diff --git a/autoplan/SKILL.md b/autoplan/SKILL.md
index ec75c5507..5d6e1268b 100644
--- a/autoplan/SKILL.md
+++ b/autoplan/SKILL.md
@@ -474,7 +474,7 @@ Then prepend a one-line HTML comment to the plan file:
 ### Step 2: Read context
 
 - Read CLAUDE.md, TODOS.md, git log -30, git diff against the base branch --stat
-- Discover design docs: `ls -t ~/.gstack/projects/$SLUG/*-design-*.md 2>/dev/null | head -1`
+- Discover design docs: `~/.claude/skills/gstack/bin/gstack-find-artifact design-doc 2>/dev/null || true`
 - Detect UI scope: grep the plan for view/rendering terms (component, screen, form,
   button, modal, layout, dashboard, sidebar, nav, dialog). Require 2+ matches. Exclude
   false positives ("page" alone, "UI" in acronyms).
diff --git a/autoplan/SKILL.md.tmpl b/autoplan/SKILL.md.tmpl
index 2213c8b9d..0bbf3a71f 100644
--- a/autoplan/SKILL.md.tmpl
+++ b/autoplan/SKILL.md.tmpl
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ Then prepend a one-line HTML comment to the plan file:
 ### Step 2: Read context
 
 - Read CLAUDE.md, TODOS.md, git log -30, git diff against the base branch --stat
-- Discover design docs: `ls -t ~/.gstack/projects/$SLUG/*-design-*.md 2>/dev/null | head -1`
+- Discover design docs: `~/.claude/skills/gstack/bin/gstack-find-artifact design-doc 2>/dev/null || true`
 - Detect UI scope: grep the plan for view/rendering terms (component, screen, form,
   button, modal, layout, dashboard, sidebar, nav, dialog). Require 2+ matches. Exclude
   false positives ("page" alone, "UI" in acronyms).
diff --git a/bin/gstack-find-artifact b/bin/gstack-find-artifact
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..0ccf215d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/gstack-find-artifact
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# gstack-find-artifact — locate the best project artifact for the current repo/branch
+# Usage: gstack-find-artifact design-doc|ceo-plan
+set -euo pipefail
+
+ARTIFACT="${1:-}"
+if [ -z "$ARTIFACT" ]; then
+  echo "Usage: gstack-find-artifact design-doc|ceo-plan" >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")" && pwd)"
+eval "$("$SCRIPT_DIR/gstack-slug" 2>/dev/null || true)"
+SLUG="${SLUG:-}"
+BRANCH="${BRANCH:-}"
+
+if [ -z "$SLUG" ]; then
+  ROOT="$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel 2>/dev/null || pwd)"
+  SLUG="$(basename "$ROOT" | tr -cd 'a-zA-Z0-9._-')"
+fi
+
+if [ -z "$BRANCH" ]; then
+  BRANCH="$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD 2>/dev/null | tr '/' '-' | tr -cd 'a-zA-Z0-9._-' || echo 'no-branch')"
+fi
+
+GSTACK_HOME="${GSTACK_HOME:-$HOME/.gstack}"
+PROJECT_DIR="$GSTACK_HOME/projects/$SLUG"
+
+shopt -s nullglob
+
+latest_file() {
+  [ "$#" -gt 0 ] || return 1
+  ls -t "$@" 2>/dev/null | head -1
+}
+
+case "$ARTIFACT" in
+  design-doc)
+    branch_docs=("$PROJECT_DIR"/*-"$BRANCH"-design-*.md)
+    if [ ${#branch_docs[@]} -gt 0 ]; then
+      latest_file "${branch_docs[@]}"
+      exit 0
+    fi
+
+    all_docs=("$PROJECT_DIR"/*-design-*.md)
+    if [ ${#all_docs[@]} -gt 0 ]; then
+      latest_file "${all_docs[@]}"
+      exit 0
+    fi
+    ;;
+
+  ceo-plan)
+    plan_dir="$PROJECT_DIR/ceo-plans"
+    all_plans=("$plan_dir"/*.md)
+    if [ ${#all_plans[@]} -gt 0 ]; then
+      same_branch_active=()
+      active_plans=()
