backnotprop/pstack

61 instruction files for AI agents, collected from backnotprop/pstack. Install any of them at an exact version with mdr add backnotprop/pstack/<name>.

reproduce-and-fix-issues SKILL.md skill
backnotprop/pstack · automations/benny/skills/reproduce-and-fix-issues/SKILL.md · Reproduce triaged Slack bugs through a configured app-control adapter, verify existing fixes, and open a bounded draft…
git:20260819.4b32d9d · audit A · 3,692 stars
setup-benny SKILL.md skill
backnotprop/pstack · automations/benny/skills/setup-benny/SKILL.md · Configure Benny and prepare its triage and repro automations. Use when installing Benny or changing its Slack, tracker…
git:20260819.4b32d9d · audit A · 3,692 stars
triage-issue-reports SKILL.md skill
backnotprop/pstack · automations/benny/skills/triage-issue-reports/SKILL.md · Triage Slack issue reports with one thread-only verdict, evidence review, cause-aware routing, tracker dedupe, and…
git:20260819.4b32d9d · audit A · 3,692 stars
architect SKILL.md skill
backnotprop/pstack · skills/architect/SKILL.md · Sketch types, signatures, and module structure before code, then stay in the loop while implementation fills in. Use…
git:20261020.e44668c · audit A · 3,692 stars
arena SKILL.md skill
backnotprop/pstack · skills/arena/SKILL.md · Spawn N parallel candidates at the same task, pick a base, graft the strongest parts of the losers into it. Use for…
git:20261028.23ef874 · audit A · 3,692 stars
automate-me SKILL.md skill
backnotprop/pstack · skills/automate-me/SKILL.md · Use for "automate me", "create/update/refresh my -mode skill", "turn/capture my preferences or working style into a…
git:20261015.6f131f1 · audit A · 3,692 stars
benchmark-checklist SKILL.md skill
backnotprop/pstack · skills/benchmark-checklist/SKILL.md · Vet a perf measurement (limiter, tuning, limits, errors, repeatability, relevance, and whether the work happened)…
git:20261012.f3afb70 · audit A · 3,692 stars
blast-radius SKILL.md skill
backnotprop/pstack · skills/blast-radius/SKILL.md · Find what a change could break somewhere else before it ships, beyond the diff, and prove the one fact it's safe…
git:20261008.4aed5af · audit A · 3,692 stars
bro SKILL.md skill
backnotprop/pstack · skills/bro/SKILL.md · Restate the last message in plain human language, with no jargon.
git:20260819.4b32d9d · audit A · 3,692 stars
correct SKILL.md skill
backnotprop/pstack · skills/correct/SKILL.md · Find the mistakes agents keep repeating in this repo and make each one impossible. Try architecture first, then types…
git:20261015.df856f4 · audit A · 3,692 stars
create-formal-verification-skill SKILL.md skill
backnotprop/pstack · skills/create-formal-verification-skill/SKILL.md · Generate a project-local skill that formally verifies the code where a bug costs the most and tests reach the least, in…
git:20261027.0410d4b · audit A · 3,692 stars
create-verification-skill SKILL.md skill
backnotprop/pstack · skills/create-verification-skill/SKILL.md · Generate a project-local verification skill that drives your app the way a user does — any language, framework, or…
git:20261012.fce11a3 · audit A · 3,692 stars
figure-it-out SKILL.md skill
backnotprop/pstack · skills/figure-it-out/SKILL.md · Design an auditable playbook when no narrower one fits: a large migration, an ambitious multi-part change, or work a…
git:20261015.df856f4 · audit A · 3,692 stars
how SKILL.md skill
backnotprop/pstack · skills/how/SKILL.md · Use for "how does X work", code walkthroughs before changing something, and placement / ownership / layering questions…
git:20261020.e44668c · audit A · 3,692 stars
in-your-own-words SKILL.md skill
backnotprop/pstack · skills/in-your-own-words/SKILL.md · Restate in your own words what you think the user's goals are and what problem they're trying to solve. Use for…
