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 # ── claude-config repo ignores ──
 
-# Symlink created by link.sh (GStack submodule target)
+# GStack skill symlinks — auto-created by gstack setup
+# Only the gstack/ dir itself + all symlinked skills inside skills/
 skills/gstack
+skills/autoplan
+skills/benchmark
+skills/browse
+skills/canary
+skills/careful
+skills/checkpoint
+skills/codex
+skills/connect-chrome
+skills/cso
+skills/design-consultation
+skills/design-html
+skills/design-review
+skills/design-shotgun
+skills/devex-review
+skills/document-release
+skills/freeze
+skills/gstack-upgrade
+skills/guard
+skills/health
+skills/investigate
+skills/land-and-deploy
+skills/learn
+skills/office-hours
+skills/open-gstack-browser
+skills/pair-agent
+skills/plan-ceo-review
+skills/plan-design-review
+skills/plan-devex-review
+skills/plan-eng-review
+skills/qa
+skills/qa-only
+skills/retro
+skills/review
+skills/setup-browser-cookies
+skills/setup-deploy
+skills/ship
+skills/unfreeze
 
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