gsd-insert-phase

Insert a decimal phase into your roadmap to place urgent tasks between existing integer phases. This approach computes and assigns decimal phase numbers, allowing you to add hotfixes or discovery tasks without shifting all downstream milestone numbering.

A decimal phase in milestone-based task management is an intermediate phase number, such as 72.1, inserted between existing integer phases. It accommodates urgent ad-hoc work discovered during execution without renumbering downstream milestones.

Insert a decimal phase after the target integer phase within your workflow. The system parses arguments, verifies the target phase exists, calculates the decimal number, and updates the roadmap while preserving validation gates and workflow state.

Yes, inserting a decimal phase preserves validation gates and workflow state. The process performs argument parsing and phase verification to ensure roadmap integrity before applying updates, so planning and execution tools continue to operate consistently.

Decimal phase insertion applies specifically to milestone-based GSD workflows. It is designed for project roadmaps where urgent tasks must be scheduled between planned phases without renumbering, rather than for all task management approaches.

A limitation of decimal phase insertion is that it requires an existing target integer phase for verification. If the roadmap lacks milestone-based phases, the decimal calculation and insertion cannot place urgent work between planned phases correctly.