docs: OpenClaw architecture doc + regenerate all SKILL.md with spawned session detection

Add docs/OPENCLAW.md with 4-tier dispatch routing and integration architecture.
Generate gstack-lite and gstack-full prompt templates. Regenerate all SKILL.md
files with OPENCLAW_SESSION env var check in preamble.

SKILL.md

@@ -80,6 +80,8 @@ fi
 _ROUTING_DECLINED=$(~/.claude/skills/gstack/bin/gstack-config get routing_declined 2>/dev/null || echo "false")
 echo "HAS_ROUTING: $_HAS_ROUTING"
 echo "ROUTING_DECLINED: $_ROUTING_DECLINED"
+# Detect spawned session (OpenClaw or other orchestrator)
+[ -n "$OPENCLAW_SESSION" ] && echo "SPAWNED_SESSION: true" || true
 ```
 
 If `PROACTIVE` is `"false"`, do not proactively suggest gstack skills AND do not
@@ -206,6 +208,13 @@ Say "No problem. You can add routing rules later by running `gstack-config set r
 
 This only happens once per project. If `HAS_ROUTING` is `yes` or `ROUTING_DECLINED` is `true`, skip this entirely.
 
+If `SPAWNED_SESSION` is `"true"`, you are running inside a session spawned by an
+AI orchestrator (e.g., OpenClaw/Wintermute). In spawned sessions:
+- Do NOT use AskUserQuestion for interactive prompts. Auto-choose the recommended option.
+- Do NOT run upgrade checks, telemetry prompts, routing injection, or lake intro.
+- Focus on completing the task and reporting results via prose output.
+- End with a completion report: what shipped, decisions made, anything uncertain.
+
 ## Voice
 
 **Tone:** direct, concrete, sharp, never corporate, never academic. Sound like a builder, not a consultant. Name the file, the function, the command. No filler, no throat-clearing.

autoplan/SKILL.md

@@ -90,6 +90,8 @@ fi
 _ROUTING_DECLINED=$(~/.claude/skills/gstack/bin/gstack-config get routing_declined 2>/dev/null || echo "false")
 echo "HAS_ROUTING: $_HAS_ROUTING"
 echo "ROUTING_DECLINED: $_ROUTING_DECLINED"
+# Detect spawned session (OpenClaw or other orchestrator)
+[ -n "$OPENCLAW_SESSION" ] && echo "SPAWNED_SESSION: true" || true
 ```
 
 If `PROACTIVE` is `"false"`, do not proactively suggest gstack skills AND do not
@@ -216,6 +218,13 @@ Say "No problem. You can add routing rules later by running `gstack-config set r
 
 This only happens once per project. If `HAS_ROUTING` is `yes` or `ROUTING_DECLINED` is `true`, skip this entirely.
 
+If `SPAWNED_SESSION` is `"true"`, you are running inside a session spawned by an
+AI orchestrator (e.g., OpenClaw/Wintermute). In spawned sessions:
+- Do NOT use AskUserQuestion for interactive prompts. Auto-choose the recommended option.
+- Do NOT run upgrade checks, telemetry prompts, routing injection, or lake intro.
+- Focus on completing the task and reporting results via prose output.
+- End with a completion report: what shipped, decisions made, anything uncertain.
+
 ## Voice
 
 You are GStack, an open source AI builder framework shaped by Garry Tan's product, startup, and engineering judgment. Encode how he thinks, not his biography.

benchmark/SKILL.md

@@ -83,6 +83,8 @@ fi
 _ROUTING_DECLINED=$(~/.claude/skills/gstack/bin/gstack-config get routing_declined 2>/dev/null || echo "false")
 echo "HAS_ROUTING: $_HAS_ROUTING"
 echo "ROUTING_DECLINED: $_ROUTING_DECLINED"
+# Detect spawned session (OpenClaw or other orchestrator)
+[ -n "$OPENCLAW_SESSION" ] && echo "SPAWNED_SESSION: true" || true
 ```
 
 If `PROACTIVE` is `"false"`, do not proactively suggest gstack skills AND do not
@@ -209,6 +211,13 @@ Say "No problem. You can add routing rules later by running `gstack-config set r
 
 This only happens once per project. If `HAS_ROUTING` is `yes` or `ROUTING_DECLINED` is `true`, skip this entirely.
 
+If `SPAWNED_SESSION` is `"true"`, you are running inside a session spawned by an
+AI orchestrator (e.g., OpenClaw/Wintermute). In spawned sessions:
+- Do NOT use AskUserQuestion for interactive prompts. Auto-choose the recommended option.
+- Do NOT run upgrade checks, telemetry prompts, routing injection, or lake intro.
+- Focus on completing the task and reporting results via prose output.
+- End with a completion report: what shipped, decisions made, anything uncertain.
+
 ## Voice
 
 **Tone:** direct, concrete, sharp, never corporate, never academic. Sound like a builder, not a consultant. Name the file, the function, the command. No filler, no throat-clearing.

browse/SKILL.md

@@ -82,6 +82,8 @@ fi
 _ROUTING_DECLINED=$(~/.claude/skills/gstack/bin/gstack-config get routing_declined 2>/dev/null || echo "false")
 echo "HAS_ROUTING: $_HAS_ROUTING"
 echo "ROUTING_DECLINED: $_ROUTING_DECLINED"
+# Detect spawned session (OpenClaw or other orchestrator)
+[ -n "$OPENCLAW_SESSION" ] && echo "SPAWNED_SESSION: true" || true
 ```
 
 If `PROACTIVE` is `"false"`, do not proactively suggest gstack skills AND do not
@@ -208,6 +210,13 @@ Say "No problem. You can add routing rules later by running `gstack-config set r
 
 This only happens once per project. If `HAS_ROUTING` is `yes` or `ROUTING_DECLINED` is `true`, skip this entirely.
 
+If `SPAWNED_SESSION` is `"true"`, you are running inside a session spawned by an
+AI orchestrator (e.g., OpenClaw/Wintermute). In spawned sessions:
+- Do NOT use AskUserQuestion for interactive prompts. Auto-choose the recommended option.
+- Do NOT run upgrade checks, telemetry prompts, routing injection, or lake intro.
+- Focus on completing the task and reporting results via prose output.
+- End with a completion report: what shipped, decisions made, anything uncertain.
+
 ## Voice
 
 **Tone:** direct, concrete, sharp, never corporate, never academic. Sound like a builder, not a consultant. Name the file, the function, the command. No filler, no throat-clearing.

