chhoumann · Oct 14, 2026 · Oct 14, 2026 · Oct 14, 2026
diff --git a/.claude-plugin/marketplace.json b/.claude-plugin/marketplace.json
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
       "name": "t3-pstack",
       "source": "./plugins/pstack",
       "description": "pstack for T3 Code: rigorous agent workflows whose panels and fan-outs run across model families through T3. Original pstack by Lauren Tan (poteto).",
-      "version": "2.0.0-rc.3"
+      "version": "2.0.0-rc.4"
     }
   ]
 }
diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
@@ -2,6 +2,14 @@
 
 This file is the release changelog, with one `## <version> - <title>` entry per release, newest first. The Cursor-to-T3 rewrite rules live in [`tools/substitutions.json`](tools/substitutions.json), and the [sync boundary](CONTRIBUTING.md#the-sync-boundary) in `CONTRIBUTING.md` defines how a change to upstream's skill content is declared.
 
+## 2.0.0-rc.4 - Lauren's 0.15.25: `/ketchup` explains changes with pictures
+
+t3-pstack moves to Lauren Tan's pstack 0.15.25, cursor/plugins `6ce45c5`, for all three components. Only pstack changed upstream: `/ketchup` now helps the user understand each change, not only where it stands ([pstack #628](https://github.com/cursor/plugins/pull/628)), and the version moves to 0.15.25 ([pstack #614](https://github.com/cursor/plugins/pull/614)). `bun tools/sync.mjs` wrote the `/ketchup` change cleanly. Its three rules, `html_render` for upstream's `/visualize` and the T3 state checks, each still match once. At `6ce45c5` each component's dry run reports no undeclared fork, no denylist hit, and no substitution that matches nothing. The version bump touches only upstream's `plugin.json` files, which the port excludes, and neither hooks file changes.
+
+| Change | 2.0.0-rc.3 | 2.0.0-rc.4 | Source |
+| --- | --- | --- | --- |
+| `/ketchup` reply | One visual of at most four status boxes, then each action item as a before and after in a visual. Words inside visuals counted toward the 150. | Pictures first: the screenshots and videos the work produced, embedded inline, then any diagram that explains a change, then one short bullet per thing the user asked for. Action items are plain bullets, and a choice gets its options compared after the list, under its screenshots when they already show them. Visuals no longer count toward the 150 words, and a status list is never drawn as boxes. | pstack #628 |
+
 ## 2.0.0-rc.3 - One installer and doctor for Claude Code and Codex, a trusted Codex hook, and one sheet per machine
 
 `npx -y github:chhoumann/t3-pstack install` installs or updates t3-pstack in every Claude Code and Codex home T3 can run, and `doctor` checks them. The homes are `~/.claude` and `~/.codex`, `CLAUDE_CONFIG_DIR` and `CODEX_HOME`, each `claudeAgent` and `codex` provider instance in T3's `${T3CODE_HOME:-~/.t3}/userdata/settings.json`, disabled ones included, and any home named with `--claude-home` or `--codex-home`. Each step converges, so a second run changes nothing. Each home's `t3-pstack` marketplace must come from `chhoumann/t3-pstack` or from the run's `--source`. A home whose marketplace has another source, a counterfeit or a local `--source` from an earlier run, gets nothing installed and no hook trusted, and `doctor` fails it with that source.

diff --git a/NOTICE-skills.md b/NOTICE-skills.md
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ This plugin contains MIT-licensed work from five sources. The copyright notices
 