+      for plan in "${all_plans[@]}"; do
+        if grep -q '^status: ACTIVE$' "$plan" 2>/dev/null; then
+          active_plans+=("$plan")
+          if grep -q "^Branch: $BRANCH\$" "$plan" 2>/dev/null; then
+            same_branch_active+=("$plan")
+          fi
+        fi
+      done
+
+      if [ ${#same_branch_active[@]} -gt 0 ]; then
+        latest_file "${same_branch_active[@]}"
+        exit 0
+      fi
+
+      if [ ${#active_plans[@]} -gt 0 ]; then
+        latest_file "${active_plans[@]}"
+        exit 0
+      fi
+
+      latest_file "${all_plans[@]}"
+      exit 0
+    fi
+    ;;
+
+  *)
+    echo "Unknown artifact type: $ARTIFACT" >&2
+    exit 1
+    ;;
+esac
+
+exit 1
diff --git a/bin/gstack-review-log b/bin/gstack-review-log
index d7235bc3a..974ea9865 100755
--- a/bin/gstack-review-log
+++ b/bin/gstack-review-log
@@ -3,7 +3,17 @@
 # Usage: gstack-review-log '{"skill":"...","timestamp":"...","status":"..."}'
 set -euo pipefail
 SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")" && pwd)"
-eval "$("$SCRIPT_DIR/gstack-slug" 2>/dev/null)"
+eval "$("$SCRIPT_DIR/gstack-slug" 2>/dev/null || true)"
+SLUG="${SLUG:-}"
+BRANCH="${BRANCH:-}"
+if [ -z "$SLUG" ]; then
+  ROOT="$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel 2>/dev/null || pwd)"
+  SLUG="$(basename "$ROOT" | tr -cd 'a-zA-Z0-9._-')"
+fi
+if [ -z "$BRANCH" ]; then
+  BRANCH="$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD 2>/dev/null | tr '/' '-' | tr -cd 'a-zA-Z0-9._-' || echo 'no-branch')"
+fi
 GSTACK_HOME="${GSTACK_HOME:-$HOME/.gstack}"
 mkdir -p "$GSTACK_HOME/projects/$SLUG"
+echo "$1" >> "$GSTACK_HOME/projects/$SLUG/reviews.jsonl"
 echo "$1" >> "$GSTACK_HOME/projects/$SLUG/$BRANCH-reviews.jsonl"
diff --git a/bin/gstack-review-read b/bin/gstack-review-read
index ccf1d70f6..244ab0704 100755
--- a/bin/gstack-review-read
+++ b/bin/gstack-review-read
@@ -3,9 +3,30 @@
 # Usage: gstack-review-read
 set -euo pipefail
 SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")" && pwd)"
-eval "$("$SCRIPT_DIR/gstack-slug" 2>/dev/null)"
+eval "$("$SCRIPT_DIR/gstack-slug" 2>/dev/null || true)"
+SLUG="${SLUG:-}"
+BRANCH="${BRANCH:-}"
+if [ -z "$SLUG" ]; then
+  ROOT="$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel 2>/dev/null || pwd)"
+  SLUG="$(basename "$ROOT" | tr -cd 'a-zA-Z0-9._-')"
+fi
+if [ -z "$BRANCH" ]; then
+  BRANCH="$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD 2>/dev/null | tr '/' '-' | tr -cd 'a-zA-Z0-9._-' || echo 'no-branch')"
+fi
 GSTACK_HOME="${GSTACK_HOME:-$HOME/.gstack}"
-cat "$GSTACK_HOME/projects/$SLUG/$BRANCH-reviews.jsonl" 2>/dev/null || echo "NO_REVIEWS"
+PROJECT_DIR="$GSTACK_HOME/projects/$SLUG"
+PROJECT_LOG="$PROJECT_DIR/reviews.jsonl"
+if [ -s "$PROJECT_LOG" ]; then
+  cat "$PROJECT_LOG"
+else
+  shopt -s nullglob
+  LEGACY_LOGS=("$PROJECT_DIR"/*-reviews.jsonl)
+  if [ ${#LEGACY_LOGS[@]} -gt 0 ]; then
+    cat "${LEGACY_LOGS[@]}"
+  else
+    echo "NO_REVIEWS"
+  fi
+fi
 echo "---CONFIG---"
 "$SCRIPT_DIR/gstack-config" get skip_eng_review 2>/dev/null || echo "false"
 echo "---HEAD---"
diff --git a/plan-ceo-review/SKILL.md b/plan-ceo-review/SKILL.md
index a6365fca5..6a2f58cfc 100644
--- a/plan-ceo-review/SKILL.md
+++ b/plan-ceo-review/SKILL.md
@@ -399,8 +399,7 @@ Then read CLAUDE.md, TODOS.md, and any existing architecture docs.
