gctree Update Global Context

Use this when work has revealed a durable change that should update the active gc-branch's global context.

Hard rule

Do not re-onboard a non-empty gc-branch. Use guided updates for durable changes and reserve onboarding for empty gc-branches only.

Procedure

1. Summarize what changed and why it should become durable context.
2. Confirm the active gc-branch with gctree status.
3. Launch the guided update flow with one of:
   • gctree update-global-context
   • gctree update-gc
   • gctree ugc
4. Before writing update JSON, find the target doc with gctree resolve --query "<new fact or term>". If the summary is insufficient, read the full doc with gctree show-doc --id "<id>".
5. For an existing doc, preserve useful existing Details and Index Entries unless the user explicitly wants them removed.
6. Use slug as the durable path without docs/ and without .md. Example: docs/conventions/mvldev-assignment-backend-smson.md becomes "slug": "conventions/mvldev-assignment-backend-smson".
7. Use exactly this gctree __apply-update JSON schema. Do not invent fields. In particular, never use id, path, or content; use slug, body, and indexEntries.

{
  "branch": "<gc-branch>",
  "docs": [
    {
      "title": "conventions: example repo",
      "slug": "conventions/example-repo",
      "category": "conventions",
      "summary": "Actionable one-paragraph summary with patterns, commands, and constraints.",
      "body": "## Patterns\n\n- Details body only. Do not include # title, ## Summary, or ## Index Entries here.",
      "indexLabel": "example repo conventions",
      "indexEntries": ["example repo", "ExampleRepo", "주요 한국어 검색어", "command names", "field names"]
    }
  ]
}

8. body is only the Details body. It may contain useful second-level sections such as ## Patterns, but must not contain the top-level title, ## Summary, or ## Index Entries.
9. indexEntries is mandatory. Add aliases, related terms, command names, field names, workflow names, acronyms, Korean terms, and English terms so gctree resolve can find the doc without translation. Also add 3-6 short phrases a developer would actually type when they need this doc (questions, symptoms, task fragments in the user's language).
10. Apply the update with gctree __apply-update --input <temp-file>.
11. Verify immediately:
    • gctree verify-onboarding --branch <gc-branch>
    • gctree resolve --query "<new keyword>"
    • gctree show-doc --id "<slug>"
12. If you intended to update an existing doc and doc_count increases unexpectedly, do not report success. Inspect the duplicate, remove the accidental doc, and re-apply with the correct slug.
13. Keep the current gc-branch explicit throughout the conversation and tell the user exactly which docs changed.