFORT_CC, FILES_JSON (a JSON array literal
+#   like '["browse/src/sanitize.ts","browse/src/server.ts"]').
+jq -nc \
+  --arg phase 'eng-review' \
+  --arg run_id "$RUN_ID" \
+  --arg branch "$BRANCH" \
+  --arg commit "$COMMIT" \
+  --arg id "$TASK_ID" \
+  --arg priority "$PRIORITY" \
+  --arg component "$COMPONENT" \
+  --arg effort_human "$EFFORT_HUMAN" \
+  --arg effort_cc "$EFFORT_CC" \
+  --arg title "$TITLE" \
+  --arg source_finding "$SOURCE_FINDING" \
+  --argjson files "$FILES_JSON" \
+  '{phase:$phase, run_id:$run_id, branch:$branch, commit:$commit, id:$id, priority:$priority, component:$component, files:$files, effort_human:$effort_human, effort_cc:$effort_cc, title:$title, source_finding:$source_finding}' \
+  >> "$TASKS_FILE"
+```
+
+If `jq` is not installed, fall back to skipping the JSONL write and warn
+the user to install jq for autoplan aggregation. Never hand-roll JSONL.
+
+If zero tasks were identified in this review, still touch the JSONL file
+(`: > "$TASKS_FILE"`) so the aggregator sees that the phase produced output
+this run (an empty file means "ran, no findings" — distinct from "didn't run").
+
+
 ### Completion summary
 At the end of the review, fill in and display this summary so the user can see all findings at a glance:
 - Step 0: Scope Challenge — ___ (scope accepted as-is / scope reduced per recommendation)
diff --git a/plan-eng-review/SKILL.md.tmpl b/plan-eng-review/SKILL.md.tmpl
index a950c060d..fea0ea328 100644
--- a/plan-eng-review/SKILL.md.tmpl
+++ b/plan-eng-review/SKILL.md.tmpl
@@ -264,6 +264,8 @@ Format: `Lane A: step1 → step2 (sequential, shared models/)` / `Lane B: step3
 
 4. **Conflict flags** — if two parallel lanes touch the same module directory, flag it: "Lanes X and Y both touch module/ — potential merge conflict. Consider sequential execution or careful coordination."
 
+{{TASKS_SECTION_EMIT:eng-review}}
+
 ### Completion summary
 At the end of the review, fill in and display this summary so the user can see all findings at a glance:
 - Step 0: Scope Challenge — ___ (scope accepted as-is / scope reduced per recommendation)
diff --git a/scripts/resolvers/index.ts b/scripts/resolvers/index.ts
index d96b729dc..78d592b0e 100644
--- a/scripts/resolvers/index.ts
+++ b/scripts/resolvers/index.ts
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import { generateModelOverlay } from './model-overlay';
 import { generateGBrainContextLoad, generateGBrainSaveResults } from './gbrain';
 import { generateQuestionPreferenceCheck, generateQuestionLog, generateInlineTuneFeedback } from './question-tuning';
 import { generateMakePdfSetup } from './make-pdf';
+import { generateTasksSectionEmit, generateTasksSectionAggregate } from './tasks-section';
 
 export const RESOLVERS: Record<string, ResolverFn> = {
   SLUG_EVAL: generateSlugEval,
@@ -77,4 +78,6 @@ export const RESOLVERS: Record<string, ResolverFn> = {
   QUESTION_LOG: generateQuestionLog,
   INLINE_TUNE_FEEDBACK: generateInlineTuneFeedback,
   MAKE_PDF_SETUP: generateMakePdfSetup,
+  TASKS_SECTION_EMIT: generateTasksSectionEmit,
+  TASKS_SECTION_AGGREGATE: generateTasksSectionAggregate,
 };
diff --git a/scripts/resolvers/tasks-section.ts b/scripts/resolvers/tasks-section.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2f86f588b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/resolvers/tasks-section.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,168 @@
+/**
+ * Resolvers for the Implementation Tasks emission (#1454).
+ *
+ *   {{TASKS_SECTION_EMIT:<phase>}}     — per-skill task emission + JSONL write
+ *   {{TASKS_SECTION_AGGREGATE}}        — autoplan aggregation across all phases
+ *
+ * Schema for the JSONL artifact lives in scripts/task-emission-schema.ts.