canary/SKILL.md

@@ -82,6 +82,8 @@ fi
 _ROUTING_DECLINED=$(~/.claude/skills/gstack/bin/gstack-config get routing_declined 2>/dev/null || echo "false")
 echo "HAS_ROUTING: $_HAS_ROUTING"
 echo "ROUTING_DECLINED: $_ROUTING_DECLINED"
+# Detect spawned session (OpenClaw or other orchestrator)
+[ -n "$OPENCLAW_SESSION" ] && echo "SPAWNED_SESSION: true" || true
 ```
 
 If `PROACTIVE` is `"false"`, do not proactively suggest gstack skills AND do not
@@ -208,6 +210,13 @@ Say "No problem. You can add routing rules later by running `gstack-config set r
 
 This only happens once per project. If `HAS_ROUTING` is `yes` or `ROUTING_DECLINED` is `true`, skip this entirely.
 
+If `SPAWNED_SESSION` is `"true"`, you are running inside a session spawned by an
+AI orchestrator (e.g., OpenClaw/Wintermute). In spawned sessions:
+- Do NOT use AskUserQuestion for interactive prompts. Auto-choose the recommended option.
+- Do NOT run upgrade checks, telemetry prompts, routing injection, or lake intro.
+- Focus on completing the task and reporting results via prose output.
+- End with a completion report: what shipped, decisions made, anything uncertain.
+
 ## Voice
 
 You are GStack, an open source AI builder framework shaped by Garry Tan's product, startup, and engineering judgment. Encode how he thinks, not his biography.

checkpoint/SKILL.md

@@ -85,6 +85,8 @@ fi
 _ROUTING_DECLINED=$(~/.claude/skills/gstack/bin/gstack-config get routing_declined 2>/dev/null || echo "false")
 echo "HAS_ROUTING: $_HAS_ROUTING"
 echo "ROUTING_DECLINED: $_ROUTING_DECLINED"
+# Detect spawned session (OpenClaw or other orchestrator)
+[ -n "$OPENCLAW_SESSION" ] && echo "SPAWNED_SESSION: true" || true
 ```
 
 If `PROACTIVE` is `"false"`, do not proactively suggest gstack skills AND do not
@@ -211,6 +213,13 @@ Say "No problem. You can add routing rules later by running `gstack-config set r
 
 This only happens once per project. If `HAS_ROUTING` is `yes` or `ROUTING_DECLINED` is `true`, skip this entirely.
 
+If `SPAWNED_SESSION` is `"true"`, you are running inside a session spawned by an
+AI orchestrator (e.g., OpenClaw/Wintermute). In spawned sessions:
+- Do NOT use AskUserQuestion for interactive prompts. Auto-choose the recommended option.
+- Do NOT run upgrade checks, telemetry prompts, routing injection, or lake intro.
+- Focus on completing the task and reporting results via prose output.
+- End with a completion report: what shipped, decisions made, anything uncertain.
+
 ## Voice
 
 You are GStack, an open source AI builder framework shaped by Garry Tan's product, startup, and engineering judgment. Encode how he thinks, not his biography.

codex/SKILL.md

@@ -84,6 +84,8 @@ fi
 _ROUTING_DECLINED=$(~/.claude/skills/gstack/bin/gstack-config get routing_declined 2>/dev/null || echo "false")
 echo "HAS_ROUTING: $_HAS_ROUTING"
 echo "ROUTING_DECLINED: $_ROUTING_DECLINED"
+# Detect spawned session (OpenClaw or other orchestrator)
+[ -n "$OPENCLAW_SESSION" ] && echo "SPAWNED_SESSION: true" || true
 ```
 
 If `PROACTIVE` is `"false"`, do not proactively suggest gstack skills AND do not
@@ -210,6 +212,13 @@ Say "No problem. You can add routing rules later by running `gstack-config set r
 
 This only happens once per project. If `HAS_ROUTING` is `yes` or `ROUTING_DECLINED` is `true`, skip this entirely.
 
+If `SPAWNED_SESSION` is `"true"`, you are running inside a session spawned by an
+AI orchestrator (e.g., OpenClaw/Wintermute). In spawned sessions:
+- Do NOT use AskUserQuestion for interactive prompts. Auto-choose the recommended option.
+- Do NOT run upgrade checks, telemetry prompts, routing injection, or lake intro.
+- Focus on completing the task and reporting results via prose output.
+- End with a completion report: what shipped, decisions made, anything uncertain.
+
 ## Voice
 
 You are GStack, an open source AI builder framework shaped by Garry Tan's product, startup, and engineering judgment. Encode how he thinks, not his biography.

cso/SKILL.md

@@ -87,6 +87,8 @@ fi
 _ROUTING_DECLINED=$(~/.claude/skills/gstack/bin/gstack-config get routing_declined 2>/dev/null || echo "false")
 echo "HAS_ROUTING: $_HAS_ROUTING"
 echo "ROUTING_DECLINED: $_ROUTING_DECLINED"
+# Detect spawned session (OpenClaw or other orchestrator)
+[ -n "$OPENCLAW_SESSION" ] && echo "SPAWNED_SESSION: true" || true
 ```
 
 If `PROACTIVE` is `"false"`, do not proactively suggest gstack skills AND do not
@@ -213,6 +215,13 @@ Say "No problem. You can add routing rules later by running `gstack-config set r
 
 This only happens once per project. If `HAS_ROUTING` is `yes` or `ROUTING_DECLINED` is `true`, skip this entirely.
 
+If `SPAWNED_SESSION` is `"true"`, you are running inside a session spawned by an
+AI orchestrator (e.g., OpenClaw/Wintermute). In spawned sessions:
+- Do NOT use AskUserQuestion for interactive prompts. Auto-choose the recommended option.
+- Do NOT run upgrade checks, telemetry prompts, routing injection, or lake intro.
+- Focus on completing the task and reporting results via prose output.
+- End with a completion report: what shipped, decisions made, anything uncertain.
+
 ## Voice
 
 You are GStack, an open source AI builder framework shaped by Garry Tan's product, startup, and engineering judgment. Encode how he thinks, not his biography.

design-consultation/SKILL.md

@@ -87,6 +87,8 @@ fi
 _ROUTING_DECLINED=$(~/.claude/skills/gstack/bin/gstack-config get routing_declined 2>/dev/null || echo "false")
 echo "HAS_ROUTING: $_HAS_ROUTING"
 echo "ROUTING_DECLINED: $_ROUTING_DECLINED"
+# Detect spawned session (OpenClaw or other orchestrator)
+[ -n "$OPENCLAW_SESSION" ] && echo "SPAWNED_SESSION: true" || true
 ```
 
 If `PROACTIVE` is `"false"`, do not proactively suggest gstack skills AND do not
@@ -213,6 +215,13 @@ Say "No problem. You can add routing rules later by running `gstack-config set r
 
 This only happens once per project. If `HAS_ROUTING` is `yes` or `ROUTING_DECLINED` is `true`, skip this entirely.
 
+If `SPAWNED_SESSION` is `"true"`, you are running inside a session spawned by an
+AI orchestrator (e.g., OpenClaw/Wintermute). In spawned sessions:
+- Do NOT use AskUserQuestion for interactive prompts. Auto-choose the recommended option.
+- Do NOT run upgrade checks, telemetry prompts, routing injection, or lake intro.
+- Focus on completing the task and reporting results via prose output.
+- End with a completion report: what shipped, decisions made, anything uncertain.
+
 ## Voice
 
 You are GStack, an open source AI builder framework shaped by Garry Tan's product, startup, and engineering judgment. Encode how he thinks, not his biography.

design-html/SKILL.md

@@ -89,6 +89,8 @@ fi
 _ROUTING_DECLINED=$(~/.claude/skills/gstack/bin/gstack-config get routing_declined 2>/dev/null || echo "false")
 echo "HAS_ROUTING: $_HAS_ROUTING"
 echo "ROUTING_DECLINED: $_ROUTING_DECLINED"
+# Detect spawned session (OpenClaw or other orchestrator)
+[ -n "$OPENCLAW_SESSION" ] && echo "SPAWNED_SESSION: true" || true
 ```
 
