principle-build-the-lever

Apply to any non-trivial work, not just bulk work: edits, migrations, analyses, checks.

What this skill does for you

Apply to any non-trivial work, not just bulk work: edits, migrations, analyses, checks. Build the tool that does it or proves it (codemod, script, generator, or a skill your subagents follow) instead of working by hand. The tool is the artifact a reviewer can rerun.

Quoted from the skill description in the pinned source

Who made it

Publisherbacknotprop

Repositorypstack

Installs480as of Sep 27, 2026

Use it with Edge

Set up Edge for me: read getedge.cc/SKILL.md and follow it. Then use Edge to load the principle-build-the-lever skill from backnotprop/pstack.

Paste it into Claude, ChatGPT, Codex or Cursor.

Or read the skill source first.

Security evidence

Security state at 2026-09-30: reviewed. State definitions. This records static evidence for this revision; live load eligibility is checked again.

3 static scans, 0 counted findings. The listed scanners recorded the results shown for this package revision.

Scanner	Date	Result
Edge static checks	2026-09-27	Pass
Cisco skill-scanner	2026-09-27	Pass
Semgrep Edge rules	2026-09-27	Pass

Static scans check the code, not how well the skill works.

Scanner scope, raw findings and mirrored provider records

Edge static checks (Edge-run): edge-static/1.0.1. Scope: Static patterns for remote execution, credentials with network sends, obfuscation, prompt overrides, hidden Unicode, binaries and persistence. Revision: 157aae39a733135e93d8b5b19ff62c6a84b0ad56. Raw findings: . Counted findings: .

Cisco skill-scanner (Edge-run): cisco-skill-scanner/2.1.0. Scope: Local static, YARA, pipeline and behavioral analyzers; no LLM or AI Defense analysis. Revision: 157aae39a733135e93d8b5b19ff62c6a84b0ad56. Raw findings: 1. Counted findings: .

Semgrep Edge rules (Edge-run): semgrep/1.178.0+edge-rules.c15016a36fd3+offline-v1. Scope: Six Edge-authored static rules with Semgrep CE; offline execution and metrics disabled. Semgrep-maintained rules excluded. Revision: 157aae39a733135e93d8b5b19ff62c6a84b0ad56. Raw findings: . Counted findings: .

Source and licence

Repository: https://github.com/backnotprop/pstack
Pinned skill file: View source at revision
Revision: 157aae39a733135e93d8b5b19ff62c6a84b0ad56
Package hash: sha256:5710e99d028bc2205ec9ee6015cdc5c39f01de0296c569a7677b20c1b64c9691
Licence: MIT