diff --git a/dsh/sync/sync-from-upstream.mjs b/dsh/sync/sync-from-upstream.mjs
index 44b5350..b4cdd8b 100644
--- a/dsh/sync/sync-from-upstream.mjs
+++ b/dsh/sync/sync-from-upstream.mjs
@@ -29,7 +29,10 @@
  *      skill registry addresses skills by bare name.
  *
  * A missing anchor fails the run loudly: upstream rewrote text this port
- * depends on, so a human must decide what the DSH wording becomes.
+ * depends on, so a human must decide what the DSH wording becomes. The one
+ * exception is `optional: true` — a transform whose upstream text v7.0.1 has
+ * already dropped: it is reported as a warning, not a failure, so the port
+ * keeps the transform ready for the release that brings the text back.
  *
  * Usage:
  *   node dsh/sync/sync-from-upstream.mjs <upstream-checkout> [--out <dir>] [--ref <tag>]
@@ -80,12 +83,15 @@ const SKIP = [
   'using-superpowers/references/pi-tools.md'
 ]
 
-/** Optional manifest of a reduced checkout (test fixtures); absent upstream. */
-const FIXTURE_MANIFEST = '.sync-fixture.json'
+const DSH_HOME = '$DSH_HOME'
 
 /**
  * Explicit rewrites applied before the namespace strip. Each entry must match
- * exactly `expect` times, or the sync aborts.
+ * exactly `expect` times, or the sync aborts — unless it is `optional: true`,
+ * in which case an absent anchor is reported as a warning. Optional entries
+ * exist for upstream deletions: v7.0.1 dropped the subagent hook example, but
+ * an upstream release may bring it back, and the adaptation must then return
+ * automatically instead of being silently absent from the transform list.
  */
 const TRANSFORMS = [
   {
@@ -124,6 +130,142 @@ const TRANSFORMS = [
       '  `subagent-driven-development`, `dispatching-parallel-agents`, and the rest.',
       '- `using-superpowers` itself is discoverable the same way.'
     ].join('\n')
+  },
+  {
+    name: 'brainstorming: DSH platform note for the visual companion',
+    file: 'brainstorming/visual-companion.md',
+    find: 'Browser-based visual brainstorming companion for showing mockups, diagrams, and options.\n',
+    replace: [
+      'Browser-based visual brainstorming companion for showing mockups, diagrams, and options.',
+      '',
+      '## Platform notes (DeepSeek Harness port)',
+      '',
+      'The companion server is `scripts/server.cjs` (plain Node.js, runs anywhere',
+      'Node runs, including Windows). The `start-server.sh` / `stop-server.sh`',
+      'helpers are bash-only: on Windows, start the server directly with',
+      '`node scripts/server.cjs --project-dir <path> --open` and stop it by killing',
+      'the process. All other guidance below is platform-neutral.',
+      ''
+    ].join('\n')
+  },
+  {
+    name: 'executing-plans: DSH availability of subagents',
+    file: 'executing-plans/SKILL.md',
+    find: [
+      '- You have a plan from superpowers:writing-plans and your human partner',
+      '  chose inline execution at the handoff.',
+      '- Your harness has no subagent tool (see the per-platform references in',
+      '  `../using-superpowers/references/`). Never fabricate a dispatch; run',
+      '  the plan here.'
+    ].join('\n'),
+    replace: [
+      '- You have a plan from writing-plans and your human partner chose inline',
+      '  (Native) execution at the handoff.',
+      '- No subagent tool is available in this session, or your human partner',
+      '  chose Native. On the DeepSeek Harness `subagent` / `subagent_fork`',
+      '  normally ARE available (see `../using-superpowers/references/dsh-tools.md`),',
+      '  so prefer subagent-driven-development; run the plan here when the work',
+      '  must stay in one context. Never fabricate a dispatch.'
+    ].join('\n')
+  },
+  {
+    name: 'executing-plans: invoke sdd-workspace through bash',
+    file: 'executing-plans/SKILL.md',
+    find: '`../subagent-driven-development/scripts/sdd-workspace PLAN_FILE`',
+    replace: '`bash ../subagent-driven-development/scripts/sdd-workspace PLAN_FILE`'
+  },
+  {
+    name: 'executing-plans: invoke task-start through bash',
+    file: 'executing-plans/SKILL.md',
+    find: "Run this skill's `scripts/task-start PLAN_FILE N`.",
+    replace: "Run this skill's `bash scripts/task-start PLAN_FILE N`."
+  },
+  {
+    name: 'executing-plans: invoke task-done through bash',
+    file: 'executing-plans/SKILL.md',
+    find: "Run this skill's `scripts/task-done PLAN_FILE N BASE -- <test command>`",
+    replace: "Run this skill's `bash scripts/task-done PLAN_FILE N BASE -- <test command>`"
+  },
+  {
+    name: 'executing-plans: invoke review-package through bash',
+    file: 'executing-plans/SKILL.md',
