Pattern catalogue

vstack ships 34 patterns across three modules:

• Module 1 — Individual agent (12 patterns) — Lewin attribution, Goleman EI, Johari, DANVA emotion reader, cognitive reappraisal, Yerkes-Dodson workload, HEXACO personality, Grant strengths-as-weaknesses, motivation traps, SDT intrinsic reward, McGregor orchestrator mode, Vroom expectancy.
• Module 2 — Multi-agent team (18 patterns) — GRPI working agreement, process gain/loss, social loafing, superflocks, Lencioni five dysfunctions, Trust Triangle, McAllister trust, Edmondson psychological safety, Glaser conversational intelligence, Stone-Heen feedback triggers, Plus/Delta feedback, SMART goal generator, group decision protocols, debate pathology, bias stack, devil's advocate separator, Thomas-Kilmann conflict styles, After-Action Review (foundational).
• Module 3 — Organizational (4 patterns) — Schein iceberg culture, Robbins-Judge 7-characteristic culture, org-structure matrix, span-of-control.

The full index with citations lives in PATTERNS.md; academic anchors per pattern are in each pattern's CITATIONS.md (also exposed at vstack://patterns/<name>/citations via MCP).

See the individual module pages for one-liner summaries:

• Module 1 — Individual
• Module 2 — Team
• Module 3 — Organizational

How to pick one

Don't memorize all 34. Either:

• Use the composition runbook — one of the five canonical chains usually covers what you need.
• Invoke /vstack-pick-pattern in your MCP client — it interviews you in two questions and recommends 1-3 patterns.
• Browse vstack://patterns/index (MCP resource) for the live catalogue with summaries.