GSD Import

by open-gsd

GSD Import is an Automation skill for Claude Code, published by open-gsd in gsd-core.

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claude-codecontext-engineeringmeta-promptingspec-driven-development

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Install GSD Import

Copy GSD Import into your Claude Code skills folder. Run the command in your terminal, or review the source on GitHub before installing.

terminal

npx degit https://github.com/open-gsd/gsd-core/tree/next/skills/gsd-import ~/.claude/skills/gsd-import

Requires Node.js. Downloads this skill only — not the rest of the repository — into your Claude Code skills folder.

Without Node.js

git clone https://github.com/open-gsd/gsd-core.git

Clones the whole repository, then copy the skill’s own directory into your skills folder yourself.

In this catalog

Source file: skills/gsd-import/SKILL.md in open-gsd/gsd-core
Installs to: ~/.claude/skills/gsd-import
Collection: One of 25 skills cataloged from this repository
Category: Automation — 1523 skills

What GSD Import does

GSD Import ingests external plan files into the GSD planning system, detecting conflicts against PROJECT.md decisions before writing anything. It also reverse-migrates GSD-2 projects back to the v1 format.

GSD Import is cataloged under Automation on DirSkills. GSD Import comes from a repository tagged claude-code, context-engineering, meta-prompting and spec-driven-development.

Documentation

README

Excerpt

--from: Import an external plan file, detect conflicts, write as GSD PLAN.md, validate via gsd-plan-checker.
--from-gsd2: Reverse-migrate a GSD-2 project (.gsd/ directory) back to GSD v1 (.planning/) format. Runs gsd-tools.cjs from-gsd2. Pass --path <dir> to migrate a project at a different path.

<execution_context> @~~/.claude/gsd-core/workflows/import.md @~~/.claude/gsd-core/references/ui-brand.md @~~/.claude/gsd-core/references/gate-prompts.md @~~/.claude/gsd-core/references/doc-conflict-engine.md </execution_context>

This is the opening of the README. Read the full README on GitHub.

Frequently asked about GSD Import

What else does open-gsd publish alongside GSD Import?
GSD Import is one of 25 skills that DirSkills catalogs from open-gsd/gsd-core, the repository it ships in. Its siblings there include AI Integration Phase, Add Tests and Complete Milestone. Each one is a separate skill with its own page in this directory, installs the same way GSD Import does, and is maintained by open-gsd in that same repository. The rest of the collection is listed on the open-gsd/gsd-core page.
How does GSD Import compare to other Automation skills?
GSD Import ranks #189 by stars among the 1523 Automation skills in this catalog. The most-starred ones next to it are Autonomous Loops, Autonomous Agent Harness and Automation Audit Ops. DirSkills ranks by the star count of the repository each skill ships in, so that order reflects how popular those repositories are rather than any review of GSD Import against them. Open each page to compare what they document and how they install.