+    find: 'Run `../subagent-driven-development/scripts/review-package PLAN_FILE MERGE_BASE HEAD`',
+    replace: 'Run `bash ../subagent-driven-development/scripts/review-package PLAN_FILE MERGE_BASE HEAD`'
+  },
+  {
+    name: 'executing-plans: task-start calls task-brief through bash',
+    file: 'executing-plans/scripts/task-start',
+    find: 'out=$("$sdd/task-brief" "$plan" "$n")',
+    replace: 'out=$("${BASH:-bash}" "$sdd/task-brief" "$plan" "$n")'
+  },
+  {
+    name: 'executing-plans: task-done calls sdd-workspace through bash',
+    file: 'executing-plans/scripts/task-done',
+    find: 'dir=$("$sdd/sdd-workspace" "$plan")',
+    replace: 'dir=$("${BASH:-bash}" "$sdd/sdd-workspace" "$plan")'
+  },
+  {
+    name: 'writing-skills: DSH skills directory replaces the cross-harness paths',
+    file: 'writing-skills/SKILL.md',
+    find: "**Personal skills live in your runtime's skills directory** (`~/.claude/skills/` on Claude Code) — see [codex-tools.md](../using-superpowers/references/codex-tools.md) or [gemini-tools.md](../using-superpowers/references/gemini-tools.md) for the path on those runtimes. Codex, Copilot CLI, and Gemini CLI all also recognize `~/.agents/skills/` as a cross-runtime alias.",
+    replace: "**Personal skills live in your runtime's skills directory**: on the DeepSeek Harness, that is `" +
+      DSH_HOME + "/skills/` (user level, discovered automatically by `skill-filesystem`), the project `.dsh/skills/` / " +
+      '`.agents/skills/` roots, or — for packaged skills — the `skills/` directory inside a plugin bundle like this ' +
+      'one. See [dsh-tools.md](../using-superpowers/references/dsh-tools.md) for the full mechanism.'
+  },
+  {
+    // optional: upstream v7.0.1 dropped the hook example this transform rewrites.
+    name: 'subagent-driven-development: hook example uses the DSH home',
+    file: 'subagent-driven-development/SKILL.md',
+    find: 'You: "User level (~/.config/superpowers/hooks/)"',
+    replace: 'You: "Install the hook at the user level (' + DSH_HOME + ')"',
+    optional: true
+  },
+  {
+    name: 'diagnosing-superpowers: case workspace lives under the DSH home',
+    file: 'diagnosing-superpowers/SKILL.md',
+    find: '`~/.superpowers/diagnosing-superpowers/<session-id>/`',
+    replace: '`' + DSH_HOME + '/diagnosing-superpowers/<session-id>/`'
+  },
+  {
+    name: 'diagnosing-superpowers: case template uses the DSH home',
+    file: 'diagnosing-superpowers/templates/case.md',
+    find: 'Workspace: ~/.superpowers/diagnosing-superpowers/<session-id>/',
+    replace: 'Workspace: ' + DSH_HOME + '/diagnosing-superpowers/<session-id>/'
+  },
+  {
+    name: 'diagnosing-superpowers: report template uses the DSH home',
+    file: 'diagnosing-superpowers/templates/report.md',
+    find: 'Report path: ~/.superpowers/diagnosing-superpowers/<session-id>/report.md',
+    replace: 'Report path: ' + DSH_HOME + '/diagnosing-superpowers/<session-id>/report.md'
+  },
+  {
+    name: 'diagnosing-superpowers: DSH session discovery facts',
+    file: 'diagnosing-superpowers/references/session-discovery.md',
+    find: 'limitation and ask for the missing path, export, or identifying detail.',
+    replace: [
+      'limitation and ask for the missing path, export, or identifying detail.',
+      '',
+      '## DeepSeek Harness',
+      '',
+      'Verified in this environment; confirm it against the records you actually read.',
+      '',
+      '- Transcripts: `' + DSH_HOME + '/sessions/<slugified-cwd>/session-<uuid>/session*.jsonl.zstd`',
+      '  (`' + DSH_HOME + '` defaults to `~/.dsh`). The slug is the working directory with',
+      '  separators and non-alphanumeric characters folded to `-`, wrapped in `--`.',
+      '- Child sessions — work dispatched through `subagent` / `subagent_fork` — are',
+      '  peer directories under the same slug whose header record carries',
+      '  `delegationDepth: 1`.',
+      '- The schema version is in the filename (`session.v4.jsonl.zstd`; older files',
+      '  are `session.v3.jsonl.zstd` or `session.jsonl.zstd`). Read the header',
+      "  record's `version` instead of guessing from the name.",
+      '- Each file is a concatenation of independent zstd frames, and the `zstd` CLI',
+      '  is usually absent. See `../using-superpowers/references/dsh-tools.md` for the',
+      '  frame-by-frame Node decompression command.',
+      '- Records are JSON lines carrying `type`, `seq`, `time`, and `data`. Establish',
+      '  what each type means from the records themselves — never import a meaning',
+      '  from another harness.'
+    ].join('\n')
   }
 ]
 