git:20261014.c3ed187 · audit A · 3,692 stars
interrogate SKILL.md skill
backnotprop/pstack · skills/interrogate/SKILL.md · Use for "interrogate", "adversarial review", "multi-model review", "challenge this", "stress test this code", "find…
git:20261028.23ef874 · audit A · 3,692 stars
ketchup-video SKILL.md skill
backnotprop/pstack · skills/ketchup-video/SKILL.md · Catch the user up like /ketchup, with a short subtitled video of slides for what happened and the waiting calls as text…
git:20261028.396c27e · audit A · 3,692 stars
ketchup SKILL.md skill
backnotprop/pstack · skills/ketchup/SKILL.md · Catch the user up on what changed in this chat since their last message, in plain words and small visuals. List every…
git:20261019.0c3333f · audit A · 3,692 stars
maintain-formal-verification-skill SKILL.md skill
backnotprop/pstack · skills/maintain-formal-verification-skill/SKILL.md · Bring a project's formal verification back in line with the code after the code changes: find the commits that touched…
git:20261019.6ddf66a · audit A · 3,692 stars
maintain-verification-skill SKILL.md skill
backnotprop/pstack · skills/maintain-verification-skill/SKILL.md · Periodic pass that keeps a project's verification skill and feature map honest: parallel source readers per feature…
git:20260914.aa2db46 · audit A · 3,692 stars
make-bot-ui SKILL.md skill
backnotprop/pstack · skills/make-bot-ui/SKILL.md · Use when building a custom UI (page, dashboard, buttons) that should wake a Grok Bot over a webhook, when the user must…
git:20261008.3a60467 · audit B · 3,692 stars
no-comments SKILL.md skill
backnotprop/pstack · skills/no-comments/SKILL.md · Spawn Comment Sicko, fix accepted findings, and offer encodings for claimed constraints.
git:20261025.02b59d7 · audit A · 3,692 stars
poteto-help SKILL.md skill
backnotprop/pstack · skills/poteto-help/SKILL.md · Guides users through pstack setup, /poteto-mode, and picking the skill, playbook, or principle for a task. Type…
git:20261028.23ef874 · audit A · 3,692 stars
poteto-mode SKILL.md skill
backnotprop/pstack · skills/poteto-mode/SKILL.md · poteto's agent style for concise, detailed responses, deliberate subagents, unslopped prose, simple code, and verified…
git:20261028.23ef874 · audit A · 3,692 stars
principle-attack-the-premise SKILL.md skill
backnotprop/pstack · skills/principle-attack-the-premise/SKILL.md · Apply when two or more fixes that share one premise have failed the same gate. Write the premise down and test it…
git:20261015.df856f4 · audit A · 3,692 stars
principle-boundary-discipline SKILL.md skill
backnotprop/pstack · skills/principle-boundary-discipline/SKILL.md · Apply when wiring validation, error handling, or framework adapters. Concentrate guards at system boundaries (CLI…
git:20260914.55bfdc2 · audit A · 3,692 stars
principle-build-the-lever SKILL.md skill
backnotprop/pstack · skills/principle-build-the-lever/SKILL.md · Apply to any non-trivial work, not just bulk work: edits, migrations, analyses, checks. Build the tool that does it or…
git:20261012.f3afb70 · audit A · 3,692 stars
principle-encode-lessons-in-structure SKILL.md skill
backnotprop/pstack · skills/principle-encode-lessons-in-structure/SKILL.md · Apply when you catch yourself writing the same instruction a second time, or notice a recurring correction. Encode the…
git:20261012.f3afb70 · audit A · 3,692 stars
principle-exhaust-the-design-space SKILL.md skill
backnotprop/pstack · skills/principle-exhaust-the-design-space/SKILL.md · Apply when facing a novel UI interaction or architectural decision with no precedent in the codebase. Build 2-3…
git:20261012.f3afb70 · audit A · 3,692 stars
principle-experience-first SKILL.md skill