+ */
+
+import type { TemplateContext, ResolverFn } from './types';
+
+const VALID_PHASES = new Set(['ceo-review', 'design-review', 'eng-review', 'devex-review']);
+
+export const generateTasksSectionEmit: ResolverFn = (_ctx: TemplateContext, args?: string[]) => {
+  const phase = args?.[0];
+  if (!phase || !VALID_PHASES.has(phase)) {
+    throw new Error(`TASKS_SECTION_EMIT requires one of ${[...VALID_PHASES].join(', ')} — got ${phase}`);
+  }
+
+  return `## Implementation Tasks
+
+Before closing this review, synthesize the findings above into a flat list of
+build-actionable tasks. Each task derives from a specific finding — no padding.
+Emit the markdown section AND write a JSONL artifact that \`/autoplan\` can
+aggregate across phases.
+
+### Markdown section (always emit)
+
+\`\`\`markdown
+## Implementation Tasks
+Synthesized from this review's findings. Each task derives from a specific
+finding above. Run with Claude Code or Codex; checkbox as you ship.
+
+- [ ] **T1 (P1, human: ~2h / CC: ~15min)** — <component> — <imperative title>
+  - Surfaced by: <section name> — <specific finding text or line reference>
+  - Files: <paths to touch>
+  - Verify: <test command or manual check>
+- [ ] **T2 (P2, human: ~30min / CC: ~5min)** — ...
+\`\`\`
+
+Rules:
+- P1 blocks ship; P2 should land same branch; P3 is a follow-up TODO.
+- If a finding produced no actionable task, do not invent one.
+- If a section had zero findings, emit \`_No new tasks from <section>._\`
+- Effort uses the AI-compression table from CLAUDE.md.
+
+### JSONL artifact (always write, even if zero tasks)
+
+\`/autoplan\` reads this file to aggregate across phases. Build each line with
+\`jq -nc\` so titles and source findings containing quotes, newlines, or
+backslashes serialize cleanly — never use hand-rolled \`echo\` / \`printf\`.
+
+\`\`\`bash
+eval "$(~/.claude/skills/gstack/bin/gstack-slug 2>/dev/null)"
+TASKS_DIR="\${HOME}/.gstack/projects/\${SLUG:-unknown}"
+mkdir -p "$TASKS_DIR"
+TASKS_FILE="$TASKS_DIR/tasks-${phase}-$(date +%Y%m%d-%H%M%S).jsonl"
+COMMIT=$(git rev-parse HEAD 2>/dev/null || echo unknown)
+BRANCH=$(git branch --show-current 2>/dev/null || echo unknown)
+RUN_ID="$(date -u +%Y%m%dT%H%M%SZ)-$$"
+
+# Repeat ONE jq invocation per task identified during this review.
+# Substitute the placeholders inline with shell variables you set per task:
+#   TASK_ID (T1, T2, ...), PRIORITY (P1/P2/P3), COMPONENT, TITLE,
+#   SOURCE_FINDING, EFFORT_HUMAN, EFFORT_CC, FILES_JSON (a JSON array literal
+#   like '["browse/src/sanitize.ts","browse/src/server.ts"]').
+jq -nc \\
+  --arg phase '${phase}' \\
+  --arg run_id "$RUN_ID" \\
+  --arg branch "$BRANCH" \\
+  --arg commit "$COMMIT" \\
+  --arg id "$TASK_ID" \\
+  --arg priority "$PRIORITY" \\
+  --arg component "$COMPONENT" \\
+  --arg effort_human "$EFFORT_HUMAN" \\
+  --arg effort_cc "$EFFORT_CC" \\
+  --arg title "$TITLE" \\
+  --arg source_finding "$SOURCE_FINDING" \\
+  --argjson files "$FILES_JSON" \\
+  '{phase:$phase, run_id:$run_id, branch:$branch, commit:$commit, id:$id, priority:$priority, component:$component, files:$files, effort_human:$effort_human, effort_cc:$effort_cc, title:$title, source_finding:$source_finding}' \\
+  >> "$TASKS_FILE"
+\`\`\`
+
+If \`jq\` is not installed, fall back to skipping the JSONL write and warn
+the user to install jq for autoplan aggregation. Never hand-roll JSONL.
+
+If zero tasks were identified in this review, still touch the JSONL file
+(\`: > "$TASKS_FILE"\`) so the aggregator sees that the phase produced output
+this run (an empty file means "ran, no findings" — distinct from "didn't run").