@@ -198,13 +340,22 @@ function isTextFile(rel) {
   return TEXT_EXTENSIONS.has(rel.slice(dot))
 }
 
-/** Apply every transform whose `file` matches, asserting the anchor exists. */
-function applyTransforms(rel, text, applied) {
+/**
+ * Apply every transform whose `file` matches, asserting the anchor exists.
+ * Optional transforms whose anchor is gone are collected for a warning.
+ */
+function applyTransforms(rel, text, applied, optionalMisses) {
   for (const t of TRANSFORMS) {
     if (t.file !== rel) continue
     if (t.find === t.replace) continue
     const count = text.split(t.find).length - 1
-    if (count === 0) fail(`anchor missing in ${rel} for "${t.name}"\n  find: ${JSON.stringify(t.find.slice(0, 120))}`)
+    if (count === 0) {
+      if (t.optional) {
+        optionalMisses.push(t)
+        continue
+      }
+      fail(`anchor missing in ${rel} for "${t.name}"\n  find: ${JSON.stringify(t.find.slice(0, 120))}`)
+    }
     if (count > 1) fail(`anchor matched ${count} times in ${rel} for "${t.name}"`)
     text = text.replace(t.find, t.replace)
     applied.add(t.name)
@@ -212,25 +363,6 @@ function applyTransforms(rel, text, applied) {
   return text
 }
 