 ```bash
 SLUG=$(~/.claude/skills/gstack/browse/bin/remote-slug 2>/dev/null || basename "$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel 2>/dev/null || pwd)")
 BRANCH=$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD 2>/dev/null | tr '/' '-' || echo 'no-branch')
-DESIGN=$(ls -t ~/.gstack/projects/$SLUG/*-$BRANCH-design-*.md 2>/dev/null | head -1)
-[ -z "$DESIGN" ] && DESIGN=$(ls -t ~/.gstack/projects/$SLUG/*-design-*.md 2>/dev/null | head -1)
+DESIGN=$(~/.claude/skills/gstack/bin/gstack-find-artifact design-doc 2>/dev/null || true)
 [ -n "$DESIGN" ] && echo "Design doc found: $DESIGN" || echo "No design doc found"
 ```
 If a design doc exists (from `/office-hours`), read it. Use it as the source of truth for the problem statement, constraints, and chosen approach. If it has a `Supersedes:` field, note that this is a revised design.
diff --git a/plan-ceo-review/SKILL.md.tmpl b/plan-ceo-review/SKILL.md.tmpl
index 945fcaa6a..9fdb8d913 100644
--- a/plan-ceo-review/SKILL.md.tmpl
+++ b/plan-ceo-review/SKILL.md.tmpl
@@ -106,8 +106,7 @@ Then read CLAUDE.md, TODOS.md, and any existing architecture docs.
 ```bash
 SLUG=$(~/.claude/skills/gstack/browse/bin/remote-slug 2>/dev/null || basename "$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel 2>/dev/null || pwd)")
 BRANCH=$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD 2>/dev/null | tr '/' '-' || echo 'no-branch')
-DESIGN=$(ls -t ~/.gstack/projects/$SLUG/*-$BRANCH-design-*.md 2>/dev/null | head -1)
-[ -z "$DESIGN" ] && DESIGN=$(ls -t ~/.gstack/projects/$SLUG/*-design-*.md 2>/dev/null | head -1)
+DESIGN=$(~/.claude/skills/gstack/bin/gstack-find-artifact design-doc 2>/dev/null || true)
 [ -n "$DESIGN" ] && echo "Design doc found: $DESIGN" || echo "No design doc found"
 ```
 If a design doc exists (from `/office-hours`), read it. Use it as the source of truth for the problem statement, constraints, and chosen approach. If it has a `Supersedes:` field, note that this is a revised design.
diff --git a/plan-eng-review/SKILL.md b/plan-eng-review/SKILL.md
index 54d68fcc5..6400eb8de 100644
--- a/plan-eng-review/SKILL.md
+++ b/plan-eng-review/SKILL.md
@@ -343,13 +343,13 @@ When evaluating architecture, think "boring by default." When reviewing tests, t
 
 ### Design Doc Check
 ```bash
-SLUG=$(~/.claude/skills/gstack/browse/bin/remote-slug 2>/dev/null || basename "$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel 2>/dev/null || pwd)")
-BRANCH=$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD 2>/dev/null | tr '/' '-' || echo 'no-branch')
-DESIGN=$(ls -t ~/.gstack/projects/$SLUG/*-$BRANCH-design-*.md 2>/dev/null | head -1)
-[ -z "$DESIGN" ] && DESIGN=$(ls -t ~/.gstack/projects/$SLUG/*-design-*.md 2>/dev/null | head -1)
+DESIGN=$(~/.claude/skills/gstack/bin/gstack-find-artifact design-doc 2>/dev/null || true)
+CEO_PLAN=$(~/.claude/skills/gstack/bin/gstack-find-artifact ceo-plan 2>/dev/null || true)
 [ -n "$DESIGN" ] && echo "Design doc found: $DESIGN" || echo "No design doc found"
+[ -n "$CEO_PLAN" ] && echo "CEO plan found: $CEO_PLAN" || echo "No CEO plan found"
 ```
 If a design doc exists, read it. Use it as the source of truth for the problem statement, constraints, and chosen approach. If it has a `Supersedes:` field, note that this is a revised design — check the prior version for context on what changed and why.
