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Promote Packslip to the preferred Tier 1 registry backend, move aqua/github/gitlab to Tier 2, conda to Tier 3, and runtime-dependent backends to Tier 4. Remove the stale experimental badge and maturity caveats; Packslip is already enabled without experimental mode in the runtime.

Reorganize the documentation around hk installation and completions. Link packslip.dev in the opening sentence, clarify that its CLI is not required, add option defaults and configuration examples, and make troubleshooting actionable. Move detailed discovery, verification, stamping, and platform rules into a separate guide. Update the resources guide, publishing handoff, contributor/agent guidance, sidebar, and generated docs index.

The hk registry switch and minimum backend version support are in #12845 (merge that PR first). That change keeps older hk releases installable through the shorthand using Aqua. This PR contains only documentation and contributor guidance.

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  • Documentation build passed, including site checks; checked local links and anchors in the Packslip guides.
  • The explicit Packslip quick start installed and ran hk 1.58.1 without experimental mode; generated completions for zsh, bash, fish, and PowerShell.
  • Live hk checks used MISE_MINIMUM_RELEASE_AGE=0 because its first Packslip release was published today. The guide explains the normal 24-hour filter.
  • Scoped safe hk formatting, Markdown, and TOML checks passed; git diff --check passed.

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The documentation now presents Packslip as the preferred Tier 1 backend. It adds Packslip verification and resource guidance, updates registry contribution rules, and revises related aqua, asdf, GitHub, and GitLab guidance.

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Backend policy and registry tiers

Layer / File(s) Summary
Backend policy and registry tiers
AGENTS.md, docs/registry.md, docs/contributing.md
Backend tiers now place packslip first, update alternatives, and require explicit bins values for non-Aqua-first entries.
Backend status and contributor guidance
docs/dev-tools/backends/*, docs/asdf-legacy-plugins.md, docs/plugins.md, docs/public/llms.txt
Related backend descriptions now identify Packslip as preferred and add GitLab alternatives.
Packslip backend documentation
docs/dev-tools/backends/packslip.md
The backend guide now covers Packslip installation, discovery, versions, verification, signer changes, options, policies, troubleshooting, and publishing.
Packslip completions and skills
docs/dev-tools/packslip-resources.md
Resource guidance now covers completions, skills, settings, source selection, caching, synchronization, and troubleshooting.
Packslip verification and policy
docs/dev-tools/packslip-verification.md, docs/.vitepress/sidebar.ts
A new guide documents discovery, signed release lists, continuity, verification, stamps, artifact selection, and host requirements. The guide is added to the sidebar.

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~15 minutes

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to 5c1f8

The Packslip documentation still uses lowercase “github” rather than the GitHub product name. This is a minor documentation-quality issue and does not affect backend behavior.

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A rabbit reads the Packslip trail
Signed manifests guide the sail
Aqua hops to tier two
Fresh skills bloom from resources new
Safe builds spring from every gate

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This PR promotes Packslip to the preferred Tier 1 registry backend and reorganizes its documentation into introductory, resource, and verification guides. However, the final hk registry entry no longer includes Packslip, so the documented shorthand behavior and principal registry change are absent.

  • Reclassifies backend tiers across contributor and user documentation.
  • Expands Packslip installation, verification, completion, skill, and troubleshooting guidance.
  • Adds the Packslip verification guide to the documentation sidebar and generated index.
  • Documents hk as Packslip-first even though its current registry entry remains Aqua-only.

Confidence Score: 4/5

The PR is not safe to merge until the hk registry entry actually makes Packslip the preferred backend as documented.

The final registry/hk.toml contains only the Aqua backend, so hk shorthand cannot select Packslip or perform the documented version-dependent fallback; the PR’s central behavioral change is therefore missing. The previous bin-metadata finding was manually resolved and is not outstanding.

Files Needing Attention: docs/dev-tools/backends/packslip.md, registry/hk.toml

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Filename Overview
docs/dev-tools/backends/packslip.md Reworks the Packslip guide around hk, but incorrectly states that hk shorthand selects Packslip for newer releases.
docs/dev-tools/packslip-verification.md Adds a dedicated guide covering Packslip discovery, signatures, policy, artifact selection, and host requirements.
docs/contributing.md Promotes Packslip to Tier 1 and adds explicit executable metadata to the registry template.
AGENTS.md Updates registry contribution guidance and backend tiers to prefer Packslip.
docs/.vitepress/sidebar.ts Adds the Packslip verification and policy guide to navigation.

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@jdx jdx changed the title registry: prefer packslip for hk and promote it to tier 1 docs(backend): promote packslip to tier 1 and improve guides Sep 5, 2026
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