backnotprop/pstack · skills/principle-experience-first/SKILL.md · Apply when product, UX, or feature-scope tradeoffs come up. Choose user delight over implementation convenience; ship…
git:20260914.55bfdc2 · audit A · 3,692 stars
principle-explain-the-number SKILL.md skill
backnotprop/pstack · skills/principle-explain-the-number/SKILL.md · Apply before you measure, and before you trust, report, or act on a number you measured: a speedup, a regression, a…
git:20261028.396c27e · audit A · 3,692 stars
principle-fix-root-causes SKILL.md skill
backnotprop/pstack · skills/principle-fix-root-causes/SKILL.md · Apply when debugging. Trace each symptom back to the first place the system went wrong and fix it there. A guard is a…
git:20261015.df856f4 · audit A · 3,692 stars
principle-foundational-thinking SKILL.md skill
backnotprop/pstack · skills/principle-foundational-thinking/SKILL.md · Apply before writing logic: choosing core types and data structures, sequencing scaffold-vs-feature work, asking what…
git:20260914.55bfdc2 · audit A · 3,692 stars
principle-guard-the-context-window SKILL.md skill
backnotprop/pstack · skills/principle-guard-the-context-window/SKILL.md · Apply when context is filling up: large outputs, long files, repeated reads, fan-out planning. Route bulk to subagents…
git:20261012.f3afb70 · audit A · 3,692 stars
principle-laziness-protocol SKILL.md skill
backnotprop/pstack · skills/principle-laziness-protocol/SKILL.md · Apply when refactoring, evaluating diff size, or tempted to add abstractions, layers, or signal threading. Bias toward…
git:20261012.f3afb70 · audit A · 3,692 stars
principle-make-operations-idempotent SKILL.md skill
backnotprop/pstack · skills/principle-make-operations-idempotent/SKILL.md · Apply when designing commands, lifecycle steps, or processing loops that run amid crashes, restarts, and retries…
git:20261015.df856f4 · audit A · 3,692 stars
principle-migrate-callers-then-delete-legacy-apis SKILL.md skill
backnotprop/pstack · skills/principle-migrate-callers-then-delete-legacy-apis/SKILL.md · Apply when introducing a new internal API while old callers still exist. Migrate callers and delete the old API in the…
git:20261019.6ddf66a · audit A · 3,692 stars
principle-minimize-reader-load SKILL.md skill
backnotprop/pstack · skills/principle-minimize-reader-load/SKILL.md · Apply when reviewing or shaping code that's hard to trace. Count layers between question and answer, and hidden state…
git:20261012.f3afb70 · audit A · 3,692 stars
principle-model-the-domain SKILL.md skill
backnotprop/pstack · skills/principle-model-the-domain/SKILL.md · Apply when writing stateful logic, or when code branches a lot or repeats a shape assumption across files.
git:20261012.f3afb70 · audit A · 3,692 stars
principle-never-block-on-the-human SKILL.md skill
backnotprop/pstack · skills/principle-never-block-on-the-human/SKILL.md · Apply when tempted to ask 'should I do X?' on reversible work.
git:20261012.f3afb70 · audit A · 3,692 stars
principle-outcome-oriented-execution SKILL.md skill
backnotprop/pstack · skills/principle-outcome-oriented-execution/SKILL.md · Apply during planned rewrites and migrations with explicit phase boundaries. Converge on the target architecture; don't…
git:20261004.c0c3f13 · audit A · 3,692 stars
principle-prove-it-works SKILL.md skill
backnotprop/pstack · skills/principle-prove-it-works/SKILL.md · Apply after completing a task, before declaring done. Verify against the real artifact (run the feature, read the…
git:20261004.c0c3f13 · audit A · 3,692 stars
principle-redesign-from-first-principles SKILL.md skill
backnotprop/pstack · skills/principle-redesign-from-first-principles/SKILL.md · Apply when integrating a new requirement into an existing design.
