Field guides

Plain English.
Print-ready PDFs.

Two free field guides for developers working with xops. Read in your browser or download the PDF — same content, no account, no paywall. Start with the daily CLI guide if you're new; open the release companion when you're shipping for real.

The series

Two books.
One operating layer.

These are technical field guides, not marketing copy: command surfaces, approval gates, exit codes, and the traps that look fine until they aren't. Each guide includes a browser reader and a paginated PDF.

Book 1 · start here

xops for Dummies

Install xops, understand the command surface, use xops ask in plain English, and learn the flags you'll actually reach for on an ordinary day.

  • What xops is (and isn't)
  • Installing and setting up
  • The command surface & passthrough
  • Talking to xops in plain English
  • Flags you'll actually use
6 chapters + appendix  ·  1.5 MB PDF
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Book 2 · when you ship

xops Release Engineering & Playbooks for Dummies

The deep dive into release: fix → install → build → test → publish → push, the optional package graph, publish safety, monorepo scripts, and operational playbooks.

  • The release lifecycle
  • The optional package graph
  • Publish safety & pack-check
  • Publish scripts & monorepo workflow
  • Operational playbooks
6 chapters + appendix  ·  1.3 MB PDF
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Which one first?

New to xops? Start with Book 1 — it covers install, xops ask, passthrough, and everyday flags. Running releases? Book 2 assumes you know the basics and goes straight into publish order, safety gates, and playbooks. The books cross-reference each other; neither repeats the other wholesale.

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