gt and gc CLIs have non-identical architectures, so each row gives the nearest gc or bd equivalent.
Two rules help a lot to find the closest home (gc or bd) for a command equivalent:
- the closest home is
gcif thegtcommand is about orchestration, sessions, routing, hooks, or runtime behavior - the closest home is
bdif thegtcommand is really about bead CRUD or bead content.
gc CLI reference and the bd CLI reference for the full CLI surfaces, and The six primitives for the canonical model these commands map onto.
Workspace And Runtime
gt | Closest in Gas City | Notes |
|---|---|---|
gt install | gc init | Gas City uses gc init to create a city. |
gt init | gc rig add or gc init | In Gas Town, gt install and gt init set up the workspace and its projects. Gas City splits those duties differently — gc init creates the city, gc rig add registers a repo as a rig — so gt init maps to whichever half you were doing. |
gt rig | gc rig | Near-direct mapping. |
gt start | gc start | Starts the city under the machine-wide supervisor. |
gt up | gc start | Same high-level intent. |
gt down | gc stop | Stops the city’s agent sessions (graceful interrupt, then force-kill); also stops Dolt and clears orphans. |
gt shutdown | gc stop | Collapses onto the same gc stop as gt down; use --force for an immediate kill instead of the graceful wave. |
gt daemon | gc supervisor | Supervisor is the canonical long-running runtime in Gas City. |
gt status | gc status | City-wide overview. |
gt dashboard | gc dashboard | Same general purpose; gc dashboard serve still exists as the explicit form. |
gt doctor | gc doctor | Near-direct mapping. |
gt config | gc config plus editing city.toml | Gas City config is file-first; gc config is mostly inspect/explain. |
gt disable | gc suspend | Closest operational match is per-city suspension, not a system-wide Town toggle. |
gt enable | gc resume | Resumes a suspended city. |
gt uninstall | no direct equivalent | Gas City has supervisor install/uninstall, but not a Town-style global uninstall command. |
gt version | gc version | Direct mapping. |
gt completion | no direct equivalent | Gas City does not currently expose a matching completion command. |
gt help | gc help | Direct mapping. |
gt info | gc version, gc status, docs | No single gc info command. |
gt stale | no direct equivalent | Closest checks are gc version and gc doctor. |
gt town | split across gc start, gc status, gc stop, gc supervisor | Gas City does not keep a separate Town namespace. |
Configuration And Extension
gt | Closest in Gas City | Notes |
|---|---|---|
gt git-init | git init plus gc rig add | Git repo setup and city registration are separate concerns in Gas City. |
gt hooks | config-driven hook install plus gc doctor | Gas City does not have Town’s hook-management namespace; hook install is primarily config and lifecycle driven. |
gt plugin | gc order | Plugin-like orchestrator automation usually becomes an exec order or formula order. |
gt issue | no direct equivalent | Usually replaced by bead metadata or session context, depending intent. |
gt account | no direct equivalent | Provider account management is outside Gas City’s core CLI. |
gt shell | no direct equivalent | Gas City does not ship a Town-style shell integration namespace. |
gt theme | no direct equivalent | Pack scripts or tmux config are the normal path. |
Work Routing And Workflow
gt | Closest in Gas City | Notes |
|---|---|---|
gt sling | gc sling | Direct mapping in spirit and name. |
gt handoff | gc handoff | Near-direct mapping. |
gt convoy | gc convoy | Near-direct mapping for convoy creation and tracking. |
gt hook | gc hook | Same name, narrower surface: gc hook is work-query and hook injection behavior, not the full Town hook manager. |
gt ready | bd ready | This stays bead-centric more than city-centric. |
gt done | no single direct equivalent | In Gas City this is usually a bead close, metadata transition, convoy action, or formula step. |
gt unsling | no direct equivalent | Usually replaced by bead edits plus re-routing with bd and gc sling. |
gt formula | gc formula list/show/cook/version-check, gc sling --formula, gc order | gc formula manages formulas (list, show, cook, version-check — version-check detects whether the on-disk formula file changed after a bead was cooked from it). gc sling --formula dispatches a v2 formula as a workflow (a v1 formula materializes as a wisp). |
gt mol | gc formula cook, bd mol ... | gc formula cook creates workflows (v2) (or molecules under the v1 materialization); bd handles bead-level operations. |
gt mq | no direct generic gc command | Gastown-style merge queue behavior lives in the pack and formulas, not a generic platform namespace. |
gt gate | gc wait; formula [steps.gate] | Durable waits are the closest platform concept. Formulas also carry gates natively — a step-level [steps.gate] (types such as gh:run, gh:pr, timer, human, mail) or [[compose.gate]] rules — the closer match when migrating molecule workflows. See Steps. |
gt park | gc wait | Same underlying idea: stop and resume around a dependency or gate. |