 If `PROACTIVE` is `"false"`, do not proactively suggest gstack skills AND do not
@@ -215,6 +217,13 @@ Say "No problem. You can add routing rules later by running `gstack-config set r
 
 This only happens once per project. If `HAS_ROUTING` is `yes` or `ROUTING_DECLINED` is `true`, skip this entirely.
 
+If `SPAWNED_SESSION` is `"true"`, you are running inside a session spawned by an
+AI orchestrator (e.g., OpenClaw/Wintermute). In spawned sessions:
+- Do NOT use AskUserQuestion for interactive prompts. Auto-choose the recommended option.
+- Do NOT run upgrade checks, telemetry prompts, routing injection, or lake intro.
+- Focus on completing the task and reporting results via prose output.
+- End with a completion report: what shipped, decisions made, anything uncertain.
+
 ## Voice
 
 You are GStack, an open source AI builder framework shaped by Garry Tan's product, startup, and engineering judgment. Encode how he thinks, not his biography.

design-review/SKILL.md

@@ -87,6 +87,8 @@ fi
 _ROUTING_DECLINED=$(~/.claude/skills/gstack/bin/gstack-config get routing_declined 2>/dev/null || echo "false")
 echo "HAS_ROUTING: $_HAS_ROUTING"
 echo "ROUTING_DECLINED: $_ROUTING_DECLINED"
+# Detect spawned session (OpenClaw or other orchestrator)
+[ -n "$OPENCLAW_SESSION" ] && echo "SPAWNED_SESSION: true" || true
 ```
 
 If `PROACTIVE` is `"false"`, do not proactively suggest gstack skills AND do not
@@ -213,6 +215,13 @@ Say "No problem. You can add routing rules later by running `gstack-config set r
 
 This only happens once per project. If `HAS_ROUTING` is `yes` or `ROUTING_DECLINED` is `true`, skip this entirely.
 
+If `SPAWNED_SESSION` is `"true"`, you are running inside a session spawned by an
+AI orchestrator (e.g., OpenClaw/Wintermute). In spawned sessions:
+- Do NOT use AskUserQuestion for interactive prompts. Auto-choose the recommended option.
+- Do NOT run upgrade checks, telemetry prompts, routing injection, or lake intro.
+- Focus on completing the task and reporting results via prose output.
+- End with a completion report: what shipped, decisions made, anything uncertain.
+
 ## Voice
 
 You are GStack, an open source AI builder framework shaped by Garry Tan's product, startup, and engineering judgment. Encode how he thinks, not his biography.

design-shotgun/SKILL.md

@@ -84,6 +84,8 @@ fi
 _ROUTING_DECLINED=$(~/.claude/skills/gstack/bin/gstack-config get routing_declined 2>/dev/null || echo "false")
 echo "HAS_ROUTING: $_HAS_ROUTING"
 echo "ROUTING_DECLINED: $_ROUTING_DECLINED"
+# Detect spawned session (OpenClaw or other orchestrator)
+[ -n "$OPENCLAW_SESSION" ] && echo "SPAWNED_SESSION: true" || true
 ```
 
 If `PROACTIVE` is `"false"`, do not proactively suggest gstack skills AND do not
@@ -210,6 +212,13 @@ Say "No problem. You can add routing rules later by running `gstack-config set r
 
 This only happens once per project. If `HAS_ROUTING` is `yes` or `ROUTING_DECLINED` is `true`, skip this entirely.
 
+If `SPAWNED_SESSION` is `"true"`, you are running inside a session spawned by an
+AI orchestrator (e.g., OpenClaw/Wintermute). In spawned sessions:
+- Do NOT use AskUserQuestion for interactive prompts. Auto-choose the recommended option.
+- Do NOT run upgrade checks, telemetry prompts, routing injection, or lake intro.
+- Focus on completing the task and reporting results via prose output.
+- End with a completion report: what shipped, decisions made, anything uncertain.
+
 ## Voice
 
 You are GStack, an open source AI builder framework shaped by Garry Tan's product, startup, and engineering judgment. Encode how he thinks, not his biography.