-/**
- * A real obra/superpowers checkout ships the 15 skills above; the minimal test
- * fixture ships two and declares them in `.sync-fixture.json`. The skill-set
- * assertion runs in both cases, against the declared set when one exists.
- *
- * @returns {Promise<{expected: string[], source: string}>}
- */
-async function expectedSkillNames(upstreamRoot) {
-  try {
-    const manifest = JSON.parse(await readFile(join(upstreamRoot, FIXTURE_MANIFEST), 'utf8'))
-    if (Array.isArray(manifest.expectedSkills) && manifest.expectedSkills.length > 0) {
-      return { expected: manifest.expectedSkills, source: FIXTURE_MANIFEST }
-    }
-  } catch {
-    /* real checkouts have no fixture manifest */
-  }
-  return { expected: UPSTREAM_SKILLS, source: 'UPSTREAM_SKILLS' }
-}
-
 async function main() {
   const args = parseArgs(process.argv.slice(2))
   const upstreamRoot = args.upstream
@@ -244,17 +376,16 @@ async function main() {
   // A new (or removed) upstream skill must be a deliberate decision: it
   // changes the skill catalog, the README tables, and possibly the DSH
   // adaptations.
-  const { expected, source } = await expectedSkillNames(upstreamRoot)
   const upstreamSkillDirs = (await readdir(upstreamSkills, { withFileTypes: true }))
     .filter((entry) => entry.isDirectory())
     .map((entry) => entry.name)
     .sort()
-  const expectedSorted = [...expected].sort()
+  const expectedSorted = [...UPSTREAM_SKILLS].sort()
   if (upstreamSkillDirs.join('\n') !== expectedSorted.join('\n')) {
     const added = upstreamSkillDirs.filter((name) => !expectedSorted.includes(name))
     const removed = expectedSorted.filter((name) => !upstreamSkillDirs.includes(name))
     fail(
-      `the upstream skill set changed (expected ${expectedSorted.length} skills from ${source}) — decide before syncing:\n` +
+      `the upstream skill set changed (expected ${expectedSorted.length} skills from UPSTREAM_SKILLS) — decide before syncing:\n` +
         (added.length > 0 ? `  added upstream:   ${added.join(', ')}\n` : '') +
         (removed.length > 0 ? `  removed upstream: ${removed.join(', ')}\n` : '') +
         '  Update UPSTREAM_SKILLS in this script and the README skill tables.'
@@ -280,6 +411,7 @@ async function main() {
   await mkdir(staging, { recursive: true })
 
   const applied = new Set()
+  const optionalMisses = []
   let copied = 0
   let stripped = 0
 
@@ -296,7 +428,7 @@ async function main() {
     }
 
     let text = await readFile(sourceFile, 'utf8')
-    text = applyTransforms(rel, text, applied)
+    text = applyTransforms(rel, text, applied, optionalMisses)
 
     const namespaced = text.split('superpowers:').length - 1
     if (namespaced > 0) {
@@ -314,12 +446,15 @@ async function main() {
   await cp(dshToolsOverride, overrideTarget)
   copied++
 
-  // Every transform that names a file must have fired; one that silently
-  // stopped matching would drop a DSH adaptation from the next release's sync.
-  const unfired = TRANSFORMS.filter((t) => t.find !== t.replace && !applied.has(t.name))
+  // Every required transform must have fired; one that silently stopped
+  // matching would drop a DSH adaptation from the next release's sync.
+  const unfired = TRANSFORMS.filter((t) => t.find !== t.replace && !t.optional && !applied.has(t.name))
   if (unfired.length > 0) {
     fail(`transform(s) never matched a copied file: ${unfired.map((t) => `${t.name} (${t.file})`).join('; ')}`)
   }
+  for (const t of optionalMisses) {
+    console.warn(`[warn] optional transform did not match, anchor gone upstream: "${t.name}" (${t.file})`)
+  }
 
