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Soft-pass
Clerk's light approval for a DirectoryThe public catalog of guides, tools, stack, games, creators, and articles on Botski. writeupThe Botski page text for a Directory listing — our summary, not a scrape of the whole other site. to go liveOn the public website right now so visitors can see it — the opposite of cooking or draft. under soft rules — not a FeaturedA Directory spotlight picked by staff with a scorecard — not a paid ad. stamp.
Why this word exists
Not every listing needs a parade. A soft-pass is Clerk's light approval for a DirectoryThe public catalog of guides, tools, stack, games, creators, and articles on Botski. writeupThe Botski page text for a Directory listing — our summary, not a scrape of the whole other site. to go liveOn the public website right now so visitors can see it — the opposite of cooking or draft. under soft rules — careful, reversible, not a FeaturedA Directory spotlight picked by staff with a scorecard — not a paid ad. stamp.
FeaturedA Directory spotlight picked by staff with a scorecard — not a paid ad. is a separate staff spotlight with a scorecard. Soft-pass never pretends to be paid placement.
Where you will meet it
DirectoryThe public catalog of guides, tools, stack, games, creators, and articles on Botski. workflow notes mention soft-pass beside writeups. Honesty-passKeep's check that the page does not invent Hall listings, installers, or Live AI. still applies before soft-pass ships.
Examples
- Clerk soft-passes a Tools writeupThe Botski page text for a Directory listing — our summary, not a scrape of the whole other site. onto the shelfA labeled section of the Directory (Featured, Resources, Templates) that holds a kind of listing. after honesty-passKeep's check that the page does not invent Hall listings, installers, or Live AI..
- Soft-pass does not move a card into FeaturedA Directory spotlight picked by staff with a scorecard — not a paid ad..
- A soft-passed writeupThe Botski page text for a Directory listing — our summary, not a scrape of the whole other site. can still be revised without a mega-tipSeveral related PRs or fixes shipped together in one deploy..
Fetched 2026-09-23 CT.