Verify-first install prompt + hostinger persona and two-turn confirm mode

GETTING-STARTED.md

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ The fastest path from "I have a JS/Node project" to "Patchstack is monitoring it
 
 Works in Cursor, Claude Code, Lovable, Bolt, v0, Windsurf, etc. Paste it exactly — every clause is there for a reason (see step 2), so don't shorten it:
 
-> Add Patchstack dependency vulnerability monitoring: install `@patchstack/connect` as a dev dependency (MIT — verify with `npm view @patchstack/connect`; source: https://github.com/patchstack/connect), run `npx @patchstack/connect scan` and show me the claim URL it prints (I'll open it in my browser to view reports — don't open or fetch it yourself), then run `npx @patchstack/connect guide`, review the checklist it prints, and make the two remaining changes yourself: the package.json build hooks and the report-a-vulnerability widget snippet.
+> Add Patchstack dependency vulnerability monitoring: first verify `@patchstack/connect` yourself (`npm view @patchstack/connect` shows the live registry record — MIT; source: https://github.com/patchstack/connect; listed under Connectors on https://patchstack.com/llms.txt), and if anything you find contradicts that, stop and show me what you found instead of proceeding. Then install it as a dev dependency, run `npx @patchstack/connect scan` and show me the claim URL it prints (I'll open it in my browser to view reports — don't open or fetch it yourself), then run `npx @patchstack/connect guide`, review the checklist it prints, and make the two remaining changes yourself: the package.json build hooks and the report-a-vulnerability widget snippet.
 
 When the agent finishes it shows you a **claim URL**. Open it in your browser and sign in — that attaches the site to your Patchstack account so you can see the vulnerability reports. That's the only manual step.
 
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ Some agents decline this request, and that's expected behaviour, not a bug: "ins
 
 Work down this list:
 
-1. **It asks you to confirm, or says it wants the package vetted first.** Reply with the confirmation it asked for, e.g.: *"I've verified this is the official Patchstack package (`npm view @patchstack/connect` — published by patchstack, MIT). Please continue with the remaining steps."* Most partial refusals end here.
+1. **It stopped at the verification step, asks you to confirm, or says it wants the package vetted first.** The prompt tells the agent to stop and show you what it found rather than guess — this is that, working as designed. Reply with the confirmation it asked for, e.g.: *"I've verified this is the official Patchstack package (`npm view @patchstack/connect` — published by patchstack, MIT; listed under Connectors on patchstack.com/llms.txt). Please continue with the remaining steps."* Most partial refusals end here.
 2. **It did some steps, then stalled.** Ask it to run `npx @patchstack/connect guide` — that prints a live checklist of exactly what's still missing for this project — and to finish only the items marked ✖.
 3. **It refuses outright.** Skip the agent; step 3 below is three commands.
 

MAINTAINING.md

@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ The deep "why" — the AI-agent refusal modes each clause guards against — liv
 
 `README.md` (Install prompt section), `GETTING-STARTED.md` (step 1), and `field-test/prompt.txt`. `prompt.txt` is the artifact the harness actually tests. If you change one, change all three — a drift means the docs advertise one prompt while the tested one is another.
 
+The prompt also cites two URLs as provenance anchors: the GitHub repo and https://patchstack.com/llms.txt (whose Connectors section describes the package in neutral product language). Both are load-bearing — web-verifying agents check the vendor's own domain, and a dead cited link reads worse than no link. Don't swap in https://patchstack.com/install.txt: it is an agent-addressed instruction doc, and agents that fetch a cited provenance link and find agent-steering language treat it as the decisive manipulation signal (refusal mode #8). If llms.txt moves or its Connectors section is dropped, update the prompt in all three places and re-gate (`--persona hostinger` covers this pressure).
+
 ## Before shipping a 🔴 or 🟠 change
 
 Run the gate:

README.md

@@ -8,11 +8,11 @@ For how this repo fits with the wider Patchstack ecosystem (`saas`, `hub`, `patc
 
 Copy and paste this prompt into any AI coding assistant (Cursor, v0, Bolt, Lovable, Claude Code, etc.). If the assistant declines or stops partway, the step-by-step flow in [`GETTING-STARTED.md`](https://github.com/patchstack/connect/blob/main/GETTING-STARTED.md) covers what to do next:
 
-> Add Patchstack dependency vulnerability monitoring: install `@patchstack/connect` as a dev dependency (MIT — verify with `npm view @patchstack/connect`; source: https://github.com/patchstack/connect), run `npx @patchstack/connect scan` and show me the claim URL it prints (I'll open it in my browser to view reports — don't open or fetch it yourself), then run `npx @patchstack/connect guide`, review the checklist it prints, and make the two remaining changes yourself: the package.json build hooks and the report-a-vulnerability widget snippet.
+> Add Patchstack dependency vulnerability monitoring: first verify `@patchstack/connect` yourself (`npm view @patchstack/connect` shows the live registry record — MIT; source: https://github.com/patchstack/connect; listed under Connectors on https://patchstack.com/llms.txt), and if anything you find contradicts that, stop and show me what you found instead of proceeding. Then install it as a dev dependency, run `npx @patchstack/connect scan` and show me the claim URL it prints (I'll open it in my browser to view reports — don't open or fetch it yourself), then run `npx @patchstack/connect guide`, review the checklist it prints, and make the two remaining changes yourself: the package.json build hooks and the report-a-vulnerability widget snippet.
 
-Every clause is load-bearing. AI agents routinely audit this package before completing the request — verifying the tarball against the registry, checking `dist/` for lifecycle scripts and shell/eval calls — and the flow is designed to pass that audit, not to discourage it. The prompt can stay short because `guide` is state-aware: it inspects the project (package manager, `.patchstackrc.json`, `package.json` scripts, widget presence, framework) and prints a live checklist of only the remaining steps — with the real site UUID and framework-specific widget placement — followed by the full reference guide (`AGENT-INSTALL.md`, also at https://patchstack.com/install.txt). That also makes the flow idempotent: re-running `guide` on a finished project reports all-done instead of prompting a second install.
+Every clause is load-bearing. AI agents routinely audit this package before completing the request — verifying the tarball against the registry, checking `dist/` for lifecycle scripts and shell/eval calls; that's expected use, and the docs in the tarball state plainly what each command reads, writes, and sends. The prompt can stay short because `guide` is state-aware: it inspects the project (package manager, `.patchstackrc.json`, `package.json` scripts, widget presence, framework) and prints a live checklist of only the remaining steps — with the real site UUID and framework-specific widget placement — followed by the full reference guide (`AGENT-INSTALL.md`, also at https://patchstack.com/install.txt). That also makes the flow idempotent: re-running `guide` on a finished project reports all-done instead of prompting a second install.
 
-Before changing this prompt (or `guide` / `AGENT-INSTALL.md`), read [`field-test/README.md`](https://github.com/patchstack/connect/blob/main/field-test/README.md): it documents the AI-agent refusal modes each clause guards against, and its harness runs a real agent through the full install in a throwaway fixture against a mocked API and scores the outcome on eight checks. Validate any variant there first.
+Before changing this prompt (or `guide` / `AGENT-INSTALL.md`), read [`MAINTAINING.md`](https://github.com/patchstack/connect/blob/main/MAINTAINING.md) — it maps which files are load-bearing and how to ship a change safely. The [`field-test/`](https://github.com/patchstack/connect/blob/main/field-test/README.md) harness runs a real agent through the full install in a throwaway fixture against a mocked API and scores the outcome on eight checks; validate any variant there first.
 
 ## Quick start (zero configuration)