   await writeFile(
     join(staging, '.sync-meta.json'),
diff --git a/dsh/tests/fixtures/superpowers-min/.sync-fixture.json b/dsh/tests/fixtures/superpowers-min/.sync-fixture.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 97b5eb4..0000000
--- a/dsh/tests/fixtures/superpowers-min/.sync-fixture.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "comment": "Reduced upstream checkout for tests. The skill-set assertion still runs, against this declared set instead of the 15 skills of a real obra/superpowers tree.",
-  "expectedSkills": ["brainstorming", "using-superpowers"]
-}
diff --git a/dsh/tests/fixtures/superpowers-min/skills/brainstorming/visual-companion.md b/dsh/tests/fixtures/superpowers-min/skills/brainstorming/visual-companion.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..eb0ef06
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dsh/tests/fixtures/superpowers-min/skills/brainstorming/visual-companion.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# Visual companion
+
+Browser-based visual brainstorming companion for showing mockups, diagrams, and options.
+
+Minimal upstream stub for sync tests.
diff --git a/dsh/tests/fixtures/superpowers-min/skills/diagnosing-superpowers/SKILL.md b/dsh/tests/fixtures/superpowers-min/skills/diagnosing-superpowers/SKILL.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8e9530e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dsh/tests/fixtures/superpowers-min/skills/diagnosing-superpowers/SKILL.md
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+---
+name: diagnosing-superpowers
+description: Upstream stub for diagnosing-superpowers used by sync tests.
+---
+
+# Diagnosing superpowers
+
+Case workspace: `~/.superpowers/diagnosing-superpowers/<session-id>/`
+
+Minimal upstream stub for sync tests.
diff --git a/dsh/tests/fixtures/superpowers-min/skills/diagnosing-superpowers/references/session-discovery.md b/dsh/tests/fixtures/superpowers-min/skills/diagnosing-superpowers/references/session-discovery.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f507c55
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dsh/tests/fixtures/superpowers-min/skills/diagnosing-superpowers/references/session-discovery.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# Session discovery
+
+When a record is missing, state the limitation and ask for the missing path, export, or identifying detail.
diff --git a/dsh/tests/fixtures/superpowers-min/skills/diagnosing-superpowers/templates/case.md b/dsh/tests/fixtures/superpowers-min/skills/diagnosing-superpowers/templates/case.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..97a4894
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dsh/tests/fixtures/superpowers-min/skills/diagnosing-superpowers/templates/case.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# Case
+
+Workspace: ~/.superpowers/diagnosing-superpowers/<session-id>/
diff --git a/dsh/tests/fixtures/superpowers-min/skills/diagnosing-superpowers/templates/report.md b/dsh/tests/fixtures/superpowers-min/skills/diagnosing-superpowers/templates/report.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..582d66b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dsh/tests/fixtures/superpowers-min/skills/diagnosing-superpowers/templates/report.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# Report
+
+Report path: ~/.superpowers/diagnosing-superpowers/<session-id>/report.md
diff --git a/dsh/tests/fixtures/superpowers-min/skills/dispatching-parallel-agents/SKILL.md b/dsh/tests/fixtures/superpowers-min/skills/dispatching-parallel-agents/SKILL.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d6ea5d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dsh/tests/fixtures/superpowers-min/skills/dispatching-parallel-agents/SKILL.md
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+---
+name: dispatching-parallel-agents
+description: Upstream stub for dispatching-parallel-agents used by sync tests.
+---
+
+# Dispatching parallel agents
+
+Minimal upstream stub for sync tests. No DSH-specific text is rewritten here.
diff --git a/dsh/tests/fixtures/superpowers-min/skills/executing-plans/SKILL.md b/dsh/tests/fixtures/superpowers-min/skills/executing-plans/SKILL.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7138cee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dsh/tests/fixtures/superpowers-min/skills/executing-plans/SKILL.md
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+---
+name: executing-plans
+description: Upstream stub for executing-plans used by sync tests.
+---
+
+# Executing plans
+
+- You have a plan from superpowers:writing-plans and your human partner
+  chose inline execution at the handoff.
+- Your harness has no subagent tool (see the per-platform references in
+  `../using-superpowers/references/`). Never fabricate a dispatch; run
+  the plan here.
+
+Run this skill's `scripts/task-start PLAN_FILE N`.
+
+Run this skill's `scripts/task-done PLAN_FILE N BASE -- <test command>`.
+
+Use `../subagent-driven-development/scripts/sdd-workspace PLAN_FILE`.
+
+Run `../subagent-driven-development/scripts/review-package PLAN_FILE MERGE_BASE HEAD`.
diff --git a/dsh/tests/fixtures/superpowers-min/skills/executing-plans/scripts/task-done b/dsh/tests/fixtures/superpowers-min/skills/executing-plans/scripts/task-done
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9fbee67
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dsh/tests/fixtures/superpowers-min/skills/executing-plans/scripts/task-done
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -euo pipefail
+sdd=$(dirname "$0")
+plan=$1
+dir=$("$sdd/sdd-workspace" "$plan")
+printf '%s\n' "$dir"
diff --git a/dsh/tests/fixtures/superpowers-min/skills/executing-plans/scripts/task-start b/dsh/tests/fixtures/superpowers-min/skills/executing-plans/scripts/task-start
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..60bb69b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dsh/tests/fixtures/superpowers-min/skills/executing-plans/scripts/task-start
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -euo pipefail
+sdd=$(dirname "$0")
+plan=$1
+n=$2
+out=$("$sdd/task-brief" "$plan" "$n")
+printf '%s\n' "$out"
diff --git a/dsh/tests/fixtures/superpowers-min/skills/finishing-a-development-branch/SKILL.md b/dsh/tests/fixtures/superpowers-min/skills/finishing-a-development-branch/SKILL.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..91d95d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dsh/tests/fixtures/superpowers-min/skills/finishing-a-development-branch/SKILL.md
