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Research focus

Staged mode (staged: true) for previewing safe outputs before they execute, applied to the iterative prompt-editing workflow learners already practice in Step 9.

Gap identified

Cross-referencing the github/gh-aw LLMs.txt agent-prompt index against the safe-outputs and staged-mode reference docs showed a documented, current gh-aw capability with zero coverage anywhere in this workshop. Learners repeatedly iterate on prompts that trigger real create-issue/add-comment safe-output writes (Steps 7, 9, and 14b) with no way to preview a change before it creates a real GitHub resource — this makes rapid iteration noisy (test issues pile up) and harder to compare across prompt versions.

What was filled

Added a new node, Preview Safe Outputs Before They Run: Staged Mode, placed immediately after Step 9 (the edit/debug/optimize loop) since it directly extends that iteration workflow. It walks learners through:

• enabling staged: true globally in safe-outputs:
• reading the 🎭 preview in the Actions step summary
• scoping staged: true to a single output type
• turning staged mode off once satisfied

Files updated

• workshop/09b-preview-with-staged-mode.md (new node)
• workshop/README.md (added curriculum row after Step 9)
• workshop/09-agentic-editing.md (updated Next: link to point to the new node)

workshop/00-welcome.md needed no changes — it does not reference step counts.

Research metadata

Stored as an XML comment block (<research-node-metadata>) at the bottom of workshop/09b-preview-with-staged-mode.md, capturing the research focus, source URLs (including the LLMs.txt download source), and a one-paragraph reasoning summary.

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