Tools/open-gsd/get-shit-done-redux

get-shit-done-redux

Getting Shit Done, the Aftermath

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The Lens

get-shit-done-redux is a system for keeping AI coding assistants reliable over long sessions. The problem it targets is context rot, the quality drop that happens as an agent fills its context window and starts forgetting what it was doing. GSD fixes this with a structured command loop and fresh subagent contexts, so the main window stays uncluttered. It works with Claude Code, OpenCode, Gemini CLI, and others. MIT licensed and free.

The workflow is six commands: start a project, discuss the phase, plan it, execute through parallel agents, verify the result, then ship and repeat. Each executor gets its own clean context window, which keeps your primary session running at a fraction of capacity instead of choking on accumulated history. Install is a single npx command, so there is almost nothing to set up.

Solo developers who run long agent sessions and watch quality degrade will get the most out of this. Small teams adopting a shared agent workflow can standardize on the same command loop. It is free at every scale, so the only cost is learning the discipline it imposes, which is the actual point.

The catch is that this is methodology wrapped in tooling. It only helps if you commit to the loop. Bolt it onto a chaotic workflow and you will get chaos with extra steps. The structure is the value, and structure takes buy-in.

Free vs Self-Hosted vs Paid

fully free

Free tier: Everything. MIT licensed, installed with a single npx command.

Self-hosted: Not applicable in the usual sense. It is a command system layered onto your existing AI coding assistant, running locally.

Paid: None. You pay only for the underlying assistant's API usage (Claude Code, Gemini CLI, and so on), which you were paying for anyway.

Completely free and open source under MIT. The only cost is the API usage of whatever AI assistant you run it with.

Self-hosting ops:trivial

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Score
73/100 · B+
Adoption21/30
Maintenance22/25
Community5/20
License15/15
Analysis10/10

License: MIT License

Use freely, including commercial. Just keep the license.

Commercial use: ✓ Yes

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