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+---
+name: finishing-a-development-branch
+description: Upstream stub for finishing-a-development-branch used by sync tests.
+---
+
+# Finishing a development branch
+
+Minimal upstream stub for sync tests. No DSH-specific text is rewritten here.
diff --git a/dsh/tests/fixtures/superpowers-min/skills/receiving-code-review/SKILL.md b/dsh/tests/fixtures/superpowers-min/skills/receiving-code-review/SKILL.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0c309be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dsh/tests/fixtures/superpowers-min/skills/receiving-code-review/SKILL.md
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+---
+name: receiving-code-review
+description: Upstream stub for receiving-code-review used by sync tests.
+---
+
+# Receiving code review
+
+Minimal upstream stub for sync tests. No DSH-specific text is rewritten here.
diff --git a/dsh/tests/fixtures/superpowers-min/skills/requesting-code-review/SKILL.md b/dsh/tests/fixtures/superpowers-min/skills/requesting-code-review/SKILL.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f0b8fef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dsh/tests/fixtures/superpowers-min/skills/requesting-code-review/SKILL.md
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+---
+name: requesting-code-review
+description: Upstream stub for requesting-code-review used by sync tests.
+---
+
+# Requesting code review
+
+Minimal upstream stub for sync tests. No DSH-specific text is rewritten here.
diff --git a/dsh/tests/fixtures/superpowers-min/skills/subagent-driven-development/SKILL.md b/dsh/tests/fixtures/superpowers-min/skills/subagent-driven-development/SKILL.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..416402b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dsh/tests/fixtures/superpowers-min/skills/subagent-driven-development/SKILL.md
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+---
+name: subagent-driven-development
+description: Upstream stub for subagent-driven-development used by sync tests.
+---
+
+# Subagent-driven development
+
+Setup example (upstream v7.0.0 wording, kept so the port exercises its
+home-dir transform; v7.0.1 dropped the example):
+
+You: "User level (~/.config/superpowers/hooks/)"
+Human: "Project level"
+
+Minimal upstream stub for sync tests.
diff --git a/dsh/tests/fixtures/superpowers-min/skills/systematic-debugging/SKILL.md b/dsh/tests/fixtures/superpowers-min/skills/systematic-debugging/SKILL.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1a5d47c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dsh/tests/fixtures/superpowers-min/skills/systematic-debugging/SKILL.md
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+---
+name: systematic-debugging
+description: Upstream stub for systematic-debugging used by sync tests.
+---
+
+# Systematic debugging
+
+Minimal upstream stub for sync tests. No DSH-specific text is rewritten here.
diff --git a/dsh/tests/fixtures/superpowers-min/skills/test-driven-development/SKILL.md b/dsh/tests/fixtures/superpowers-min/skills/test-driven-development/SKILL.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5353be4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dsh/tests/fixtures/superpowers-min/skills/test-driven-development/SKILL.md
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+---
+name: test-driven-development
+description: Upstream stub for test-driven-development used by sync tests.
+---
+
+# Test-driven development
+
+Minimal upstream stub for sync tests. No DSH-specific text is rewritten here.
diff --git a/dsh/tests/fixtures/superpowers-min/skills/using-git-worktrees/SKILL.md b/dsh/tests/fixtures/superpowers-min/skills/using-git-worktrees/SKILL.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fdfc7ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dsh/tests/fixtures/superpowers-min/skills/using-git-worktrees/SKILL.md
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+---
+name: using-git-worktrees
+description: Upstream stub for using-git-worktrees used by sync tests.
+---
+
+# Using git worktrees
+
+Minimal upstream stub for sync tests. No DSH-specific text is rewritten here.
diff --git a/dsh/tests/fixtures/superpowers-min/skills/verification-before-completion/SKILL.md b/dsh/tests/fixtures/superpowers-min/skills/verification-before-completion/SKILL.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f074eca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dsh/tests/fixtures/superpowers-min/skills/verification-before-completion/SKILL.md
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+---
+name: verification-before-completion
+description: Upstream stub for verification-before-completion used by sync tests.
+---
+
+# Verification before completion
+
+Minimal upstream stub for sync tests. No DSH-specific text is rewritten here.
diff --git a/dsh/tests/fixtures/superpowers-min/skills/writing-plans/SKILL.md b/dsh/tests/fixtures/superpowers-min/skills/writing-plans/SKILL.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5be50ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dsh/tests/fixtures/superpowers-min/skills/writing-plans/SKILL.md
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+---
+name: writing-plans
+description: Upstream stub for writing-plans used by sync tests.
+---
+
+# Writing plans
+
+Minimal upstream stub for sync tests. No DSH-specific text is rewritten here.
diff --git a/dsh/tests/fixtures/superpowers-min/skills/writing-skills/SKILL.md b/dsh/tests/fixtures/superpowers-min/skills/writing-skills/SKILL.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2627130
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dsh/tests/fixtures/superpowers-min/skills/writing-skills/SKILL.md
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+---
+name: writing-skills
+description: Upstream stub for writing-skills used by sync tests.
+---
+
+# Writing skills
+
+**Personal skills live in your runtime's skills directory** (`~/.claude/skills/` on Claude Code) — see [codex-tools.md](../using-superpowers/references/codex-tools.md) or [gemini-tools.md](../using-superpowers/references/gemini-tools.md) for the path on those runtimes. Codex, Copilot CLI, and Gemini CLI all also recognize `~/.agents/skills/` as a cross-runtime alias.
+
+Minimal upstream stub for sync tests.
diff --git a/dsh/tests/sync.test.mjs b/dsh/tests/sync.test.mjs
index c3f976e..bd75ec0 100644
--- a/dsh/tests/sync.test.mjs
+++ b/dsh/tests/sync.test.mjs
@@ -32,6 +32,10 @@ test('sync happy path: transforms, namespace strip, override, meta', () => {
 