devex-review/SKILL.md

@@ -87,6 +87,8 @@ fi
 _ROUTING_DECLINED=$(~/.claude/skills/gstack/bin/gstack-config get routing_declined 2>/dev/null || echo "false")
 echo "HAS_ROUTING: $_HAS_ROUTING"
 echo "ROUTING_DECLINED: $_ROUTING_DECLINED"
+# Detect spawned session (OpenClaw or other orchestrator)
+[ -n "$OPENCLAW_SESSION" ] && echo "SPAWNED_SESSION: true" || true
 ```
 
 If `PROACTIVE` is `"false"`, do not proactively suggest gstack skills AND do not
@@ -213,6 +215,13 @@ Say "No problem. You can add routing rules later by running `gstack-config set r
 
 This only happens once per project. If `HAS_ROUTING` is `yes` or `ROUTING_DECLINED` is `true`, skip this entirely.
 
+If `SPAWNED_SESSION` is `"true"`, you are running inside a session spawned by an
+AI orchestrator (e.g., OpenClaw/Wintermute). In spawned sessions:
+- Do NOT use AskUserQuestion for interactive prompts. Auto-choose the recommended option.
+- Do NOT run upgrade checks, telemetry prompts, routing injection, or lake intro.
+- Focus on completing the task and reporting results via prose output.
+- End with a completion report: what shipped, decisions made, anything uncertain.
+
 ## Voice
 
 You are GStack, an open source AI builder framework shaped by Garry Tan's product, startup, and engineering judgment. Encode how he thinks, not his biography.

docs/OPENCLAW.md

@@ -0,0 +1,141 @@
+# gstack x OpenClaw Integration
+
+gstack integrates with OpenClaw as a methodology source, not a ported codebase.
+OpenClaw's ACP runtime spawns Claude Code sessions natively. gstack provides the
+planning discipline and methodology that makes those sessions better.
+
+This is a lightweight protocol encoded as prompt text. No daemon. No JSON-RPC.
+No compatibility matrices. The prompt is the bridge.
+
+## Architecture
+
+```
+  OpenClaw (Wintermute)                    gstack repo
+  ─────────────────────                    ──────────────
+  Orchestrator: messaging,                 Source of truth for
+  calendar, memory, EA                     methodology + planning
+       │                                        │
+       ├── Native skills (conversational)       ├── Generates native skills
+       │   office-hours, ceo-review,            │   via gen-skill-docs pipeline
+       │   investigate, retro                   │
+       │                                        ├── Generates gstack-lite
+       ├── sessions_spawn(runtime: "acp")       │   (planning discipline)
+       │       │                                │
+       │       └── Claude Code                  ├── Generates gstack-full
+       │           └── gstack installed at      │   (complete pipeline)
+       │               ~/.claude/skills/gstack  │
+       │                                        └── docs/OPENCLAW.md (this file)
+       └── Dispatch routing (AGENTS.md)
+```
+
+## Dispatch Routing
+
+Wintermute decides at spawn time which tier of gstack support to use:
+
+| Tier | When | Prompt prefix |
+|------|------|---------------|
+| **Simple** | One-file edits, typos, config changes | No gstack context injected |
+| **Medium** | Multi-file features, refactors | gstack-lite CLAUDE.md appended |
+| **Heavy** | Specific gstack skill needed | "Load gstack. Run /X" |
+| **Full** | Complete features, objectives, projects | gstack-full pipeline appended |
+
+### Decision heuristic
+
+- Can it be done in <10 lines of code? -> **Simple**
+- Does it touch multiple files but the approach is obvious? -> **Medium**
+- Does the user name a specific skill (/cso, /review, /qa)? -> **Heavy**
+- Is it a feature, project, or objective (not a task)? -> **Full**
+
+### Dispatch routing guide (for AGENTS.md)
+
+Add this to Wintermute's AGENTS.md:
+
+```markdown
+## Coding Task Dispatch
+
+When asked for coding work, pick the dispatch tier:
+
+SIMPLE: "fix this typo," "update that config," single-file changes
+-> sessions_spawn(runtime: "acp", prompt: "<just the task>")
+
+MEDIUM: multi-file features, refactors, skill edits
+-> sessions_spawn(runtime: "acp", prompt: "<gstack-lite content>\n\n<task>")
+
+HEAVY: needs a specific gstack methodology
+-> sessions_spawn(runtime: "acp", prompt: "Load gstack. Run /qa https://...")
+  Skills: /cso, /review, /qa, /ship, /investigate, /design-review, /benchmark
+
+FULL: build a complete feature, multi-day scope, needs planning + review
+-> sessions_spawn(runtime: "acp", prompt: "<gstack-full content>\n\n<task>")
+  Claude Code runs: /autoplan -> implement -> /ship -> report back
+```
+
+### CLAUDE.md collision handling
+
+When spawning Claude Code in a repo that already has a CLAUDE.md, APPEND
+gstack-lite/full as a new section. Do not replace the repo's existing instructions.
+
+## What gstack generates for OpenClaw
+
+All artifacts live in the `openclaw/` directory and are generated by
+`bun run gen:skill-docs --host openclaw`:
+
+### gstack-lite (Medium tier)
+`openclaw/gstack-lite-CLAUDE.md` — ~15 lines of planning discipline:
+1. Read every file before modifying
+2. Write a 5-line plan: what, why, which files, test case, risk
+3. Resolve ambiguity using decision principles
+4. Self-review before reporting done
+5. Completion report: what shipped, decisions made, anything uncertain
+
+A/B tested: 2x time, meaningfully better output.
+
+### gstack-full (Full tier)
+`openclaw/gstack-full-CLAUDE.md` — chains existing gstack skills:
+1. Read CLAUDE.md and understand the project
+2. Run /autoplan (CEO + eng + design review)
+3. Implement the approved plan
+4. Run /ship to create a PR
+5. Report back with PR URL and decisions
+
+### Native methodology skills
+Conversational skills for non-coding work, generated from gstack source templates:
+- `openclaw/office-hours.md` — Product interrogation (6 forcing questions)
+- `openclaw/ceo-review.md` — Strategic challenge (10-section review, 4 modes)
+- `openclaw/investigate.md` — Operational debugging (4-phase methodology)
+- `openclaw/retro.md` — Operational retrospective (weekly review)
+
+These are lean adaptations. They contain the methodology, not the full gstack
+skill infrastructure (no browse, no telemetry, no preamble).
+
+## Spawned session detection
+
+When Claude Code runs inside a session spawned by OpenClaw, the `OPENCLAW_SESSION`
+environment variable should be set. gstack detects this and adjusts:
+- Skips interactive prompts (auto-chooses recommended options)
+- Skips upgrade checks and telemetry prompts
+- Focuses on task completion and prose reporting
+
+Set the env var in sessions_spawn: `env: { OPENCLAW_SESSION: "1" }`
+
+## Installation
+
+For OpenClaw users: tell your OpenClaw agent "install gstack for openclaw."
+
+The agent should:
+1. Install gstack-lite CLAUDE.md into its coding session templates
+2. Install the 4 native methodology skills
+3. Add dispatch routing to AGENTS.md
+4. Verify with a test spawn
+
+For gstack developers: `./setup --host openclaw` outputs this documentation.
+The actual artifacts are generated by `bun run gen:skill-docs --host openclaw`.
+
+## What we don't do
+
+- No dispatch daemon (ACP handles session spawning)
+- No Clawvisor relay (no security layer needed)
+- No bidirectional learnings bridge (brain repo is the knowledge store)
+- No JSON schemas or protocol versioning
+- No SOUL.md from gstack (Wintermute has its own)
+- No full skill porting (coding skills stay native to Claude Code)

document-release/SKILL.md

@@ -84,6 +84,8 @@ fi
 _ROUTING_DECLINED=$(~/.claude/skills/gstack/bin/gstack-config get routing_declined 2>/dev/null || echo "false")
 echo "HAS_ROUTING: $_HAS_ROUTING"
 echo "ROUTING_DECLINED: $_ROUTING_DECLINED"
+# Detect spawned session (OpenClaw or other orchestrator)
+[ -n "$OPENCLAW_SESSION" ] && echo "SPAWNED_SESSION: true" || true
 ```
 
 If `PROACTIVE` is `"false"`, do not proactively suggest gstack skills AND do not
@@ -210,6 +212,13 @@ Say "No problem. You can add routing rules later by running `gstack-config set r
 
 This only happens once per project. If `HAS_ROUTING` is `yes` or `ROUTING_DECLINED` is `true`, skip this entirely.
 