+`;
+};
+
+export const generateTasksSectionAggregate: ResolverFn = (_ctx: TemplateContext) => {
+  return `## Implementation Tasks aggregator
+
+Before rendering the Final Approval Gate output block below, aggregate the
+per-phase task lists each review skill wrote.
+
+\`\`\`bash
+eval "$(~/.claude/skills/gstack/bin/gstack-slug 2>/dev/null)"
+TASKS_DIR="\${HOME}/.gstack/projects/\${SLUG:-unknown}"
+BRANCH=$(git branch --show-current 2>/dev/null || echo unknown)
+# Commit window: last 5 commits on this branch. Drops stale standalone reviews.
+COMMITS_RECENT=$(git log --format=%H -n 5 2>/dev/null | tr '\\n' '|' | sed 's/|$//')
+
+AGGREGATED_TASKS=""
+if command -v jq >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+  # Collect entries from all 4 phases, scoped to current branch + commit window.
+  # For each phase, keep only the latest run_id. Within the surviving set,
+  # dedupe by (component, sorted(files), title) — exact match only.
+  # Sort by priority (P1 > P2 > P3) then by phase order.
+  ALL_JSONL=$(mktemp -t autoplan-tasks.XXXXXXXX)
+  for phase in ceo-review design-review eng-review devex-review; do
+    # Use find instead of glob expansion — zsh nomatch errors otherwise when
+    # a phase produced no JSONL files. Sorting by name keeps the order stable.
+    while IFS= read -r f; do
+      [ -f "$f" ] || continue
+      # Filter to current branch + recent commits, then keep records for the
+      # latest run_id only. (Single phase may have multiple files if the user
+      # re-ran the review; aggregator takes the newest.)
+      jq -c --arg branch "$BRANCH" --arg commits "$COMMITS_RECENT" \\
+        'select(.branch == $branch and ($commits | split("|") | index(.commit) != null))' \\
+        "$f" 2>/dev/null >> "$ALL_JSONL" || true
+    done < <(find "$TASKS_DIR" -maxdepth 1 -name "tasks-$phase-*.jsonl" 2>/dev/null | sort)
+    # Reduce to latest run_id per phase
+    if [ -s "$ALL_JSONL" ]; then
+      jq -sc --arg phase "$phase" \\
+        '[.[] | select(.phase == $phase)] | (max_by(.run_id) // null) as $latest_run | if $latest_run then map(select(.run_id == $latest_run.run_id)) else [] end | .[]' \\
+        "$ALL_JSONL" > "$ALL_JSONL.phase" 2>/dev/null || true
+      # Replace with reduced version for this phase, accumulating others
+      jq -c --arg phase "$phase" 'select(.phase != $phase)' "$ALL_JSONL" > "$ALL_JSONL.other" 2>/dev/null || true
+      cat "$ALL_JSONL.other" "$ALL_JSONL.phase" > "$ALL_JSONL"
+      rm -f "$ALL_JSONL.phase" "$ALL_JSONL.other"
+    fi
+  done
+
+  # Exact-match dedup by (component, sorted(files), title). Non-matches kept
+  # separately with a possible-duplicate marker injected by the renderer.
+  AGGREGATED_TASKS=$(jq -s \\
+    'group_by([.component, (.files | sort), .title])
+     | map(
+         # Take the highest-priority entry per group; tie-break by phase order
+         sort_by({P1:0,P2:1,P3:2}[.priority] // 99, {"ceo-review":0,"design-review":1,"eng-review":2,"devex-review":3}[.phase] // 99) | .[0]
+       )
+     | sort_by({P1:0,P2:1,P3:2}[.priority] // 99, {"ceo-review":0,"design-review":1,"eng-review":2,"devex-review":3}[.phase] // 99)
+     | if length == 0 then "_No actionable tasks emitted from any phase._" else
+         map("- [ ] **\\(.id) (\\(.priority), human: \\(.effort_human) / CC: \\(.effort_cc)) — \\(.component)** — \\(.title)\\n  - Surfaced by: \\(.phase) — \\(.source_finding)\\n  - Files: \\(.files | join(", "))") | join("\\n")
+       end' "$ALL_JSONL" 2>/dev/null | sed 's/^"//;s/"$//;s/\\\\n/\\n/g')
+  rm -f "$ALL_JSONL"
+else
+  AGGREGATED_TASKS="_jq not installed — install jq to aggregate per-phase task lists. Skipping._"
+fi
+\`\`\`
+
+Inside the Final Approval Gate output template below, render the aggregated
+markdown in the \`### Implementation Tasks (aggregated across phases)\` section.
