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* pstack: add public usage tutorial

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* pstack: document verification skill workflows

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* pstack: mention verification setup offer

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* pstack: clarify optional verification setup

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* pstack: rewrite tutorial prompts to match real usage

The example prompts read like specs. Real prompts are short, informal,
and goal-first, so every example now uses that register. The prose
reshapes around them: friendly second-person tutorial voice, goals
before mechanics, pitfalls where readers actually trip, and the
playbook reference table replaced with prompts in context. Every
skill claim re-checked against the skill files at this commit.

* pstack: make the README guide link an invitation

Point new readers at what the guide walks them through instead of
listing its topics.

* pstack: drop the version bump

This PR only adds documentation, so the plugin manifest stays at
main's 0.11.7.

* pstack: add illustrations to the guide

One hero image per major guide page (routing, understanding, design,
verification, overnight runs, recipes), 1200px JPEGs under
docs/guide/images/.

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Co-authored-by: Cursor Agent <cursoragent@cursor.com>
2026-07-22 16:18:26 -07:00

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# The pstack guide
pstack works best when you stop micromanaging the agent. You describe what you want and how you'll know it's done. `/poteto-mode` picks the playbook, runs the other skills as the steps need them, and shows you the evidence. This guide teaches that habit with realistic prompts.
Here's what you'll learn:
1. [Set up pstack](./01-setup.md). Install the plugin and pick your models.
2. [Route work through `/poteto-mode`](./02-poteto-mode.md). Give it a goal and watch it pick a playbook.
3. [Understand the code](./03-understand.md). `/how`, `/why`, `/teach`, and `/recall` before you edit anything.
4. [Design the change](./04-design.md). `/architect`, `/arena`, and `/interrogate` before code locks in a shape.
5. [Build and clean the change](./05-build-and-clean.md). The build playbooks, `/tdd`, and `/unslop`.
6. [Verify and ship](./06-verify-and-ship.md). Prove behavior on the real app, then open a focused PR.
7. [Run work while you sleep](./07-overnight.md). An overnight contract and a decision log you can audit.
8. [Steer with principle names](./08-principles.md). The 21 names that redirect an agent mid-task.
9. [Make it yours](./09-make-it-yours.md). Your own mode, plus how to test a skill change.
10. [Recipes and pitfalls](./10-recipes-and-pitfalls.md). Prompts to copy and mistakes to skip.
Read the pages in order the first time. After that, each page stands alone.
## If you only remember one thing
Give the agent a goal and a way to check it, in your own words:
```text
/poteto-mode the export writes duplicate rows when a retry lands mid-run. repro first, then fix and verify.
```
You don't need to name a playbook or list skills. "repro first" and a checkable outcome are all the routing signal `/poteto-mode` needs. It matches the Bug fix playbook, copies the steps into a todo list, and calls the right skills as each step fires.
Next: [Set up pstack](./01-setup.md).