backnotprop

81 mods across 6 repositories, 9.0k stars between them.

backnotprop/pstack

Skill Claude CodeCodex

Apply before writing logic: choosing core types and data structures, sequencing scaffold-vs-feature work, asking what concurrent actors share. Get the data structures right so downstream code becomes obvious.

165 13d ago A 42 tokens original MIT

backnotprop/pstack

Skill Claude CodeCodex

Apply when context is filling up: large outputs, long files, repeated reads, fan-out planning. Route bulk to subagents; keep summaries in the main thread, not raw payloads.

165 13d ago A 46 tokens original MIT

backnotprop/pstack

Skill Claude CodeCodex

Apply when refactoring, evaluating diff size, or tempted to add abstractions, layers, or signal threading. Bias toward deletion and the smallest change that solves the problem.

165 13d ago A 42 tokens original MIT

backnotprop/pstack

Skill Claude CodeCodex

Apply when designing commands, lifecycle steps, or processing loops that run amid crashes, restarts, and retries. Converge to the same end state regardless of partial prior runs.

165 13d ago A 46 tokens original MIT

backnotprop/pstack

Skill Claude CodeCodex

Apply when reviewing or shaping code that's hard to trace. Count layers between question and answer, and hidden state in the reader's head; collapse one-caller wrappers and shrink mutable scope.

165 13d ago A 44 tokens original MIT

backnotprop/pstack

Skill Claude CodeCodex

Apply when writing stateful logic, or when code branches a lot or repeats a shape assumption across files. Encode the domain in a structure instead of scattered conditionals.

165 13d ago A 39 tokens original MIT

backnotprop/pstack

Skill Claude CodeCodex

Apply when tempted to ask 'should I do X?' on reversible work. Proceed, present the result, let the human course-correct after the fact; reserve confirmation for irreversible actions.

165 13d ago A 46 tokens original MIT

backnotprop/pstack

Skill Claude CodeCodex

Apply during planned rewrites and migrations with explicit phase boundaries. Converge on the target architecture; don't preserve smooth intermediate states with throwaway compatibility code.

165 13d ago A 39 tokens original MIT

backnotprop/pstack

Skill Claude CodeCodex

Apply after completing a task, before declaring done. Verify against the real artifact (run the feature, read the actual value, inspect the diff), not a proxy, self-report, or 'it compiles.'.

165 13d ago A 50 tokens original MIT

backnotprop/pstack

Skill Claude CodeCodex

Apply when integrating a new requirement into an existing design. Redesign as if the requirement had been a foundational assumption from day one, instead of bolting it on.

165 13d ago A 43 tokens original MIT

backnotprop/pstack

Skill Claude CodeCodex

Apply to multi-step work (sweeps, migrations, runs of similar edits) and to how you stack commits and PRs. Break work into small units that each end in a verifiable state, check each before the next, and order delivery so the sequence proves itself to a reviewer.

165 13d ago A 68 tokens original MIT

backnotprop/pstack

Skill Claude CodeCodex

Apply when sequencing an addition, refactor, or rewrite. Remove dead weight, redundant validators, and stub references first, then build on the simpler base.

165 13d ago A 39 tokens original MIT

backnotprop/pstack

Skill Claude CodeCodex

Apply when designing types, reviewing a function signature, or writing code in any statically-typed language. Make illegal states unrepresentable, brand semantic primitives, parse external data at boundaries, refuse to lie to the compiler, exhaust variants, derive from authoritative schemas.

165 13d ago A 60 tokens original MIT

recall

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Skill Claude CodeCodex

Reconstruct your recent working context from your own chat history, live state, and the shared record (user reports, prior fixes, incidents), then hand back a tight current-state brief. Use for 'recall my work on X', 'catch me up', 'what have I been working on', 'where did I leave off', before starting or resuming…

165 13d ago A 77 tokens original MIT

reflect

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backnotprop/pstack

Skill Claude CodeCodex

Spawn three parallel review subagents over the active transcript, surface learnings, and route each to a concrete edit on an existing skill. Use when the user says reflect.

165 13d ago A 36 tokens original MIT

setup-pstack

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Skill Claude CodeCodex

Configure which models pstack uses per role. Detects your available models and writes an always-applied rule that overrides the skill defaults. Use for /setup-pstack, "configure pstack models", or changing pstack's model choices.

165 13d ago A 52 tokens original MIT

show-me-your-work

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backnotprop/pstack

Skill Claude CodeCodex

Keep a reviewable decision trail for long-running or unattended work: a TSV log with one row per decision (what, why, evidence, result). Local by default; commit it when a reviewer needs the trail to trust the result. Use for /show-me-your-work, autonomous or multi-phase runs, or work a human reviews after stepping…

165 13d ago A 75 tokens original MIT

swarm

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backnotprop/pstack

Skill Claude CodeCodex

Fan out N parallel workers, drain them, and return one report. Use for /swarm, 'swarm this', or parallel coverage, races, gauntlets, and exploration.

165 13d ago A 41 tokens original MIT

tdd

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backnotprop/pstack

Skill Claude CodeCodex

Use only when the user explicitly asks for TDD, a failing test, or a regression test, OR when the bug has an obvious cheap local test target. Skip when the test path is unclear, expensive, integration-heavy, or not requested.

165 13d ago A 52 tokens original MIT

teach

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Skill Claude CodeCodex

Explain a body of work plainly so a person actually understands it. Runs the how and why skills and weaves what they find into one clear explanation. Use for 'teach me this', 'help me really understand X', 'explain this change or subsystem to me'.

165 13d ago A 60 tokens original MIT

technical-writing

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Skill Claude CodeCodex

Layered technical-writing standard: Diátaxis structure, Google developer style sentences, STE instruction rules, Global English syntax. Use for /technical-writing or when writing or reviewing docs, RFCs, readmes, PR descriptions, or commit messages.

165 13d ago A 52 tokens original MIT