/gaia

user-facing
Category:
Getting Started
Lifecycle phase:
Any
Arguments:
[optional free-text request]

What it does

/gaia is the main orchestrator. It accepts a free-text description of what you want to do and routes you to the correct GAIA command. If you are unsure which command to run, start here -- GAIA will figure it out and hand off to the right workflow.

When to use it

  • You want GAIA to decide the right workflow for your request.
  • You are new to GAIA and want a single entry point.
  • You know what you want to do but not which slash command handles it.

If you already know the specific command, you can skip /gaia and invoke it directly (for example, /gaia-dev-story E3-S7).

Prerequisites

None. This command works at any stage of a project, including projects with no GAIA artifacts.

How to invoke

/gaia

Opens the orchestrator for interactive routing.

/gaia I want to create a PRD from my product brief

Routes directly to the appropriate command based on your request.

What it does step by step

  1. Parse your request Analyzes your free-text input to determine intent.
  2. Route to the right command Matches your intent against the full catalog of GAIA commands and invokes the best match. If the intent is ambiguous, asks a clarifying question before routing.

Inputs

Input Source Description
request Command argument (optional) Free-text description of what you want to do.

Outputs

This command does not produce files directly. It routes to another command, which produces the actual outputs.

Example session

> /gaia I need to implement story E5-S3

Routing to /gaia-dev-story E5-S3...

Loading story E5-S3...
  (continues with the /gaia-dev-story workflow)

What to run next

Whatever the orchestrator routes you to. Common destinations:

Troubleshooting

The orchestrator picked the wrong command

Rephrase your request more specifically, or invoke the desired command directly. Use /gaia-help to browse available commands by category.