Gsd Execute Phase

D. Subagent Spawning

When the workflow needs to spawn a subagent:

• Use the built-in subagent spawning capability
• Define agent prompts in .augment/agents/ directory </augment_skill_adapter>

Orchestrator stays lean: discover plans, analyze dependencies, group into waves, spawn subagents, collect results. Each subagent loads the full execute-plan context and handles its own plan.

Optional wave filter:

• --wave N executes only Wave N for pacing, quota management, or staged rollout
• phase verification/completion still only happens when no incomplete plans remain after the selected wave finishes

Flag handling rule:

• The optional flags documented below are available behaviors, not implied active behaviors
• A flag is active only when its literal token appears in {{GSD_ARGS}}
• If a documented flag is absent from {{GSD_ARGS}}, treat it as inactive

Context budget: ~15% orchestrator, 100% fresh per subagent. </objective>

<execution_context> @./.augment/get-shit-done/workflows/execute-phase.md @./.augment/get-shit-done/references/ui-brand.md </execution_context>

<runtime_note> Copilot (VS Code): Use vscode_askquestions wherever this workflow calls conversational prompting. They are equivalent — vscode_askquestions is the VS Code Copilot implementation of the same interactive question API. </runtime_note>

Available optional flags (documentation only — not automatically active):

• --wave N — Execute only Wave N in the phase. Use when you want to pace execution or stay inside usage limits.
• --gaps-only — Execute only gap closure plans (plans with gap_closure: true in frontmatter). Use after verify-work creates fix plans.
• --interactive — Execute plans sequentially inline (no subagents) with user checkpoints between tasks. Lower token usage, pair-programming style. Best for small phases, bug fixes, and verification gaps.

Active flags must be derived from {{GSD_ARGS}}:

• --wave N is active only if the literal --wave token is present in {{GSD_ARGS}}
• --gaps-only is active only if the literal --gaps-only token is present in {{GSD_ARGS}}
• --interactive is active only if the literal --interactive token is present in {{GSD_ARGS}}
• If none of these tokens appear, run the standard full-phase execution flow with no flag-specific filtering
• Do not infer that a flag is active just because it is documented in this prompt

Context files are resolved inside the workflow via gsd-tools init execute-phase and per-subagent <files_to_read> blocks. </context>