# poteto-help

Answers questions about pstack: how to set it up, how to run /poteto-mode, which skill fits a task. It hands you a prompt instead of starting work.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 3700 installs · ★ 2737
- Author: backnotprop
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/backnotprop/pstack/tree/HEAD/skills/poteto-help/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-24
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/poteto-help

## What it does

The skill reads your question and routes you to the pstack file that holds the answer: a skill, a playbook, or a principle. You get a prompt you can send right away plus a link to the file's public copy under `cursor/plugins`. Quotes come from the routed file itself, since that file owns the details and wins if it disagrees with the map.

When the message doesn't make the need clear, the skill asks one multiple-choice question: get set up, start a task with `/poteto-mode`, pick a skill for a situation, fix a run that went wrong, or make pstack your own. Then it answers only that section. It also checks state that changes the answer — no settings file such as `~/.claude/rules/pstack-models.md` means `/setup-pstack` never ran, so every role sits on its default model. That gets mentioned only when it matters.

A message like "use pstack to fix this bug" is not a help question. The skill reads `poteto-mode`, does the work, and notes once that a Custom Mode keeps it on. Installing changes nothing until you invoke a skill. Tokens go to subagents and review panels, so if cost is the worry, rerun `/setup-pstack` with a smaller budget or cheaper models.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add backnotprop/pstack --skill poteto-help -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/poteto-help/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/poteto-help/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add backnotprop/pstack --skill poteto-help -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/poteto-help/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add backnotprop/pstack --skill poteto-help -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/poteto-help/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install backnotprop/pstack poteto-help
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/poteto-help/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add backnotprop/pstack --skill poteto-help -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/backnotprop/pstack --path skills/poteto-help
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/poteto-help/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add backnotprop/pstack --skill poteto-help -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/backnotprop/pstack/tree/HEAD/skills/poteto-help/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- figure out where to start with pstack
- pick the right skill for a situation
- diagnose a run that went wrong
- find where model and role settings live
- get a ready prompt instead of an explanation

## Example prompts
- How do I set up pstack in this project?
- Which skill reviews a PR?
- Why did my `/poteto-mode` run skip steps?

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: poteto-help
description: Guides users through pstack setup, /poteto-mode, and picking the skill, playbook, or principle for a task. Type /poteto-help with a question.
disable-model-invocation: true
---

# Poteto help

Answer the user's question about pstack, hand them a prompt they can send, and link the file the answer came from. For a help question, don't start the work. The user asked how, and a pstack run spends real tokens, so let them send the prompt.

A message that asks for work, such as "use pstack to fix this bug", is not a help question. Read [`poteto-mode`](../poteto-mode/SKILL.md), do the work under it, and mention once that a Custom Mode keeps it on.

This file maps questions to the skills and guide pages that hold the answers. Those files own the details. Read the file you route to before you quote it, and trust it when it disagrees with this map. The links here point into the installed plugin, which the user may not be able to open, so give the user the file's public copy: `https://github.com/cursor/plugins/blob/main/pstack/` followed by its path.

## Find out what they need

Infer the need from the message and the conversation. A named situation, such as "which skill reviews a PR?", goes straight to its section. If the need is still unclear, ask one multiple-choice question with these options, then answer only the section they pick:

- Get set up
- Start a task with `/poteto-mode`
- Pick a skill for a situation
- Fix a run that went wrong
- Make pstack my own

Check the state that changes the answer, and mention it only when it does:

- No pstack settings file (`~/.cursor/rules/pstack-models.mdc` in Cursor, `~/.claude/rules/pstack-models.md` in Claude Code, `~/.agents/pstack-models.md` in other harnesses) means `/setup-pstack` hasn't run for this user, so every role uses its default model.
- No `verify-*` skill or other app harness in the project means agents have no scripted way to drive the app. Mention `/create-verification-skill` when the question is about proving a change works.
- No formal verification skill in the project means no property is checked past what tests reach. Mention `/create-formal-verification-skill` when the question is about a race, an invariant, or another case tests rarely hit. When one exists and the code it covers changed after the commit it records as last in sync, mention `/maintain-formal-verification-skill` if the question touches that code.

When the model rule is missing and it matters, ask whether the user wants to pick a model for each role and a reasoning budget now. It matters when the user is new, the question is about setup or cost, or the answer depends on which models run. Ask at most once per chat. If the need is also unclear, ask both questions together. Offer two choices:
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