pstack

A personal opinionated reference cookbook for small local LLMs.

What is this?

pstack is an organized collection of recipes, commands, patterns, and cheat sheets you can point a small, forgetful LLM at when it doesn't know how to do something.

Target model: gemma-4-e2b-it-q5_k_m — capable but easily forgets command flags, language syntax, and patterns that larger models recall instantly.

Works with Zed (via @file / /file in the Agent Panel) and OpenClaw (via /skill commands).

How to use

With Zed

In the Agent Panel, reference any file directly:

@file .agents/skills/shell/SKILL.md
@file .agents/skills/python/async.md

Or use /file in Text Threads:

/file .agents/skills/git/recovery.md

The .rules file at the root is auto-loaded by Zed as project rules.

With OpenClaw

Skills in .agents/skills/ follow the AgentSkills standard and are auto-discovered. Invoke any skill by name:

/shell
/git
/python

Or point the model at a specific recipe file:

/file .agents/skills/docker/compose.md

Skill Categories

| Skill | What it covers | |-------|----------------| | shell | Bash/Zsh scripting, builtins, pipelines, one-liners | | shell-config | Zsh config, Fish config, dotfiles, prompt setup | | cli-tools | curl, jq, sed, awk, xargs, find | | git | Rebase, cherry-pick, bisect, reflog, recovery | | gh-cli | GitHub CLI (gh), PRs, issues, Actions, releases | | web-research | Deep research patterns, search operators, APIs for research | | python | stdlib, asyncio, packaging (uv/pip), decorators, dataclasses | | javascript | ES2020+, Node.js APIs, npm | | typescript | Types, generics, utility types, tsconfig | | react | Hooks, patterns, Next.js, App Router | | supabase | Auth, database, Edge Functions, Realtime, RLS | | go | stdlib, error handling, goroutines, modules | | rust | Ownership, traits, Result/Option, cargo | | swift | SwiftUI, patterns, Xcode, SPM | | cpp | Modern C++20, STL, memory, CMake | | gpu | CUDA, Metal, kernel patterns | | docker | Dockerfile, compose, container commands | | sql | JOINs, CTEs, window functions, Postgres-specific | | regex | Common patterns across languages | | api-patterns | REST conventions, GraphQL, JWT, OAuth2 | | testing | pytest, jest, test patterns | | containers | Kubernetes kubectl, cloud CLIs (aws/gcloud/az) | | networking | ssh, rsync, netcat, dig, tcpdump | | files-and-data | JSON, YAML, TOML, CSV processing | | datetime | Parsing, formatting, timezones, arithmetic | | error-handling | Try/catch, Result types, retry, circuit breaker | | security | Hashing, encryption, secrets, input validation |

Design principles

1. Self-contained recipes — every example is complete and runnable
2. No ambiguity — real values, all flags shown, no ... truncation
3. Small-model friendly — explicit, redundant, copy-pasteable
4. Topic-organized — find by subject, not workflow stage
5. Pure markdown — no build system, no dependencies
6. Context-window aware — each file kept under 200 lines

Adding a new category

1. Create .agents/skills/<topic>/SKILL.md with this frontmatter:

   ---
   name: <topic>
   description: <one line>. Use when <trigger>.
   ---

2. Add recipe files as <topic>/<name>.md
3. Update this README

License

MIT