 | Included work | Upstream | Copyright | License |
 | --- | --- | --- | --- |
-| The pstack skills, principles, scripts, and the `poteto-agent` and `comment-sicko` definitions | [cursor/plugins/pstack](https://github.com/cursor/plugins/tree/1e5c90a4b6f249917bd21fe361b3a2a7deb741b8/pstack) | (c) 2026 Lauren Tan | [MIT](LICENSE) |
-| `deslop`, `make-pr-easy-to-review`, `fix-ci`, `fix-merge-conflicts`, `get-pr-comments`, and `what-did-i-get-done` | [cursor/plugins/cursor-team-kit](https://github.com/cursor/plugins/tree/1e5c90a4b6f249917bd21fe361b3a2a7deb741b8/cursor-team-kit) | (c) 2026 Cursor | [MIT](LICENSE-cursor-team-kit) |
-| `thermos`, `thermo-nuclear-review`, `thermo-nuclear-code-quality-review`, and the `thermo-nuclear-review-subagent` and `thermo-nuclear-code-quality-review-subagent` definitions | [cursor/plugins/thermos](https://github.com/cursor/plugins/tree/1e5c90a4b6f249917bd21fe361b3a2a7deb741b8/thermos) | (c) 2026 Cursor | [MIT](LICENSE-thermos) |
+| The pstack skills, principles, scripts, and the `poteto-agent` and `comment-sicko` definitions | [cursor/plugins/pstack](https://github.com/cursor/plugins/tree/6ce45c59b9301a638c1fe1a7b8dc2a82b650898f/pstack) | (c) 2026 Lauren Tan | [MIT](LICENSE) |
+| `deslop`, `make-pr-easy-to-review`, `fix-ci`, `fix-merge-conflicts`, `get-pr-comments`, and `what-did-i-get-done` | [cursor/plugins/cursor-team-kit](https://github.com/cursor/plugins/tree/6ce45c59b9301a638c1fe1a7b8dc2a82b650898f/cursor-team-kit) | (c) 2026 Cursor | [MIT](LICENSE-cursor-team-kit) |
+| `thermos`, `thermo-nuclear-review`, `thermo-nuclear-code-quality-review`, and the `thermo-nuclear-review-subagent` and `thermo-nuclear-code-quality-review-subagent` definitions | [cursor/plugins/thermos](https://github.com/cursor/plugins/tree/6ce45c59b9301a638c1fe1a7b8dc2a82b650898f/thermos) | (c) 2026 Cursor | [MIT](LICENSE-thermos) |
 | The session-start hook scripts, `read-sheet.sh`, and `reflect/scripts/find-transcript.mjs`, which t3-pstack modified, and four `poteto-mode` rules, the worktree and head-guard rules in the Feature, Opening a PR, and Shipping playbooks, and three `watch-pr` fixes, which t3-pstack reworded or adapted for T3 | [michael-denyer/pstack-claude](https://github.com/michael-denyer/pstack-claude) | (c) 2026 Michael Denyer | [MIT](LICENSE) |
 | `poteto-mode/scripts/resolve-codex-transcript` and `resolve-codex-transcript.ts`, which t3-pstack modified | [ericlitman/open-pstack](https://github.com/ericlitman/open-pstack/tree/c5c8e237c324359a3d1929037da78fe66da3d1ed/plugins/pstack/skills/poteto-mode/scripts), [PR #151](https://github.com/ericlitman/open-pstack/pull/151) | (c) 2026 Eric A. Litman and Donncha O'Toole | [MIT](LICENSE) |
 

diff --git a/NOTICE.md b/NOTICE.md
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ t3-pstack is a port of [pstack](https://github.com/cursor/plugins/tree/main/psta
 