+If a CEO plan exists, read it too. Use it as the cross-branch scope and vision handoff, especially when the current branch has not produced a fresh design doc yet.
 
 ## Prerequisite Skill Offer
 
diff --git a/plan-eng-review/SKILL.md.tmpl b/plan-eng-review/SKILL.md.tmpl
index 44d64a0e8..5a1a1aff5 100644
--- a/plan-eng-review/SKILL.md.tmpl
+++ b/plan-eng-review/SKILL.md.tmpl
@@ -67,13 +67,13 @@ When evaluating architecture, think "boring by default." When reviewing tests, t
 
 ### Design Doc Check
 ```bash
-SLUG=$(~/.claude/skills/gstack/browse/bin/remote-slug 2>/dev/null || basename "$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel 2>/dev/null || pwd)")
-BRANCH=$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD 2>/dev/null | tr '/' '-' || echo 'no-branch')
-DESIGN=$(ls -t ~/.gstack/projects/$SLUG/*-$BRANCH-design-*.md 2>/dev/null | head -1)
-[ -z "$DESIGN" ] && DESIGN=$(ls -t ~/.gstack/projects/$SLUG/*-design-*.md 2>/dev/null | head -1)
+DESIGN=$(~/.claude/skills/gstack/bin/gstack-find-artifact design-doc 2>/dev/null || true)
+CEO_PLAN=$(~/.claude/skills/gstack/bin/gstack-find-artifact ceo-plan 2>/dev/null || true)
 [ -n "$DESIGN" ] && echo "Design doc found: $DESIGN" || echo "No design doc found"
+[ -n "$CEO_PLAN" ] && echo "CEO plan found: $CEO_PLAN" || echo "No CEO plan found"
 ```
 If a design doc exists, read it. Use it as the source of truth for the problem statement, constraints, and chosen approach. If it has a `Supersedes:` field, note that this is a revised design — check the prior version for context on what changed and why.
+If a CEO plan exists, read it too. Use it as the cross-branch scope and vision handoff, especially when the current branch has not produced a fresh design doc yet.
 
 {{BENEFITS_FROM}}
 
diff --git a/test/workflow-handoff.test.ts b/test/workflow-handoff.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f37bac916
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/workflow-handoff.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,122 @@
+import { describe, test, expect, beforeEach, afterEach } from "bun:test";
+import { mkdtempSync, mkdirSync, writeFileSync, rmSync } from "fs";
+import { join } from "path";
+import { tmpdir } from "os";
+import { spawnSync } from "child_process";
+
+const ROOT = join(import.meta.dir, "..");
+const reviewLogBin = join(ROOT, "bin", "gstack-review-log");
+const reviewReadBin = join(ROOT, "bin", "gstack-review-read");
+const findArtifactBin = join(ROOT, "bin", "gstack-find-artifact");
+
+function run(cmd: string, args: string[], cwd: string, env: Record<string, string>) {
+  const result = spawnSync(cmd, args, {
+    cwd,
+    env: { ...process.env, ...env },
+    encoding: "utf-8",
+    timeout: 10000,
+  });
+  return result;
+}
+
+function initRepo(): { repoDir: string; stateDir: string; projectDir: string } {
+  const repoDir = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), "gstack-workflow-"));
+  const stateDir = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), "gstack-state-"));
+
+  run("git", ["init", "-b", "main"], repoDir, {});
+  run("git", ["config", "user.name", "Test User"], repoDir, {});
+  run("git", ["config", "user.email", "test@example.com"], repoDir, {});
+  run("git", ["remote", "add", "origin", "https://github.com/example-org/example-repo.git"], repoDir, {});
+  writeFileSync(join(repoDir, "README.md"), "test\n");
+  run("git", ["add", "README.md"], repoDir, {});
+  run("git", ["commit", "-m", "initial"], repoDir, {});
+