gt resume | gc wait ready, gc session wake, gc mail check | Depends on whether the action is a parked wait, sleeping session, or handoff/mail resume. |
gt synthesis | partial: gc converge, formulas, convoys | No one-command parity. |
gt orphans | no direct generic command | In Gas City this is usually pack logic plus witness/refinery formulas and bead inspection. |
gt release | mostly bd state edits | No single gc release command. |
Sessions, Roles, And Agents
gt | Closest in Gas City | Notes |
|---|---|---|
gt agents | gc session plus gc status | Session management is generic in Gas City; not a Town-specific agent switcher. |
gt session | gc session | Same broad idea, but not polecat-specific. |
gt crew | city.toml agents plus gc session | Crew is a pack convention, not a first-class platform command family. |
gt polecat | Gastown pack polecat agent plus gc status / gc session / gc sling | No dedicated top-level platform namespace. |
gt witness | Gastown pack witness agent plus gc session / gc status | No dedicated top-level platform namespace. |
gt refinery | Gastown pack refinery agent plus gc session / gc status | No dedicated top-level platform namespace. |
gt mayor | Gastown pack mayor agent plus gc session attach mayor / gc status | Managed as a configured agent, not a baked-in command family. |
gt deacon | Gastown pack deacon agent plus gc session, gc status, orchestrator behavior | In Gas City, much of what deacon does lives in the orchestrator/supervisor. |
gt boot | Gastown pack boot agent | Same pattern as other role agents. |
gt dog | usually gc order, sometimes a pack-owned dog pool | Dog-like helpers are exec orders shipped by the builtin core pack, or a pack-owned dog pool (e.g. the Gastown pack’s dog). |
gt role | gc config explain, gc session list, prompt/config inspection | Role is not a first-class platform concept. |
gt callbacks | no direct equivalent | Callback behavior is folded into runtime, hooks, waits, and orders. |
gt cycle | no direct generic command | Closest equivalents are tmux bindings or pack-specific session UX. |
gt namepool | config-only today | Gas City supports namepool files in config, but does not expose a top-level gc namepool command. |
gt worktree | work_dir, pre_start, git worktree, pack scripts | Worktree behavior is explicit config and script wiring, not a generic gc worktree namespace. |
Communication And Nudges
gt | Closest in Gas City | Notes |
|---|---|---|
gt mail | gc mail | Near-direct mapping. |
gt nudge | gc session nudge | Use gc session nudge <target> "msg" to send messages to a live session. The gc nudge subcommand only exposes deferred-delivery controls (drain, drop, status, poll); it does not accept a positional <target> "msg" form. |
gt peek | gc session peek | Near-direct mapping. |
gt broadcast | no single direct equivalent | Usually modeled as gc mail send to a group or multiple explicit targets. |
gt notify | no direct equivalent | Notification policy is not a top-level platform command family. |
gt dnd | no direct equivalent | Closest behavior usually lives in mail or local workflow policy. |
gt escalate | no direct equivalent | Model escalations with beads, mail, orders, or pack-specific workflow. |
gt whoami | no direct equivalent | Identity is explicit in config, session metadata, and GC_* env rather than a dedicated CLI. |
Beads, Events, And Diagnostics
gt | Closest in Gas City | Notes |
|---|---|---|
gt bead | mostly bd | Bead CRUD is still primarily the bead tool’s job. |
gt cat | mostly bd | Same rule: bead content inspection is bead-centric. |
gt show | mostly bd | Use the bead tool for detailed bead state/content. |
gt close | mostly bd close | Still bead-centric. |
gt commit | git commit | Gas City does not wrap commit the way Town does. |
gt activity | gc event emit and gc events | Same basic event/logging space. |
gt trail | gc events, gc session peek, gc session logs | No one-command parity. |
gt feed | gc events | Closest live system feed. |
gt log | gc events or gc supervisor logs | Depends on whether you want event history or runtime logs. |
gt audit | partial: gc events, gc graph, bd queries | No single audit namespace equivalent. |
gt checkpoint | no direct equivalent | Session durability lives in the runtime and bead/session model rather than a user-facing checkpoint CLI. |
gt patrol | no direct equivalent | Patrol behavior is generally modeled with orders plus formulas. |
gt migrate-agents | gc migration | Same general migration/upgrade bucket. |
gt prime | gc prime | Direct mapping. |
gt costs | no direct equivalent | No matching top-level cost accounting command today. |
gt seance | no direct equivalent | Gas City has resume and session metadata, but not a seance command. |
gt thanks | no direct equivalent | No matching command. |
Practical Translation Rule
If you are unsure where agt command went, ask this in order:
- Is it now just
gcwith nearly the same name? - Is it really a bead operation that should stay in
bd? - Is it no longer a special command because Gas City moved that behavior into config, orders, waits, formulas, or orchestrator logic?