**Step 2b: Create a new batch (only when `$RESUME_BATCH_ID` is empty)**

Skip this step entirely if `$RESUME_BATCH_ID` is set (resume-mode.md owns
that path instead).

**Get the task list.** If `--file <path>` was present in `$ARGUMENTS`, use its
value as `$TASK_FILE`. Otherwise the remaining, non-flag text of `$ARGUMENTS`
IS the inline task list (a bulleted/numbered list, ≥2 items — the same
grammar `parseTaskList` enforces).

If `$TASK_FILE` is set:
```bash
_GSD_SHIM_NAME="gsd-tools.cjs"; _GSD_RUNTIME_ROOT="${RUNTIME_DIR:-$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel 2>/dev/null || pwd)}"; GSD_TOOLS="${_GSD_RUNTIME_ROOT}/gsd-core/bin/${_GSD_SHIM_NAME}"; _gsd_at() { for _p; do if [ -f "$_p" ]; then GSD_TOOLS="$_p"; return 0; fi; done; return 1; }; if _gsd_at "${_GSD_RUNTIME_ROOT}/gsd-core/bin/${_GSD_SHIM_NAME}" "${_GSD_RUNTIME_ROOT}/.claude/gsd-core/bin/${_GSD_SHIM_NAME}" "${_GSD_RUNTIME_ROOT}/.codex/gsd-core/bin/${_GSD_SHIM_NAME}"; then gsd_run() { node "$GSD_TOOLS" "$@"; }; elif unset -f gsd_run; _G="$(command -v gsd_run)"; then GSD_TOOLS="$_G"; gsd_run() { "$GSD_TOOLS" "$@"; }; elif _gsd_at "${CLAUDE_CONFIG_DIR:-$HOME/.claude}/gsd-core/bin/${_GSD_SHIM_NAME}" "${HERMES_HOME:-$HOME/.hermes}/gsd-core/bin/${_GSD_SHIM_NAME}" "${CURSOR_CONFIG_DIR:-$HOME/.cursor}/gsd-core/bin/${_GSD_SHIM_NAME}" "${CODEX_HOME:-$HOME/.codex}/gsd-core/bin/${_GSD_SHIM_NAME}" "${GEMINI_CONFIG_DIR:-$HOME/.gemini}/gsd-core/bin/${_GSD_SHIM_NAME}" "${COPILOT_CONFIG_DIR:-$HOME/.copilot}/gsd-core/bin/${_GSD_SHIM_NAME}" "${WINDSURF_CONFIG_DIR:-$HOME/.codeium/windsurf}/gsd-core/bin/${_GSD_SHIM_NAME}" "${AUGMENT_CONFIG_DIR:-$HOME/.augment}/gsd-core/bin/${_GSD_SHIM_NAME}" "${TRAE_CONFIG_DIR:-$HOME/.trae}/gsd-core/bin/${_GSD_SHIM_NAME}" "${QWEN_CONFIG_DIR:-$HOME/.qwen}/gsd-core/bin/${_GSD_SHIM_NAME}" "${CODEBUDDY_CONFIG_DIR:-$HOME/.codebuddy}/gsd-core/bin/${_GSD_SHIM_NAME}" "${CLINE_CONFIG_DIR:-$HOME/.cline}/gsd-core/bin/${_GSD_SHIM_NAME}" "${GROK_AGENTS_HOME:-$HOME/.agents}/gsd-core/bin/${_GSD_SHIM_NAME}" "${ANTIGRAVITY_CONFIG_DIR:-$HOME/.gemini/antigravity}/gsd-core/bin/${_GSD_SHIM_NAME}" "${OPENCODE_CONFIG_DIR:-${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-$HOME/.config}/opencode}/gsd-core/bin/${_GSD_SHIM_NAME}" "${KILO_CONFIG_DIR:-${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-$HOME/.config}/kilo}/gsd-core/bin/${_GSD_SHIM_NAME}"; then gsd_run() { node "$GSD_TOOLS" "$@"; }; else echo "ERROR: gsd-tools.cjs not found at $GSD_TOOLS and gsd_run is not on PATH. Run: npx -y @therocketcode/gsd-core@latest --claude --local" >&2; exit 1; fi; GSD_IDENTITY_STATUS=unverified; case "$(gsd_run runtime-identity --raw 2>/dev/null || true)" in '{"packageName":"@therocketcode/gsd-core"'*'}') GSD_IDENTITY_STATUS=ok;; esac; export GSD_IDENTITY_STATUS; [ "$GSD_IDENTITY_STATUS" = ok ] || echo "WARNING: \"$GSD_TOOLS\" did not prove it is @therocketcode/gsd-core - it is either a different package or an @therocketcode/gsd-core older than the runtime-identity verb. See docs/how-to/diagnose-a-foreign-gsd-tools.md" >&2; if [ -n "${CLAUDE_ENV_FILE:-}" ] && [ -n "${GSD_TOOLS:-}" ]; then printf "export PATH='%s':\"\$PATH\"\n" "${GSD_TOOLS%/*}" >> "$CLAUDE_ENV_FILE" 2>/dev/null || true; fi
QB_CREATE_JSON=$(gsd_run quick-batch create --file "$TASK_FILE" --base-revision "$(git rev-parse HEAD)" --raw)
```

Otherwise, the inline list must land on disk first — `quick-batch create`
only accepts `--file` (path-confined, same as `/gsd:quick-batch`'s own
security posture): write it to a scratch file under `.planning/` before
calling the verb.
```bash
TASK_FILE="${quick_dir%/quick}/.quick-batch-task-list.tmp"
mkdir -p "$(dirname "$TASK_FILE")"
printf '%s\n' "$INLINE_TASK_LIST" > "$TASK_FILE"
QB_CREATE_JSON=$(gsd_run quick-batch create --file "$TASK_FILE" --base-revision "$(git rev-parse HEAD)" --raw)
rm -f "$TASK_FILE"
```

```bash
QB_CREATE_RC=$?
if [[ "$QB_CREATE_JSON" == @file:* ]]; then QB_CREATE_JSON=$(cat "${QB_CREATE_JSON#@file:}"); fi
```

**If `$QB_CREATE_RC` is non-zero:** the task list failed to parse (fewer than
2 items — row 2/12) or the dependency DAG was invalid. Print the CLI's error
message verbatim and STOP. Do not dispatch anything.

**Otherwise:** parse `$QB_CREATE_JSON` for `batchId` and `manifest` (every
item starts `pending`, wave `0` — no dependency/file-overlap signal exists
yet before planning; this is expected, not a bug, per the design's negative-
space note).

```bash
BATCH_ID="$batchId"
BATCH_MANIFEST_JSON=$(printf '%s' "$QB_CREATE_JSON" | node -e 'let s="";process.stdin.on("data",d=>s+=d).on("end",()=>{try{const j=JSON.parse(s);process.stdout.write(JSON.stringify(j.manifest))}catch{process.stdout.write("")}})')
ITEM_COUNT=$(printf '%s' "$BATCH_MANIFEST_JSON" | node -e 'let s="";process.stdin.on("data",d=>s+=d).on("end",()=>{try{const j=JSON.parse(s);process.stdout.write(String(j.items.length))}catch{process.stdout.write("0")}})')
```

Report to user:
```
Creating quick batch ${BATCH_ID}: ${ITEM_COUNT} item(s).
Manifest: .planning/quick-batches/${BATCH_ID}/BATCH.json
```

Continue to Step 3 in `quick-batch.md`.