March 17, 2026
God mode or text file?
Garry Tan's Claude Code Setup
From ‘god mode’ to ‘it’s a text file’ — the internet splits on Garry’s AI setup
TLDR: Venture star Garry Tan unveiled gstack, simple commands that make his AI code helper act like a mini team. Comments split between awe (god mode) and snark (it’s a text file), with a side brawl over bragging about 600,000 lines of code — highlighting hype vs. quality in AI-assisted building.
Garry Tan just dropped “gstack,” a set of slash-commands that turns AI helper Claude Code into a lineup of pretend teammates — a boss, a tech lead, a paranoid reviewer, a ship-it person, and a robot tester. It promises planning, code review, one-click shipping, and a 60-second website check.
But the real show is the comments. Some fans screamed this is god mode, thrilled by the idea of summoning a mini team on demand. Skeptics dunked hard: one called the post like a child telling you about their toys, another joked Gary, this is a text file, even dropping a video.
The spiciest fight? Tan’s brag about writing 600,000 lines in 60 days. Devs piled on that lines of code are a terrible metric, arguing quality beats word count. Others shrugged: let the man enjoy his prompt scaffolds — custom shortcuts for guiding the AI — while better bespoke tools surely exist.
For the curious, gstack’s modes include /plan-ceo-review (pressure-test the idea), /review (find hidden bugs), /ship (push code), and /browse (robot QA that clicks through pages). If you want to try it, here’s the repo. Love it or roast it, the internet certainly showed up.
Key Points
- •gstack provides six role-based skills for Claude Code: /plan-ceo-review, /plan-eng-review, /review, /ship, /browse, and /retro.
- •The tool addresses shortcomings of generic assistants by enforcing structured planning, engineering rigor, consistent review, automated release steps, and rapid QA.
- •A demo shows an end-to-end feature workflow from product reframing to architecture planning, code review, shipping, and automated browser QA.
- •Installation requires Claude Code, Git, and Bun v1.0+, with /browse compiling a native binary for macOS and Linux (x64, arm64).
- •Setup involves cloning the GitHub repo and updating CLAUDE.md to use gstack’s /browse instead of mcp__claude-in-chrome__* tools and listing available skills.