---
gsd_state_version: 1.0
milestone: v1.0
milestone_name: milestone
status: executing
stopped_at: "Phase 1 closure: Plans 01-01..01-04, 01-06, 01-07 complete; Plan 01-05 Task 1 (validator + refused-sample fixture) merged but Task 2 (10–20 north-star reference images) awaits human curation per the planned checkpoint:human-verify gate. CI workflow shippable today (validator green with 0 assets; will continue green once images land). Next: /gsd-verify-work to UAT Phase 1, then human curation pass on north-star images, then /gsd-discuss-phase 2."
last_updated: "2026-05-09T03:56:45.284Z"
last_activity: 2026-05-09
progress:
  total_phases: 8
  completed_phases: 0
  total_plans: 7
  completed_plans: 7
  percent: 100
---

# Project State

## Project Reference

See: .planning/PROJECT.md (updated 2026-05-08)

**Core value:** Every idle mechanic must function as a metaphor that the player absorbs without being told. When economy and meaning conflict, meaning wins.
**Current focus:** Phase 01 — foundations-and-doctrine

## Current Position

Phase: 01 (foundations-and-doctrine) — AWAITING VERIFICATION + HUMAN CURATION
Plan: 7 of 7 complete (01-05 Task 2 partial — north-star image curation outstanding)
Status: All Phase-1 automation green; ready for /gsd-verify-work UAT and human curation pass on north-star reference set
Last activity: 2026-05-09 -- Plan 01-07 (CI workflow) complete; PIPE-06 enforced

Progress: [██████████] 100%

## Performance Metrics

**Velocity:**

- Total plans completed: 7 (1 partial)
- Average duration: ~5 min (Wave 1 baseline 6min; Wave 2 plans 4–8min; Plan 07 ~2min)
- Total execution time: ~30 min across all of Phase 1

**By Phase:**

| Phase | Plans | Total | Avg/Plan |
|-------|-------|-------|----------|
| 1. Foundations & Doctrine | 7/7 (1 partial) | ~30 min | ~5 min |

**Recent Trend:**

- Last 5 plans: [01-03 save-layer · 01-04 content-pipeline · 01-05 asset-provenance (partial) · 01-06 doctrine-docs · 01-07 ci-workflow — all green]
- Trend: ↘ (Wave 2/3 plans came in faster than Wave 1's scaffolding; YAML-only Plan 07 was the cheapest at ~2min)

*Updated after each plan completion*

## Accumulated Context

### Decisions

Decisions are logged in PROJECT.md Key Decisions table.
Recent decisions affecting current work:

- Phase 1 will land all retrofit-hostile foundations (versioned saves, content/asset pipelines, sim/render firewall, anti-FOMO doctrine, Season 7 end-state design) before any feature code — research from all four researchers converged on this ordering.
- Phase 2 will ship Season 1 as a complete vertical slice that could *plausibly* ship as a free standalone prologue ahead of Seasons 2-7, defending against the 7-Season scope risk.
- Phases 4-7 deliver the remaining six Seasons in mechanic-introducing pairs (Season 2 alone with prestige, Seasons 3-4, Seasons 5-6, Season 7 alone) — at most one new mechanic per Season per the scope-defense doctrine.
- Plan 01-01: scaffolded by hand (the official `npm create @phaserjs/game@latest` is interactive-only — `--template react-ts --yes` flags are silently ignored as of create-game v1.3.2); plan's documented fallback path was used. Vite 8 + TS 6 referenced-projects tsconfig layout adopted; `build` runs `tsc -b && vite build` so strict-TS gates every build. ESLint 9 installed → Plan 02 must use **flat config** (`eslint.config.js`), not legacy `.eslintrc.*`.
- Plan 01-01: pre-installed `fake-indexeddb@^6` here so Plan 03 doesn't have to re-edit `package.json`. All Phase-1 dep versions match RESEARCH.md exactly within their `^` ranges.
- Plan 01-07: minimum-viable CI workflow (49 lines) running `npm ci` + `npm run ci` on push/PR to main; ubuntu-latest only, Node 22 only, no matrix per CONTEXT user pushback against ceremony. The workflow's role is to refuse merges that break local `npm run ci`, nothing more. New CI gates (Phase 2 e2e, Phase 8 visual regression) are added by editing `package.json scripts.ci` (or new dedicated workflow files), not by editing `ci.yml` — the workflow stays stable across all future phases.
- Plan 01-07: `npm ci` (lockfile-strict) chosen over `npm install` per RESEARCH § Security Domain; `npm audit` deferred to Phase 8. `actions/setup-node@v4` with `cache: 'npm'` per RESEARCH CI Pitfall A — never cache `node_modules/` directly.

### Pending Todos

- **Plan 01-05 Task 2 (human curation):** 10–20 hand-curated AI generations need to be committed to `assets/north-stars/` with provenance sidecars. Each must pass the curation gate (visual consistency, real-species-slightly-wrong, watercolor register). The validator (`npm run validate:assets`) is green today with 0 assets and will continue green when the images land. This is the only outstanding Phase 1 deliverable before `/gsd-verify-work`.

### Blockers/Concerns

Carry-forward banner concerns from research:

- **7-Season scope risk** is the project's biggest risk; defended by the standalone-Season-1 escape hatch (Phase 2) and the one-mechanic-per-Season cap.
- **Story ends but the loop doesn't** — Season 7 end-state design landed in Phase 1 (`.planning/season-7-end-state.md`, PIPE-05 ✓); finite Roothold ceiling enforcement deferred to Phase 4 (SEAS-04); credits/coda rest-state to Phase 7 (SEAS-10).
- **AI asset style drift** — provenance schema + CI gate + refused-sample fixture landed in Phase 1 (Plan 01-05 Task 1, PIPE-03 + AEST-08 ✓); locked 10–20-image north-star reference set still pending human curation (Plan 01-05 Task 2 — AEST-09 partial); production-volume asset generation begins Phase 5+; visual regression testing in Phase 8 (PIPE-04).
- **Phase 1 partial closure:** Plan 01-05 Task 2 is the only outstanding deliverable. The CI workflow (Plan 01-07) is shippable today regardless. `/gsd-verify-work` can run after the curation pass.

## Deferred Items

Items acknowledged and carried forward from previous milestone close:

| Category | Item | Status | Deferred At |
|----------|------|--------|-------------|
| *(none)* | | | |

## Session Continuity

Last session: 2026-05-09
Stopped at: Plan 01-07 (CI workflow) complete — `.github/workflows/ci.yml` (49 lines, Node 22, ubuntu-latest, single job) runs `npm ci` + `npm run ci` on push/PR to main. Local `npm run ci` exits 0 (lint clean / 53 tests pass / validator OK / build OK). Every Phase 1 success criterion now structurally enforced on every commit. Plan 01-05 Task 2 (north-star image curation) is the only outstanding deliverable — does not block CI workflow shipping. Phase 1 awaiting `/gsd-verify-work` UAT after the curation pass.
Resume file: .planning/phases/01-foundations-and-doctrine/01-07-ci-workflow-SUMMARY.md
Next action: human curation pass on `assets/north-stars/` (Plan 01-05 Task 2), then `/gsd-verify-work` to UAT Phase 1, then `/gsd-discuss-phase 2`