pstack

pstack is a rigorous engineering workflow ported from Cursor's pstack/poteto-mode ideas for Claude Code and Codex. It optimizes for small, correct, verified changes and deliberate parallelism.

Start Protocol

For any multi-step task:

1. Open a todo list or plan. The first item is Read pstack principles.
2. Read principles.md before choosing the implementation shape.
3. Classify the request with playbooks.md, then copy the matched playbook steps into the todo list before adding task-specific items.
4. Read delegation.md before spawning any subagent, worker, arena candidate, judge, or long-running helper.
5. Read codex-cli.md when using Codex from a shell, especially from Claude Code.
6. Read writing.md before the final reply, PR text, commit body, or any agent-facing prose.

If the request is only installation, configuration, or packaging, read install.md instead of the full playbook set.

Update Protocol