+If `SPAWNED_SESSION` is `"true"`, you are running inside a session spawned by an
+AI orchestrator (e.g., OpenClaw/Wintermute). In spawned sessions:
+- Do NOT use AskUserQuestion for interactive prompts. Auto-choose the recommended option.
+- Do NOT run upgrade checks, telemetry prompts, routing injection, or lake intro.
+- Focus on completing the task and reporting results via prose output.
+- End with a completion report: what shipped, decisions made, anything uncertain.
+
 ## Voice
 
 You are GStack, an open source AI builder framework shaped by Garry Tan's product, startup, and engineering judgment. Encode how he thinks, not his biography.

health/SKILL.md

@@ -84,6 +84,8 @@ fi
 _ROUTING_DECLINED=$(~/.claude/skills/gstack/bin/gstack-config get routing_declined 2>/dev/null || echo "false")
 echo "HAS_ROUTING: $_HAS_ROUTING"
 echo "ROUTING_DECLINED: $_ROUTING_DECLINED"
+# Detect spawned session (OpenClaw or other orchestrator)
+[ -n "$OPENCLAW_SESSION" ] && echo "SPAWNED_SESSION: true" || true
 ```
 
 If `PROACTIVE` is `"false"`, do not proactively suggest gstack skills AND do not
@@ -210,6 +212,13 @@ Say "No problem. You can add routing rules later by running `gstack-config set r
 
 This only happens once per project. If `HAS_ROUTING` is `yes` or `ROUTING_DECLINED` is `true`, skip this entirely.
 
+If `SPAWNED_SESSION` is `"true"`, you are running inside a session spawned by an
+AI orchestrator (e.g., OpenClaw/Wintermute). In spawned sessions:
+- Do NOT use AskUserQuestion for interactive prompts. Auto-choose the recommended option.
+- Do NOT run upgrade checks, telemetry prompts, routing injection, or lake intro.
+- Focus on completing the task and reporting results via prose output.
+- End with a completion report: what shipped, decisions made, anything uncertain.
+
 ## Voice
 
 You are GStack, an open source AI builder framework shaped by Garry Tan's product, startup, and engineering judgment. Encode how he thinks, not his biography.

investigate/SKILL.md

@@ -99,6 +99,8 @@ fi
 _ROUTING_DECLINED=$(~/.claude/skills/gstack/bin/gstack-config get routing_declined 2>/dev/null || echo "false")
 echo "HAS_ROUTING: $_HAS_ROUTING"
 echo "ROUTING_DECLINED: $_ROUTING_DECLINED"
+# Detect spawned session (OpenClaw or other orchestrator)
+[ -n "$OPENCLAW_SESSION" ] && echo "SPAWNED_SESSION: true" || true
 ```
 
 If `PROACTIVE` is `"false"`, do not proactively suggest gstack skills AND do not
@@ -225,6 +227,13 @@ Say "No problem. You can add routing rules later by running `gstack-config set r
 
 This only happens once per project. If `HAS_ROUTING` is `yes` or `ROUTING_DECLINED` is `true`, skip this entirely.
 
+If `SPAWNED_SESSION` is `"true"`, you are running inside a session spawned by an
+AI orchestrator (e.g., OpenClaw/Wintermute). In spawned sessions:
+- Do NOT use AskUserQuestion for interactive prompts. Auto-choose the recommended option.
+- Do NOT run upgrade checks, telemetry prompts, routing injection, or lake intro.
+- Focus on completing the task and reporting results via prose output.
+- End with a completion report: what shipped, decisions made, anything uncertain.
+
 ## Voice
 
 You are GStack, an open source AI builder framework shaped by Garry Tan's product, startup, and engineering judgment. Encode how he thinks, not his biography.

land-and-deploy/SKILL.md

@@ -81,6 +81,8 @@ fi
 _ROUTING_DECLINED=$(~/.claude/skills/gstack/bin/gstack-config get routing_declined 2>/dev/null || echo "false")
 echo "HAS_ROUTING: $_HAS_ROUTING"
 echo "ROUTING_DECLINED: $_ROUTING_DECLINED"
+# Detect spawned session (OpenClaw or other orchestrator)
+[ -n "$OPENCLAW_SESSION" ] && echo "SPAWNED_SESSION: true" || true
 ```
 
 If `PROACTIVE` is `"false"`, do not proactively suggest gstack skills AND do not
@@ -207,6 +209,13 @@ Say "No problem. You can add routing rules later by running `gstack-config set r
 
 This only happens once per project. If `HAS_ROUTING` is `yes` or `ROUTING_DECLINED` is `true`, skip this entirely.
 
+If `SPAWNED_SESSION` is `"true"`, you are running inside a session spawned by an
+AI orchestrator (e.g., OpenClaw/Wintermute). In spawned sessions:
+- Do NOT use AskUserQuestion for interactive prompts. Auto-choose the recommended option.
+- Do NOT run upgrade checks, telemetry prompts, routing injection, or lake intro.
+- Focus on completing the task and reporting results via prose output.
+- End with a completion report: what shipped, decisions made, anything uncertain.
+
 ## Voice
 
 You are GStack, an open source AI builder framework shaped by Garry Tan's product, startup, and engineering judgment. Encode how he thinks, not his biography.

learn/SKILL.md

@@ -84,6 +84,8 @@ fi
 _ROUTING_DECLINED=$(~/.claude/skills/gstack/bin/gstack-config get routing_declined 2>/dev/null || echo "false")
 echo "HAS_ROUTING: $_HAS_ROUTING"
 echo "ROUTING_DECLINED: $_ROUTING_DECLINED"
+# Detect spawned session (OpenClaw or other orchestrator)
+[ -n "$OPENCLAW_SESSION" ] && echo "SPAWNED_SESSION: true" || true
 ```
 
 If `PROACTIVE` is `"false"`, do not proactively suggest gstack skills AND do not
@@ -210,6 +212,13 @@ Say "No problem. You can add routing rules later by running `gstack-config set r
 
 This only happens once per project. If `HAS_ROUTING` is `yes` or `ROUTING_DECLINED` is `true`, skip this entirely.
 
+If `SPAWNED_SESSION` is `"true"`, you are running inside a session spawned by an
+AI orchestrator (e.g., OpenClaw/Wintermute). In spawned sessions:
+- Do NOT use AskUserQuestion for interactive prompts. Auto-choose the recommended option.
+- Do NOT run upgrade checks, telemetry prompts, routing injection, or lake intro.
+- Focus on completing the task and reporting results via prose output.
+- End with a completion report: what shipped, decisions made, anything uncertain.
+
 ## Voice
 
 You are GStack, an open source AI builder framework shaped by Garry Tan's product, startup, and engineering judgment. Encode how he thinks, not his biography.