git:20261012.f3afb70 · audit A · 3,692 stars
principle-separate-before-serializing-shared-state SKILL.md skill
backnotprop/pstack · skills/principle-separate-before-serializing-shared-state/SKILL.md · Apply when concurrent actors might write to the same file, branch, key, or state object. Eliminate the sharing first…
git:20260914.55bfdc2 · audit A · 3,692 stars
principle-sequence-verifiable-units SKILL.md skill
backnotprop/pstack · skills/principle-sequence-verifiable-units/SKILL.md · Apply to multi-step work (sweeps, migrations, runs of similar edits) and to how you stack commits and PRs. Break work…
git:20261004.c0c3f13 · audit A · 3,692 stars
principle-subtract-before-you-add SKILL.md skill
backnotprop/pstack · skills/principle-subtract-before-you-add/SKILL.md · Apply when sequencing an addition, refactor, or rewrite. Remove dead code, redundant validators, and stub references…
git:20261012.f3afb70 · audit A · 3,692 stars
principle-test-behavior-not-implementation SKILL.md skill
backnotprop/pstack · skills/principle-test-behavior-not-implementation/SKILL.md · Apply when you write, change, or keep a test. Assert what the code's users can observe, so that the test fails when…
git:20261015.df856f4 · audit A · 3,692 stars
principle-type-system-discipline SKILL.md skill
backnotprop/pstack · skills/principle-type-system-discipline/SKILL.md · Apply when designing types, reviewing a function signature, or writing code in any statically-typed language. Make…
git:20261019.6ddf66a · audit A · 3,692 stars
recall SKILL.md skill
backnotprop/pstack · skills/recall/SKILL.md · Reconstruct your recent working context from your own chat history, live state, and the shared record (user reports…
git:20261015.6f131f1 · audit A · 3,692 stars
reflect SKILL.md skill
backnotprop/pstack · skills/reflect/SKILL.md · Spawn three parallel review subagents over the active transcript, surface learnings, and route each to a concrete edit…
git:20261024.18b6c36 · audit A · 3,692 stars
setup-pstack SKILL.md skill
backnotprop/pstack · skills/setup-pstack/SKILL.md · Configure which models pstack uses per role and at what reasoning budget. Detects your available models and writes an…
git:20261028.23ef874 · audit A · 3,692 stars
sharpen SKILL.md skill
backnotprop/pstack · skills/sharpen/SKILL.md · Make a task deeper, not bigger, then rewrite the prompt. Use for /sharpen.
git:20261024.eed1440 · audit A · 3,692 stars
show-me-your-work SKILL.md skill
backnotprop/pstack · skills/show-me-your-work/SKILL.md · Keep a reviewable decision trail for long-running or unattended work: a TSV log with one row per decision (what, why…
git:20261015.6f131f1 · audit A · 3,692 stars
statechart SKILL.md skill
backnotprop/pstack · skills/statechart/SKILL.md · Check a TLA+ model of a system that moves between states, such as a product flow, a protocol, or a service, and draw it…
git:20261027.0410d4b · audit A · 3,692 stars
swarm SKILL.md skill
backnotprop/pstack · skills/swarm/SKILL.md · Fan out N parallel workers, drain them, and return one report. Use for /swarm, 'swarm this', or parallel coverage…
git:20261024.18b6c36 · audit A · 3,692 stars
tdd SKILL.md skill
backnotprop/pstack · skills/tdd/SKILL.md · Use only when the user explicitly asks for TDD, a failing test, or a regression test, OR when the bug has an obvious…
git:20261004.c0c3f13 · audit A · 3,692 stars
teach SKILL.md skill
backnotprop/pstack · skills/teach/SKILL.md · Explain a body of work plainly so a person actually understands it. Runs the `how` and `why` skills and weaves what…
git:20260914.55bfdc2 · audit A · 3,692 stars
technical-writing SKILL.md skill
backnotprop/pstack · skills/technical-writing/SKILL.md · Layered technical-writing standard: Diátaxis structure, Google developer style sentences, STE instruction rules, Global…
git:20261012.f3afb70 · audit A · 3,692 stars
typescript-best-practices SKILL.md skill
backnotprop/pstack · skills/typescript-best-practices/SKILL.md · TypeScript best practices. Use when reading or editing any .ts or .tsx file.
git:20261019.6ddf66a · audit A · 3,692 stars
unslop SKILL.md skill
backnotprop/pstack · skills/unslop/SKILL.md · Cut AI tells from any writing.
git:20261012.f3afb70 · audit A · 3,692 stars
why SKILL.md skill
backnotprop/pstack · skills/why/SKILL.md · Use for 'why does X work this way', 'why we picked Y', design rationale, regressions, postmortems, or data-backed…
git:20261020.e44668c · audit A · 3,692 stars

Source

github.com/backnotprop/pstack · 3,692 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-05