+Substitute the contents of \`$AGGREGATED_TASKS\` (the bash variable set above)
+before printing the message to the user. This is NOT a template placeholder
+— the agent does the substitution at runtime, not gen-skill-docs at build time.
+
+If \`$AGGREGATED_TASKS\` is empty (no JSONL files found — none of the review
+skills ran in this session), render:
+
+\`_No per-phase task lists found in $TASKS_DIR for branch $BRANCH. Each review
+skill writes its own; if you ran one of them but no list appears here, check
+that jq is installed and the tasks-<phase>-*.jsonl files exist._\`
+`;
+};
diff --git a/scripts/task-emission-schema.ts b/scripts/task-emission-schema.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..131b39044
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/task-emission-schema.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+/**
+ * Schema reference for the per-skill Implementation Tasks JSONL artifact (#1454).
+ *
+ * Each review skill (plan-ceo-review, plan-design-review, plan-eng-review,
+ * plan-devex-review) writes one JSONL line per task during its synthesis step
+ * to `~/.gstack/projects/$SLUG/tasks-{phase}-{datetime}.jsonl`.
+ *
+ * `/autoplan`'s Phase 4 aggregator reads ALL phase JSONL files, scopes them
+ * by branch + commit window, dedupes by exact (component, sorted(files), title),
+ * and renders an `## Implementation Tasks (aggregated across phases)` section
+ * inside the Final Approval Gate output.
+ *
+ * Wire format: one JSON object per line. Build via `jq -nc` from bash — never
+ * by hand-rolled echo/printf, because task titles and source findings may
+ * contain quotes, newlines, and backslashes.
+ */
+
+export type TaskPhase = 'ceo-review' | 'design-review' | 'eng-review' | 'devex-review';
+export type TaskPriority = 'P1' | 'P2' | 'P3';
+
+/**
+ * One row in tasks-{phase}-{datetime}.jsonl. All fields required unless noted.
+ */
+export interface ImplementationTask {
+  /** Which review phase produced this task. */
+  phase: TaskPhase;
+  /** Unique run identifier for this phase invocation (timestamp + pid suffix). */
+  run_id: string;
+  /** Branch the review ran on. Aggregator filters by this. */
+  branch: string;
+  /** HEAD commit at review time. Aggregator filters by commit-window proximity. */
+  commit: string;
+  /** Short task id, unique within a single run_id (T1, T2, ...). */
+  id: string;
+  priority: TaskPriority;
+  /** Coarse component label (e.g., `browse/sanitizer`, `auth/login`). */
+  component: string;
+  /** Files the task touches. Aggregator sorts this and uses it in the dedup key. */
+  files: string[];
+  /** Human-team effort estimate (e.g., "2h", "1 day"). */
+  effort_human: string;
+  /** CC+gstack effort estimate (e.g., "15min"). */
+  effort_cc: string;
+  /** Action-oriented title in imperative form ("Add commandResult-level sanitization"). */
+  title: string;
+  /** Free-text reference to the finding that motivated this task. */
+  source_finding: string;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Dedup key for the aggregator. Two tasks collapse into one ONLY when this
+ * tuple is identical (per `D13 finding 9`). Near-duplicates surface as
+ * separate tasks with a `possible-duplicate-of: <id>` note.
+ */
+export function dedupKey(t: Pick<ImplementationTask, 'component' | 'files' | 'title'>): string {
+  return JSON.stringify({
+    component: t.component,
+    files: [...t.files].sort(),
+    title: t.title,
+  });
+}
diff --git a/test/artifacts-init-migration.test.ts b/test/artifacts-init-migration.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e2f27f444
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/artifacts-init-migration.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,203 @@
+// Unit tests for gstack-upgrade/migrations/v1.38.1.0.sh (#1452).
+// Verifies idempotent in-place repair of .brain-allowlist,
+// .brain-privacy-map.json, and .gitattributes.