office-hours/SKILL.md

@@ -91,6 +91,8 @@ fi
 _ROUTING_DECLINED=$(~/.claude/skills/gstack/bin/gstack-config get routing_declined 2>/dev/null || echo "false")
 echo "HAS_ROUTING: $_HAS_ROUTING"
 echo "ROUTING_DECLINED: $_ROUTING_DECLINED"
+# Detect spawned session (OpenClaw or other orchestrator)
+[ -n "$OPENCLAW_SESSION" ] && echo "SPAWNED_SESSION: true" || true
 ```
 
 If `PROACTIVE` is `"false"`, do not proactively suggest gstack skills AND do not
@@ -217,6 +219,13 @@ Say "No problem. You can add routing rules later by running `gstack-config set r
 
 This only happens once per project. If `HAS_ROUTING` is `yes` or `ROUTING_DECLINED` is `true`, skip this entirely.
 
+If `SPAWNED_SESSION` is `"true"`, you are running inside a session spawned by an
+AI orchestrator (e.g., OpenClaw/Wintermute). In spawned sessions:
+- Do NOT use AskUserQuestion for interactive prompts. Auto-choose the recommended option.
+- Do NOT run upgrade checks, telemetry prompts, routing injection, or lake intro.
+- Focus on completing the task and reporting results via prose output.
+- End with a completion report: what shipped, decisions made, anything uncertain.
+
 ## Voice
 
 You are GStack, an open source AI builder framework shaped by Garry Tan's product, startup, and engineering judgment. Encode how he thinks, not his biography.

open-gstack-browser/SKILL.md

@@ -81,6 +81,8 @@ fi
 _ROUTING_DECLINED=$(~/.claude/skills/gstack/bin/gstack-config get routing_declined 2>/dev/null || echo "false")
 echo "HAS_ROUTING: $_HAS_ROUTING"
 echo "ROUTING_DECLINED: $_ROUTING_DECLINED"
+# Detect spawned session (OpenClaw or other orchestrator)
+[ -n "$OPENCLAW_SESSION" ] && echo "SPAWNED_SESSION: true" || true
 ```
 
 If `PROACTIVE` is `"false"`, do not proactively suggest gstack skills AND do not
@@ -207,6 +209,13 @@ Say "No problem. You can add routing rules later by running `gstack-config set r
 
 This only happens once per project. If `HAS_ROUTING` is `yes` or `ROUTING_DECLINED` is `true`, skip this entirely.
 
+If `SPAWNED_SESSION` is `"true"`, you are running inside a session spawned by an
+AI orchestrator (e.g., OpenClaw/Wintermute). In spawned sessions:
+- Do NOT use AskUserQuestion for interactive prompts. Auto-choose the recommended option.
+- Do NOT run upgrade checks, telemetry prompts, routing injection, or lake intro.
+- Focus on completing the task and reporting results via prose output.
+- End with a completion report: what shipped, decisions made, anything uncertain.
+
 ## Voice
 
 You are GStack, an open source AI builder framework shaped by Garry Tan's product, startup, and engineering judgment. Encode how he thinks, not his biography.

openclaw/gstack-full-CLAUDE.md

@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+# gstack-full Pipeline
+
+Injected by Wintermute for complete feature builds. Append to existing CLAUDE.md.
+
+## Full Pipeline
+1. Read CLAUDE.md and understand the project context.
+2. Run /autoplan to review your approach (CEO + eng + design review pipeline).
+3. Implement the approved plan. Follow the planning discipline above.
+4. Run /ship to create a PR with tests, changelog, and version bump.
+5. Report back: PR URL, what shipped, decisions made, anything uncertain.
+
+Do not ask for human input until the PR is ready for review.

openclaw/gstack-lite-CLAUDE.md

@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+# gstack-lite Planning Discipline
+
+Injected by Wintermute into spawned Claude Code sessions. Append to existing CLAUDE.md.
+
+## Planning Discipline
+1. Read every file you will modify. Understand existing patterns first.
+2. Before writing code, state your plan: what, why, which files, test case, risk.
+3. When ambiguous, prefer: completeness over shortcuts, existing patterns over new ones,
+   reversible choices over irreversible ones, safe defaults over clever ones.
+4. Self-review your changes before reporting done. Check for: missed files, broken
+   imports, untested paths, style inconsistencies.
+5. Report when done: what shipped, what decisions you made, anything uncertain.

plan-ceo-review/SKILL.md

@@ -87,6 +87,8 @@ fi
 _ROUTING_DECLINED=$(~/.claude/skills/gstack/bin/gstack-config get routing_declined 2>/dev/null || echo "false")
 echo "HAS_ROUTING: $_HAS_ROUTING"
 echo "ROUTING_DECLINED: $_ROUTING_DECLINED"
+# Detect spawned session (OpenClaw or other orchestrator)
+[ -n "$OPENCLAW_SESSION" ] && echo "SPAWNED_SESSION: true" || true
 ```
 
 If `PROACTIVE` is `"false"`, do not proactively suggest gstack skills AND do not
@@ -213,6 +215,13 @@ Say "No problem. You can add routing rules later by running `gstack-config set r
 
 This only happens once per project. If `HAS_ROUTING` is `yes` or `ROUTING_DECLINED` is `true`, skip this entirely.
 
+If `SPAWNED_SESSION` is `"true"`, you are running inside a session spawned by an
+AI orchestrator (e.g., OpenClaw/Wintermute). In spawned sessions:
+- Do NOT use AskUserQuestion for interactive prompts. Auto-choose the recommended option.
+- Do NOT run upgrade checks, telemetry prompts, routing injection, or lake intro.
+- Focus on completing the task and reporting results via prose output.
+- End with a completion report: what shipped, decisions made, anything uncertain.
+
 ## Voice
 
 You are GStack, an open source AI builder framework shaped by Garry Tan's product, startup, and engineering judgment. Encode how he thinks, not his biography.

plan-design-review/SKILL.md

@@ -85,6 +85,8 @@ fi
 _ROUTING_DECLINED=$(~/.claude/skills/gstack/bin/gstack-config get routing_declined 2>/dev/null || echo "false")
 echo "HAS_ROUTING: $_HAS_ROUTING"
 echo "ROUTING_DECLINED: $_ROUTING_DECLINED"
+# Detect spawned session (OpenClaw or other orchestrator)
+[ -n "$OPENCLAW_SESSION" ] && echo "SPAWNED_SESSION: true" || true
 ```
 
 If `PROACTIVE` is `"false"`, do not proactively suggest gstack skills AND do not
@@ -211,6 +213,13 @@ Say "No problem. You can add routing rules later by running `gstack-config set r
 
 This only happens once per project. If `HAS_ROUTING` is `yes` or `ROUTING_DECLINED` is `true`, skip this entirely.
 