 | Component | Upstream | Copyright | License | License file |
 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
-| Every skill under `plugins/pstack/skills/` except those named in the next two rows, `plugins/pstack/agents/poteto-agent.md`, `plugins/pstack/agents/comment-sicko.md`, and the vendored scripts under `plugins/pstack/skills/poteto-mode/scripts/` | [cursor/plugins/pstack @ 1e5c90a](https://github.com/cursor/plugins/tree/1e5c90a4b6f249917bd21fe361b3a2a7deb741b8/pstack) | (c) 2026 Lauren Tan | MIT | [LICENSE](LICENSE) |
-| `plugins/pstack/skills/{deslop,fix-ci,fix-merge-conflicts,get-pr-comments,make-pr-easy-to-review,what-did-i-get-done}/` | [cursor/plugins/cursor-team-kit @ 1e5c90a](https://github.com/cursor/plugins/tree/1e5c90a4b6f249917bd21fe361b3a2a7deb741b8/cursor-team-kit) | (c) 2026 Cursor | MIT | [LICENSE-cursor-team-kit](LICENSE-cursor-team-kit) |
-| `plugins/pstack/skills/{thermos,thermo-nuclear-review,thermo-nuclear-code-quality-review}/`, `plugins/pstack/agents/thermo-nuclear-review-subagent.md`, `plugins/pstack/agents/thermo-nuclear-code-quality-review-subagent.md` | [cursor/plugins/thermos @ 1e5c90a](https://github.com/cursor/plugins/tree/1e5c90a4b6f249917bd21fe361b3a2a7deb741b8/thermos) | (c) 2026 Cursor | MIT | [LICENSE-thermos](LICENSE-thermos) |
+| Every skill under `plugins/pstack/skills/` except those named in the next two rows, `plugins/pstack/agents/poteto-agent.md`, `plugins/pstack/agents/comment-sicko.md`, and the vendored scripts under `plugins/pstack/skills/poteto-mode/scripts/` | [cursor/plugins/pstack @ 6ce45c5](https://github.com/cursor/plugins/tree/6ce45c59b9301a638c1fe1a7b8dc2a82b650898f/pstack) | (c) 2026 Lauren Tan | MIT | [LICENSE](LICENSE) |
+| `plugins/pstack/skills/{deslop,fix-ci,fix-merge-conflicts,get-pr-comments,make-pr-easy-to-review,what-did-i-get-done}/` | [cursor/plugins/cursor-team-kit @ 6ce45c5](https://github.com/cursor/plugins/tree/6ce45c59b9301a638c1fe1a7b8dc2a82b650898f/cursor-team-kit) | (c) 2026 Cursor | MIT | [LICENSE-cursor-team-kit](LICENSE-cursor-team-kit) |
+| `plugins/pstack/skills/{thermos,thermo-nuclear-review,thermo-nuclear-code-quality-review}/`, `plugins/pstack/agents/thermo-nuclear-review-subagent.md`, `plugins/pstack/agents/thermo-nuclear-code-quality-review-subagent.md` | [cursor/plugins/thermos @ 6ce45c5](https://github.com/cursor/plugins/tree/6ce45c59b9301a638c1fe1a7b8dc2a82b650898f/thermos) | (c) 2026 Cursor | MIT | [LICENSE-thermos](LICENSE-thermos) |
 | `tools/sync.mjs`, `tools/generate.mjs`, `tools/validate-skills.mjs`, `tools/plugin.mjs`, `plugins/pstack/skills/reflect/scripts/find-transcript.mjs`, `plugins/pstack/hooks/session-start.sh`, `plugins/pstack/hooks/session-start.ps1`, `plugins/pstack/skills/setup-pstack/scripts/read-sheet.sh`, and the tests that cover them, each modified by t3-pstack | [michael-denyer/pstack-claude](https://github.com/michael-denyer/pstack-claude), as merged into t3-pstack through 1.0.14 | (c) 2026 Michael Denyer | MIT | [LICENSE](LICENSE) |
 | Four rules in `plugins/pstack/skills/poteto-mode/SKILL.md` (load a platform's skill before deploying, stop an abandoned agent and confirm it stopped, keep a review gate closed with no independent reviewer, the `todo.md` fallback), the per-delegate worktree rule in `playbooks/feature.md`, the stop-live-agents rule in `playbooks/opening-a-pr.md`, the `--match-head-commit` guard in `playbooks/shipping.md`, and the review-gate, stale-check, and no-checks fixes in `plugins/pstack/skills/poteto-mode/scripts/watch-pr/` with their tests in `verdicts.test.ts`, each reworded or adapted for T3 by t3-pstack | [michael-denyer/pstack-claude](https://github.com/michael-denyer/pstack-claude), pull requests [#95](https://github.com/michael-denyer/pstack-claude/pull/95), [#97](https://github.com/michael-denyer/pstack-claude/pull/97), and [#153](https://github.com/michael-denyer/pstack-claude/pull/153) for watch-pr | (c) 2026 Michael Denyer | MIT | [LICENSE](LICENSE) |
 | `plugins/pstack/skills/poteto-mode/scripts/resolve-codex-transcript` (verbatim) and `resolve-codex-transcript.ts` (modified, see below), `tests/resolve-codex-transcript.test.mjs` (ported from its `resolve-codex-transcript.test.ts`) | [ericlitman/open-pstack @ c5c8e23](https://github.com/ericlitman/open-pstack/tree/c5c8e237c324359a3d1929037da78fe66da3d1ed/plugins/pstack/skills/poteto-mode/scripts), [PR #151](https://github.com/ericlitman/open-pstack/pull/151) | (c) 2026 Eric A. Litman and Donncha O'Toole | MIT | [LICENSE](LICENSE) |