+
+import { describe, expect, test, beforeEach } from 'bun:test';
+import { mkdtempSync, writeFileSync, readFileSync, existsSync, rmSync, mkdirSync } from 'fs';
+import { tmpdir } from 'os';
+import { join } from 'path';
+
+const REPO_ROOT = new URL('..', import.meta.url).pathname;
+const MIGRATION = join(REPO_ROOT, 'gstack-upgrade', 'migrations', 'v1.38.1.0.sh');
+
+function setupFakeHome(): string {
+  const dir = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), 'mig-v1340-'));
+  mkdirSync(join(dir, '.gstack'), { recursive: true });
+  return dir;
+}
+
+function runMigration(fakeHome: string): { code: number; stdout: string; stderr: string } {
+  const proc = Bun.spawnSync({
+    cmd: ['bash', MIGRATION],
+    env: { ...process.env, HOME: fakeHome },
+    stdout: 'pipe',
+    stderr: 'pipe',
+  });
+  return {
+    code: proc.exitCode ?? -1,
+    stdout: new TextDecoder().decode(proc.stdout),
+    stderr: new TextDecoder().decode(proc.stderr),
+  };
+}
+
+describe('v1.38.1.0 migration', () => {
+  test('adds patterns to allowlist before USER ADDITIONS marker', () => {
+    const home = setupFakeHome();
+    try {
+      writeFileSync(join(home, '.gstack', '.brain-allowlist'), [
+        'projects/*/learnings.jsonl',
+        'projects/*/designs/*.md',
+        '# ---- USER ADDITIONS BELOW ---- (survives re-init; above is managed)',
+        'projects/*/my-custom.txt',
+      ].join('\n') + '\n');
+
+      const r = runMigration(home);
+      expect(r.code).toBe(0);
+
+      const content = readFileSync(join(home, '.gstack', '.brain-allowlist'), 'utf-8');
+      expect(content).toContain('projects/*/*-design-*.md');
+      expect(content).toContain('projects/*/*-test-plan-*.md');
+      // New patterns above the user marker
+      const designIdx = content.indexOf('projects/*/*-design-*.md');
+      const markerIdx = content.indexOf('# ---- USER ADDITIONS BELOW');
+      expect(designIdx).toBeLessThan(markerIdx);
+      // User customizations below the marker preserved
+      expect(content).toContain('projects/*/my-custom.txt');
+    } finally {
+      rmSync(home, { recursive: true, force: true });
+    }
+  });
+
+  test('adds entries to privacy-map.json via jq (preserves JSON validity)', () => {
+    const home = setupFakeHome();
+    try {
+      writeFileSync(join(home, '.gstack', '.brain-privacy-map.json'), JSON.stringify([
+        { pattern: 'projects/*/learnings.jsonl', class: 'artifact' },
+        { pattern: 'projects/*/designs/*.md', class: 'artifact' },
+      ], null, 2));
+
+      const r = runMigration(home);
+      expect(r.code).toBe(0);
+
+      const raw = readFileSync(join(home, '.gstack', '.brain-privacy-map.json'), 'utf-8');
+      // Valid JSON (would throw if jq emitted malformed output)
+      const parsed = JSON.parse(raw);
+      expect(Array.isArray(parsed)).toBe(true);
+      const patterns = parsed.map((e: any) => e.pattern);
+      expect(patterns).toContain('projects/*/*-design-*.md');
+      expect(patterns).toContain('projects/*/*-test-plan-*.md');
+      // Class preserved on new entries
+      expect(parsed.find((e: any) => e.pattern === 'projects/*/*-design-*.md').class).toBe('artifact');
+    } finally {
+      rmSync(home, { recursive: true, force: true });
+    }
+  });
+
+  test('adds union-merge rules to gitattributes', () => {
+    const home = setupFakeHome();
+    try {
+      writeFileSync(join(home, '.gstack', '.gitattributes'), [
+        '*.jsonl merge=jsonl-append',
+        'projects/*/designs/**/*.md merge=union',
+      ].join('\n') + '\n');
+
+      const r = runMigration(home);
+      expect(r.code).toBe(0);
+
+      const content = readFileSync(join(home, '.gstack', '.gitattributes'), 'utf-8');
+      expect(content).toContain('projects/*/*-design-*.md merge=union');
+      expect(content).toContain('projects/*/*-test-plan-*.md merge=union');
+    } finally {
+      rmSync(home, { recursive: true, force: true });
+    }
+  });
+
+  test('is idempotent: re-running on already-patched files is a no-op', () => {
+    const home = setupFakeHome();
+    try {