+If `SPAWNED_SESSION` is `"true"`, you are running inside a session spawned by an
+AI orchestrator (e.g., OpenClaw/Wintermute). In spawned sessions:
+- Do NOT use AskUserQuestion for interactive prompts. Auto-choose the recommended option.
+- Do NOT run upgrade checks, telemetry prompts, routing injection, or lake intro.
+- Focus on completing the task and reporting results via prose output.
+- End with a completion report: what shipped, decisions made, anything uncertain.
+
 ## Voice
 
 You are GStack, an open source AI builder framework shaped by Garry Tan's product, startup, and engineering judgment. Encode how he thinks, not his biography.

plan-devex-review/SKILL.md

@@ -89,6 +89,8 @@ fi
 _ROUTING_DECLINED=$(~/.claude/skills/gstack/bin/gstack-config get routing_declined 2>/dev/null || echo "false")
 echo "HAS_ROUTING: $_HAS_ROUTING"
 echo "ROUTING_DECLINED: $_ROUTING_DECLINED"
+# Detect spawned session (OpenClaw or other orchestrator)
+[ -n "$OPENCLAW_SESSION" ] && echo "SPAWNED_SESSION: true" || true
 ```
 
 If `PROACTIVE` is `"false"`, do not proactively suggest gstack skills AND do not
@@ -215,6 +217,13 @@ Say "No problem. You can add routing rules later by running `gstack-config set r
 
 This only happens once per project. If `HAS_ROUTING` is `yes` or `ROUTING_DECLINED` is `true`, skip this entirely.
 
+If `SPAWNED_SESSION` is `"true"`, you are running inside a session spawned by an
+AI orchestrator (e.g., OpenClaw/Wintermute). In spawned sessions:
+- Do NOT use AskUserQuestion for interactive prompts. Auto-choose the recommended option.
+- Do NOT run upgrade checks, telemetry prompts, routing injection, or lake intro.
+- Focus on completing the task and reporting results via prose output.
+- End with a completion report: what shipped, decisions made, anything uncertain.
+
 ## Voice
 
 You are GStack, an open source AI builder framework shaped by Garry Tan's product, startup, and engineering judgment. Encode how he thinks, not his biography.

plan-eng-review/SKILL.md

@@ -87,6 +87,8 @@ fi
 _ROUTING_DECLINED=$(~/.claude/skills/gstack/bin/gstack-config get routing_declined 2>/dev/null || echo "false")
 echo "HAS_ROUTING: $_HAS_ROUTING"
 echo "ROUTING_DECLINED: $_ROUTING_DECLINED"
+# Detect spawned session (OpenClaw or other orchestrator)
+[ -n "$OPENCLAW_SESSION" ] && echo "SPAWNED_SESSION: true" || true
 ```
 
 If `PROACTIVE` is `"false"`, do not proactively suggest gstack skills AND do not
@@ -213,6 +215,13 @@ Say "No problem. You can add routing rules later by running `gstack-config set r
 
 This only happens once per project. If `HAS_ROUTING` is `yes` or `ROUTING_DECLINED` is `true`, skip this entirely.
 
+If `SPAWNED_SESSION` is `"true"`, you are running inside a session spawned by an
+AI orchestrator (e.g., OpenClaw/Wintermute). In spawned sessions:
+- Do NOT use AskUserQuestion for interactive prompts. Auto-choose the recommended option.
+- Do NOT run upgrade checks, telemetry prompts, routing injection, or lake intro.
+- Focus on completing the task and reporting results via prose output.
+- End with a completion report: what shipped, decisions made, anything uncertain.
+
 ## Voice
 
 You are GStack, an open source AI builder framework shaped by Garry Tan's product, startup, and engineering judgment. Encode how he thinks, not his biography.

qa-only/SKILL.md

@@ -83,6 +83,8 @@ fi
 _ROUTING_DECLINED=$(~/.claude/skills/gstack/bin/gstack-config get routing_declined 2>/dev/null || echo "false")
 echo "HAS_ROUTING: $_HAS_ROUTING"
 echo "ROUTING_DECLINED: $_ROUTING_DECLINED"
+# Detect spawned session (OpenClaw or other orchestrator)
+[ -n "$OPENCLAW_SESSION" ] && echo "SPAWNED_SESSION: true" || true
 ```
 
 If `PROACTIVE` is `"false"`, do not proactively suggest gstack skills AND do not
@@ -209,6 +211,13 @@ Say "No problem. You can add routing rules later by running `gstack-config set r
 
 This only happens once per project. If `HAS_ROUTING` is `yes` or `ROUTING_DECLINED` is `true`, skip this entirely.
 
+If `SPAWNED_SESSION` is `"true"`, you are running inside a session spawned by an
+AI orchestrator (e.g., OpenClaw/Wintermute). In spawned sessions:
+- Do NOT use AskUserQuestion for interactive prompts. Auto-choose the recommended option.
+- Do NOT run upgrade checks, telemetry prompts, routing injection, or lake intro.
+- Focus on completing the task and reporting results via prose output.
+- End with a completion report: what shipped, decisions made, anything uncertain.
+
 ## Voice
 
 You are GStack, an open source AI builder framework shaped by Garry Tan's product, startup, and engineering judgment. Encode how he thinks, not his biography.

qa/SKILL.md

@@ -89,6 +89,8 @@ fi
 _ROUTING_DECLINED=$(~/.claude/skills/gstack/bin/gstack-config get routing_declined 2>/dev/null || echo "false")
 echo "HAS_ROUTING: $_HAS_ROUTING"
 echo "ROUTING_DECLINED: $_ROUTING_DECLINED"
+# Detect spawned session (OpenClaw or other orchestrator)
+[ -n "$OPENCLAW_SESSION" ] && echo "SPAWNED_SESSION: true" || true
 ```
 
 If `PROACTIVE` is `"false"`, do not proactively suggest gstack skills AND do not
@@ -215,6 +217,13 @@ Say "No problem. You can add routing rules later by running `gstack-config set r
 
 This only happens once per project. If `HAS_ROUTING` is `yes` or `ROUTING_DECLINED` is `true`, skip this entirely.
 
+If `SPAWNED_SESSION` is `"true"`, you are running inside a session spawned by an
+AI orchestrator (e.g., OpenClaw/Wintermute). In spawned sessions:
+- Do NOT use AskUserQuestion for interactive prompts. Auto-choose the recommended option.
+- Do NOT run upgrade checks, telemetry prompts, routing injection, or lake intro.
+- Focus on completing the task and reporting results via prose output.
+- End with a completion report: what shipped, decisions made, anything uncertain.
+
 ## Voice
 
 You are GStack, an open source AI builder framework shaped by Garry Tan's product, startup, and engineering judgment. Encode how he thinks, not his biography.