+  const projectDir = join(stateDir, "projects", "example-org-example-repo");
+  mkdirSync(projectDir, { recursive: true });
+
+  return { repoDir, stateDir, projectDir };
+}
+
+describe("workflow handoff helpers", () => {
+  let repoDir: string;
+  let stateDir: string;
+  let projectDir: string;
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    ({ repoDir, stateDir, projectDir } = initRepo());
+  });
+
+  afterEach(() => {
+    rmSync(repoDir, { recursive: true, force: true });
+    rmSync(stateDir, { recursive: true, force: true });
+  });
+
+  test("gstack-review-read sees reviews logged on a different branch via project-scoped JSONL", () => {
+    let result = run("git", ["checkout", "-b", "feature/one"], repoDir, {});
+    expect(result.status).toBe(0);
+
+    result = run("bash", [reviewLogBin, '{"skill":"review","timestamp":"2026-03-23T10:00:00Z","status":"clean"}'], repoDir, {
+      GSTACK_HOME: stateDir,
+    });
+    expect(result.status).toBe(0);
+
+    result = run("git", ["checkout", "main"], repoDir, {});
+    expect(result.status).toBe(0);
+    result = run("git", ["checkout", "-b", "feature/two"], repoDir, {});
+    expect(result.status).toBe(0);
+
+    result = run("bash", [reviewReadBin], repoDir, { GSTACK_HOME: stateDir });
+    expect(result.status).toBe(0);
+    expect(result.stdout).toContain('"skill":"review"');
+    expect(result.stdout).toContain('2026-03-23T10:00:00Z');
+  });
+
+  test("gstack-review-read falls back to legacy per-branch logs when project log does not exist", () => {
+    writeFileSync(
+      join(projectDir, "feature-one-reviews.jsonl"),
+      '{"skill":"plan-ceo-review","timestamp":"2026-03-23T09:00:00Z","status":"clean"}\n'
+    );
+    writeFileSync(
+      join(projectDir, "feature-two-reviews.jsonl"),
+      '{"skill":"review","timestamp":"2026-03-23T11:00:00Z","status":"clean"}\n'
+    );
+
+    const result = run("bash", [reviewReadBin], repoDir, { GSTACK_HOME: stateDir });
+    expect(result.status).toBe(0);
+    expect(result.stdout).toContain('"skill":"plan-ceo-review"');
+    expect(result.stdout).toContain('"skill":"review"');
+  });
+
+  test("gstack-find-artifact prefers the current branch design doc", () => {
+    run("git", ["checkout", "-b", "feature/two"], repoDir, {});
+    writeFileSync(
+      join(projectDir, "alice-feature-one-design-20260323-090000.md"),
+      "Branch: feature-one\nStatus: DRAFT\n"
+    );
+    writeFileSync(
+      join(projectDir, "alice-feature-two-design-20260323-100000.md"),
+      "Branch: feature-two\nStatus: DRAFT\n"
+    );
+
+    const result = run("bash", [findArtifactBin, "design-doc"], repoDir, { GSTACK_HOME: stateDir });
+    expect(result.status).toBe(0);
+    expect(result.stdout.trim()).toContain("feature-two-design");
+  });
+
+  test("gstack-find-artifact finds the active CEO plan for the current branch", () => {
+    run("git", ["checkout", "-b", "feature/two"], repoDir, {});
+    mkdirSync(join(projectDir, "ceo-plans"), { recursive: true });
+    writeFileSync(
+      join(projectDir, "ceo-plans", "2026-03-20-other-plan.md"),
+      "---\nstatus: ACTIVE\n---\nBranch: feature-one\n"
+    );
+    writeFileSync(
+      join(projectDir, "ceo-plans", "2026-03-21-current-plan.md"),
+      "---\nstatus: ACTIVE\n---\nBranch: feature-two\n"
+    );
+
+    const result = run("bash", [findArtifactBin, "ceo-plan"], repoDir, { GSTACK_HOME: stateDir });
+    expect(result.status).toBe(0);
+    expect(result.stdout.trim()).toContain("current-plan");
+  });
+});