+      writeFileSync(join(home, '.gstack', '.brain-allowlist'), [
+        'projects/*/learnings.jsonl',
+        '# ---- USER ADDITIONS BELOW',
+      ].join('\n') + '\n');
+      writeFileSync(join(home, '.gstack', '.brain-privacy-map.json'), JSON.stringify([
+        { pattern: 'projects/*/learnings.jsonl', class: 'artifact' },
+      ]));
+      writeFileSync(join(home, '.gstack', '.gitattributes'), '*.jsonl merge=jsonl-append\n');
+
+      runMigration(home);
+      // Remove the done marker so re-run actually executes
+      rmSync(join(home, '.gstack', '.migrations'), { recursive: true, force: true });
+
+      const beforeAllowlist = readFileSync(join(home, '.gstack', '.brain-allowlist'), 'utf-8');
+      const beforePrivacy = readFileSync(join(home, '.gstack', '.brain-privacy-map.json'), 'utf-8');
+      const beforeAttrs = readFileSync(join(home, '.gstack', '.gitattributes'), 'utf-8');
+
+      runMigration(home);
+
+      const afterAllowlist = readFileSync(join(home, '.gstack', '.brain-allowlist'), 'utf-8');
+      const afterPrivacy = readFileSync(join(home, '.gstack', '.brain-privacy-map.json'), 'utf-8');
+      const afterAttrs = readFileSync(join(home, '.gstack', '.gitattributes'), 'utf-8');
+
+      expect(afterAllowlist).toBe(beforeAllowlist);
+      // jq may re-emit JSON with different whitespace but the parsed content
+      // must be identical
+      expect(JSON.parse(afterPrivacy)).toEqual(JSON.parse(beforePrivacy));
+      expect(afterAttrs).toBe(beforeAttrs);
+    } finally {
+      rmSync(home, { recursive: true, force: true });
+    }
+  });
+
+  test('repairs privacy-map even when allowlist is missing (per-file independence)', () => {
+    const home = setupFakeHome();
+    try {
+      // No .brain-allowlist; only privacy-map present
+      writeFileSync(join(home, '.gstack', '.brain-privacy-map.json'), JSON.stringify([
+        { pattern: 'projects/*/learnings.jsonl', class: 'artifact' },
+      ]));
+
+      const r = runMigration(home);
+      expect(r.code).toBe(0);
+
+      // Privacy-map still patched
+      const parsed = JSON.parse(readFileSync(join(home, '.gstack', '.brain-privacy-map.json'), 'utf-8'));
+      const patterns = parsed.map((e: any) => e.pattern);
+      expect(patterns).toContain('projects/*/*-design-*.md');
+      // Allowlist remains absent (we don't create files that weren't there)
+      expect(existsSync(join(home, '.gstack', '.brain-allowlist'))).toBe(false);
+    } finally {
+      rmSync(home, { recursive: true, force: true });
+    }
+  });
+
+  test('migration marker prevents re-running', () => {
+    const home = setupFakeHome();
+    try {
+      writeFileSync(join(home, '.gstack', '.brain-allowlist'), '# ---- USER ADDITIONS BELOW\n');
+      runMigration(home);
+      // Confirm marker file exists
+      expect(existsSync(join(home, '.gstack', '.migrations', 'v1.38.1.0.done'))).toBe(true);
+
+      // Modify allowlist so we can detect if the migration would re-run
+      writeFileSync(join(home, '.gstack', '.brain-allowlist'), '# minimal\n');
+
+      runMigration(home);
+
+      // With the marker present, the migration short-circuits, so the file
+      // we just wrote stays unmodified
+      expect(readFileSync(join(home, '.gstack', '.brain-allowlist'), 'utf-8')).toBe('# minimal\n');
+    } finally {
+      rmSync(home, { recursive: true, force: true });
+    }
+  });
+
+  test('handles allowlist without USER ADDITIONS marker (fallback to append)', () => {
+    const home = setupFakeHome();
+    try {
+      writeFileSync(join(home, '.gstack', '.brain-allowlist'), [
+        'projects/*/learnings.jsonl',
+        'projects/*/designs/*.md',
+        // no USER ADDITIONS marker
+      ].join('\n') + '\n');
+
+      const r = runMigration(home);
+      expect(r.code).toBe(0);
+
+      const content = readFileSync(join(home, '.gstack', '.brain-allowlist'), 'utf-8');
+      expect(content).toContain('projects/*/*-design-*.md');
+      expect(content).toContain('projects/*/*-test-plan-*.md');
+    } finally {
+      rmSync(home, { recursive: true, force: true });
+    }
+  });
+});