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ npx -y github:chhoumann/t3-pstack update
 npx -y github:chhoumann/t3-pstack doctor
 ```
 
-`npx -y github:chhoumann/t3-pstack` runs the installer from the latest commit on `main`. That is the rolling channel, the same one each home's marketplace auto-updates from. To run one release's installer, name its tag, as in `npx -y github:chhoumann/t3-pstack#v2.0.0-rc.3 doctor`.
+`npx -y github:chhoumann/t3-pstack` runs the installer from the latest commit on `main`. That is the rolling channel, the same one each home's marketplace auto-updates from. To run one release's installer, name its tag, as in `npx -y github:chhoumann/t3-pstack#v2.0.0-rc.4 doctor`.
 
 `install` and `update` are the same command, and a second run changes nothing. With Node 20 or later, it installs or updates the `t3-pstack@t3-pstack` plugin in every Claude Code and Codex config home T3 can run: `~/.claude` and `~/.codex`, `$CLAUDE_CONFIG_DIR` and `$CODEX_HOME`, and the home of each `claudeAgent` and `codex` instance in T3's settings, disabled ones included. Name any other home with `--claude-home <dir>` or `--codex-home <dir>`. Each home's `t3-pstack` marketplace must come from `chhoumann/t3-pstack`, or from `--source <owner/repo|git URL|dir>` on the same run, and a home whose marketplace has another source is left as it is. A local directory needs a path such as `./t3-pstack`, since `owner/repo` always means GitHub. On Codex it also trusts t3-pstack's session-start hook, once its hooks file is the one this release pins. Codex runs a plugin's hook only once it is trusted, and T3's Codex sessions never ask, so without this step the hook never runs. Run `update` after each release.
 
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ The plugin carries 62 skill directories, 24 of them `principle-*` leaves, and 4
 
 ## Staying current
 
-This repository syncs from Lauren's tree directly, synced against upstream `1e5c90a`. `tools/upstream.json` pins each component, `tools/substitutions.json` holds the rewrite rules and a denylist of Cursor terms, and `tools/forks.json` declares every file the port keeps in its own form and why. `bun tools/sync.mjs <component> <sha>` derives each upstream file through the rules, merges it three ways with the port's copy, and fails on an undeclared fork, a denylist hit, or a rule that no longer matches upstream. [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md#the-sync-boundary) has the details.
+This repository syncs from Lauren's tree directly, synced against upstream `6ce45c5`. `tools/upstream.json` pins each component, `tools/substitutions.json` holds the rewrite rules and a denylist of Cursor terms, and `tools/forks.json` declares every file the port keeps in its own form and why. `bun tools/sync.mjs <component> <sha>` derives each upstream file through the rules, merges it three ways with the port's copy, and fails on an undeclared fork, a denylist hit, or a rule that no longer matches upstream. [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md#the-sync-boundary) has the details.
 
 ## Data handling
 

diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.0.0-rc.3
+2.0.0-rc.4
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "t3-pstack",
   "private": true,
-  "version": "2.0.0-rc.3",
+  "version": "2.0.0-rc.4",
   "description": "The installer and development tooling for t3-pstack, Lauren Tan's pstack rewritten in place for T3 Code. The plugin itself lives in plugins/pstack.",
   "author": {
     "name": "Christian Bager Bach Houmann",

diff --git a/plugins/pstack/.claude-plugin/plugin.json b/plugins/pstack/.claude-plugin/plugin.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "t3-pstack",
   "displayName": "t3-pstack (pstack for T3 Code)",
-  "version": "2.0.0-rc.3",
+  "version": "2.0.0-rc.4",
   "description": "pstack for T3 Code: Lauren Tan's pstack with its Cursor mechanics rewritten in place for T3, so subagents, panels, schedules, and PR watches dispatch through T3's orchestration and panels mix Claude, GPT, and Grok.",
   "author": {
     "name": "Christian Bager Bach Houmann",

diff --git a/plugins/pstack/.codex-plugin/plugin.json b/plugins/pstack/.codex-plugin/plugin.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "t3-pstack",
-  "version": "2.0.0-rc.3",
+  "version": "2.0.0-rc.4",
   "description": "pstack for T3 Code on a Codex host: Lauren Tan's pstack with its Cursor mechanics rewritten in place for T3, so subagents, panels, schedules, and PR watches dispatch through T3's orchestration.",
   "author": {
     "name": "Christian Bager Bach Houmann",