pstack-claude
Claude Code, Codex, Copilot, Pi, OpenCode, Gemini, and Prime Agent versions of Poteto's pstack. Rigorous agent workflows with Cursor primitives translated for other harnesses.
Runssource: GitHubJavaScriptMITcommit c02fd4922b25
JavaScript, MIT licensed. The project labels itself: agent plugin, agent skills, agentic ai, anthropic, chatgpt, claude, claude code and claude code skills.
pstack-claude runs. An Argusic agent installed it in 12 minutes and hit 2 errors and fixed every one without help on a clean machine with no GPU, and the whole session was recorded.
pstack v0.9.45 installs cleanly: bun tools/generate.mjs passes all 16 validation checks, bun test passes 227/227 tests, markdownlint passes on 165 files with 0 errors, the skills CLI installs all 54 skills and diff matches the source tree byte-for-byte, the vendored scripts compile cleanly, and the working tree is unmodified
What the agent ended up with on a clean machine, in its own words. How this is measured
Measured by Argusic on a fresh machine every time. Every number links to its evidence. Argusic Score 100 of 100 (the mean of this project's run scores).
At a glance
Subject data from GitHub, linked at the top of this page, refreshed . Test data by Argusic (CC BY 4.0); every number links to a run page with the full log, the recording, and their sha256 hashes.
What was measured
From the run that decided this verdict. Every line is a recorded value, not an estimate.
What went wrong, in the agent's own words
The agent's own words, worst first, never rewritten into advice.
- bun not available on system (requires unzip for shell installer)2 minutes
- [email protected] CLI requires Node >= 22.20.0 but system has Node 181 minute
- Install time
- 12 minutes
- Cold machine to finish
- 3 minutes
- Errors hit and fixed
- 2 hit, 2 fixed with no human help
- How the result was proved
- bun test tests/ exited 0, 227 pass, 0 fail, 866 expect() calls across 15 test files; markdownlint-cli2 on 165 files reported 0 errors; skills-add installed all 54 skills and diff -qr confirmed identical copy; generator reports all 16 checks ok; git diff --exit-code is clean
- Model tokens used
- 60,429
- Exact commit tested
- c02fd4922b25
- Container image
- sha256:cdd920bce783
What was not measured
The other half, so you can see exactly how far this evidence goes. A gap is printed as a gap and never filled in.
- Peak GPU memory
- this ran on a CPU machine, so there was no GPU to sample
- Behaviour over a long run
- each attempt uses the smallest documented settings and a fixed time budget, so this measures whether it runs, not how it holds up under load
The end of the recording
The last lines of the terminal session that decided this verdict, exactly as they were recorded.
*.swp *.swo # Editor and per-user Claude Code state .vscode/ *.code-workspace .claude/settings.local.json # bun deps for the vendored poteto-mode scripts (bootstrap.ts installs them on first run) plugins/pstack/skills/poteto-mode/scripts/node_modules/ All checks pass. Let me compile the result. tokens used 60,429 All checks pass. Let me compile the result.
Replay the whole session, every command from a clean machine to this point.
How it was tested
One agent, one container, no human help. It installs the project the way its own documentation says to, runs it, and fixes what breaks. Everything below is recorded as it happened: the terminal session, the log and the exact commit. The full method.
Strengths and limits
Measured facts, not opinions. How this is written.
What went well
- Reached a running state on a clean machine, with the session recorded.
- Recovered from all 2 errors without a human stepping in, which says the failures are documented well enough to solve.
- Ran without a GPU, so it does not need one to start.
- Licensed MIT, as reported by its host.
What did not, or is not known
- Took 12 minutes to install, slower than the median of the 42 comparable projects Argusic has measured.
- Measured once so far. A single attempt shows it can run, not that it runs reliably.
Of the 43 agent-skills projects Argusic has installed and timed, pstack-claude was the 36th fastest to reach a running state, and 31 of 43 reached one at all.
What it is a reasonable choice for
- Trying it on a laptop or a small server: it reached a running state without a GPU.
Also tested, in the same area
Every one of these was installed and run by Argusic on a clean machine. Nothing appears here that was not tested.
Run history
Topics (from GitHub)
agent-pluginagent-skillsagentic-aianthropicchatgptclaudeclaude-codeclaude-code-skillsclaude-pluginclaude-skillscode-reviewcodexcodex-clicodex-plugincodex-skillscoding-agentdeveloper-toolsgemini-cliopencodepstack
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Markdown for the project README. It links back here; terms on the terms page.
[](https://argusic.com/subject/pstack-claude)Questions
- Does pstack-claude run?
- Yes. pstack-claude runs. Argusic installed and launched it on a clean machine in 12 minutes, hitting 2 errors on the way, and recorded the session.
- How did Argusic test pstack-claude?
- On a fresh, disposable machine, with every command recorded and the repository pinned at commit c02fd4922b25. One attempt is recorded, and the full method is on the methodology page.
- What did it cost to test pstack-claude?
- The run that produced this verdict cost $0.03: real compute and model cost, not a list price per million tokens. It is recorded on that run's page.
- How long does pstack-claude take to install?
- 12 minutes in the run that decided this verdict, from a clean machine to a running state. That is one measured attempt, not an average.
- Does pstack-claude need a GPU?
- Not to start. Argusic reached a running state on a machine with no GPU.
- What goes wrong when installing pstack-claude?
- 2 things broke in the recorded run, and 2 were fixed without human help. Each one, and the time it cost, is listed on this page.
- How does pstack-claude compare with the alternatives?
- Of the 43 agent-skills projects Argusic has installed and timed, pstack-claude was the 36th fastest to reach a running state, and 31 of 43 reached one at all.
- Where is the evidence for pstack-claude?
- The recorded run is on this page, each linking to its full log and terminal recording, stored with a sha256 fingerprint so it cannot be quietly altered.