From 9b424e3c9a18acf0c6eb16048c9e635ebb010eac Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Roger Chappel <miscanalysis@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2026 21:55:29 +1000
Subject: [PATCH] Document checkout-safe quickstart

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 README.md | 10 ++++++++--
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a0d48a4..7a93586 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -20,9 +20,15 @@ After publication, install the CLI with npm:
 npm install -g atomcommit
 ```
 
-## Use
+## Quickstart
 
-Generate an atomic commit plan from a repository with local changes:
+From a checkout, generate an atomic commit plan for the current repository:
+
+```sh
+node src/index.js plan
+```
+
+After installing the package binary, use the shorter command:
 
 ```sh
 atomcommit