     assert.equal(result.status, 0, `stderr: ${result.stderr}`)
     assert.match(result.stdout, /synced \d+ files/)
+    assert.match(result.stdout, /transforms applied: 16/)
+
+    const skillDirs = readdirSync(out).filter((name) => name !== '.sync-meta.json')
+    assert.equal(skillDirs.length, 15, `expected all 15 upstream skills, got ${skillDirs.join(', ')}`)
 
     const using = readFileSync(join(out, 'using-superpowers', 'SKILL.md'), 'utf8')
     assert.match(using, /references\/dsh-tools\.md/)
@@ -83,6 +87,26 @@ test('sync fails loud on a broken transform anchor and leaves --out untouched',
   }
 })
 
+test('sync fails loud on a broken anchor of another transform', () => {
+  const work = tempDir('dsh-sync-anchor-executing-plans-')
+  try {
+    const upstream = fixtureCopy(work)
+    const skillPath = join(upstream, 'skills', 'executing-plans', 'SKILL.md')
+    const anchor = 'Run `../subagent-driven-development/scripts/review-package PLAN_FILE MERGE_BASE HEAD`'
+    const original = readFileSync(skillPath, 'utf8')
+    assert.ok(original.includes(anchor), 'fixture must carry the review-package anchor verbatim')
+    write(skillPath, original.replace(anchor, 'Run `../subagent-driven-development/scripts/review-package PLAN_FILE HEAD`'))
+
+    const result = runSync([upstream, '--out', join(work, 'out'), '--ref', 'v7.0.1'])
+
+    assert.equal(result.status, 1)
+    assert.match(result.stderr, /invoke review-package through bash/)
+    assert.equal(existsSync(join(work, 'out')), false)
+  } finally {
+    cleanup(work)
+  }
+})
+
 test('sync fails on a changed skill set', () => {
   const work = tempDir('dsh-sync-skill-set-')
   try {