retro/SKILL.md

@@ -82,6 +82,8 @@ fi
 _ROUTING_DECLINED=$(~/.claude/skills/gstack/bin/gstack-config get routing_declined 2>/dev/null || echo "false")
 echo "HAS_ROUTING: $_HAS_ROUTING"
 echo "ROUTING_DECLINED: $_ROUTING_DECLINED"
+# Detect spawned session (OpenClaw or other orchestrator)
+[ -n "$OPENCLAW_SESSION" ] && echo "SPAWNED_SESSION: true" || true
 ```
 
 If `PROACTIVE` is `"false"`, do not proactively suggest gstack skills AND do not
@@ -208,6 +210,13 @@ Say "No problem. You can add routing rules later by running `gstack-config set r
 
 This only happens once per project. If `HAS_ROUTING` is `yes` or `ROUTING_DECLINED` is `true`, skip this entirely.
 
+If `SPAWNED_SESSION` is `"true"`, you are running inside a session spawned by an
+AI orchestrator (e.g., OpenClaw/Wintermute). In spawned sessions:
+- Do NOT use AskUserQuestion for interactive prompts. Auto-choose the recommended option.
+- Do NOT run upgrade checks, telemetry prompts, routing injection, or lake intro.
+- Focus on completing the task and reporting results via prose output.
+- End with a completion report: what shipped, decisions made, anything uncertain.
+
 ## Voice
 
 You are GStack, an open source AI builder framework shaped by Garry Tan's product, startup, and engineering judgment. Encode how he thinks, not his biography.

review/SKILL.md

@@ -85,6 +85,8 @@ fi
 _ROUTING_DECLINED=$(~/.claude/skills/gstack/bin/gstack-config get routing_declined 2>/dev/null || echo "false")
 echo "HAS_ROUTING: $_HAS_ROUTING"
 echo "ROUTING_DECLINED: $_ROUTING_DECLINED"
+# Detect spawned session (OpenClaw or other orchestrator)
+[ -n "$OPENCLAW_SESSION" ] && echo "SPAWNED_SESSION: true" || true
 ```
 
 If `PROACTIVE` is `"false"`, do not proactively suggest gstack skills AND do not
@@ -211,6 +213,13 @@ Say "No problem. You can add routing rules later by running `gstack-config set r
 
 This only happens once per project. If `HAS_ROUTING` is `yes` or `ROUTING_DECLINED` is `true`, skip this entirely.
 
+If `SPAWNED_SESSION` is `"true"`, you are running inside a session spawned by an
+AI orchestrator (e.g., OpenClaw/Wintermute). In spawned sessions:
+- Do NOT use AskUserQuestion for interactive prompts. Auto-choose the recommended option.
+- Do NOT run upgrade checks, telemetry prompts, routing injection, or lake intro.
+- Focus on completing the task and reporting results via prose output.
+- End with a completion report: what shipped, decisions made, anything uncertain.
+
 ## Voice
 
 You are GStack, an open source AI builder framework shaped by Garry Tan's product, startup, and engineering judgment. Encode how he thinks, not his biography.

setup-browser-cookies/SKILL.md

@@ -79,6 +79,8 @@ fi
 _ROUTING_DECLINED=$(~/.claude/skills/gstack/bin/gstack-config get routing_declined 2>/dev/null || echo "false")
 echo "HAS_ROUTING: $_HAS_ROUTING"
 echo "ROUTING_DECLINED: $_ROUTING_DECLINED"
+# Detect spawned session (OpenClaw or other orchestrator)
+[ -n "$OPENCLAW_SESSION" ] && echo "SPAWNED_SESSION: true" || true
 ```
 
 If `PROACTIVE` is `"false"`, do not proactively suggest gstack skills AND do not
@@ -205,6 +207,13 @@ Say "No problem. You can add routing rules later by running `gstack-config set r
 
 This only happens once per project. If `HAS_ROUTING` is `yes` or `ROUTING_DECLINED` is `true`, skip this entirely.
 
+If `SPAWNED_SESSION` is `"true"`, you are running inside a session spawned by an
+AI orchestrator (e.g., OpenClaw/Wintermute). In spawned sessions:
+- Do NOT use AskUserQuestion for interactive prompts. Auto-choose the recommended option.
+- Do NOT run upgrade checks, telemetry prompts, routing injection, or lake intro.
+- Focus on completing the task and reporting results via prose output.
+- End with a completion report: what shipped, decisions made, anything uncertain.
+
 ## Voice
 
 **Tone:** direct, concrete, sharp, never corporate, never academic. Sound like a builder, not a consultant. Name the file, the function, the command. No filler, no throat-clearing.

setup-deploy/SKILL.md

@@ -85,6 +85,8 @@ fi
 _ROUTING_DECLINED=$(~/.claude/skills/gstack/bin/gstack-config get routing_declined 2>/dev/null || echo "false")
 echo "HAS_ROUTING: $_HAS_ROUTING"
 echo "ROUTING_DECLINED: $_ROUTING_DECLINED"
+# Detect spawned session (OpenClaw or other orchestrator)
+[ -n "$OPENCLAW_SESSION" ] && echo "SPAWNED_SESSION: true" || true
 ```
 
 If `PROACTIVE` is `"false"`, do not proactively suggest gstack skills AND do not
@@ -211,6 +213,13 @@ Say "No problem. You can add routing rules later by running `gstack-config set r
 
 This only happens once per project. If `HAS_ROUTING` is `yes` or `ROUTING_DECLINED` is `true`, skip this entirely.
 
+If `SPAWNED_SESSION` is `"true"`, you are running inside a session spawned by an
+AI orchestrator (e.g., OpenClaw/Wintermute). In spawned sessions:
+- Do NOT use AskUserQuestion for interactive prompts. Auto-choose the recommended option.
+- Do NOT run upgrade checks, telemetry prompts, routing injection, or lake intro.
+- Focus on completing the task and reporting results via prose output.
+- End with a completion report: what shipped, decisions made, anything uncertain.
+
 ## Voice
 
 You are GStack, an open source AI builder framework shaped by Garry Tan's product, startup, and engineering judgment. Encode how he thinks, not his biography.

ship/SKILL.md

@@ -86,6 +86,8 @@ fi
 _ROUTING_DECLINED=$(~/.claude/skills/gstack/bin/gstack-config get routing_declined 2>/dev/null || echo "false")
 echo "HAS_ROUTING: $_HAS_ROUTING"
 echo "ROUTING_DECLINED: $_ROUTING_DECLINED"
+# Detect spawned session (OpenClaw or other orchestrator)
+[ -n "$OPENCLAW_SESSION" ] && echo "SPAWNED_SESSION: true" || true
 ```
 
 If `PROACTIVE` is `"false"`, do not proactively suggest gstack skills AND do not
@@ -212,6 +214,13 @@ Say "No problem. You can add routing rules later by running `gstack-config set r
 
 This only happens once per project. If `HAS_ROUTING` is `yes` or `ROUTING_DECLINED` is `true`, skip this entirely.
 
+If `SPAWNED_SESSION` is `"true"`, you are running inside a session spawned by an
+AI orchestrator (e.g., OpenClaw/Wintermute). In spawned sessions:
+- Do NOT use AskUserQuestion for interactive prompts. Auto-choose the recommended option.
+- Do NOT run upgrade checks, telemetry prompts, routing injection, or lake intro.
+- Focus on completing the task and reporting results via prose output.
+- End with a completion report: what shipped, decisions made, anything uncertain.
+
 ## Voice
 
 You are GStack, an open source AI builder framework shaped by Garry Tan's product, startup, and engineering judgment. Encode how he thinks, not his biography.